Patent Document ID: 20160205289
Application ID: 14595660
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for determining transitions in video content, the method comprising: determining color layout information for a frame of the video content, the color layout information describing a distribution of color in the frame; determining edge distribution information for the frame, the edge distribution information describing a number of edges found in a plurality of regions of the frame; determining a set of color layout features from the color layout information regarding a color change within the frame; determining a set of edge distribution features from the edge distribution information in a set of regions in the plurality of regions, wherein the set of edge distribution features indicate a number of edges in the set of regions; determining when the frame is classified as a solid color frame based on the set of color layout features and the set of edge distribution features; and when the frame is classified as the solid color frame, marking the solid color frame being a transition between a first type of video content and a second type of video content.