System and method for annotating multi-modal characteristics in multimedia documents
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHugh Adams Jr., Giridharen Iyengar, Ching-Yung Lin, Chalapathy Neti, John Smith, Belle Tseng
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Abstract
A manual annotation system of multi-modal characteristics in multimedia files. There is provided an arrangement for selection an observation modality of video with audio, video without audio, audio with video, or audio without video, to be used to annotate multimedia content. While annotating video or audio features is isolation results in less confidence in the identification of features, observing both audio and video simultaneously and annotating that observation results in a higher confidence level.
Claims19
An apparatus for managing multimedia content, said apparatus comprising:
- an arrangement for supplying multimedia content;
- an input interface for permitting the selection, for observation, of at least one of the following modes associated with the multimedia content:
- an audio portion that includes video;
- and a video portion that includes audio;
- and
- an arrangement for annotating observations of a selected mode.
A method of managing multimedia content, said method comprising the steps of:
- supplying multimedia content;
- permitting the selection, for observation, of at least one of the following modes associated with the multimedia content:
- an audio portion that includes video;
- and a video portion that includes audio;
- and
- annotating observations of a selected mode.
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for managing multimedia content, said method comprising the steps of:
- supplying multimedia content;
- permitting the selection, for observation, of at least one of the following modes associated with the multimedia content:
- an audio portion that includes video;
- and a video portion that includes audio;
- and
- annotating observations of a selected mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.