VISUAL SALIENCE OF ONLINE VIDEO AS A PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS

Number: 20170061235
Published: 2017-03-02
Filed: 2015-08-24
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: FREY; Seth et al.
CPC: G06V40/20; H04N19/154; G06V10/454
Verdict: Set aside predicting online-video success from visual salience, content-analytics/business ops
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising computing a saliency value for a video based onsaliency values a set of pixels in each frame of the video, computing, for the video, an expected value for a metric by a predictive algorithm based on the saliency value for the video, and outputting the expected value for the metric as an indication of an expected outcome for the metric achieved by the video.

Background

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

So that the manner in which the above recited aspects are attained and can be understood in detail, a more particular description of embodiments of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the appended drawings.

It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.

FIGS. 1A-1B depict example outputs generated by using video salience as a predictor of success, according to one embodiment

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a system that is configured to use visual salience of a video as a predictor of success, according to one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method to use visual salience of a video as a predictor of success, according to one embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method to compute a saliency value for a video, according to one embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating components of a predictive application, according to one embodiment.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiments disclosed herein leverage the saliency of a video to determine the success of the video relative to any type of success metric. Salience refers to the state or quality by which an object (such as a pixel, frame, or video) stands out relative to other similar objects. G

Claims

1. A method, comprising: computing a saliency value for a video based on saliency values for a set of pixels in each frame ofthe video; computing, for the video, an expected value for a metric by a predictive algorithm based on the saliency value for the video; and outputting the expected value for the metric as an indication of an expected outcome for the metric achieved by the video. 8. A computer program product, comprising: a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by a processor to perform an operation comprising: computing a saliency value for a video based on saliency values for a set of pixels in each frame of the video; computing, for the video, an expected value for a metric by a predictive algorithm based on the saliency valuefor the video; and outputting the expected value for the metric as an indication of an expected outcome for the metric achieved by the video. 15. A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory containing a program which when executed by the processor performs an operation comprising: computing a saliency value for a video based on saliency values for a setof pixels in each frame of the video; computing, for the video, an expected value for a metric by a predictive algorithm based on the saliency value for the video; and outputting the expected value for the metric as an indication of an expected outcome for the metric achieved by the video.