Video thumbnail
US7194701B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N5/45
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A video thumbnail for use as an icon of a digital video file and method of generating same. The video thumbnail is preferably a relatively short, low resolution, animated video thumbnail. The video thumbnail is extracted from a preferred sequence of the video file and embedded as a header of the file. The video thumbnail preferably plays automatically, and acts as a pointer to the file and the preferred point within it.
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