Formal verification of semantic DS

• US 20020059290A1
• Filed: 07/11/2001
• Published: 05/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Rising, Hawley K. III
• Granted Patent: US 7,120,640 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A method for use in classifying, storage and retrieval of audiovisual information. The method uses the elements of a semantic description to describe arbitrary structure related to the audiovisual information. The method includes: (1) providing entities describing non-relational parts of the semantic description, the entities including a concept having a collection of properties of the audiovisual information, and (2) referencing one or more interior structures of the concept from all entities in the semantic description.

Claims

1. A method permitting description of audiovisual information characterized as an entity for describing non-relational parts of a semantic description, and employing a concept which is a collection of properties of the audiovisual information, the method comprising:

determining a match for the entity in the concept;

determining a match for a relationship the entity has with the concept; and

building a graph that links the entity to one or more portions of the concept to produce a description of the audiovisual information.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing an abstract of the description for use as templates.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the abstract in classification schemes or dictionaries.

4. A method for use in classifying, storage and retrieval of visual information, the method using the elements of a semantic description to describe arbitrary structure related to the audiovisual information, the method comprising,

providing entities describing non-relational parts of the semantic description, the entities including a concept having a collection of properties of the audiovisual information, and

referencing one or more interior structures of the concept from all entities in the semantic description.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising 91 augmenting a description field in a classification scheme or dictionary of descriptions to allow description of term by employing the concept.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising 91 construing links between the one or more entities as classification schemes or dictionaries for storage.