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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Ying Shan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yue Zhou, Champaign, IL (US);
Xu Liu, Beijing, CN;
Ying LI, Bellevue, WA (US);
Zhengyou Zhang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ying Shan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yue Zhou, Champaign, IL (US);
Xu Liu, Beijing, CN;
Ying Li, Bellevue, WA (US);
Zhengyou Zhang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and graphical user interfaces for facilitating advertisement placement over video content are provided. Images within a video are partitioned into image regions. Upon partitioning images into image regions, an intrusiveness score is determined for each image region. Based on the intrusiveness scores, optimal placement of an advertisement within the video is determined.