34 results about "Audiovisual document" patented technology

A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for assisting a user with authoring a multimedia representation of documents. In one embodiment, the method comprises displaying one or more visual, audible, or audiovisual document elements from an input document in graphical user interface; and selecting one or more elements and for inclusion in a multimedia representation.

A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for creating visualizations of documents are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving audible, visual, and audiovisual document elements, computing time attributes associated with the audible, visual, and audiovisual document elements based on display and application constraints, computing information content attributes associated with the audible, visual, and audiovisual document elements based on display and application constraints, selecting a set of one or more of the audible, visual and audiovisual document elements for inclusion into a multimedia representation based on the time and information content attributes, and composing the multimedia representation using the set of one or more of the audible, visual and audiovisual document elements.

This invention discloses a process for navigation within a set of audiovisual documents with the help of a displayed menu. A graphical page is displayed, it contains at least two, possibly unitary, lists, L1 and L2 of elements associated with audiovisual documents, each element being disposed in a graphical window. Subsequent to a navigation command entered by the user, the graphical window containing a so-called “current” element of the starting list L1 becomes mobile and moves to at least one arrival list L2 in the direction specified by the command, the duration of the movement being at least equal to the duration of the execution of the command. The invention also relates to a device able to execute a software navigation module. Following the entry of a command, the said module moves a graphical window in a certain direction and for a determined calculation time.

The method involves identifying a component adjacent to another component that does not appear in a sub-list. Another sub-list comprising the two components is displayed. The identification and displaying of the sub-list occurs after predetermined time. Components in a list are successively highlighted by an audiovisual receiver according to defined order. An Independent claim is also included for an audiovisual receiver for reproduction of audiovisual document.

The present invention relates to a process for distributing audiovisual documents transmitted from a broadcasting office. The office broadcasts the documents to fixed distribution facilities. The users approach the facility and with the aid of a portable terminal request the downloading by radio of the documents that they have selected. Once downloaded, the users can connect the portable terminal to their home so as to reproduce the documents recorded in the terminal. The present invention also relates to the distribution facility and the portable terminal making it possible to store the document.

The invention relates to the technical field of recognition of objects in audiovisual documents. The method uses multimodal data that is collected and stored in a similarity matrix. A level of similarity is determined for each matrix cell. Then a clustering algorithm is applied to cluster the information comprised in the similarity matrix. Clusters are identified, each identified cell cluster identifying an object in the audiovisual document.

A communication network performs a method of managing recordings. The communication network comprises a plurality of audiovisual terminals furnished with recording means. The method comprises determining the most adapted terminal among the plurality for recording a specific document. Values of fit are calculated from attributes associated with the document and attributes associated with each terminal. The terminal whose value of fit is the greatest is selected and used for recording this document. The morality of the document and the maximum level of morality accessible from the terminal being compared in order to barre the recording of the document in a terminal if the morality level of this document is higher than the morality level of this terminal.

The invention relates to a method and a device for synchronising metadata associated by a first signature to a first version of an audiovisual document, with a second version of this audiovisual document. The method is characterised in that it synchronises the metadata with the second version of the audiovisual document from a second signature detected in the portion of the second version of the audiovisual document, said portion of the second version of the audiovisual document being obtained by detecting the first signature in the second version of the audiovisual document. In this way, the precision of the synchronisation between the two items of video content carried out by the first signature is improved by the second signature, and new, more accurate metadata is created.

A tamperproof date/time stamp method that adds a real-time tamperproof date/time stamp to a digital audiovisual file includes generating at least one real-time date/time stamp and applying the date/time stamp to the digital audiovisual file. The real-time date/time stamp can be created through the location-based service in tablet computers. It can also be created through an internal clock running in the background of the application that incorporates the correct date/time from an Internet handshake with a remote server. A system for audio or video recording using a tablet computer includes an audio or video recording software module and a time-stamp software module that generates at least one real-time date/time stamp.

The present application relates to a method for editing and broadcasting compressed multimedia files composed of binary data blocks originating from digital transformations applied to an audiovisual or multimedia content according to the format of a parent file, said parent file having been separated into a first modified file having the format of the nominal parent file and into a complementary file including information on the modifications brought to the parent file, the method comprising prior to the transmission from a portal to the receiving terminal:

• a step of preparation including analyzing said first file for extracting time-codes therefrom,
• a second step including generating an index register table from said first modified file,
• a third step including generating a modified multimedia file according to the format of the parent file containing information of said first modified file and meta-data,
• a step of transmission of said modified multimedia file separate from said modified multimedia file, the elements of said complementary file making it possible to recreate a partial synthesis of the original audiovisual file.

The present invention relates to a process for navigation within a set of audiovisual documents in an audiovisual apparatus. At least one document is recorded previously in the apparatus. Next, the apparatus receives a command of association of at least one identifier with the recorded document. Finally, the apparatus receives navigation commands for navigating around the list of recorded documents, the identifier or identifiers associated with the document is automatically reproduced when this document is selected. The invention also relates to an apparatus able to execute a software navigation module for using the process. According to improvements, the identifier is a video sequence, an audio sequence, a text or a still image.

The invention discloses an audio-visual content retrieval method. The method comprises the steps of obtaining audio-visual original data; packaging the audio-visual original data into an audio-visualfile according to a specific format, and storing the audio-visual file in a file library; performing identification processing on the audio-visual original data, and outputting an identification text;obtaining description information and a timestamp corresponding to the recognition text; packaging the path information, the identification text, the description information and the timestamp of theaudio-visual file into a comparison data body, and storing the comparison data body in a database; and obtaining a user retrieval request, judging whether the retrieval request is matched with the comparison data volume in the database or not, if so, calling the audio-visual file corresponding to the comparison data volume, and skipping to play the audio-visual file. Correspondingly, the inventiondiscloses an audio-visual content retrieval system. By adopting the method and the device, the retrieval comparison database is established according to the recognition text of the audio-visual original data and the corresponding timestamp, so that the retrieval efficiency can be improved, and different retrieval preferences can be met.

The invention relates to a display device and method aiming to protect access to audiovisual documents recorded in storage means.

The device comprises means for:

• • setting a masking threshold of said documents,
  • masking recorded documents the seniority of which in said storage means is greater than said masking threshold.

The invention relates to a method for adding voice content to an audiovisual document. A video document is first received in a device for reproducing and recording sound signals. The received video content includes degraded areas and at least one non-degraded area that is perfectly visible to a user upon the reproduction of said document. Said user reads a text that is recoded in the device. The text is read at predetermined times during the reproduction of the received video content by using visual elements appearing in the non-degraded areas. A complete video document is generated by assembling the audiovisual document and at least one recently-created sound content.

Method for editorializing digital audiovisual or audio recording content of an oral presentation given by a speaker using a presentation support enriched with tags and recorded in the form of a digital audiovisual file. This method comprises written transcription of the oral presentation with indication of a time code for each word, comparative automatic analysis of this written transcription and of the tagged presentation support, transposition of the time codes from the written transcription to the tagged presentation support, identification of the tags and of the time codes of the presentation support, and marking of the digital audiovisual file with the tags and time codes, so as to generate an enriched digital audiovisual file.