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Method for detecting a commercial in a video data stream by evaluating descriptor information

US7761491B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Ecodisc Technology AG · CH
Thomas Sikora · DE
Ronald Glasberg · DE

Inventors

Ronald Glasberg · Berlin, DE
Thomas Sikora · Mesa, US
Cengiz Tas · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2006
Grant date	Jul 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V20/40
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices for detecting a commercial in a video data stream by evaluating descriptor information provided from a plurality of visual descriptors indicative of commercial or non-commercial features. The descriptor information provided from the plurality of descriptors may be evaluated in an entropy based decision process.

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