METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING THE COLOR OF AN OBJECT WITH AN EVENT
First Claim
1. A method for automatically identifying an object in a plurality of video frames and associating the object with a link action, comprising:
- determining a location in one of said video frames where an action by a pointing device on the object has occurred;
determining a color value of the determined location on the object; and
automatically associating a link action with said color value of said determined location on the object in said one video frame, and automatically associating said link action with said color value on the object in succeeding video frames.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for associating the color of an object with an event preferably provides linked information for the object in any one of a plurality of succeeding video frames based only on the color value of the object. Preferably, at least one computer is coupled to a GUI and to a pointing structure, and is configured to: (i) identify coordinates of the object in a first video frame where the pointing structure has pointed; (ii) determine the color values of the identified object; (iii) store the color values of the identified object; (iv) detect an action of the object being selected in any one of the plurality of succeeding video frames; (v) determine the color values of the selected object; (vi) determine whether the selected object color values correspond to the stored color values; and (vii) automatically provide the linked information to the GUI only when the color values correspond.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for automatically identifying an object in a plurality of video frames and associating the object with a link action, comprising:
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determining a location in one of said video frames where an action by a pointing device on the object has occurred; determining a color value of the determined location on the object; and automatically associating a link action with said color value of said determined location on the object in said one video frame, and automatically associating said link action with said color value on the object in succeeding video frames.
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2. A method for automatically identifying an object in a plurality of video frames and associating the object with a URL, comprising:
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determining the x-y coordinates of the object in a video frame that is selected by a pointing device; determining a color value range for the determined object; and automatically associating a URL with said color value range of said determined object in said one video frame, and automatically associating the URL with said color value range of said determined object in succeeding video frames.
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3. A method for automatically identifying an object in a plurality of video frames and associating the object with an link decision, comprising:
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determining the coordinates of an object in one of said video frames selected by a pointing device; determining a color value pattern for the selected object; and automatically associating the link decision with said color value pattern of the selected object in said one video frame, and automatically associating the link decision with said color value pattern in succeeding video frames.
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4. A method for providing linked information for an object in any one of a plurality of succeeding video frames based only on the color value of the object, comprising:
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using a pointing device to identify coordinates of the object in a first video frame; determining the color values of the identified object in the first video frame; storing the color values of the identified object in the first video frame; detecting an action of the object being selected in any one of the plurality of video frames succeeding the first video frame; determining the color values of the selected object in the any one of the plurality of video frames succeeding the first video frame; determining whether the determined color values correspond to the stored color values; and automatically providing the linked information only when the determined color values correspond to the stored color values.
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5. Apparatus for automatically identifying an object in a plurality of video frames and associating the object with a link action, comprising:
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a graphical user interface (GUI); user pointing structure; and at least one computer coupled to the graphical user interface and to said user pointing structure, said at least one computer being configured to; (i) determine a location in one of said video frames displayed on said GUI where said user pointing structure has identified the object; (ii) determine a color value of the object in said one video frame displayed on said GUI; (iii) automatically associate a link action with said color value of said determined location on the object in said one video frame; and (iv) automatically associate said link action with said color value on the object in succeeding video frames.
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6. Apparatus for automatically identifying an object in a plurality of video frames and associating the object with a URL, comprising:
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a graphical user interface (GUI); user pointing structure; and at least one computer coupled to the graphical user interface and to said user pointing structure, said at least one computer being configured to; (i) determine the x-y coordinates of the object in a video frame displayed on said GUI that is selected by said user pointing structure; (ii) determine a color value range for the determined object; (iii) automatically associate a URL with said color value range of said determined object in said one video frame; and (iv) automatically associate the URL with said color value range of said determined object in succeeding video frames.
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7. Apparatus for automatically identifying an object in a plurality of video frames and associating the object with an link decision, comprising:
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a graphical user interface (GUI); user pointing structure; and at least one computer coupled to the graphical user interface and to said user pointing structure, said at least one computer being configured to; (i) determine the coordinates of an object in one of said video frames displayed on said GUI selected by said user pointing structure; (ii) determining a color value pattern for the selected object; (iii) automatically associate the link decision with said color value pattern of the selected object in said one video frame; and (iv) automatically associate the link decision with said color value pattern in succeeding video frames.
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8. Apparatus for providing linked information for an object in any one of a plurality of succeeding video frames based only on the color value of the object, comprising:
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a graphical user interface (GUI); user pointing structure; and at least one computer coupled to the graphical user interface and to said user pointing structure, said at least one computer being configured to; (i) identify coordinates of the object in a first video frame displayed on said GUI where said pointing structure has pointed; (ii) determine the color values of the identified object in the first video frame displayed on said GUI; (iii) store the color values of the identified object in the first video frame displayed on said GUI; (iv) detect an action of the object being selected by said pointing structure in any one of the plurality of video frames displayed on said GUI succeeding the first video frame; (v) determine the color values of the selected object in the any one of the plurality of video frames succeeding the first video frame; (vi) determine whether the determined color values correspond to the stored color values; and (vii) automatically provide the linked information to said GUI only when the determined color values correspond to the stored color values.
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