Method and apparatus for creating a searchable digital video library and a system and method of using such a library

Patent 5835667 Issued on November 10, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 10, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Carnegie Mellon University

Application

No. 324076 filed on 10/14/1994

US Classes:

386/96, Audio signal386/97, Selective mode (e.g., mono, stereo, or bilingual)386/106, Disc704/501With content reduction encoding

Examiners

Primary: Tran, Thai
Assistant: Nguyen, Huy

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP

International Class

H04N 005/76

Abstract

An apparatus and method of creating a digital library from audio data and video images. The method includes the steps of transcribing the audio data and marking the transcribed audio data with a first set of time-stamps and indexing the transcribed audio data. The method also includes the steps of digitizing the video data and marking the digitized video data with a second set of time-stamps related to the first set of time-stamps and segmenting the digitized video data into paragraphs according to a set of rules. The steps of storing the indexed audio data and the digitized video data with their respective sets of time-stamps is also provided. The method also includes the step of passing the transcribed audio data through a natural language interpreter before indexing the transcribed audio data. A method and apparatus for searching the digital library is disclosed.

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