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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Chia-hung Yeh, Tai-Nan, TW;
Rung-wen Liou, Kao-Hsiung, TW;
Chih-hung Kuo, Kao-Hsiung, TW;
Hsuan-huei Shih, Taipei, TW;
Chia-Hung Yeh, Tai-Nan, TW;
Rung-Wen Liou, Kao-Hsiung, TW;
Chih-Hung Kuo, Kao-Hsiung, TW;
Hsuan-Huei Shih, Taipei, TW;
MAVs Lab. Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting highlights of a media stream, the apparatus including: a video processing module, an audio processing module, a shot change detector, and a post processor. The video processing module determines a video threshold value; the audio processing module determines at least one audio threshold value; the shot change detector is electrically connected to the video processing module and the audio processing module for deciding a shot change to inform the video processing module and the audio processing module; and the post processor is electrically connected to the video processing module and the audio processing module for determining video highlights according to video parameters and the video threshold value, and audio highlights according to audio parameters and the audio threshold value, and then deciding the highlights of the media stream according to the video highlights and the audio highlights.