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Method and apparatus for indexing and retrieving audio-video data
Assignee: HP Inc
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Filing: 1990-03-26
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Granted: 1992-08-04
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Expires: 2010-03-26
Abstract
Abstract A technique is disclosed for processing audio-video data in a storage medium where indexes are generated by automatically extracting and indexing words and pictures in the audio-video data with their corresponding timing or other location data. The indexes permit searching and selective retrieval of word and/or scene data in accordance with location data associated therewith.
Inventors
- 👤 Barry S. Bronson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 23:29
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10L; G10L15/00; G10L15/26; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/70; G06F16/78; G06F16/783; G06F16/7844; G09; G09B; G09B5/00; G09B5/06; G09B5/065; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G11B27/107; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A system for processing audio-video data with associated location data in a storage medium for retrieval, comprising: means for extracting the audio-video data in conjunction with its associated location data to produce a first output signal; voice recognition means connected to the first output signal for automatically extracting words therefrom to produce a second output signal; means connected tot he second output signal for creating word data of the extracted words with their associated location data; and means connected to the word data for creating a data index of the words and their associated location data.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
96 words
A system for processing audio-video data with associated location data in a storage medium for retrieval, comprising: means for extracting the audio-video data in conjunction with its associated location data to produce a first output signal; voice recognition means connected to the first output signal for automatically extracting words therefrom to produce a second output signal; means connected tot he second output signal for creating word data of the extracted words with their associated location data; and means connected to the word data for creating a data index of the words and their associated location data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The system of claim 1 further comprising: computing-monitoring means connected to the data index for producing one or more words identified to be of interest; and record-playback means connected to the computing-monitoring means for selectively retrieving the audio-video data corresponding to the location data associated with the identified words.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
105 words
The system of claim 1 further comprising: pattern recognition means connected to the first output signal for automatically extracting scenes therefrom to produce a third output; means connected to the third output signal for creating scene data of the extracted scenes with their associated location data; computing-monitoring means connected to the scene data for producing one or more scenes identified to be of interest; record-playback means connected to the computer-monitoring means for selectively retrieving the audio-video data corresponding to the location data of the identified scenes; and means connected to the scene data and word data for creating a combined index in the data index.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
59 words
The system of clam 3 wherein: the computing-monitoring means is connected to the data index to produce one or more combinations of word and scene identified t be of interest; and the record-playback means is connected to the computing-monitoring means for selectively retrieving the audio-video data corresponding to the location data associated with the identified word and scene combination.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
59 words
The system of clam 3 wherein: the computing-monitoring means is connected to the data index to produce one or more combinations of word and scene identified t be of interest; and the record-playback means is connected to the computing-monitoring means for selectively retrieving the audio-video data corresponding to the location data associated with the identified word and scene combination.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of processing stored audio-video data with associated location data for retrieval, comprising the steps of: extracting from storage, the audio-video data in conjunction with its associated location data; applying the audio-video data to a voice recognition subsystem to automatically extract words included in the audio-video data; and creating an index of the extracted words and their respective location data.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of processing stored audio-video data with associated location data for retrieval, comprising the steps of: extracting from storage, the audio-video data in conjunction with its associated location data; applying the audio-video data to a voice recognition subsystem to automatically extract words included in the audio-video data; and creating an index of the extracted words and their respective location data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 5 further comprising the steps of: searching the word index to identify words of interest; and selectively retrieving from the stored audio-video data, the audio-video data corresponding to the location data associated with the identified words.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
93 words
The method of claim 5 further comprising the steps of: applying the audio-video data to a pattern recognition subsystem to automatically extract scene data from the audio-video data; creating a storage for the scene data and their respective location data; searching the stored scene data to identify one or more scenes of interest; selectively retrieving from the stored audio-video data, scene data corresponding to the location data of the identified scene; and creating a combined index of scenes and words with associated location data from the stored scene data and the word index.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 7 further comprising the steps of: searching the combined index to identify combinations of word an scene identified to be of interest; and selectively retrieving the audio-video data corresponding to the location data associated with the identified word and scene combination.
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