Method and system for inserting contents into video presentations

A system for inserting contents into video presentations, comprising one or more processors, memory, one or more program modules stored in the memory and to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more program modules comprising:

• an advertisement processing module configured to obtain an advertisement-element pool containing a plurality of advertisement elements provided for insertion;
• an video pre-processing module configured to perform shot grouping and primary scene analysis of an input video to acquire scenes with static background and scenes with limited camera motion, the input video presenting at least one scenes and containing a plurality of original frames;
• a white-space candidate detection module configured to detect white-space candidates in the acquired scenes for inserting at least one advertisement element;
• an alignment adjustment module configured to adjust alignment between the white-space candidates and the at least one advertisement element to increase a salience gain of the advertisement elements and to limit salience change of the scenes without insertion;
• and
• an output module configured to generate an output video by inserting the advertisement elements into the white-space candidates according to the adjusted alignment between the white-space candidates and the advertisement elements;
• wherein the alignment adjustment module is further configured to:
• adjust alignment adjustment settings including one or more of white-space candidate selection, advertisement element selection, and visual qualities of the advertisement elements;
• measure a visual attention gain (VAG) of the at least one advertisement element and a salience change distortion (SCD), the SCD being caused by salience distribution change between a manipulated frame and an original frame, the manipulated frame being the original frame inserted with an advertisement element;
• and
• obtain a desired alignment by maximizing the VAG and limiting the SCD.