Apparatus for automatically generating video highlights and method thereof
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1. A method for generating a highlight from video data in a video system comprising a scene detecting unit and a highlight generator, the method comprising:
- dividing, in the scene detecting unit, at least a first scene and a second scene in the video data, wherein a first image is associated with the first scene and a second image is associated with the second scene and at least the first scene or the second scene comprises a reference image; and
generating the highlight for at least the first scene by selecting a plurality of images from the first scene based on an amount of interval data and a user input,wherein;
the highlight is a moving picture, comprises the selected plurality of images and is generated based on the reference image determined according to the amount of interval data; and
the reference image is one of the selected plurality of images.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for automatically generating moving picture highlights for video stored in a digital video recorder that detects scene change of stored video, extracts information amount with respect to the relevant video interval on the basis of the scene change detection information, automatically generates moving picture highlights according to moving picture highlight length information set by a user or default value in the system, on the basis of results of the scene change detection and the interval information amount.
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1. A method for generating a highlight from video data in a video system comprising a scene detecting unit and a highlight generator, the method comprising:
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dividing, in the scene detecting unit, at least a first scene and a second scene in the video data, wherein a first image is associated with the first scene and a second image is associated with the second scene and at least the first scene or the second scene comprises a reference image; and generating the highlight for at least the first scene by selecting a plurality of images from the first scene based on an amount of interval data and a user input, wherein; the highlight is a moving picture, comprises the selected plurality of images and is generated based on the reference image determined according to the amount of interval data; and the reference image is one of the selected plurality of images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25)
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10. A system for generating a highlight from video data, the system comprising:
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a scene detector for dividing at least a first scene and a second scene in the video data, wherein a first image is associated with the first scene and a second image is associated with the second scene and at least the first scene or the second scene comprises a reference image; and a highlight generator for generating the highlight for at least the first scene by selecting a plurality of images from the first scene based on an amount of interval data and a user input, wherein; the highlight is a moving picture, comprises the selected plurality of images and is generated based on the reference image determined according to the amount of interval data; and the reference image is one of the selected plurality of images. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23)
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