Patent ID: 8063295
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of analyzing videos, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a digital database comprising a plurality of videos stored as digital video files; b) selecting one of said video files for analysis; c) dividing said selected video file into a plurality of discrete parts; d) using processing techniques on each part of said selected video file to establish a plurality of coefficients, wherein said coefficients are representative of predetermined quantifiable characteristics of said selected video, and wherein said processing techniques extract a plurality of video descriptors, including perceptual and cognitive descriptors, audio descriptors, and metadata; e) establishing correlations among the video descriptors, audio descriptors, and metadata and determining a representative value of the coefficients for each characteristic from each said part of said selected video file; f) compiling a video vector comprising a sequential list of said representative values of the coefficients for each said characteristic for said selected video file; and (g) repeating steps b) through f) for each video in said database.