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Determining key video snippets using selection criteria to form a video summary

  • US 8,605,221 B2
  • Filed: 05/25/2010
  • Issued: 12/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for forming a video summary for a digital video having a time sequence of video frames, the method comprising:

  • determining, by a computing device, a set of video frames for the digital video;

    ranking, by the computing device, the set of video frames;

    forming, by the computing device, video snippets corresponding to one or more highest-ranked video frames according to a predefined set of criteria, wherein the predefined set of criteria comprises a criterion which specifies a total time duration for the video summary and a criterion which specifies a minimum time duration for each of the video snippets;

    assembling, by the computing device, the video snippets to form the video summary;

    storing, by the computing device, a representation of the video summary in a memory; and

    merging video snippets corresponding to highest-ranked video frames that are separated by time intervals less than a specified threshold to form a single video snippet.

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