SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCENE CATEGORIZATION

Number: 20190182486
Published: 2019-06-13
Filed: 2017-12-11
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: ARANA; MARK et al.
CPC: G11B27/19; H04N19/179; G11B27/28; H04N21/23418; H04N19/139; H04N19/177; G11B27/34
Verdict: Set aside scene categorization, broadcast content management
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for manually or automatically identifying delineating scenes in media content. Scene categorization parameters setting forth thematic and/or cinematic criteria are used to analyze frames or groups of pictures (GOPs) making up the media content. Those frames or GOPs having one or more characteristics that meet the thematic and/or cinematic criteria may be deemed to belong or be a part of a particular scene in the media content. Downstream applications or processes can be optimized based on the scene segmentation.

Background

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates generally to digital media encoding, and more particularly, some embodiments relate to systems and methods for identifying scenes for downstream applications, such as transcoding.DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART

Due to the growing number of digital media distribution platforms that are available, a single piece of media content, such as a movie, is often digitized or transcoded into different formats and/or bit-rates. Many content distributors create multiple versions of a single video, song, or other digital media program for multiple avenues of distribution. For example, for a single piece of content, a video distributor might maintain a plurality of different files having the same resolution but different bitrates. These groups of files may be used in web distribution using adaptive variable bitrate streaming techniques. Moreover, different portions of media content may be utilized to generate previews, highlight clips, and the like for distribution.BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

In accordance with one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a media content comprising a plurality of media blocks, and receiving scene delineation parameters setting forth at least one of thematic and cinematic criteria. The method further comprises identifying sets of media blocks meeting at least one of the thematic and cinematic criteria as defining scenes in the media content. Further still, the method co

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a media content comprising a plurality of media blocks; receiving scene delineation parameters setting forth at least one of thematic and cinematic criteria; identifying sets of media blocks meeting the at least one of the thematic and cinematic criteria as defining scenes in the media content; and forwarding at least one of the sets of media blocks and scene boundary information based on the sets of media blocks to one or more downstream applications adapted to process the defined scenes in the media content. | 10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable program code embodied thereon, the computer executable program code configured to cause a computer system to: recognize existence of one or more characteristics present in one or more media blocks comprising media content; determine whether the one or more characteristics meet at least one of thematic and cinematic criteria indicative of a scene of the media content; upon a determination that the one or more characteristics meet the at least one of the thematic and cinematic criteria, determine start and end boundaries of the scene; and receive one or more scene categorization parameters setting forth the at least one of thematic and cinematic criteria.