Visual indexing system
    1.
    发明授权
    Visual indexing system 有权
    视觉索引系统

    公开(公告)号:US06185363B2

    公开(公告)日:2001-02-06

    申请号:US09436196

    申请日:1999-11-08

    IPC分类号: H04N5783

    摘要: A video indexing system analyzes contents of source video and develops a visual table of contents using selected images. The source video is analyzed to detect video cuts from one scene to another, and static scenes. Keyframes are selected for each significant scene. A keyframe filtering process filters out less desired frames including, for example, unicolor frames, or those frames having a same object as a primary focus or one primary focuses. A visual index is created from those frames remaining after the keyframe filtering and stored for retrieval. The visual index may be retrieved by a user who may then display the visual index on a display. The user may select one of the frames displayed in the visual index and the source video may be manually (by the user) or automatically advanced to that frame of the source video. Additionally, a user may print the visual index.

    摘要翻译: 视频索引系统分析源视频的内容,并使用选定的图像开发视觉目录。 源视频被分析以检测从一个场景到另一个场景的视频剪辑以及静态场景。 为每个重要场景选择关键帧。 关键帧过滤过滤过滤出不太期望的帧,包括例如单色帧,或具有与主要焦点相同的对象的帧或一个主要焦点。 从关键帧过滤之后剩余的帧创建视觉索引,并存储以供检索。 视觉索引可以由用户检索,然后用户可以在显示器上显示视觉索引。 用户可以选择在视觉索引中显示的帧中的一个,并且源视频可以是手动的(由用户)或自动前进到源视频的帧。 另外,用户可以打印视觉索引。

    Method and apparatus for audio/data/visual information
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for audio/data/visual information 有权
    用于音频/数据/视觉信息的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08528019B1

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-03

    申请号:US09442960

    申请日:1999-11-18

    IPC分类号: G06F3/00 G06F13/00 H04N5/445

    摘要: A method of selecting, storing and delivering desired audio/data/visual information includes the steps of determining viewing preferences of a viewer and receiving a first group of audio/data/visual signals, for example, broadcast and cable television signals or internet-based signals. Based on the first group of audio/data/visual signals, a second group of audio/data/visual signals, which is a subset of the first group of audio/data/visual signals, is identified. The second group of audio/data/visual signals is selected based on the association of EPG data for each signal with the viewing preferences of the viewer. Content data is then extracted from the second group of audio/data/visual signals and compared with the viewing preferences. The content data may include, for example, closed-captioned text, EPG data, audio information, visual information and transcript information. Based on the comparison of the content data extracted from the second group of audio/data/visual signals with the viewing preferences, audio/data/visual information contained in the second group of audio/data/visual signals which is of interest to the viewer is identified and stored for review at the viewers convenience.

    摘要翻译: 选择,存储和传送所需音频/数据/视觉信息的方法包括以下步骤:确定观看者的观看偏好并接收第一组音频/数据/视觉信号,例如广播和有线电视信号或基于因特网 信号。 基于第一组音频/数据/视觉信号,识别作为第一组音频/数据/视觉信号的子集的第二组音频/数据/视觉信号。 基于每个信号的EPG数据与观看者的观看偏好的关联来选择第二组音频/数据/视觉信号。 然后从第二组音频/数据/视觉信号中提取内容数据,并与观看偏好进行比较。 内容数据可以包括例如闭路字幕文本,EPG数据,音频信息,视觉信息和抄本信息。 基于从第二组音频/数据/视觉信号提取的内容数据与观看偏好的比较,包含在观众感兴趣的第二组音频/数据/视觉信号中的音频/数据/视觉信息 被识别并存储在观众的方便审查。

    Visual indexing system
    3.
    发明授权
    Visual indexing system 失效
    视觉索引系统

    公开(公告)号:US6125229A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-26

    申请号:US867145

    申请日:1997-06-02

    摘要: A video indexing system analyzes contents of source video and develops a visual table of contents using selected images. The source video is analyzed to detect video cuts from one scene to another, and static scenes. Keyframes are selected for each significant scene. A keyframe filtering process filters out less desired frames including, for example, unicolor frames, or those frames having a same object as a primary focus or one primary focuses. A visual index is created from those frames remaining after the keyframe filtering and stored for retrieval. The visual index may be retrieved by a user who may then display the visual index on a display. The user may select one of the frames displayed in the visual index and the source video may be manually (by the user) or automatically advanced to that frame of the source video. Additionally, a user may print the visual index.

