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Patent No.:

US 8571330 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2009
Applicants:

Yuli Gao, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Tong Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Jun Xiao, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yuli Gao, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Tong Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Jun Xiao, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for selecting a video thumbnail includes generating a visual theme model for a sample set of images that are representative of textual information corresponding to a video file. Each of a set of candidate key frames is distinguished according to similarities shared between the candidate key frames and the visual theme model. A display is caused of a selected one of the distinguished candidate key frames as a video thumbnail for the video file.


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Gao, Yuli. (2013). Video thumbnail selection (U.S. Patent No. 8571330). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8571330

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