Intelligent news video browsing system and method thereof

• US 20030123850A1
• Filed: 10/01/2002
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoon, Kyoung Ro, Jun, Sung Bae
• Application Number:
  US10/263,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20030123850A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/68
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/745 the internal structure of a single video sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7844 using original textual content or text extracted from visual content or transcript of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• 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 21/440281 by altering the temporal resolution, e.g. by frame skipping television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4542 Blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/16 Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method allowing a user to browse news video more conveniently. An intelligent news video browsing method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: producing index information on anchor shot segment and episode scene segment in news video contents including at least both of the segments; and browsing a concerned news video by applying different reproduction methods and different reproduction speeds to each of the anchor shot segment and episode scene segment in the news video contents.

Claims

1. An intelligent news video browsing method comprising the steps of:

producing index information on anchor shot segment and episode scene segment in news video contents including at least both of the segments; and

browsing a concerned news video by applying different reproduction methods and different reproduction speeds to each of the anchor shot segment and episode scene segment in the news video contents.

2. The intelligent news video browsing method according to claim 1, wherein the anchor shot segment is reproduced by a normal reproduction method including an audio reproduction and a normal reproduction speed.

3. The intelligent news video browsing method according to claim 1, wherein the episode scene segment is reproduced in a speed faster than the normal reproduction speed by using a method which increases the number of frames to be decoded per the unit of time and/or a skipping method.

4. An intelligent news video browsing method comprising the steps of:

producing index information on summary news segment, and advertisement segment intervening between pieces of news in news video contents including at least both of the segments; and

browsing a concerned news video by applying different reproduction methods and different reproduction speeds to each of the summary news segment and the advertisement segment in the news video contents.

5. The intelligent news video browsing method according to claim 4, wherein the summary news segment is reproduced by a normal reproduction method including an audio reproduction and a normal reproduction speed.

6. The intelligent news video browsing method according to claim 4, wherein the advertisement segment is skipped.

7. The intelligent news video browsing method according to claim 4, wherein the advertisement segment is reproduced in a speed faster than the normal reproduction speed by using a method which increases the number of frames to be decoded per the unit of time and/or a skipping method.

8. An intelligent news video browsing method comprising the steps of:

producing genre information on news article and user profile information on individual users in news video contents including at least news article segment; and

browsing a concerned news video by applying different reproduction methods and different reproduction speeds to each of concerned news articles on the basis of the user profile information.

9. The news video browsing method according to claim 8, wherein the user profile information includes at least one of user preference, user non-preference, user preference/non-preference, reproduction speed and reproduction method for genres of each article.

10. The news video browsing method according to claim 8, wherein the user profile information includes user preference for the genre of the news article, and the lower the preference is, the faster the reproduction speed is.

11. An intelligent news video browsing apparatus comprising;

an index information providing means for providing structural/semantic index information on each of segments in news video contents;

a media storage means for storing the news video contents;

a user interface means for interfacing the user with a browsing system;

a reproduction control parameter storage means for storing information on a reproduction method and a reproduction speed for each of the segments including the index information;

a control means for controlling the reproduction method and the reproduction speed of news segment identified by corresponding index information on the basis of the structural/semantic index information when media files in said media storage means are reproduced upon a request by user inputted through said user interface means; and

a display means for reproducing and then displaying the news video contents under a control of said control means.

12. The intelligent news video browsing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprises a user profile information storage means for storing information on the user and providing information on a specific user to said control means.

13. The intelligent news video browsing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the user profile information includes preference/non-preference information on semantic segmentation of news article, wherein the reproduction method and reproduction speed are set in consideration of the preference/non-preference information.

14. The intelligent news video browsing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the user profile information includes reproduction method information and reproduction speed information on semantic segmentation of news article.

15. The intelligent news video browsing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said user profile information storage means is a nonvolatile memory attachable to the apparatus.

16. The intelligent news video browsing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said user profile information storage means is a nonvolatile memory at a remote site.

17. The intelligent news video browsing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said user profile information storage means is a potable storage device.

18. The intelligent news video browsing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said index information providing means includes genre information of news article therein.

19. The intelligent news video browsing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the structural/semantic index information on each of segments in news video contents is index information for more than one segmentation between anchor shot segment, episode scene segment, summary news segment, and advertisement segment.

20. The intelligent news video browsing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein under a client-server environment, said media storage means and said index information providing means are located at the server and provide concerned information to the client through a communication network.