System and method for indexing videos based on speaker distinction
First Claim
1. A method for indexing multimedia data comprising:
- detecting particular multimedia segments of said multimedia data, said particular multimedia segments containing predefined audio content;
classifying said particular multimedia segments according to audio characteristics of said predefined audio content in said particular multimedia segments; and
generating indices of locations of said particular multimedia segments in said multimedia data, said indices including classification information of said particular multimedia segments according to said audio characteristics.
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Abstract
A system and method for indexing multimedia files utilizes audio characteristics of predefined audio content contained in selected multimedia segments of the multimedia files to distinguish the selected multimedia segments. In the exemplary embodiment, the predefined audio content is speech contained in video segments of video files. Furthermore, the audio characteristics are speaker characteristics. The speech-containing video segments are detected by analyzing the audio contents of the video files. The audio contents of the speech-containing video segments are then characterized to distinguish the video segments according to speakers. The indexing of speech-containing video segments based on speakers allows users to selectively access video segments that contain speech from a particular speaker without having to manually search all the speech-containing video segments.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for indexing multimedia data comprising:
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detecting particular multimedia segments of said multimedia data, said particular multimedia segments containing predefined audio content;
classifying said particular multimedia segments according to audio characteristics of said predefined audio content in said particular multimedia segments; and
generating indices of locations of said particular multimedia segments in said multimedia data, said indices including classification information of said particular multimedia segments according to said audio characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for indexing multimedia data comprising:
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a detector configured to detect particular multimedia segments of said multimedia data, said particular multimedia segments containing predefined audio content;
a module configured to classify said particular multimedia segments according to audio characteristics of said predefined audio content in said particular multimedia segments; and
a processor configured to generate indices of locations of said particular multimedia segments in said multimedia data, said indices including classification information of said particular multimedia segments according to said audio characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for indexing video data comprising:
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detecting video segments of said video data that contain speech content;
associating said video segments based on speaker characteristics of said speech content in said video segments; and
generating indices corresponding to locations of said video segments in said video data, said indices including said speaker characteristics of said speech content in said video segments. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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