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Computerized video file analysis tool and method

  • US 10,169,658 B2
  • Filed: 11/24/2017
  • Issued: 01/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for dynamically creating and presenting video content information to a user, the system comprising:

  • at least one processor;

    a screen;

    non-transient memory that stores program instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

    i) load contents of a video file into a video player, for display in a user interface of the video player on the screen;

    ii) display frames of the video file in the user interface;

    iii) receive, via the user interface, a user'"'"'s input indicating selection of an object displayed in at least one frame of the video file;

    iv) perform an object identification analysis of frames comprising the video file to locate each instance where a specific frame of the video file contains the object;

    v) for each specific frame of the video file that contains the object, perform a z-axis analysis of the object within the frame to determine prominence of the object within each specific frame;

    vi) store metadata in non-volatile storage associated with the video file, the metadata indicating results of the object identification analysis and, for frames where the object was present, the z-axis analysis; and

    vii) automatically generate and display for the video file, on the screen synchronized to the video file, a graphical timeline display for the user graphically reflecting frames of the video file containing the object and object prominence within those frames based upon the metadata.

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