Detection and measurement of video scene transitions

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to detect a video transition, by performing the steps of:

• calculating a first average pixel intensity for each pixel grouping included in a first plurality of pixel groupings fetched from a plurality of locations in a first video frame;
• calculating a second average pixel intensity for each pixel grouping included in a second plurality of pixel groupings fetched from the plurality of locations in a second video frame;
• calculating a third average pixel intensity for each pixel grouping included in a third plurality of pixel groupings fetched from the plurality of locations in a third video frame;
• for each location in the plurality of locations:
• comparing the first average pixel intensity to the corresponding second average pixel intensity to identify a first trend;
• comparing the second average pixel intensity to the corresponding third average pixel intensity to identify a second trend;
• and
• comparing the first trend to the second trend to determine whether a match exits;
• and
• determining that a video transition is occurring based on a number of matches across the plurality of locations.

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a central processing unit coupled to the memory, configured to:
• calculate a first average pixel intensity for each pixel grouping included in a first plurality of pixel groupings fetched from a plurality of locations in a first video frame;
• calculate a second average pixel intensity for each pixel grouping included in a second plurality of pixel groupings fetched from the plurality of locations in a second video frame;
• calculate a third average pixel intensity for each pixel grouping included in a third plurality of pixel groupings fetched from the plurality of locations in a third video frame;
• for each location in the plurality of locations:
• compare the first average pixel intensity to the corresponding second average pixel intensity to identify a first trend;
• compare the second average pixel intensity to the corresponding third average pixel intensity to identify a second trend;
• and
• compare the first trend to the second trend to determine whether a match exits;
• and
• determine that a video transition is occurring based on a number of matches across the plurality of locations.