Detection of transitions between text and non-text frames in a video stream
US8989499B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B27/036
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Detecting the start of a credit roll within video program may allow for the automatic extension of video recordings among other functions. The start of the credit roll may be detected by determining the number of text blocks within a sequence of frames and identifying a point in the sequence of frames where a difference between the number of text blocks in frames occurring before the point and the number of text blocks in frames occurring after the point is greatest and exceeds a specified threshold. Text blocks may be identified within each frame by partitioning the frame into one or more segments and recording the segments having a pixel of a sufficiently high contrast. Contiguous segments may be merged or combined into single blocks, which may then be filtered to remove noise and false positives. Additional content may be inserted into the credit roll frames.
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