Video summary description scheme and method and system of video summary description data generation for efficient overview and browsing
US7181757B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B27/34
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A video summary description system for describing video summary by meta data to provide overview functionality that makes it feasible to understand the overall contents of the original video within a short time with navigation and browsing functionalities, and that makes it feasible to search the desired video contents efficiently. The system includes a HierarchicalSummary Description Scheme (DS) for describing a video summary that includes a HighlightLevel DS having at least one HighlightSegment DS. The HighlightSegment DS describes information on a highlight segment corresponding to one of the video summary intervals, and the HighlightSegment DS includes a VideoSegmentLocator DS for describing time information or the video itself of the highlight segment and an ImageLocator DS describing a representative frame of the highlight segment.
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