Summarization of video content
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1. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
- (a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon an event, wherein said event is determined automatically by a computer based upon a probabilistic inference technique, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and
(b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video.
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Abstract
Summarization of video content including sports.
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53 Claims
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1. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon an event, wherein said event is determined automatically by a computer based upon a probabilistic inference technique, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and (b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video, where each of said segments is automatically identified by a computer includes a plurality of frames of said video, based upon a series of activities defined by the rules of said sports that could potentially result in at least one of; (i) a score; (ii) preventing a score; and (b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon detecting a play of said sports, wherein said identifying includes a computer automatically detecting the start and end of said play, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and (b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video, wherein the start of said plurality of segments is identified automatically by a computer based upon a frame of said video having color characteristics, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and (b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video, wherein the start of said plurality of segments is identified automatically by a computer based upon anticipated characteristics of said plurality of segments from an anticipated camera angle used to obtain said start of said plurality of segments, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and (b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video automatically by a computer wherein the start of said plurality of segments is based upon a play of said sports, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; (b) creating a first summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video; and (c) creating another summarization of said video from said plurality of segments, wherein said another summarization has a duration shorter than said first summarization. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video wherein the start of said plurality of segments is based upon a play of said sports, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; (b) creating a summary of said video from said plurality of segments, wherein said summary has a duration based upon the bandwidth requirements of the transmitting said summary to a user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video wherein the start of said plurality of segments is based upon a play of said sports, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; (b) creating a summary of said video from said plurality of segments, wherein said summary includes fewer frames than said sports video, wherein said plurality of segments were selected based upon a caption module of said sports video. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video automatically by a computer wherein said identifying for at least one of said segments includes detecting the start of said segment based upon processing of a first single frame of said video, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; (b) verifying that said first single frame is an appropriate start of said segment based upon processing of another single frame temporally relevant to said first single frame; and (c) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video.
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34. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said sports video automatically by a computer, wherein said identifying for the end of at least one of said segments is based upon detecting a scene change, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said sports video; and (b) creating a summarization of said sports video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said sports video. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video automatically by a computer, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; (b) identifying a plurality of segments, automatically by a computer, that are temporally separated by a sufficiently short duration; (c) based upon said identifying as a result of (b) connecting said identified plurality of segments; and (d) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video automatically by a computer, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; (b) identifying at least one of said segments, automatically by a computer, that has a temporally sufficiently short duration; (c) based upon said identifying as a result of (b) removing said identified segment from said summarization; and (d) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video automatically by a computer wherein each of said segments includes a play of said sports, wherein said segments include full-speed plays and slow motion plays of said full-speed plays; and (b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video, where a user may select from; (i)said summarization including only full-speed plays; (ii)said summarization including only slow motion plays; (iii) said summarization including both full-speed plays and slow motion plays.
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44. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video automatically by a computer wherein each of said segments includes a play of said sports; (b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video; and (c) removing at least one of said segments from said summary based, at least in part, upon audio information related to said at least one of said segments. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video automatically by a computer wherein each of said segments includes a play of said sports; (b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video; and (c) modifying the duration of at least one of said segments from said summary based, at least in part, upon audio information related to said at least one of said segments. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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48. A method of processing a video comprising:
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(a) providing a description of said video; (b) identifying a plurality of segments of said video automatically by a computer based upon said description; (c) generating another video based upon said identified segments, wherein said another video has less frames than said video. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method of processing a video including sports comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video wherein each of said segments includes a play of said sports; (b) detecting a commercial within said video; and (c) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video, where said plurality of segments of said video sufficiently temporally close to said commercial are free from being included within said summarization.
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