METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
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1. A method to detect a commercial transition associated with a media presentation, the method comprising:
- detecting a change in box-formatting between a first video frame and a subsequent video frame; and
indicating the transition between the first video frame and the subsequent video frame as a commercial transition based on the detected change in box-formatting.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentations are disclosed. An example method involves receiving a video frame and detecting a change in box-formatting between the video frame and a subsequent video frame. A transition between the video frame and the subsequent video frame is indicated as a commercial advertisement transition based on the detected change in box-formatting.
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52 Claims
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1. A method to detect a commercial transition associated with a media presentation, the method comprising:
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detecting a change in box-formatting between a first video frame and a subsequent video frame; and indicating the transition between the first video frame and the subsequent video frame as a commercial transition based on the detected change in box-formatting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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25. A method to detect a commercial transition associated with a media presentation, the method comprising:
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determining an amount of audio randomness of an audio frame; and indicating the audio frame as occurring at a commercial transition based on the amount of audio randomness of the audio frame. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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46. A method to detect a commercial transition associated with a media presentation, the method comprising:
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generating a first hint value in response to detecting a first characteristic associated with a media presentation indicative of a possible commercial transition; generating a second hint value in response to detecting a second characteristic associated with the media presentation indicative of the possible commercial transition; weighting the first and second hint values; determining an aggregate weighted hint value based on the first and second weighted hint values; and confirming the presence of the commercial transition associated with the media presentation based on the aggregate weighted hint value. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 51)
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