System and method for annotating multi-modal characteristics in multimedia documents
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1. An apparatus for managing multimedia content, said apparatus comprising:
- an arrangement for supplying multimedia content;
an input interface for permitting the selection, for observation, of at least one of the following modes associated with the multimedia content;
an audio portion that includes video; and
a video portion that includes audio; and
an arrangement for annotating observations of a selected mode.
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Abstract
A manual annotation system of multi-modal characteristics in multimedia files. There is provided an arrangement for selection an observation modality of video with audio, video without audio, audio with video, or audio without video, to be used to annotate multimedia content. While annotating video or audio features in isolation results in less confidence in the identification of the features, observing both audio and video simultaneously and annotating that observation results in a higher confidence level.
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1. An apparatus for managing multimedia content, said apparatus comprising:
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an arrangement for supplying multimedia content;
an input interface for permitting the selection, for observation, of at least one of the following modes associated with the multimedia content;
an audio portion that includes video; and
a video portion that includes audio; and
an arrangement for annotating observations of a selected mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of managing multimedia content, said method comprising the steps of:
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supplying multimedia content;
permitting the selection, for observation, of at least one of the following modes associated with the multimedia content;
an audio portion that includes video; and
a video portion that includes audio; and
annotating observations of a selected mode. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for managing multimedia content, said method comprising the steps of:
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supplying multimedia content;
permitting the selection, for observation, of at least one of the following modes associated with the multimedia content;
an audio portion that includes video; and
a video portion that includes audio; and
annotating observations of a selected mode.
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