US 2002/0164151 A1 · Automatic content analysis and representation of multimedia presentations

Abstract

For use in a multimedia analysis system capable of analyzing the content of multimedia signals, there is disclosed an apparatus and method for creating a multimedia table of contents of videotaped material. In one advantageous embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention comprises a multimedia table of contents controller that is capable of receiving video signals, audio signals, and text signals of said videotaped material, and capable of combining portions of the video signals, audio signals, and text signals to create a table of contents of the videotaped material. The controller is capable of segmenting video signals with both a coarse and fine segmentation application. The controller is also capable of locating boundaries of elements of the videotaped material with both a coarse and fine boundary detection application. An index module of the controller links elements of the table of contents with combinations of audio, visual, and transcript cues. A retrieval module retrieves and displays a table of contents in response to a user request.

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Dependent claims

For use in a multimedia analysis system capable of analyzing content of multimedia signals, an apparatus for creating a multimedia table of contents of videotaped material, said apparatus comprising:

a multimedia table of contents controller capable of receiving video signals, audio signals, and text signals of said videotaped material;
wherein said multimedia table of contents controller is capable of combining portions of said video signals, audio signals, and text signals of said videotaped material to create a table of contents of said videotaped material.

A multimedia analysis system capable of analyzing content of multimedia signals, said multimedia analysis system comprising an apparatus for creating a multimedia table of contents of videotaped material, said apparatus comprising:

a multimedia table of contents controller capable of receiving video signals, audio signals, and text signals of said videotaped material;
wherein said multimedia table of contents controller is capable of combining portions of said video signals, audio signals, and text signals of said videotaped material to create a table of contents of said videotaped material.

For use in a multimedia analysis system capable of analyzing content of multimedia signals, a method for creating a multimedia table of contents of videotaped material, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving in a multimedia table of contents controller video signals, audio signals, and text signals of said videotaped material;
and
combining portions of said video signals, audio signals, and text signals of said videotaped material in said multimedia table of contents controller to create said multimedia table of contents.

For use in a multimedia analysis system capable of analyzing content of multimedia signals, computer-executable instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium for creating a multimedia table of contents of videotaped material, the computer-executable instructions comprising the steps of:

receiving in a multimedia table of contents controller video signals, audio signals, and text signals of said videotaped material;
and
combining portions of said video signals, audio signals, and text signals of said videotaped material in said multimedia table of contents controller to create said multimedia table of contents.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automatic content analysis and representation of multimedia presentations

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Automatic content analysis and representation of multimedia presentations

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