Smart video thumbnail
US8671346B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 9, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/8227
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described herein is technology for, among other things, selecting a representative thumbnail from a video clip. The technology involves analyzing frames of the video clip to determine which frames are stable, the result of the analysis being a number of segments of stable frames. From the stable segments, a number of candidate segments are selected, where candidate segments are those segments determined to a degree of certainty to be program content. The representative thumbnail is then selected from among the frames of the candidate segments.
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