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Video image search method and system using the same

  • US 5,576,950 A
  • Filed: 07/26/1994
  • Issued: 11/19/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A video image search system comprising:

  • video signal source means for outputting a video signal in a sequence of frame images;

    layout storage means for storing images and additional information in a layout;

    calculation control means which repeats processing in which each of said frame images of said video signal is subjected to image processing to obtain, as event items, a quality value of each of said frame images and at least one feature value characterizing contents of said video signal, and when both said quality value and said feature value satisfy predetermined conditions, it is decided that an event is present, said frame image decided to have an event is stored in a predetermined desired layout in a predetermined area in said layout storage means, and at least one part of additional information corresponding to said frame image, obtained at the time of said image processing is arranged in said area of said layout storage means, together with said frame image, in accordance with a predetermined array condition, and which reads out said arranged frame image and additional information; and

    event output means for outputting, as an event, at least one of said stored frame images and said additional information both of which are read out from said layout storage means.

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