US 2016/0261894 A1 · DETECTING OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS TO IDENTIFY VIDEO DEMARCATIONS

Abstract

Particular embodiments analyze logos found in a video program to determine video demarcations in the video program. For example, a video demarcation may be content that marks (“marker content”) a transition from a first video content type to a second video content type. Marker content may be used so the user knows that a transition is occurring. Particular embodiments analyze the logos found in a video program to determine the video demarcations in the video. The video is first analyzed to determine logos in the video program. Once these logos are determined, particular embodiments may re-analyze the video program to identify marker frames that include the marker content that signal the transitions to a different video content types. The marker frames may be determined without any prior knowledge of the marker content. Then, particular embodiments may use the marker frames to determine video segments.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, a set of logos, wherein the set of logos are detected by analyzing a video;
selecting, by the computing device, a logo in the set of logos;
using, by the computing device, a pattern associated with the logo in the video to identify a plurality of frame sequences in the video, wherein the pattern comprises a presence or absence of the logo in the video;
determining, by the computing device, marker content for a set of marker frames by analyzing video content of the plurality of frame sequences, wherein the marker content is used to transition from a first content type to a second content type in at least of portion of the plurality of frame sequences in the video;
and
determining, by the computing device, a set of video demarcations based on the set of marker frames, the set of video demarcations used to segment the video into video segments.

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Detecting of graphical objects to identify video demarcations

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Abstract

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