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Motional video browsing data structure and browsing method therefor
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc
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Filing: 1999-01-29
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Granted: 2003-08-05
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Expires: 2019-01-29
Abstract
Abstract A motional video browsing data structure based upon character relations is disclosed for a system and method of video browsing. In the present invention, the character relation information by which relations between a character and other characters constituting the contents of a motional video are formed and displayed, and information on the variation of relations between characters in the motional video are also displayed.
Inventors
- 👤 Jung-Min Song
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:19
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/70; G06F16/74; G06F16/745; G06F16/78; G06F16/783; G06F16/7837; G06F16/784
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A video browsing systems comprising: a character viewer configured to display at least one character of a video story; a key frame viewer configured to display at least one key frame of each scene of the video story in which a character selected from the character viewer appears; and a video player configured to display the at least one key frame of a selected scene, and configured to display a section of the video story corresponding to the selected scene in response to user input commands, wherein the character viewer displays relations between characters in the video story and wherein the key frame viewer displays at least one key frame of a scene of the video story in which the characters in a selected relation appear together.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
A video browsing systems comprising: a character viewer configured to display at least one character of a video story; a key frame viewer configured to display at least one key frame of each scene of the video story in which a character selected from the character viewer appears; and a video player configured to display the at least one key frame of a selected scene, and configured to display a section of the video story corresponding to the selected scene in response to user input commands, wherein the character viewer displays relations between characters in the video story and wherein the key frame viewer displays at least one key frame of a scene of the video story in which the characters in a selected relation appear together.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the character viewer further displays a representative frame of the displayed character, and wherein the character viewer further displays a number of frames in which the displayed character appears in the video story.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 2 , wherein the characters are displayed in the order from the highest number of frames to the lowest number of frames in which the displayed character appears in the video story.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the character relation is displayed by a status describing the meaningful relation between the characters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the character viewer further displays a representative frame of the displayed characters, and wherein the character viewer further displays a first number of frames in which the characters in a relation appear together.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 5 , wherein the character viewer further displays a second number of frames in which each of the displayed characters appears in the video story.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
57 words
The system of claim 1 , further comprising a character relation variation viewer displaying variations of the relations between the characters in a selected relation and wherein the key frame viewer displays at least one key frame of a scene of the video story in which the characters in a selected variation of the relation appear together.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the character viewer further displays relations between a specific character and other characters in the video story, and wherein the key frame viewer displays at least one key frame of scene of the video story in which the specific character and other characters in a selected relation appear together.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 8 , wherein the character relation is displayed by a status describing the meaningful relation between the characters.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 8 , wherein the character viewer further displays a representative frame of the displayed characters, wherein the character viewer further displays a number of frames in which the characters in a relation appear together.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the key frame viewer displays only scenes associated with the selected character.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
96 words
A video browsing method comprising: (a) displaying at least one character of a video story; (b) displaying at least one key frame of each scene of the video story in which a selected character appears; and (c) displaying a section of the video story corresponding to a selected scene in response to user input commands, and wherein step (a) further comprises displaying relations between characters in the video story and wherein step (b) displays at least one key frame of a scene of the video story in which the characters in a selected relation appear together.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
96 words
A video browsing method comprising: (a) displaying at least one character of a video story; (b) displaying at least one key frame of each scene of the video story in which a selected character appears; and (c) displaying a section of the video story corresponding to a selected scene in response to user input commands, and wherein step (a) further comprises displaying relations between characters in the video story and wherein step (b) displays at least one key frame of a scene of the video story in which the characters in a selected relation appear together.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein step (a) further comprises displaying a representative frame of the displayed character, and displaying a number of frames in which the displayed character appears in the video story.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 13 , wherein step (a) further comprises displaying the characters in an order from a highest number of frames to a lowest number of frames in which the displayed character appears in the video story.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
55 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein step (a) further comprises displaying relations between a specific character and other characters in the video story, and wherein step (b) displays at least one key frame of a scene of the video story in which the specific character and other characters in a selected relation appear together.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for constructing multimedia data in a video browsing system comprising: establishing at least one relationship between characters of a video story for display in a video browsing system; establishing at least one scene of a video story in which the characters in the at least one relationship appear together, said at least one scene being linked to the corresponding at least one relationship; and establishing at least one key frame linked to each of said at least one scene of the video story in which the characters in the at least one relationship appear together for display in the video browsing system.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for constructing multimedia data in a video browsing system comprising: establishing at least one relationship between characters of a video story for display in a video browsing system; establishing at least one scene of a video story in which the characters in the at least one relationship appear together, said at least one scene being linked to the corresponding at least one relationship; and establishing at least one key frame linked to each of said at least one scene of the video story in which the characters in the at least one relationship appear together for display in the video browsing system.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
27 words
The data structure of claim 16 , wherein said at least one relationship is a relationship between a specific character and other characters in the video story.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
23 words
The data structure of claim 16 , wherein said at least one relationship is a plurality of different relationships between two same characters.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein displaying the at least one key frame further comprises displaying only scenes associated with the selected character.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
95 words
A computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a sequence of steps, comprising: displaying at least one character of a video story; displaying at least one key frame of each scene of the video story in which a selected character appears; and displaying a section of the video story corresponding to a selected scene in response to user input commands, wherein displaying the at least one character of the video story further comprises displaying relations between characters in the video story.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
95 words
A computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a sequence of steps, comprising: displaying at least one character of a video story; displaying at least one key frame of each scene of the video story in which a selected character appears; and displaying a section of the video story corresponding to a selected scene in response to user input commands, wherein displaying the at least one character of the video story further comprises displaying relations between characters in the video story.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
40 words
The computer readable medium of claim 20 , wherein displaying at least one key frame further comprises displaying at least one key frame of a scene of the video story in which the characters in a selected relationship appear together.
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