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Video processing system

  • US 8,630,529 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2010
  • Issued: 01/14/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • acquiring video data originating from a user;

    acquiring a plurality of temporal indices and a plurality of representative stills, wherein the plurality of temporal indices indicate a division of the video data into distinct segments and each of the plurality of representative stills represent a distinct segment of the video data wherein acquiring includesevaluating the video data to detect scene transitions including processing successive frames of the video data wherein processing a frame includes identifying a representative portion of the frame including cropping the frame to identify an interior portion of the frame and exclude an exterior portion of the frame adjacent to a boundary of the frame and comparing the representative portion to a representative portion from a prior or next frame of the video data wherein comparing includes comparing a representative portion for each of the prior or next frame including comparing a cropped portion of each frame that includes an interior portion of a respective frame and excludes an exterior portion of the respective frame adjacent to a boundary of the respective frame; and

    publishing the video data, the plurality of temporal indices and the plurality of representative stills.

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