System and method for scene detection information storage

• US 20030016240A1
• Filed: 07/20/2001
• Published: 01/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Hanes, David H.
• Granted Patent: US 7,089,496 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/719
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/213 Read-only discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A method for storing scene detection information is disclosed. The method comprises identifying scene candidates from received video data and formatting the scene candidates for storage on optical storage media. The optical storage media has a recordable capacity. The method also comprises storing the formatted scene candidates on the optical storage media in a media structure without reducing the recordable capacity.

Claims

1. A method for storing scene detection information, comprising:

identifying scene candidates from received video data;

formatting the scene candidates for storage on optical storage media, the optical storage media having a recordable capacity; and

storing the formatted scene candidates on the optical storage media in a media structure without reducing the recordable capacity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the formatting is performed utilizing one of the group consisting of VOB and UDF formats.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving video data from one of the group consisting of a video camera, video recorder, and a digital data stream.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the media structure comprises disc control blocks on the optical storage media.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising indexing the scene candidates after storing the scene candidates.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein formatting includes indexing the scene candidates into a menu system.

7. A system for storing scene detection information, comprising:

a processing module;

scene detection information storage logic operatively associated with the processing module and operable to

receive video data;

identify scene candidates from the video data; and

format the scene candidates for storage on an optical storage medium, the optical storage medium having a recordable capacity; and

a media storage system operable to store the formatted scene candidates on the optical storage medium in a media structure without reducing the recordable capacity.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the scene candidates are formatted utilizing one of the group consisting of VOB and UDF formats.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the video data is received from one of the group consisting of a video camera, video recorder, and a digital data stream.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the media structure comprises disc control blocks on the optical storage medium.

11. The system of claim 7, further comprising indexing the scene candidates after storing the scene candidates.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein the formatting includes indexing the scene candidates into a menu system.

13. The system of claim 7 wherein the logic is implemented using software residing on a computer-readable medium.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the scene candidates are formatted utilizing one of the group consisting of VOB and UDF formats.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the video data is received from one of the group consisting of a video camera, video recorder, and a digital data stream.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the formatting includes indexing the scene candidates into a menu system.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein storing is performed using disc control blocks on the optical storage medium.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the logic is implemented using software residing on a computer-readable medium.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the logic is further operable to generate a list of scene candidates.

14. A system for storing scene detection information, comprising:

a processing module; and

scene detection information storage logic operatively associated with the processing module and operable to receive video data;

identify scene candidates from the video data;

format the scene candidates for storage on an optical storage medium, the optical storage medium having a recordable capacity; and

cause the formatted scene candidates to be stored on the optical storage medium without reducing the recordable capacity.