Patent ID: 6608930
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
For use in a system capable of analyzing image text in video frames, a video processing device capable of one of filtering and searching video streams in response to receipt of at least one selected image text attribute, wherein said selected image text attribute is a non-character attribute, said video processing device comprising:an image processor capable of receiving a first video stream comprising a plurality of video frames, detecting and extracting image text from said plurality of video frames, determining at least one non-character attribute of said extracted image text, comparing said at least one extracted image text non-character attribute and said at least one selected image text attribute, and, in response to a match between said at least one extracted image text non-character attribute and said at least one selected image text attribute, at least one of: modifying at least a portion of said first video stream; transferring at least a portion of said first video stream; and labeling at least a portion of said first video stream.