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A still frame is a single static image taken from a film or video, which are kinetic images. Still frames are also called freeze frame, still image, video prompt, preview or misleadingly thumbnail, keyframe, poster frame, or screen shot/grab/capture/dump. Freeze frames are widely used on video platforms and in video galleries, to show viewers a preview or a teaser. Many video platforms have a standard to display a frame from mid-time of the video. Some platforms offer the option to choose a different frame individually.
Method and system for providing targeted advertisements
InactiveUS20040163101A1Receiver side switchingAnalogue secracy/subscription systemsInteractive televisionNetwork media
A method and system for providing targeted advertisements over a networked media delivery system, especially interactive television networks, the system comprising tracking and storing viewer selections, analyzing the selections, and delivering targeted advertisements that appeal to the particular subscriber making the selections, the system including a merge processor, a file server, a profile processor, and a broadcast server contained in a head end in communication with a plurality of set-top boxes through a distribution network. Based on a subscriber's viewing habits and account information, the present invention delivers different, customized advertisements to different viewers watching the same program or channel. The present invention delivers the advertisements as either still frame bit maps or as video streams advertisement insertion in a playlist or a broadcast media program.
Owner:ALPHONSO
System and method for a programmable multimedia controller
InactiveUS20070143801A1Easy to liftImprove scalabilityTelevision system detailsClosed circuit television systemsGraphicsGeneral purpose
A programmable multimedia controller, including audio and video switches, controls audio video, telephony, data, security, motor-operated, relay-operated, and / or other types of devices. Modules of the controller receive and output audio and video in a number of analog and digital formats, allowing the system to be interconnected to a wide range of devices. Small form factor general purpose personal computers may be operatively connected to provide processing power for the system, and to execute application programs. Further, a personal DVD player, or another device capable of displaying data and generating an audio output in response to user selection, may be used to control the programmable multimedia controller as part of embedded control technique. Additionally, a video overlay feature which allows video images, still frames, graphics, and / or text to be overlaid at any desired location of a display screen, is provided in some embodiments.
Owner:SAVANT SYST INC
Workflow system for detection and classification of images suspected as pornographic
InactiveUS6904168B1Improve accuracyTaking imageImage analysisAcquiring/recognising eyesPattern recognitionTime efficient
An enterprise based workflow server based system to detect and classify images as potentially of pornographic nature. The system is based on two independent stages. The first stage is an automatic stage which eliminates most images that are positively non pornographic, including an image analysis engine with a plurality of sub engines, each dedicated to different attributes of an image. The second stage describes an additional embodiment of a manual review stage. An alternative embodiment describes a similar server solution to detect images suspected as copyrighted material. The images can be individually classified, or analyzed as a cluster or a collection of images such as an album or motion-picture segment, sampled into key still frames. The system optimizes time saving by elimination of images, and assures accuracy by generating a workflow reviewing solution which can involve a human decision-making stage.
Owner:CEDAR LANE TECH INC
System and method for interactive distribution of selectable presentations
InactiveUS7536705B1Easy to useIncrease profitSpecial service provision for substationTelevision system detailsDigital dataGraphics
A data storage, multiplexing, and distribution method is provided for use in a digital data distribution system. The system provides simultaneous transmission of a plurality of uniquely identified, independent data streams within an assigned channel bandwidth of local, metropolitan and wide area distribution media. The independent data streams can include presentations specifically requested by the receiving user. Upon request from some number of users from their premises, the system assembles a combination of optional image elements such as motion and still frame video, background and descriptive audio, text and graphical overlays into presentation data streams appropriate to the user requests. Individual data streams are multiplexed within a higher bandwidth data stream for simultaneous delivery within the bandwidth assigned for this data transmission. The techniques unique to the system, in regard to storage, timing and synchronization, can be implemented using techniques described within the MPEG profile.
