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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002

Filed:

Aug. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Raymond J. Krasinski, Suffern, NY (US);

Yasser alSafadi, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/46 ; G09G 1/700 ; H04N 1/00 ; G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/46 ; G09G 1/700 ; H04N 1/00 ; G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract

A video processing device and method for generating a descriptor data structure representative of a feature that has been selected from among of plurality of features including visual, conceptual, textual and graphical of a visual animated data file includes a user input unit for selecting a desired feature and generating an associated descriptor data containing attribute values, and a processor identifies the selected feature inserts selected attribute values into a standard descriptor template. Various types of features, from concepts about a video sequence, to age identification, to images in a video clip, to particular objects or colors can all be classified in a standard descriptor template, to provide uniformity in storing and retrieving the various features currently lacking in freeform or single feature descriptors.


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