Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentations
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1. A method to detect a commercial transition associated with a media presentation, the method comprising:
- detecting a change in box-formatting between a first video frame and a subsequent video frame by detecting edges between a primary display area and screen filler areas of the box-formatting to detect an appearance or disappearance of the screen filler areas, the screen filler areas comprising motion images in at least two of a left portion, a right portion, a top portion or a bottom portion of the box-formatting of the first video frame or the subsequent video frame; and
indicating a transition between the first video frame and the subsequent video frame as the commercial transition based on the detected change in box-formatting.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentations are disclosed. An example method involves receiving a video frame and detecting a change in box-formatting between the video frame and a subsequent video frame. A transition between the video frame and the subsequent video frame is indicated as a commercial advertisement transition based on the detected change in box-formatting.
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1. A method to detect a commercial transition associated with a media presentation, the method comprising:
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detecting a change in box-formatting between a first video frame and a subsequent video frame by detecting edges between a primary display area and screen filler areas of the box-formatting to detect an appearance or disappearance of the screen filler areas, the screen filler areas comprising motion images in at least two of a left portion, a right portion, a top portion or a bottom portion of the box-formatting of the first video frame or the subsequent video frame; and indicating a transition between the first video frame and the subsequent video frame as the commercial transition based on the detected change in box-formatting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus to detect a commercial transition associated with a media presentation, the apparatus comprising:
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an image features detector to detect a change in box-formatting between a first video frame and a subsequent video frame by detecting edges between a primary display area and screen filler areas of the box-formatting to detect an appearance or disappearance of the screen filler areas, the screen filler areas comprising motion images in at least two of a left portion, a right portion, a top portion or a bottom portion of the box-formatting of the first video frame or the subsequent video frame; and an advertisement detector to determine that the commercial transition is a transition between the first video frame and the subsequent video frame based on the detected change in box-formatting. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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detect a change in box-formatting between a first video frame and a subsequent video frame by detecting edges between a primary display area and screen filler areas of the box-formatting to detect an appearance or disappearance of the screen filler areas, the screen filler areas comprising motion images in at least two of a left portion, a right portion, a top portion or a bottom portion of the box-formatting of the first video frame or the subsequent video frame; and indicate a transition between the first video frame and the subsequent video frame as the commercial transition based on the detected change in box-formatting. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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