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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2011
Tao Mei, Beijing, CN;
Xian-sheng Hua, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shipeng LI, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yan Wang, New York, NY (US);
Tao Mei, Beijing, CN;
Xian-Sheng Hua, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shipeng Li, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yan Wang, New York, NY (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Tools and techniques for acquiring key roles and their relationships from a video independent of metadata, such as cast lists and scripts, are described herein. These techniques include discovering key roles and their relationships by treating a video (e.g., a movie, television program, music video, and personal video, etc.) as a community. For instance, a video is segmented into a hierarchical structure that includes levels for scenes, shots, and key frames. In some implementations, the techniques include performing face detection and grouping on the detected key frames. In some implementations, the techniques include exploiting the key roles and their correlations in this video to discover a community. The discovered community provides for a wide variety of applications, including the automatic generation of visual summaries or video posters including acquired key roles.