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7424678 Audiovisual information management system with advertising  
A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video, comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description includes at least one...
7424677 Audiovisual information management system with usage preferences  
A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprises a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description where the usage...
7424129 Printing system with embedded audio/video content recognition and processing  
A printing system includes embedded functionality for performing media content recognition and processing. Based on the results of the content recognition and processing performed on the media...
7415670 Printer with audio/video localization  
A multimedia printing device receives multimedia data, processes it, and outputs it, thereby enhancing the handling and use of such data. In an embodiment, the processed data are output in a...
7372991 Method and apparatus for summarizing and indexing the contents of an audio-visual presentation  
A method for creating a summary of an audiovisual presentation initiates with segmenting a frame of the audiovisual presentation. Then, a slide region of the segmented frame is identified. Next, a...
7340678 Systems and methods for creating an interactive 3D visualization of indexed media  
A 3D graphical user interface includes a two-dimensional ground-plane layout representing the relationship between one or more leaf elements of a tree data structure. The interface further includes...
7314994 Music processing printer  
An audio processing device receives, processes, and outputs music and audio files to a variety of electronic and paper-based formats. In one embodiment, the audio processing device generates a...
7313808 Browsing continuous multimedia content  
A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information...
7310589 Processing of video content  
Processing of video content including sports.
7296231 Video structuring by probabilistic merging of video segments  
A method for structuring video by probabilistic merging of video segments includes the steps of obtaining a plurality of frames of unstructured video; generating video segments from the...
7293280 Skimming continuous multimedia content  
A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information...
7286724 Method and apparatus for searching, browsing and summarizing moving image data using fidelity for tree-structure moving image hierarchy  
A method and apparatus for searching, browsing and summarizing moving image data using the fidelity of a tree-structured moving image hierarchy, which can partition or divide the moving image data...
7275210 Systems and methods for generating video summary image layouts  
Systems and methods for creating aesthetically pleasing visual image summaries from a collection of input images. The systems and methods determine a visual image summary by creating candidate...
7275159 Multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality  
A multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality enables the outputting of content in an encrypted form. The multimedia output device receives the content to be encrypted,...
7243140 Multi-level skimming of multimedia content using playlists  
A skimmed or preview version of multimedia content is provided to a client computer by a server computer using playlists. The skimmed version of multimedia content can be presented to a user of a...
7203380 Video production and compaction with collage picture frame user interface  
A method, system, and apparatus for easily creating a video collage from a video is provided. By segmenting the video into a set number of video segments and providing an interface for a user to...
7197709 Audiovisual information management system with multiple user identifications  
A method of using an audiovisual system including the steps of providing usage preferences descriptions, providing a first user identification description which identifies a particular user of at...
7194688 Audiovisual information management system with seasons  
A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video having a plurality of frames, the method including the step of providing a plurality of usage preferences descriptions,...
7194687 Audiovisual information management system with user identification  
A method of using an audiovisual system including the steps of providing usage preferences descriptions, providing a plurality of usage history descriptions, and providing a user identification...
7181691 Audiovisual information management system with presentation service  
A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprises a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description where the usage...
7178107 Audiovisual information management system with identification prescriptions  
A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description where the usage...
7151852 Method and system for segmentation, classification, and summarization of video images  
In a technique for video segmentation, classification and summarization based on the singular value decomposition, frames of the input video sequence are represented by vectors composed of...
7134074 Data processing method and storage medium, and program for causing computer to execute the data processing method  
A context of media content is represented by context description data having a hierarchical stratum. The highest hierarchical layer is formed from a single element representing content. The lowest...
7079142 Systems and methods for creating and updating an interactive 3D visualization of media indices  
Systems and methods for creating and updating interactive 3D visualizations of media indices wherein separate indices are located above and below a ground plane. The indices are organized in table...
7076535 Multi-level skimming of multimedia content using playlists  
A skimmed or preview version of multimedia content is provided to a client computer by a server computer using playlists. The skimmed version of multimedia content can be presented to a user of a...
7069311 Multi-level skimming of multimedia content using playlists  
A skimmed or preview version of multimedia content is provided to a client computer by a server computer using playlists. The skimmed version of multimedia content can be presented to a user of a...
7043094 Process for the automatic creation of a database of images accessible by semantic features  
An initial image is subjected to a plurality of segmentations into uniform components by using various criteria to identify and isolate several series of objects constituted by segmented thumbnail...
7035435 Scalable video summarization and navigation system and method  
A method and system for automatically summarizing a video document. The video document is decomposed into scenes, shots and frames, and an importance value is assigned to each scene, shot and...
7020351 Method and apparatus for enhancing and indexing video and audio signals  
A method and apparatus for indexing digital video and audio signals using a digital database. A user may index the digital images by content within the images, through annotation, and the like. The...
7016540 Method and system for segmentation, classification, and summarization of video images  
In a technique for video segmentation, classification and summarization based on the singular value decomposition, frames of the input video sequence are represented by vectors composed of...
EP1566808A1 Method and apparatus for summarizing a plurality of frames  
A method and apparatus for summarizing a plurality of data select representative frames out of a plurality of frames and summarize the representative frames, in an image reproducing system. The...
6930687 Method of displaying a digital image  
A computer system 1 comprises a processor 3 connected to a memory 5 . The processor 3 receives image data, representing a displayable static photograph, through an input port 7 , generates...
EP1557837A1 Redundancy elimination in a content-adaptive video preview system  
A content-adaptive video preview system (100) allows to go faster through a video than existing video skimming techniques. Thereby, a user can interactively adapt (S1) the speed of browsing and/or...
6907570 Video and multimedia browsing while switching between views  
Preferred implementations of the invention permit a user to seamlessly switch from a first media stream to a second media stream in a synchronized way, such that the second media stream picks up...
6868440 Multi-level skimming of multimedia content using playlists  
A skimmed or preview version of multimedia content is provided to a client computer by a server computer using playlists. The skimmed version of multimedia content can be presented to a user of a...
6842197 Automatic extraction method of the structure of a video sequence  
The invention relates to a method intended to automatically create a description of a video sequence—i.e. its table of contents—by analyzing the video sequence. First is a temporal segmentation...
6792163 Method and apparatus for searching, browsing and summarizing moving image data using fidelity of tree-structured moving image hierarchy  
A method and apparatus for searching, browsing and summarizing moving image data using the fidelity of a tree-structured moving image hierarchy, which can partition or divide the moving image data...
6697523 Method for summarizing a video using motion and color descriptors  
A method extracts an intensity of motion activity from shots in a compressed video. The method then uses the intensity of motion activity to segment the video into easy and difficult segments to...
6677961 Method and apparatus for identifying a predetermined number of representative data pieces from within a selected data segment  
A method and apparatus identifies a predetermined number of representative data pieces from within a selected data segment, regardless of the size of the selected data segment. These start and end...
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