The invention discloses a compressed domain video
key frame extraction method and
system based on a
rough set theory. The method comprises the following steps of: extracting DCT (
Discrete Cosine Transform) coefficients of all I frames of a video
stream in a compressed domain, acquiring DC (
Direct Current) coefficients, constructing an information
decision table, calculating an average difference value of the DC coefficients between adjacent frames by utilizing a
rough set theory, and eliminating redundant frames through attribute reduction to obtain a
primary key frame set; and then optimizing the primary set, initializing a
reference frame and a subsequent frame, adopting an SURF
algorithm to extract local feature points and calculate similarity, judging content redundancy according to a preset threshold value, and further screening out a final
key frame set. According to the method, the
key frame is efficiently and accurately extracted in the compressed domain, the
processing speed and the content representativeness are considered, and the problems that a traditional method is large in calculation overhead and high in redundancy are effectively solved.