Patent ID: 9396759
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method for generating content data for a video file, the video file comprising a video sequence and the content data for characterizing the video sequence, wherein the method comprises the steps: determining at least one face containing image by scanning at least a part of the video sequence for face containing images, each face containing image containing at least one representation of a face; generating at least one picture containing the face based on the determined at least one face containing image; and assigning the at least one picture to the content data of the video file, wherein the step of generating at least one picture comprises: determining for each face containing image a percentage area covered by the representation of the face, the percentage area indicating a relative amount of area of the image covered by the representation of the face as compared to an entire area of the image; generating the at least one picture based on the determined at least one face containing image and on the corresponding percentage area; selecting one face containing image of the at least one face containing image; and selecting a video subsequence of a predetermined length from the video sequence as the at least one picture, the video subsequence containing the selected face containing image.