Patent ID: 6490370
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G06F,G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
A video processing device for generating a descriptor data structure representative of a selected feature in a visual animated data file that has been selected from among a plurality of features comprising visual, conceptual, textual and graphical features, said video processing device comprising:user input means for selecting said selected feature from among said plurality of features and for generating a plurality of attribute values associated with said selected feature; and an image processor that identifies said selected feature in said visual animated data file and receives said plurality of attribute values from said user input means and, in response to receipt of said plurality of attribute values, said image processor generates said descriptor data structure by inserting selected ones of said plurality of attribute values into corresponding ones of a plurality of pre-defined attribute fields in a standard descriptor template, wherein said standard descriptor template has fields for receiving attribute values for description of all of the plurality of visual, conceptual, textual and graphical features that are selectable by said user input means; and wherein said plurality of pre-defined attribute fields in a standard descriptor template comprises a unique identification (ID) attribute field, wherein said plurality of pre-defined attribute fields are the same for descriptor data structures having the same ID attribute field.