Patent ID: 6052492
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: G11B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A system for automatically generating an image to represent a video sequence, comprising:a sequence divider for dividing a video program into one or more video sequences;a selector coupled to the sequence divider for selecting a sequence from the one or more video sequences;a unit extractor coupled to the selector for resolving units in a frame of the selected video sequence;a unit distinction engine coupled to the unit extractor for determining distinct units from the units resolved by the unit extractor;a unit predominance engine coupled to the unit distinction engine for defining predominance of each of the distinct units, wherein predominance is determined according to at least one of the group of an attribute of each distinct unit and the number of instances of each distinct unit; andan image engine coupled to the unit predominance engine for generating an image representative of the selected video sequence based on the predominance of the distinct units.