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US 7,006,945 · App. 10/404,987 · Granted Feb 28, 2006

Processing of video content

Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,006,945
App. No.
10/404,987
Granted
Feb 28, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

Processing of video content including sports.

Claims (20)

1. A computer implemented method of processing video including a sport comprising:

(a) identifying a plurality of frames of said video, based upon a series of activities defined by the rules of the sport that could potentially result in at least one of:

(i) a score;

(ii) preventing a score;

(iii) advancing a team toward a score; and

(iv) preventing advancing a team toward a score;

(b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video; and

(c) wherein said activities are identified by said computer without user intervention based upon scene changes.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said summarization of said plurality of segments is in the same temporal order as said plurality of segments within said video.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said activities are determined based upon the color characteristics of said video.

4. A computer implemented method of processing video including a sport comprising:

(a) a computing device identifying a plurality of frames of said video, based upon a series of activities defined by the rules of the sport that could potentially results in at least one of:

(i) a score;

(ii) preventing a score:

(iii) advancing a team towards a score; and

(iv) preventing a team advancing toward a score;

(b) creating a summarization of said video by including said plurality of segments, where said summarization includes fewer frames than said video; and

(c) wherein said activities are identified by said computing device without user intervention based upon scene changes.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said summarization of said plurality of segments is in the same temporal order as said plurality of segments within said video.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein said activities are determined based upon the color characteristics of said vide.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2007
From: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 018700/0840 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2004
From: BAOXIN, LI
To: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 015948/0665 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2003
From: LI, BAOXIN
To: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 013937/0758 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6043924000 · Jan 10, 2003
Related Publication 20040204919A1 · Oct 14, 2004