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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Yu Shiu, Taipei, TW;
Chia-hung Yeh, Tai-Nan, TW;
Hsuan-huei Shih, Taipei, TW;
Chung-chieh Kuo, Taipei, TW;
Yu Shiu, Taipei, TW;
Chia-Hung Yeh, Tai-Nan, TW;
Hsuan-Huei Shih, Taipei, TW;
Chung-Chieh Kuo, Taipei, TW;
MAVs Lab. Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A highlight detecting circuit for detecting a highlight segment within a video signal includes a pitch-tracking module for estimating a plurality of pitch values for an audio signal; a pitch difference detecting module coupled to the pitch-tracking module for computing a plurality of pitch difference values according to the pitch values; and a highlight detecting module coupled to the pitch difference detecting module for determining a starting point and a stopping point of the highlight segment according to the pitch difference values.