Patent ID: 7421455
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computing device, comprising: one or more processors; a memory accessible by the one or more processors; an image categorizer, wherein the image categorizer receives motion image data, classifies the received motion image data as a particular genre, and forwards the classification of genre to an annotation unit; an image structuring unit, wherein the image structuring unit structures received motion image data into distinct categories derived from the motion image data, wherein the distinct categories comprise shots, scenes, and chapters; a semantic description unit, wherein the semantic description unit analyzes each shot, scene, and chapter; the annotation unit, wherein the classification of genre is received and a metadata file is generated; wherein the metadata file is generated by the annotation unit and stored in the memory, the metadata file including active text metadata derived from motion image data, the metadata including at least a genre associated with the motion image data and a semantic attribute related to the motion image data, wherein the semantic attribute is output by the semantic description unit, and wherein the metadata facilitates text-based searching operations to locate one or more motion image data associated with the metadata, wherein the genre has at least one of a plurality of genre subclasses, and wherein the semantic attribute corresponds to what the image data depicts including relationships between semantic objects.