Eastman-kodak Company

Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC

Christophe E Papin

Jiebo Luo

Thierry Lebihen

Jean-Marie Vau

Eric Masera

Olivier M Rigault

Majid Rabbani

Gustav J Braun

Olivier L Seignol

Nicolas P Touchard

Santie V Adelbert

Jean-Fabien Dupont

Olivier A Furon

Deniz E Schildkraut

A multimedia data organization process, i.e. creation, of a photo album or slideshow, said multimedia data being represented by contingent individuals () of an instantiated ontology that in addition to generic individuals (EC, C, F, M, T, A) comprises semantic links between individuals, comprising: &#x2014;the presentation to the user of the choice of at least one individual from the instantiated ontology, and in response to a user-prompted choice, &#x2014;the selection and organization of a subset of multimedia data corresponding to the contingent individuals of the instantiated ontology according to at least one selection and/or organization rule engaging the user-chosen individual and the related semantic links.

Process for organizing multimedia data

The invention relates to a method of annotation of images captured by a digital camera equipped with a previewing means, comprising:

Camera and method for creating annotated images

In order to analyze a digital video clip to determine candidate frames for subsequent key frame selection, a camera motion sensor is provided in the camera so that information is provided during image capture regarding camera motion including translation of the scene or camera, or scaling of the scene. The sensor includes an accelerometer or a lens motor sensor. A plurality of video segments is formed based on the global motion estimate and each segment is labeled in accordance with a predetermined series of camera motion classes. Thereafter, key frame candidates are extracted from the labeled segments and a confidence score is computed for each candidate by using rules corresponding to each camera motion class and a rule corresponding to object motion.

Analyzing camera captured video for key frames

The invention is intended for the technological field of data communication between electronic equipment (-) forming part of a system of electronic equipment (). The invention more specifically relates to a method and a system to facilitate, using an identifier having the form of a visual code, the transmission of command data to one of the electronic equipment items of the system, when the electronic equipment that produces the visual code is activated. The transmission of command data intended for one of the equipment items is performed following the reading and decoding of the visual code, for example with another equipment item of the system.

Production of visual codes for pairing electronic equipment

A method of analyzing a digital video clip to determine candidate frames for subsequent key frame selection, includes: performing a global motion estimate on the video clip that indicates translation of a scene or camera, or scaling of the scene; and forming a plurality of video segments based on the global motion estimate and labeling each segment in accordance with a predetermined series of camera motion classes. The method further includes extracting key frame candidates from the labeled segments and computing a confidence score for each candidate by using rules corresponding to each camera motion class and a rule corresponding to object motion. An important feature of the invention is that the rules corresponding to camera motion include extracting a candidate frame for a pan segment with a confidence score related to a translation amount during the pan, and not extracting candidate frames for object motion based frames for fast pan and zoom segments, and the rule corresponding to object motion includes extracting a candidate frame for a fixed segment with a confidence score related to the segment length.

Extracting key frame candidates from video clip

A method for processing a digital color image for display and transmission includes the steps of (a) resizing the image to a lower display resolution to produce a display-sized image, (b) quantizing the display-sized image to a display palette with an error diffusion process to produce an error diffused image, (c) losslessly compressing the error diffused image to produce a compressed image having a particular file size, (d) comparing the file size to a maximum file size and if less than the maximum file size, transmitting the digital image to the display; (e) if the file size is greater than the maximum file size but less than a another predetermined file size, reducing the error diffusion rate by a predetermined amount in order to reduce the file size; and (f) if the file size is greater than the maximum file size and the predetermined file size, simplifying the resized image by reducing image detail to produce a simplified image and repeating the preceding steps on the simplified image.

Method and system for generating digital image files for a limited display

The present invention is in the field of imaging and more specifically image analysis. An object of the invention is to provide for a method which restores a digitized image or a series of digitized images automatically, by eliminating straight or virtually straight scratches in the images. The method of the invention eliminates scratches in still or animated digital images by using the residual image information in the altered areas of the images. This method can be used in the field of the restoration of films and television documents and for retouching and restoring photographic images.

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Christophe E Papin