Method and system for the automatic generation of multi-lingual synchronized sub-titles for audiovisual data
First Claim
1. A computer-based method of synchronizing a realization of a media stream having a first representation synchronized with said realization, and at least one second representation, said method comprising:
- determining structure information for said first representation and said at least one second representation;
determining structure association information between said first representation and said at least one second representation; and
synchronizing said at least one second representation with said first synchronized representation and said realization using said structure association information.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for computerized synchronization of an audio stream having a first synchronized textual representation usable for subtitling of the audio stream in the original language, with a second synchronized textual representation which can be used as an alternative subtitle including a transcription of the original language into another language. Time synchronous links can be built between the audio stream and, for instance, the textual representations of the words spoken in the audio stream. More particularly, the second representation can inherit the synchronization between the audio stream and the first representation using structure association information determined between the first and the second representation.
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1. A computer-based method of synchronizing a realization of a media stream having a first representation synchronized with said realization, and at least one second representation, said method comprising:
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determining structure information for said first representation and said at least one second representation;
determining structure association information between said first representation and said at least one second representation; and
synchronizing said at least one second representation with said first synchronized representation and said realization using said structure association information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for synchronizing a realization of a media stream having a first representation synchronized with said realization, and at least one second representation, said method comprising:
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a first structurer configured to determine structure information for said first representation;
at least a second structurer configured to determine structure information for said at least one second representation; and
a first aligner configured to align said structure information for said first representation and said at least one second representation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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13. A machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
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determining structure information for a first representation being synchronized to a corresponding media stream and at least one second representation;
determining structure association information between said first representation and said at least one second representation; and
synchronizing said at least one second representation with said first synchronized representation and said realization using said structure association information.
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