Summarization of sumo video content

• US 20030141665A1
• Filed: 01/28/2002
• Published: 07/31/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Baoxin
• Granted Patent: US 7,120,873 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 273/440.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/739 in form of a video summary, e.g. the video summary being a video sequence, a composite still image or having synthesized frames
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7834 using audio features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7844 using original textual content or text extracted from visual content or transcript of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/785 using colour or luminescence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/20 Analysis of motion motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/47 Detecting features for summarising video content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739

Abstract

Summarization of video content including sumo.

Claims

1. A method of processing a video including sumo comprising:

(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon an event, wherein said event is characterized by a start time based upon when the players line up to charge one another and an end time based upon when one of the players at least one of steps outside the ring and touches the ring surface with part of his body other than the shoes of his feet, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and

(b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said event is defined by the rules of sumo.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said start time is temporally proximate a charge of the two players.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said end time is temporally proximate a stepping out of the ring.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said end time is temporally proximate a touching of the surface of the ring by a part of his body other than the soles of his feet.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said start time includes a portion of the pre-bout ceremonies.