US 11,871,049 B2
Method of identifying an abridged version of a video
Kushal Ghosh, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/791,489
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/061401
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/141686, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20150586 (EP), filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044011 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); G06F 16/71 (2019.01); G06F 16/75 (2019.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/23418 (2013.01) [G06F 16/71 (2019.01); G06F 16/75 (2019.01); G06F 16/7867 (2019.01); G06V 20/48 (2022.01); G06V 20/49 (2022.01); H04N 21/44236 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of identifying whether a target video comprises an abridged version of a reference video, each of the target and reference videos being divided into a sequence of shots, wherein the method comprises:
evaluating a first condition associated with the target video not comprising all shots of the reference video;
evaluating a second condition associated with the target video including groups of consecutive shots also included in the reference video, wherein the groups include at least a threshold number of consecutive shots;
evaluating a third condition associated with all shots being present in both the target video and the reference video in a same order in the target video and the reference video;
identifying whether the target video comprises an abridged version of the reference video, wherein the identifying comprises identifying the target video as comprising an abridged version of the reference video on condition that the first condition, the second condition, and the third condition are met; and
outputting a result of the identifying.