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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:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2001
Wei Xiong, Fremont, CA (US);
Wei Xiong, Fremont, CA (US);
ArcSoft, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A video segment is processed to identify frames representing shot boundaries in the video segment. Initially, a partial block-based comparison technique is used to determine the amount of change (i.e., a first difference) that occurs between a pair of distant (i.e., not consecutive) frames. Additionally, edge and/or color differences are computed between the pair of frames to confirm that a change has occurred. If the change is confirmed, a step variable technique is used to locate the change between two consecutive frames between the distant frames. If the partial block-based comparison technique obtains a difference between the consecutive frames that exceeds the first threshold, then an abrupt change is detected. Otherwise, the edge and/or color differences are used to determine whether a gradual transition has occurred.
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