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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1992
Mikihiro Ioka, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Kurokawa, Kawasaki, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A user may input a motion as a query condition to a motion picture database to retrieve one or more motion picture segments (i.e., motion picture scenes) in which an object moves with a matching motion. A motion information database is built of motion vector sequences extracted from stored motion pictures. A motion is inputted as a query by moving a pointing device, such as a mouse, in a desired motion sequence, rather than as a query expressed in words or as a formula. The inputted motion sequence of the pointing device is converted to a motion vector sequence and compared with stored motion vector sequences to retrieve one or more scenes in which an object moves with a matching motion.