    摘要翻译: 视频索引系统分析源视频的内容,并使用选定的图像开发视觉目录。 源视频被分析以检测从一个场景到另一个场景的视频剪辑以及静态场景。 为每个重要场景选择关键帧。 关键帧过滤过滤过滤出不太期望的帧,包括例如单色帧,或具有与主要焦点相同的对象的帧或一个主要焦点。 从关键帧过滤之后剩余的帧创建视觉索引,并存储以供检索。 视觉索引可以由用户检索,然后用户可以在显示器上显示视觉索引。 用户可以选择在视觉索引中显示的帧中的一个,并且源视频可以是手动的(由用户)或自动前进到源视频的帧。 另外,用户可以打印视觉索引。

    Apparatus and method for optimizing keyframe and blob retrieval and
storage
    6.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for optimizing keyframe and blob retrieval and storage 失效
    用于优化关键帧和Blob检索和存储的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06119123A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-12

    申请号:US982972

    申请日:1997-12-02

    摘要: A method and apparatus for forming a visual index of scenes in a video image which has been or is being recorded in a computer readable memory. A selected number of keyframes are derived from the recorded image, each being representative of a respective scene therein. The keyframes are then ordered into a selected number of levels of detail of the scenes represented thereby, each level including a predetermined number of keyframes, each subsequent level including keyframes of greater detail than those in a preceding level. A header file is then formed which is descriptive of the ordered set of keyframes, and the header file is stored together with the ordered set of keyframes in the computer readable memory. A user can thereby identify and obtain optimized retrieval in accordance with his preferences of particular segments of the video image from a relatively slow memory device. The method and apparatus are equally applicable to formation of an indexed order of binary large objects ("blobs") in a set of multimedia documents in accordance with a user's preferences.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于形成已经或正在记录在计算机可读存储器中的视频图像中的场景的视觉索引的方法和装置。 从所记录的图像中导出所选数量的关键帧,每个都代表其中的相应场景。 然后将关键帧排列成由其表示的场景的所选数量的细节级别,每个级别包括预定数量的关键帧,每个后续级别包括比先前级别更详细的关键帧。 然后形成标题文件,其描述关键帧的有序集合,并且头文件与计算机可读存储器中的有序关键帧集合一起存储。 因此,用户可以根据来自相对较慢的存储器设备的视频图像的特定片段的偏好来识别和获得优化的检索。 该方法和装置同样适用于根据用户的喜好在一组多媒体文档中形成二进制大对象(“blob”)的索引顺序。

    Apparatus and method for locating a commercial disposed within a video
data stream
    7.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for locating a commercial disposed within a video data stream 失效
    用于定位设置在视频数据流内的商业的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US6100941A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-08

    申请号:US123444

    申请日:1998-07-28

    摘要: A commercial detection apparatus includes a frame grab thread which acquires frames from an input data stream to be analyzed by a cut detector thread and a filter thread. A commercial detection thread determines whether a commercial has occurred from data created by the cut detector thread and the filter thread stored in a memory. A factor used by the commercial detection thread is whether a black frame has occurred. The input data stream is divided into a plurality of regions and then a maximum and minimum value for a section of these regions is determined and compared to one another. If the maximum and minimum values are close enough, and the maximum value is below a threshold, then the frame is deemed to be black. The commercial detection thread also looks at the average cut frame distance, cut rate, changes in the average cut frame distance, the absence of a logo, a commercial signature detection, brand name detection, a series of black frames preceding a high cut rate, similar frames located within a specified period of time before a frame being analyzed and character detection. During playback, the detected commercials are either skipped or substituted with alternate content.

    摘要翻译: 商业检测装置包括从通过切断检测器线程和滤波器线程分析的输入数据流中获取帧的帧抓取线程。 商业检测线程确定是否从由切割检测器线程创建的数据和存储在存储器中的过滤器线程发生商业广告。 商业检测线程使用的因素是是否发生黑框。 输入数据流被分成多个区域,然后确定这些区域的一部分的最大值和最小值并将其彼此比较。 如果最大值和最小值足够近,并且最大值低于阈值,则该帧被认为是黑色的。 商业检测线程还查看平均切割帧距离,剪切速率,平均切割帧距离的变化,没有标志,商业签名检测,品牌名称检测,高切割率之前的一系列黑色帧, 位于分析帧之前的指定时间段内的类似帧和字符检测。 在播放期间,检测到的广告被跳过或替换为备用内容。