Patent ID: 8873642

Claim:
A method comprising: capturing, by a video content analysis system, a first set of video frames representative of a first video content instance and a second set of video frames representative of a second video content instance; applying, by the video content analysis system, a morphing heuristic to at least one of the first and second sets of video frames; morphing, by the video content analysis system and in response to the application of the morphing heuristic, an aspect ratio, a resolution, and a container of at least one of the first and second sets of video frames such that the first and second sets of video frames share a common aspect ratio, a common resolution, and a common container, wherein the common container is one of a windowboxed container or a non-windowboxed container for the first and second sets of video frames; frame synchronizing, by the video content analysis system subsequent to the applying of the morphing heuristic, the first and second sets of video frames; and performing, by the video content analysis system, a comparative analysis of the frame synchronized first and second sets of video frames.