Summarization of digital files
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsMatthew L. Cooper, Jonathan T. Foote
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provides a method for producing a summary of a digital file. The method includes segmenting the digital file into a plurality of segments, clustering said segments into a plurality of clusters and selecting a cluster from said plurality of clusters wherein said selected cluster includes segments representative of said digital file. Upon selection of a cluster a segment of the cluster is provided as a summary of said digital file.
Claims15
A method for summarizing a digital file, comprising the steps of:
- segmenting said file into a plurality of segments;
- clustering said segments into a plurality of clusters;
- selecting a cluster from said plurality of clusters wherein said selected cluster includes segments representative of said digital file;
- and,
- providing a segment from said selected cluster as a summary of said digital file.
An article of manufacture including an information storage medium wherein is stored information for programming a computer to:
- segment said file into a plurality of segments;
- cluster said segments into a plurality of clusters;
- select at least one cluster from said plurality of clusters wherein said selected cluster includes segments representative of said digital file;
- and
- provide a segment from said selected cluster as a summary of said digital file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.