Patent ID: 9712852
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of altering a distinctive image within a digital video file, comprising: a) selecting data representing a set of images within the digital video file; b) scanning said data for a first pixel having a color associated with the distinctive image; c) searching for additional pixels having said color in a plurality of directions relative to said first pixel; d) determining a shape associated with said additional pixels of said color; e) determining if a plurality of pixels in a relative position to said shape has a color conforming to the distinctive image; f) calculating a probability that said image is present in said data; g) if said probability exceeds a confidence level, altering said distinctive image; h) repeating steps a) through g) on following data representing subsequent images until said calculated probability does not exceed said confidence level; and i) determining a context that specifies a location depicted in the images of the digital video file based at least in part on the distinctive image; and j) altering the distinctive image with a second distinctive image throughout the digital video file.