US 12,445,629 B2
Method and apparatus for content-adaptive frame duration extension
Alexander Giladi, Princeton, NJ (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/817,228.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/817,939, filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0296386 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. H04N 19/154 (2014.01); H04N 19/172 (2014.01); H04N 19/36 (2014.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/154 (2014.11) [H04N 19/172 (2014.11); H04N 19/36 (2014.11); H04N 19/46 (2014.11)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving video content comprising two or more frames;
determining, based on one or more quality metrics, a similarity score, associated with each of the two or more frames, that is indicative of similarity between consecutive frames of the two or more frames;
adjusting, based on one or more criteria, the similarity score, wherein the one or more criteria are associated with at least one of: a scene change in the video content or motion in the video content;
determining that the adjusted similarity score, associated with at least one frame of the two or more frames, exceeds a threshold indicating a minimum similarity score for identification of similar sequences of frames;
generating, based on the threshold being exceeded, information comprising an instruction to display the at least one frame for an increased duration during playback of the video content; and
sending, to a decoder, the information to cause the at least one frame to be displayed for the increased duration.