Owner:SOURCESUITE LLC & SOURCESUITE CANADA INC +1
Modeless video and still frame capture using interleaved frames of video and still resolutions
ActiveUS9344626B2Television system detailsColor television signals processingImage resolutionVideo sequence
In an embodiment, an electronic device may be configured to capture still frames during video capture, but may capture the still frames in the 4×3 aspect ratio and at higher resolution than the 16×9 aspect ratio video frames. The device may interleave high resolution, 4×3 frames and lower resolution 16×9 frames in the video sequence, and may capture the nearest higher resolution, 4×3 frame when the user indicates the capture of a still frame. Alternatively, the device may display 16×9 frames in the video sequence, and then expand to 4×3 frames when a shutter button is pressed. The device may capture the still frame and return to the 16×9 video frames responsive to a release of the shutter button.
Owner:APPLE INC
Automatic compositing of 3D objects in a still frame or series of frames
Systems, methods, and computer program products that provide broadcast-quality photo-realistic rendering of one or more 3D objects added to a still frame (photo mode), or series of frames (movie mode). The basic steps performed during creation of an image include analysis of a 2D image frame during a set up sequence, adding a 3D object to the frame, and adding visual effects to the frame with little or no user intervention, the visual effects including but not limited to shadowing, reflection, refraction, and transparency.
Owner:KOTAB DOMINIC M
Systems and methods for uploading and downloading files in a distributed network
InactiveUS20070083527A1Digital data information retrievalTransmissionApplication softwareStill frame
A method for processing video includes providing a framegrabbing plugin that extracts still frames from a video stream and is integrated into an application that hosts plugins and providing a user interface allowing a user to select still frames to extract from the video.
Owner:ROE RIVER CORP
System and method for creating still images by utilizing a video camera device
InactiveUS7133068B2Easy to createPrecise alignmentTelevision system detailsTelevision system scanning detailsMotion detectorStill frame
A system and method for creating still images by utilizing a video camera comprises a cradle device that transports the video camera across a target object during a scanning procedure that captures and stores video data. During the scanning procedure, a motion detector captures and provides scan motion data to a scanning manager from the video camera. The scanning manager may then responsively utilize the scan motion data to accurately extract still frames corresponding to the target object from the captured video data at pre-determined time intervals. A stitching software program may then access and combine the still frames generated by the scanning manager to thereby create composite still images.
Owner:SONY CORP +1
Platform for widespread augmented reality and 3D mapping
InactiveUS20110102460A1Digital data processing detailsCathode-ray tube indicatorsAccelerometer dataPoint cloud
A client device sends the following data to the servers: still frames from captured video and in some embodiments other data such as GPS coordinates, compass reading, and accelerometer data. The servers break down each frame into feature points and match those feature points to existing point cloud data to determine client device's point of view (POV). The servers send the resulting information back to the client device, which uses the POV information to render augmentation content on a video stream. Information sent by client devices to the server can be used to augment the feature-point cloud.
Owner:PARKER KEVIN
Image coding apparatus, image coding method, and image coding program for coding at least one still frame with still frame coding having a higher quality than normal frame coding of other frames
InactiveUS20090010556A1Reduce the amount of solutionImprove image qualityColor television with pulse code modulationColor television with bandwidth reductionExecution controlParameter control
Owner:SOVEREIGN PEAK VENTURES LLC
Methods and systems for providing targeted content
InactiveUS8132202B2Efficiently spentIncreased profit marginReceiver side switchingAnalogue secracy/subscription systemsInteractive televisionFile server
Owner:ALPHONSO
Item scanning system
ActiveUS20090026269A1Still image data retrievalVisual representatino by photographic printingProximateBarcode
The present invention provides an item scanning system in which an appearance of an item is received (e.g., at checkout). The appearance is captured with an image capture device (e.g., still frame camera, video camera, etc.) that can be collocated with a barcode scanner. In being collocated, the image capture device can be positioned proximate (e.g., near, attached to, etc.) the bar code scanner, integrated within a common housing / unit with the barcode scanner, etc. In any event, a search engine will then search a database of items based on the appearance to identify a set of items that potentially match the item. When one of the set of items is selected (e.g., by the checkout clerk), the selection will be received and stored for future investigation / auditing.
