Patent ID: 8446490
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital video capture system for capturing a digital video sequence and for producing a corresponding video summary, comprising: an image sensor for capturing a video frame; an optical system for imaging a scene onto the image sensor; a digital camera that captures a digital video sequence including a plurality of video frames; a processor that automatically analyzes at least one of the video frames in the digital video sequence at the time the digital video sequence is captured to determine one or more feature values; the processor compresses the digital video sequence, wherein the analyzed video frames are compressed only after the corresponding feature values have been determined; stores the compressed digital video sequence in a processor-accessible memory; the stored compressed digital video sequence automatically gets analyzed for the feature values, without decompressing the stored compressed digital video sequence, to identify one or more key video snippets, each key video snippet corresponding to a set of video frames from the digital video sequence; assembles the key video snippets to form a video summary; and stores a representation of the video summary in a processor-accessible memory; a softcopy display to view a digital video sequence; and provides a user with an option to view either the stored digital video sequence or the stored representation of the video summary on the softcopy display.