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Automatic Video Event Detection and Indexing

  • US 20080193016A1
  • Filed: 02/07/2005
  • Published: 08/14/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for use in indexing video footage, the video footage comprising an image signal and a corresponding audio signal relating to the image signals, the method comprising:

  • extracting audio features from the audio signal of segments of the video footage and visual features from the image signal of the segments of the video footage, each segment comprising a plurality of frames;

    comparing the extracted audio and visual features with predetermined audio and visual features associated with predetermined audio and visual keywords;

    identifying the audio and visual keywords associated with the video footage based on the comparison of the extracted audio and visual features with the predetermined audio and visual features associated with the predetermined audio and visual keywords; and

    determining the presence of events in the video footage based on the identified audio and visual keywords associated with the video footage.

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