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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189114 | Automated method for temporal segmentation of a video into scenes with taking different types of transitions between frame sequences into account The automated detection of scene boundaries supports the user in browsing a video. Establishing the similarity between two respective frame sequences is made by choosing and comparing respective key-frames from each frame sequence, which are temporally as far apart ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184208 | Method and apparatus for processing video data A method for processing video data including a plurality of fields is disclosed. The method includes: dividing the plurality of fields into a plurality of image blocks; examining each image block of a target field to determine whether each image block of the target ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8120710 | Interlaced video field motion detection A television line doubler (interlaced to progressive scan converter) incorporating the following aspects an improved field motion detector which does not treat low frequency vertical transitions as motion; a frame motion detector having an improved ability to differ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107015 | Key frame selection A system and method that processes video to extract a keyframe-based adequate visual representation. The method utilizes a hierarchical processing technique. The first stage in the hierarchy extracts a chromatic difference metric from a pair of video frames. An init... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8094239 | 3:2 pulldown detection Field-based detection of 3:2 pulldown in a sequence of digital video fields using a programmable graphics processor is described. The detection is performed using a threshold value to determine equivalence between a pair of fields of digital video data. Furthermore,... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089563 | Method and system for analyzing fixed-camera video via the selection, visualization, and interaction with storyboard keyframes Techniques for generating a storyboard are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention the storyboard is comprised of videos from one or more cameras based on the identification of activity in the video. Various embodiments of the invention include an assessment o... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8068181 | 3:2 pulldown detection Field-based detection of 3:2 pulldown in a sequence of digital video fields using a programmable graphics processor is described. The detection is performed using a threshold value to determine equivalence between a pair of fields of digital video data. Furthermore,... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8035751 | Pulldown field detector A system and method for detecting the presence and location of pull-down fields in a video field stream. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise method steps and circuit structure for generating an array of variance indications, each of which represent... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035750 | 3:2 pulldown detection Field-based detection of 3:2 pulldown in a sequence of digital video fields using a programmable graphics processor is described. The detection is performed using a threshold value to determine equivalence between a pair of fields of digital video data. Furthermore,... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8009965 | Video analyzer and computer program product According to one embodiment, a video analyzer includes a still image detector, a characteristic detector, and a boundary position detector. The still image detector detects a still image in video frames of content including video and audio data, and create a still i... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004613 | 3:2 pulldown detection Field-based detection of 3:2 pulldown in a sequence of digital video fields using a programmable graphics processor is described. The detection is performed using a threshold value to determine equivalence between a pair of fields of digital video data. Furthermore,... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995150 | 3:2 pulldown detection Field-based detection of 3:2 pulldown in a sequence of digital video fields using a programmable graphics processor is described. The detection is performed using a threshold value to determine equivalence between a pair of fields of digital video data. Furthermore,... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986372 | Systems and methods for smart media content thumbnail extraction Systems and methods for smart media content thumbnail extraction are described. In one aspect program metadata is generated from recorded video content. The program metadata includes one or more key-frames from one or more corresponding shots. An objectively represe... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7974516 | Recording medium having data structure of playlist marks for managing reproduction of still images recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses Provided are apparatuses and methods for reproducing a data structure for managing reproduction of still images recorded on a recording medium. In the recording medium, a data area stores at least first and second still images and a playlist area stores at least one... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7894002 | 3:2 pulldown detection Field-based detection of 3:2 pulldown in a sequence of digital video fields using a programmable graphics processor is described. The detection is performed using a threshold value to determine equivalence between a pair of fields of digital video data. Furthermore,... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7884884 | Dynamic image search information recording apparatus and dynamic image searching devices A motion picture retrieval information storage apparatus (40) storing retrieval information for retrieving a motion picture, expressed by motion picture data, and constituted of one or more partial motion pictures (140, 142, 144, 146, 160) on the time ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880815 | Method for detecting and eliminating flash scene in digital video Method disclosed in the present invention is proposed to detect and eliminate flash scene in digital video. Particularly, averaging shot distribution of digital video is employed as knowledge to develop the algorithm of the present invention, and which is incorporat... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7852414 | Method of selecting seeds for the clustering of key-frames The method is characterized in that it implements the following steps: random drawing of p candidates from the set of key images, calculation of a cost C for each candidate, selection of the candid... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843512 | Identifying key video frames A rate of change of visual content (compared to an adjacent video frame) of a video frame is determined, and the video frame is selected as a key video frame if the rate exceeds a threshold value. In an embodiment, to compute the rate, the motion energy vector magni... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7808559 | System and method for accumulative stillness analysis of video signals A method and system for accumulating stillness characteristics is presented. The method and system generates field stillness characteristics for a current pixel of a current field. The field stillness characteristic is accumulated with an accumulated stillness chara... