Patent ID: 8028234
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a video having a plurality of frames, said method comprising: a) processing image pixels of said video in a manner that automatically identifies a first plurality of segments of said video that respectively display Sumo bouts of likely interest to a viewer, wherein said processing is free from a need to compare characteristics of any frame of said video to characteristics of frames of model sequences and free from a need to reference a text-based description of any sequence of frames of said video, by inferring the start of said Sumo bouts of likely interest to a viewer from a comparison among data of said video, where said video includes a second plurality of segments not of likely interest to said viewer, and said first plurality of segments of said video omits at least one segment of said second plurality of segments; (b) creating a text-based description of the identified said segments in response to the identification of said plurality of segments, said text-based description not being graphically presented in the pixel data of any frame of said video being processed; (c) automatically selecting at least one segment of said video using said text-based description; (d) generating a video summary in response to the selection of said segments, wherein said video summary includes frames of said video and has less frames than said video; where (e) each of said Sumo bouts is characterized by a start time based upon when the players line up to charge one another and an end time based upon when one of the players either: