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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2000
Tomio Echigo, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Kurokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Junji Maeda, Tokyo-to, JP;
Alberto Tomita, Yokohama, JP;
Tomio Echigo, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Kurokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Junji Maeda, Tokyo-to, JP;
Alberto Tomita, Yokohama, JP;
International Business Machines Corp, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a description method for efficiently representing contents of motion picture with a small data volume. The organization of the present invention (1) represents a trajectory of how each object has moved over time by using reference plane representing position information of each object, (2) sets a description unit based on a type of action of each object by using changes in shape of each object, (3) has actions of each object represented as each behavioral section, and (4) comprises a description facility capable of reading and interpreting definition of an object dependent on video contents, definition of classes of actions, and definition of interpretation of a scene by interaction of plural objects.