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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsThomas J. Latham, Jack E. Dunning, Jordan R. Cain
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Technology for identifying segment starting locations in video compilations. The method includes: receiving an enumerated video compilation of a plurality of joined video segments; identifying enumerating text in key frames of the video compilation, wherein the key frames are at time intervals in the video compilation; and storing identified enumerating text information in relation to the key frames. The method then includes: analyzing the stored enumerating text information to identify time locations in the video compilation of a first occurrence of each enumerating value; and providing location references in the video compilation of the identified time locations for navigation.
A computer-implemented method (CIM) for identifying segment starting locations in video compilations, the CIM comprising:
A computer program product (CPP), in the form of a manufacture, for identifying segment starting locations in video compilations, the CPP comprising:
A computer system (CS) comprising:
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Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs: involving operations for…
In video content: higher-level, semantic clustering, classification or understanding of video scenes, e.g. detection, labelling or Markovian…
In video content: extracting features or characteristics from the video content, e.g. video fingerprints, representative shots or key frames
Segmentation of character regions: using recognition of characters or words
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The present invention relates to identifying segment starting locations in video compilations, and more specifically, to identifying segment starting locations for navigation through an enumerating video compilation.
Videos have become very popular that show a ranking of video clips that are enumerated in a category, such as a “Top 10”, “Top 100”, etc. These videos combine a number of different video clips from the same or different sources into a compilation of relevant content. For example, these include “Top 50 funniest clips of the week” videos and “Top 10 fails of the week” videos. This video compilations are referred to herein as “enumerated compilations”.
As the number of these video compilations increases, as does the likelihood that a user has seen a clip included in the compilation before. Users typically like to skip these previously seen clips and move onto the next one.
The subject matter regarded as the invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. The invention, both as to organization and method of operation, together with objects, features, and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following detailed description when read with the accompanying drawings.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the following drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of an example embodiment of a method in accordance with the present invention;
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, elements shown in the figures have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements may be exaggerated relative to other elements for clarity. Further, where considered appropriate, reference numbers may be repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding or analogous features.
Some embodiments of the present invention may recognize, one, or more, of the following challenges, problems, opportunities for improvement and or fax with respect to the current state of the art: (i) the currently conventional process, described above in the Background section, involves trial and error; (ii) the currently conventional process, described above in the Background section, may result in missing the next clip's content and may be frustrating and time-consuming to the user; (iii) currently conventional solutions to this problem provide the user with an incremental time jump function that may forward by set intervals (for example, 5 second intervals, or a slider function that the user can use to perform a granular fast forward); and/or (iv) both of these methods require the user to spot the video clip change.
The described method and system are provided for identifying segment starting locations in enumerated video compilations. Enumerated video compilations are made up of a plurality of joined video segments or clips that count up or down a ranking of the video segments.