Video Summarization via Feature-Based Clipping and User Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for creating video summaries are either inefficient due to manual editing and time constraints, leading to missed important content, or rely on inaccurate automated systems that fail to prioritize video clips effectively, resulting in a less reliable and less efficient experience for users.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a video retrieval module, selection module, clipping module, summarization module, editing module, and timer module, leveraging AI and machine learning techniques to automatically select, clip, and integrate video clips, allowing users to provide feedback for modifying summaries and setting a specific time frame for playback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual editing is used to create video summaries, then users can customize the content, but the process is time-consuming and important content may be missed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic video summarization without requiring manual user intervention. The automated system retrieves videos, clips them into segments, and generates summaries independently, eliminating the time-consuming manual editing process while maintaining reliability through intelligent algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual editing process with an automated computational system. Instead of human users manually selecting and editing video frames, the system uses automated video retrieval, clipping based on features, and AI-driven summarization to generate video summaries efficiently and accurately.
2Productivity
If automated video summarization is used, then time is saved, but the system fails to prioritize important video clips effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different processing qualities to different parts of the video content. Important video clips are identified and prioritized through feature-based clipping and AI analysis, receiving higher quality treatment in the final summary. This ensures that while the process is automated and fast, the reliability of content prioritization is maintained through intelligent local optimization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where user interactions and preferences are used to refine and improve video clip prioritization. The AI model learns from feedback to better identify and prioritize important content in future summarizations, enhancing both speed and accuracy over time.
3Productivity
If conventional automated summarization is used, then processing is faster, but the system is limited to specific tasks and less versatile
Solution Approach 1:
The system is designed with multi-functionality to handle various video summarization tasks. It can retrieve videos from different sources, apply multiple clipping techniques based on different features, and generate summaries adaptable to different user needs and preferences, making it versatile while maintaining high processing speed through automation.
Data Source
AI summary
System and method to compress multiple videos are provided. the system includes a video retrieve module configured to retrieve videos from a video library database; a video selection module configured to select videos by a user upon viewing the plurality of videos; a video clipping module configured to clip each of the multiple videos into a multiple video clips based on features with assigned importance levels, and to select one or more video clips by the user upon viewing the multiple video clips; a video summarization module configured to create a video summary, a video editing module configured to operate multiple video clips from the video summary on receiving a feedback from the user, to generate a modified video summary to compress the multiple videos. a video time calculator module configured to calculate total time eliminated; a video timer module configured to set a time frame enable the modified video summary to be played.