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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Xian-sheng Hua, Beijing, CN;
Fei Wang, Beijing, CN;
Zhike Kong, Beijing, CN;
Shipeng LI, Sammamish, WA (US);
Waiman Lam, Sammamish, WA (US);
Zach Johnson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mark Young, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron Deyonker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Schwesinger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Xian-Sheng Hua, Beijing, CN;
Fei Wang, Beijing, CN;
Zhike Kong, Beijing, CN;
Shipeng Li, Sammamish, WA (US);
Waiman Lam, Sammamish, WA (US);
Zach Johnson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mark Young, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron DeYonker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Schwesinger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is technology for, among other things, selecting a representative thumbnail from a video clip. The technology involves analyzing frames of the video clip to determine which frames are stable, the result of the analysis being a number of segments of stable frames. From the stable segments, a number of candidate segments are selected, where candidate segments are those segments determined to a degree of certainty to be program content. The representative thumbnail is then selected from among the frames of the candidate segments.