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Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2011
Applicants:

Tomohiko Takahashi, Saitama, JP;

Masaru Sugano, Saitama, JP;

Shigeyuki Sakazawa, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Tomohiko Takahashi, Saitama, JP;

Masaru Sugano, Saitama, JP;

Shigeyuki Sakazawa, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:

KDDI Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of providing a video content formed of a plurality of successive video frames is disclosed. The method includes: extracting a visual feature from an image of each of subject frames which are all or some of the plurality of video frames; and selecting one of a plurality of candidate overlay insertion regions which are pre-assigned on each of the subject frames at different positions for allowing an additional content as a content overlay to be overlaid on the subject frames for display, as a final overlay insertion region, based on distances of the plurality of candidate overlay insertion regions from the extracted feature.


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