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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takafumi Miyatake, Hachioji, JP;
Shigeo Sumino, Chofu, JP;
Katsumi Taniguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Akio Nagasaka, Kokubunji, JP;
Mitsuru Ikezawa, Kodaira, JP;
Hirotada Ueda, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 ;
Abstract
A method of characterizing a video includes the steps of extracting frame images from an input video, calculating a feature of each of the frame images, assigning index information determined by the calculated feature to each of the frame images, stringing together the index information assigned to the frame images, and characterizing the input video by the strung-together index information.