Description based video searching system and method
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsGanesh GunasekaranBabu, Abdul Raheem, Balaji Sivakumar, Prabhu S., Gopalakrishnan Venkatesan
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Abstract
A method of and system for searching a video information is provided. The method includes inputting video information, acquiring a first frame of the video information, searching the first frame for a desired object, searching the first frame for a desired feature if the desired object is found in the first frame, and marking the first frame if the desired feature is found in the first frame. The method further includes acquiring, searching, and marking subsequent frames of the video information as necessary until the end of the video is reached.
Claims20
A method of searching video information comprising:
- inputting video information;
- acquiring a first frame of the video information;
- searching the first frame for a desired object;
- searching the first frame for a desired feature if the desired object is found in the first frame;
- and
- marking the first frame if the desired feature is found in the first frame.
An interactive viewing apparatus comprising:
- means for loading video information;
- means for selecting a desired object or desired feature;
- and
- means for initiating an automatic search of the video for the desired object or the desired feature.
A system for searching video images for a desired object comprising:
- a programmable processor and associated control circuitry;
- and
- a user interface, wherein the programmable processor and the associated control circuitry acquire a first frame of the video, search the first frame for the desired object, search the first frame for a desired feature if the desired object is found in the first frame, and mark the first frame if the desired feature is found in the first frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.