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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1997
James Warnick, Pittsford, NY (US);
Ahmet M. Ferman, Rochester, NY (US);
Bilge Gunsel, Rochester, NY (US);
Milind R. Naphade, Champaign, IL (US);
Rajiv Mehrotra, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for performing content-based temporal segmentation of video sequences, the method comprises the steps of transmitting the video sequence to a processor, identifying within the video sequence a plurality of type-specific individual temporal segments using a plurality of type-specific detectors; analyzing and refining the plurality of type-specific individual temporal segments identified in the identifying the plurality of type-specific individual temporal segments step; and outputting a list of locations within the video sequence of the identified type-specific individual temporal segments.