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Patent US8028234 - Summarization of sumo video content - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsSummarization of video content, such as a video that includes sumo, by a method that provides a description of the video, identifies a plurality of segments of the video based upon the provided description, and generates another video based upon the identified segments, having less frames than the original...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8028234?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8028234 - Summarization of sumo video contentPublication numberUS8028234 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/074,860Publication date27 Sep 2011Filing date8 Mar 2005Priority date28 Jan 2002Also published asUS7120873, US20030141665, US20050155053, US20050155054, US20050155055Publication number074860, 11074860, US 8028234 B2, US 8028234B2, US-B2-8028234, US8028234 B2, US8028234B2InventorsBaoxin LiOriginal AssigneeSharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.Patent Citations (111), Non-Patent Citations (94), Classifications (25), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSummarization of sumo video contentUS 8028234 B2Abstract Summarization of video content, such as a video that includes sumo, by a method that provides a description of the video, identifies a plurality of segments of the video based upon the provided description, and generates another video based upon the identified segments, having less frames than the original video.
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