Owner:NEC CORP
Detection and manipulation of shadows in an image or series of images
Owner:KOTAB DOMINIC M
Slider bar interface for digital camera
InactiveUS20050094014A1Simpler and intuitiveQuickly and easily scrollTelevision system detailsColor television detailsDisplay deviceVideo record
A digital camera having an improved user interface for use in viewing and editing still images and viewing and editing video, along with a method of displaying, editing and scrolling through video recorded by the digital camera. The user interface includes a display device for selectively displaying recorded images, a slide bar, and left and right slidable buttons that are moveable in left and right directions across the slide bar and that are operative to display and scroll through recorded still frames of the video corresponding to the location of the respective slidable button. The left and right slidable buttons are depressible to activate respective switches, wherein the left slidable button is depressible to select the first frame of video and crop preceding frames, and wherein the right slidable button is depressible to select the last frame of video and crop succeeding frames.
Owner:HEWLETT PACKARD DEV CO LP
Automatic compositing of 3D objects in a still frame or series of frames
Systems, methods, and computer program products that provide broadcast-quality photo-realistic rendering of one or more 3D objects added to a still frame (photo mode), or series of frames (movie mode). The basic steps performed during creation of an image include analysis of a 2D image frame during a set up sequence, adding a 3D object to the frame, and adding visual effects to the frame with little or no user intervention, the visual effects including but not limited to shadowing, reflection, refraction, and transparency.
Owner:KOTAB DOMINIC M
Complete remote sensing bridge investigation system
InactiveUS20130176424A1Less moneyEfficiently determinedColor television detailsClosed circuit television systemsMultiple sensorGlobal Positioning System
Selectively mobile system and method detect and locate information to determine repair or replacement needs for bridge and roadway infrastructure by detection of subsurface defects. Multiple sensors collect data to be fused include 1) Visual capture device or devices (16) aboard a mobile carrier (10) capture visual spectrum in either HD or regular video and / or as still frame camera images; 2) Infrared spectrum sensors (18) aboard the mobile carrier capture video or still frame images; 3) Global positioning sensors (GPS) (12) aboard the mobile carrier determine position; 4) Light detection and ranging system (LIDAR) aboard the mobile carrier gives precise locations. Further, 5) ground penetrating microwave radar (GPR) sensors carried by a vehicle (22) and related electronics determine depth of subsurface defects. The sensor systems supply data to a digital processor (40) having analysis and graphical information system (GIS) software (44) that fuses the data and presents it for delivery and use.
Owner:ENTECH ENG
Adaptive encoding of a sequence of still frames or partially still frames within motion video
InactiveUS6895048B2Prevent pulsation artifactConstant picture qualityColor television with pulse code modulationColor television with bandwidth reductionVideo encodingAdaptive encoding
Method, system and computer program product are provided for adaptively encoding in hardware, software or a combination thereof a series of still or partially still pictures using motion video encoding. A pre-encode statistics measurement unit is employed to derive statistics on each frame of the sequence of video frames to be encoded. The statistics are determinative of whether the frame comprises a still frame. If so, at least one controllable parameter to be used to encode the still frame is modified, and an encoding engine employs the at least one controllable parameter to encode the still frame so that pulsation artifacts are prevented between still frames of the series of still frames. Partial still picture encoding to prevent pulsation artifacts on a macroblock level is also addressed.
Owner:IBM CORP
Animated Icons To Preview Transformations Related to 3D Models
An apparatus and a method for using 3D animated icons to preview transformations related to 3D models are disclosed. The apparatus includes a graphical user interface (GUI) which includes a visual depiction of the 3D model as well as a cursor and 3D animated icons which are representative of various transformations that may be performed on the model. The animation of the 3D icons provides the user with a preview, before selecting the icons, of what will happen to the 3D model depicted in the GUI if the transformations are in fact applied by user-selection of the icons. The method includes displaying, on a GUI, a 3D model as well as a cursor and at least one 3D animated icon which displays a representation of a respective transformation. The method further includes changing the state of an animated icon from static (i.e., a still frame) to animated when the user positions the cursor in the neighborhood of the icon, thereby illustrating the effect of the transformation. The method further comprises changing the icon to a different static state whenever the user selects the icon, at which point the icon will be displayed as a still frame that indicates that the icon has been selected.