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7800699 | 3:2 Pulldown detection Field-based detection of 3:2 pulldown in a sequence of digital video fields using a programmable graphics processor is described. The detection is performed using a threshold value to determine equivalence between a pair of fields of digital video data. Furthermore,... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7646437 | Look-ahead system and method for pan and zoom detection in video sequences A look-ahead system and method for pan and zoom detection in video sequences is disclosed. The system and method use motion vectors in a reference coordinate system to identify pans and zooms in video sequences. The identification of pans and zooms enables parameter... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7643096 | Information processing apparatus Relationship information is previously generated and stored by learning based on camera motion estimation information expressing motion of a video camera, which is detected by a desired image signal picked up by the video camera, and camera motion information expres... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7636129 | Method and device for detecting sawtooth artifact and/or field motion An apparatus includes a pixel detector for generating a comparison value according to a target pixel in a first field and comparing pixels in a second field, a counting device for generating a count value according to the comparison values, and a decision circuit fo... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630021 | Image processing device and image processing method An image processing device that joins together multiple scenes extracted from a video image, wherein scene information that indicates characteristics of the multiple scenes is extracted from multiple frame images that comprise the video image, where, when two scenes... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7612832 | Method and system for video clip compression In a method for compressing a video clip containing audio content and image content, an image and/or an audio portion of individual video frames of the video clip are analyzed. Next frame scores are calculated for the video frames. Each frame score is based on at le... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7595843 | Pulldown field detector A system and method for detecting the presence and location of pull-down fields in a video field stream. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise method steps and circuit structure for generating an array of variance indications, each of which represent... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7589796 | Video display device, video encoder, and methods for use therewith A video encoder includes a receiving module for receiving a video signal, the video signal including a plurality of fields, wherein each of the plurality of fields includes a plurality of pixels. The video encoder further includes a signal processor having a signal ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7551234 | Method and apparatus for estimating shot boundaries in a digital video sequence A method of estimating a shot boundary in a digital video sequence comprises calculating a measurement of dissimilarity between each frame in the video sequence and its previous frame based on at least one of de-emphasized luminance differences and absolute color di... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7532256 | Methods and apparatus for detecting scenes in a video medium Methods and apparatuses of detecting the beginnings and endings of scenes in video media, especially videotapes of “Reality TV” scenes, are disclosed. The video medium defines an array of pixels, and comprises a sequence of video frames. Each frame has a set of ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7522221 | Interlaced video field motion detection A television line doubler (interlaced to progressive scan converter) incorporating the following aspects an improved field motion detector which does not treat low frequency vertical transitions as motion; a frame motion detector having an improved ability to differ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7471343 | Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program The invention provides an image processing device that reduces flickering on a screen by simplifying the structure of an image processing device. The image processing device can include a statistical value calculating unit, a correction parameter calculating unit, a... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7466365 | Moving image processing apparatus and method, and computer readable memory A frame extraction unit detects a luminance change point frame in which the brightness change amount between frames is equal to or higher than a threshold value from a moving image formed by a plurality of frames. A flash check unit checks the presence/absence of a ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7450184 | Circuits and methods for detecting 2:2 encoded video and systems utilizing the same A method of detecting a stream of video data generated utilizing a pull-down technique includes receiving a sequence of fields of interlaced video data. For each pair of a plurality of pairs of the fields of interlaced video in the sequence, pixel values correspondi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444018 | Method and apparatus for shot detection A system identifies an abrupt transition in content between two frames, and determines whether the abrupt transition was caused by a shot boundary between the two frames or by a flashlight event. Identification of the abrupt transition in content includes calculatin... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432979 | Interlaced to progressive scan image conversion An image processing apparatus that can convert an interlaced signal generated by the 3-2 or 2-2 pull-down process, to a progressive signal without degrading the quality of the image represented by the interlaced signal, even if the interlaced signal contains an ordi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432987 | Method of motion detection for 3D comb filter video decoder A method of motion detection for a 3D comb filter video decoder is disclosed. In this method, a plurality of sampled data FmPx,y is obtained and temporarily stored after a composite video signal is sampled, wherein FmPx,y ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430014 | De-interlacing device capable of de-interlacing video fields adaptively according to motion ratio and associated method A de-interlacing device capable of de-interlacing a video field adaptively and associated method, the device includes a video field detector for detecting a video field and for outputting a motion detection parameter, a motion detector for detecting a motion differe... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425990 | Motion correction device and method To realize a motion compensation device capable of more appropriately compensating the movement of a video signal subjected to double-speed conversion. A motion vector between an image of a current field in a double-speed-converted video signal and an image of a ref... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424204 | Video information summarizing apparatus and method for generating digest information, and video information summarizing program for generating digest information A summary reproducing apparatus, which is capable of reproducing a summary accurately for each type of video information and of reducing a burden in generating digest information, provided with an audio feature amount extraction unit for obtaining a sound feature am... | 09/09/2008 |
