US 11,910,060 B2
System and method for automatic detection of periods of heightened audience interest in broadcast electronic media
Amy Bolivar, Boyertown, PA (US); Steven Lubin, Yardley, PA (US); and Audrey Faust, Pottstown, PA (US)
Assigned to Caspian Hill Group, LLC, Pottstown, PA (US)
Filed by Caspian Hill Group, LLC, Pottstown, PA (US)
Filed on May 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/320,525.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,064, filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0182722 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/466 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4667 (2013.01) 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method executed by a computer system for determining periods of time in an audio-visual signal encoding an event comprising:
receiving a data representing the audio-visual signal said signal comprised of data representing an audience attending said event;
extracting from the received audio-visual data at least one parameter data corresponding to an at least one time-slice within the audio-visual signal, said at least one parameter data representing a magnitude of heightened emotional state of the audience attending the event that is the subject of the of the audio-visual signal within the corresponding an at least one time slice;
storing in a data structure the at least one parameter data and an at least one time slice value corresponding to the at least one parameter;
determining an at least one time values of heightened interest by calculating a correlation between the extracted at least one parameter data representing a magnitude of heightened emotional state of the audience attending the event that is the subject of the of the audio-visual signal within the corresponding an at least one time slice and an at least one pre-determined parameter data values associated with a heightened audience interest level; and
storing the determined at least one time values in a data structure associated with the received audio-visual signal.