US 12,283,083 B2
Image guided video thumbnail generation for e-commerce applications
Berkan Solmaz, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,497.
Prior Publication US 2023/0177807 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 10/74 (2022.01); G06F 16/74 (2019.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/761 (2022.01) [G06F 16/743 (2019.01); G06F 16/7847 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
retrieving a video associated with a listing for an item, wherein the video comprises a plurality of ordered frame images and the video is uploaded by a seller on an online marketplace associated with the listing of the item;
retrieving an item image uploaded by the seller and included in the listing for the item;
determining at least a first score for a first frame image and a second score for a second frame image from the plurality of ordered frame images, wherein a score is based on a degree of similarity between the item image and a frame image;
determining a first weight associated with the first frame image and a second weight associated with the second frame image, wherein the first weight is based on an ordered position of the first frame image that indicates a likelihood the first frame image is representative of the item;
updating, the first score based upon the first weight and the second score based upon the second weight;
selecting the first frame image or the second frame image as a thumbnail image, wherein the selecting is based upon the updated first score and the updated second score; and
publishing the thumbnail image as a representation of the video.