Patent ID: 6654067
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A method of finding short-duration images within a series of frames of video data, the method comprising the steps of:locating a first cut in the video data; locating a second cut in the video data; determining a number of frames of the video data that are located between the first cut and the second cut; and outputting an indication when the number of frames determined in said determining step is less than a threshold, wherein the step of locating a first cut comprises the stet of locating a significant change between a region of two adjacent frames of video data, the region comprising a portion of each of the two adjacent frames that is less than the entire frame, and the step of locating a second cut comprises the step of locating a significant change between a corresponding region of two adjacent frames of video data, the corresponding region comprising a portion of each of the two adjacent frames that is less than the entire frame.