Patent ID: 6990496

Claim:
For use in an information processing system, an apparatus for automatically classifying video signals comprising: a processor a keyframe classifier for segmenting the video signals into an initial set of one or more story segments; and a text classifier controller adapted for: providing multiple classifications of text, said text classifier controller reading text having a plurality of keywords contained within at least one of the story segments, identifying one or more keywords within each of two or more lines of said text, in response to identifying at least one of said keywords, classifying each of said lines of text as a part of one or more classifications of said video signals that have been segmented into said at least one story segment, and in response to a comparison of said identified keywords, identifying a keyword transition point within said at least one story segment between two adjacent portions of text, wherein a number of keywords detected in a keyword category for at least one line of text prior to the keyword transition point either decreases below a first threshold number or increases above a second threshold number.