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Method and system for automatic tagging in television using crowd sourcing technique

US9357242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 2012
Grant dateMay 31, 2016
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H20/08
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for tracking of objects in a video is disclosed. The method of the present invention enables user to indicate a boundary-box to the identified object of interest in the broadcast video on television or any other communication media. The object indicted in the boundary-box is than tracked by the users connected in a social community network in the upcoming video frames of the broadcasted video. The tracked object is then tagged by the users in the social community network. Further, the present invention enables augmentation of the tracked object in the video by extracting additional information from the online service providers. The augmentation and tagging of the object generates metadata related to the object. The metadata generated is stored on a server to track the object in future based on the metadata related to the object.

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