Owner:DASSAULT SYSTEMES
Methods and apparatus for transcoding progressive I-slice refreshed MPEG data streams to enable trick play mode features on a television appliance
InactiveUS7046910B2Television system detailsPulse modulation television signal transmissionMultiplexingData stream
Progressive I-slice refreshed MPEG data streams are transcoded to I-frame based MPEG data streams to enable trick play modes on a television appliance, such as pause, scan forward, scan backward, jump, or still frame displays for use, e.g., in film indexing (chapters). A progressive I-slice refreshed MPEG data stream 10 having I-slices distributed over multiple P-frames is received by a television appliance 300. The P-frames are decoded at decoder 220 to recover the I-slices which make up a complete I-frame. The recovered I-slices are assembled (e.g., by processor 230) into a complete I-frame. The complete I-frame is encoded at an encoder 250. A selected P-frame in the MPEG data stream is replaced with the encoded I-frame (e.g., via multiplexer 255) to provide an encoded I-frame based data stream 200. The I-frame based data stream is stored (e.g., in memory 240) for trick play mode use.
Owner:GOOGLE TECH HLDG LLC
Display apparatus, and display controller and operating method thereof
InactiveUS20120120083A1Reduce power consumptionReduce hardware costsCathode-ray tube indicatorsComputer scienceStill frame
A display apparatus, and a display controller and an operating method thereof are provided. The display controller includes a controller, a buffer, and a compression / decompression unit. The controller receives an original frame from a host. The controller controls a display module to display the original frame provided by the host in a non-still frame mode. The compression / decompression unit is coupled between the buffer and the controller. The controller compresses the original frame to the buffer through the compression / decompression unit. If the controller operates in a still frame mode, the controller decompresses a compressed frame in the buffer to obtain a decompressed frame through the compression / decompression unit, and controls the display module to display the decompressed frame.
Owner:NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP
Modeless Video and Still Frame Capture
ActiveUS20150139603A1High resolutionTelevision system detailsColor television signals processingImage resolutionVideo sequence
In an embodiment, an electronic device may be configured to capture still frames during video capture, but may capture the still frames in the 4×3 aspect ratio and at higher resolution than the 16×9 aspect ratio video frames. The device may interleave high resolution, 4×3 frames and lower resolution 16×9 frames in the video sequence, and may capture the nearest higher resolution, 4×3 frame when the user indicates the capture of a still frame. Alternatively, the device may display 16×9 frames in the video sequence, and then expand to 4×3 frames when a shutter button is pressed. The device may capture the still frame and return to the 16×9 video frames responsive to a release of the shutter button.
Owner:APPLE INC
High resolution graphics side channel in video conference
ActiveUS20020154209A1Television signal transmission by single/parallel channelsTwo-way working systemsGraphicsCarrier signal
A videoconference system can automatically transmit first and second images from a local site to a remote site where the first image is a high-resolution live image and the second image may be transmitted either as a high-resolution live or still frame image. Two video streams representing the first and second images are transmitted together to the remote site within a single carrier channel. The second image is transmitted as a still image whenever the second image is static to conserve bandwidth.
