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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 17, 2004
Mauro Barbieri, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp, Valkenswaard, NL;
Mauro Barbieri, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp, Valkenswaard, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention describes a system () for generating audio-visual summaries for audio-visual program content (). The system comprises a search unit () for locating a pre-generated text summary (;) associated with the program content (); a speech synthesizer () for converting the text summary (,) into speech (); a videosummary generator () for generating a video summary () of the audio-visual program content (), and an audio/video mixer () for mixing the synthesized speech () with the video summary (). Moreover the invention describes an appropriate method for generating audio-visual summaries () for audio-visual program content ().