Video Event Segmentation for Selective Highlight Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face the challenge of efficiently accessing specific events or highlights within lengthy video clips, such as sporting events, without having to watch the entire video, due to the limitations of current systems and methods.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that analyzes input video content to identify events, determines their start and end times, and generates output video content by including relevant segments, synchronized with metadata and audio, allowing for selective inclusion based on ranks, categories, and target audiences, and can embed video clips within web pages with semantic analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If users watch entire video clips to find specific events, then they can ensure complete coverage of all content, but they spend excessive time watching irrelevant material
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments video content into discrete event-based clips with defined start and end times. Each event is identified and extracted as an independent segment, allowing users to access specific events without watching the entire video. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by enabling selective viewing of relevant events while maintaining complete coverage of all identified events in the source video.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts specific event segments from the full video content and creates separate, standalone video clips for each event. This extraction process allows users to directly access individual events of interest without viewing irrelevant portions of the video, thereby reducing time spent while ensuring complete coverage of all extracted events.
2Quantity of substance
If systems provide comprehensive video content coverage, then users can access all events, but the system requires storing and processing large volumes of video data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments comprehensive video content into discrete event-based clips, storing only the relevant segments rather than the entire video. This segmentation reduces the volume of stored video data while maintaining access to all events through the segmented clips, resolving the contradiction between storage efficiency and event accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and stores only the essential event segments from the full video content, removing redundant or irrelevant portions. This extraction reduces the quantity of video data that needs to be stored and processed, while still providing comprehensive coverage of all events through the extracted segments.
3Ease of operation
If systems automatically identify and segment events, then users can quickly access specific content, but the system complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automatic event identification and segmentation systems that self-serve the task of analyzing video content and creating event-based clips without requiring manual intervention. This automation improves ease of operation for users while managing system complexity through self-service mechanisms that handle the complex analysis tasks autonomously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual video analysis and event identification with automated computational systems that use algorithms to identify and segment events. This substitution of mechanical/manual processes with automated systems improves ease of operation while containing complexity within the automated analysis engine rather than requiring complex user interactions.
4Adaptability or versatility
If systems create customized video clips for different users, then user experience is enhanced, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary event identification and segmentation during the initial video processing stage, creating a structured database of event-based clips with metadata. This preliminary action allows for rapid customization and delivery of user-specific video clips without requiring extensive processing at the time of user request, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments video content into pre-identified event clips that can be quickly assembled and customized for different users based on their preferences. This segmentation enables efficient retrieval and combination of relevant clips without re-processing the entire video, reducing processing time while maintaining high adaptability to user needs.
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AI summary
A system and method may analyze an input video content to produce analysis results. An event captured in the input video content may be identified based on the analysis results. A start time and an end time of a segment of the input video content, the segment including the event, may be determined and, an output video content may be generated by including the segment in the output video content.