Owner:HEWLETT PACKARD DEV CO LP
Media identification system and method
InactiveUS20100057781A1Easy and convenient and “ hands-freeBroadcast services for monitoring/identification/recognitionMultiple digital computer combinationsComputer hardwareBluetooth
The present invention relates to a media identification system and method. The system and method includes a media source, a signal controlling device, a communication device, a server and a user interface. The media source can be in various formats, such as audio, video and still frame. A medium signal is converted and processed in the signal controlling device to generate a server-recognizable code, which can be transmitted to the server through the communication device. The communication device can be a mobile phone, or other communication devices adapted to relay signals. A “short-long” range signal transmission is also disclosed in the present invention, wherein the “short range” signal transmission between the signal controlling device and the communication device may be achieved by a wireless radio or optical transmission-reception technology such as Bluetooth, while the “long range” signal transmission between the communication device and the server may be achieved by WiFi or regular mobile phone transmission. Upon receiving the server-recognizable code, the server can analyze and search for candidate matches in the database. Once the server identifies the media, the media identification information can be transmitted back to from the server and displayed on the user interface.
Owner:ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC
Method and device for detecting flicker of light source in video sequence and image processing apparatus
ActiveCN109274984AReduce time complexityImprove detection accuracyTelevision system detailsColor television detailsImaging processingVideo processing
Owner:ARKMICRO TECH
Document quality detection method based on computer vision
ActiveCN108345881AImprove accuracyImprove reliabilityCharacter and pattern recognitionPretreatment methodVision based
The invention relates to a document quality detection method based on computer vision. In view of difficulty, low efficiency, poor reliability and large subjective influence of traditional artificialnaked eye detection, a document quality detection method based on computer vision is provided. In order to accurately detect the quality of a document, the method comprises firstly performing static frame extraction on a high-speed document printing video by using a reasonable method; secondly, using a computer vision-based preprocessing method to performs appropriate image preprocessing on a document image; performing accurate contour detection and extraction on the preprocessed document; performing tilt correction an extracted document contour image so that a distorted image becomes a normally tiled document image to be detected; finally, performing PSNR and MSE quality evaluation on the image to be detected, comparing the image to be detected with a template to obtain a test result of document quality. The method has the characteristics of high efficiency, good reliability, continuity, and flexibility, and has good practical applicability.
Owner:FUZHOU UNIV
Multifunction remote control system for audio and video recording, capture, transmission and playback of full motion and still images
InactiveUS7197228B1Enhance the imageTelevision system detailsColor television signals processingFull fieldVideo recording
Owner:PR NEWSWIRE
L-cut stream startup
ActiveUS20120281965A1Reduce contentTelevision system detailsColor television signals processingDigital rights managementStill frame
Owner:NETFLIX
System and method for creating composite images by utilizing an imaging device
InactiveUS20070040913A1Efficient scanningEasy to createTelevision system detailsColor television detailsMotion detectorStill frame
Owner:SONY CORP +1
Method and system for real time motion picture segmentation and superposition
InactiveUS7742108B2Television system detailsColor signal processing circuitsImage resolutionReference image
Methods and systems for separating a picture part of interest from an arbitrary background in real time videos are presented. The background may be a moving or still frame. The picture part of interest and background frames may be in or out of focus. One separation approach employs the difference between luminance and chrominance values of the input and background frames where changes in luminance from frame to frame are compensated for. In another approach, picture part of interest separation is based solely on spatial resolution differences between the background and the picture part of interest frames. The present invention also teaches a method and system for parameter matching of the picture part of interest and the basic picture into which the picture part of interest is embedded. The invention further teaches a method and system for embedding a separated picture part of interest into a basic picture containing text.
Owner:RATEZE REMOTE MGMT LLC
Multifunction remote control system for audio and video recording, capture, transmission and playback of full motion and still images
InactiveUS20050232579A1Easy accessEasy to controlTelevision system detailsColor television signals processingFull fieldRemote control
A multifunction remote controlled video recording, transmission and playback system includes a still frame generator adapted for selecting and generating still frames on the fly while a full motion video signal is being recorded, without interrupting the recording function. Audio and data signals, such as cockpit audio in an aircraft and gps and telemetry signals may also be incorporated in the recorded full motion video recording on a real time synchronized basis. The still frames are digitally enhanced, producing a full field frame from the analog video signal. Still frames can be produced in single, burst and snap modes without interrupting the full motion video recording function.
Owner:PR NEWSWIRE
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