Video processing system with photo generation and methods for use therewith
AssigneeViXS Systems, Inc.
InventorsIndra Laksono, Sally Jean Daub, John Pomeroy, Xu Gang Zhao
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Abstract
A system for processing a video signal into a processed video signal includes a video codec configured to generate a processed video signal based on the image sequence. A photo generation module is configured to recognize an object of interest in the image sequence and generate photo data from a selected image in the image sequence that includes the object of interest.
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A system for processing a video signal into a processed video signal, the video signal including an image sequence and associated audio data formatted in a compressed video format, the system comprising:
- a video codec configured to generate the processed video signal based on the image sequence;
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- a photo generation module, coupled to the video codec, including a processor configured to recognize an object of interest in the image sequence and generate photo data, formatted in a digital still image format that is distinct from the compressed video format, the photo data corresponding to a photograph generated from a selected image in the image sequence, wherein the photo generation module includes a photo composition module that identifies the selected image in the image sequence as including a selected region that includes the object of interest, wherein the selected image is further identified by determining the selected image conforms to at least one of a plurality of photo composition rules, and wherein the at least one of a plurality of photo composition rules includes a rule of thirds that includes determining that the selected region that includes the object of interest intersects one of four points on the selected image, wherein each of the four points on the selected image corresponds to an intersection of a horizontal grid line of a rule of thirds grid and a vertical grid line of the rule of thirds grid.
A method for processing a video signal into a processed video signal, the video signal including an image sequence and associated audio data formatted in a compressed video format, the method comprising:
- generating, via a video codec, the processed video signal based on the image sequence;
- recognizing an object of interest in the image sequence;
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- generating photo data, formatted in a digital still image format that is distinct from the compressed video format, the photo data corresponding to photograph generated from a selected image in the image sequence wherein the selected image is identified in the image sequence as including a selected region that includes the object of interest, wherein the selected image is further identified by determining the selected image conforms to at least one of a plurality of photo composition rules, and wherein the at least one of a plurality of photo composition rules includes a rule of thirds that includes determining that the selected region that includes the object of interest intersects one of four points on the selected image, wherein each of the four points on the selected image corresponds to an intersection of a horizontal grid line of a rule of thirds grid and a vertical grid line of the rule of thirds grid.
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