Pictorial and vocal representation of a multimedia document
AssigneeFrance Telecom
InventorsPascal Filoche, Frederic Martin, Gilles Le Calvez
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Abstract
A representation server comprises a parser for transforming a multimedia document into a pre-analyzed document describing elements of the multimedia document, modules for determining the background and form characteristics of the pre-analyzed document, and a central unit for selecting pictorial characteristics as a function of the background and form characteristics of the pre-analyzed document. The central unit generates a pictorial representation of the multimedia document as a function of the pictorial characteristics. The server also comprises a module for determining a vocal representation of the document.
Claims11
A method in a computing device for generating a pictorial representation of a multimedia document, comprising the following steps of:
- transforming said multimedia document into a pre-analyzed document describing elements of said multimedia document,
- determining background and form characteristics of said pre-analyzed document,
- selecting pictorial characteristics as a function of said background and form characteristics of said pre-analyzed document, and
- generating a pictorial representation of said multimedia document as a function of said pictorial characteristics selected.
A computing device for generating a pictorial representation of a multimedia document, comprising:
- means for transforming said multimedia document into a pre-analyzed document describing elements of said multimedia document,
- means for determining background and form characteristics of said pre-analyzed document,
- means for selecting pictorial characteristics as a function of said background and form characteristics of said pre-analyzed document, and
- means for generating a pictorial representation of said multimedia document as a function of said pictorial characteristics selected.
A computer program on an information medium for generating a pictorial representation of a multimedia document in a computing device, said program including program instructions which, when said program is loaded and executed in said computing device, carry out the following steps of:
- transforming said multimedia document into a pre-analyzed document describing elements of said multimedia document,
- determining background and form characteristics of said pre-analyzed document,
- selecting pictorial characteristics as a function of said background and form characteristics of said pre-analyzed document, and
- generating a pictorial representation of said multimedia document as a function of said pictorial characteristics selected.
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