The present invention provides a system for providing image-based video service, including a cache system configured to store video information that matches image-related data; a fingerprint extraction unit configured to extract the fingerprint of an image corresponding to input image-related data; and a matching unit configured to determine video information that matches the fingerprint of the image extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit; wherein the system for providing image-based video service determines video information, matching image-related data received from a client terminal, via the cache system or the matching unit, and transmits video result information corresponding to the determined video information to the client terminal, and a method using the same.
H04N 21/254 - Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server or rights management server
H04N 21/2665 - Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
H04N 21/61 - Network physical structure; Signal processing
H04N 21/8352 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving content or source identification data, e.g. UMID [Unique Material Identifier]
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System and method for detecting and classifying direct response advertisements using fingerprints
System and method for detecting and classifying direct response advertisements. The system includes a unit for generating an advertisement candidate segment for an advertisement section detected from a broadcast stream; a matching unit for determining whether the candidate segment matches each advertisement segment stored in a database (DB); a unit for, if the matching unit determines that a segment matching the candidate segment is not present, determining whether the candidate segment is a direct response advertisement; a registration unit for storing the candidate segment, determined to be a direct response advertisement, as an advertisement segment that is the direct response advertisement in the DB; and a direct response advertisement grouping unit for, if the matching unit determines that an advertisement segment matching the candidate segment is present, and the matching segment is a direct response advertisement, grouping the candidate segment with DB-stored advertisement segments that are direct response advertisements.
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/254 - Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server or rights management server
H04N 21/266 - Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system or merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04H 60/37 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
H04H 60/56 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or
G06V 20/40 - Scenes; Scene-specific elements in video content
G06V 20/62 - Text, e.g. of license plates, overlay texts or captions on TV images
H04N 21/431 - Generation of visual interfaces; Content or additional data rendering
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/8545 - Content authoring for generating interactive applications
H04N 21/858 - Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object or by creating a hotspot
H04H 20/14 - Arrangements for monitoring, testing or troubleshooting for monitoring programmes
H04H 60/48 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for recognising items expressed in broadcast information
H04H 60/59 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or of video
H04N 21/40 - Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of, or interaction with, content, e.g. STB [set-top-box]; Operations thereof
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/4725 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots
H04N 21/4728 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for selecting a ROI [Region Of Interest], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
H04N 21/475 - End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. PIN [Personal Identification Number] or preference data
H04N 21/2668 - Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. by inserting targeted commercials into a video stream based on end-user profiles
H04N 21/433 - Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request or caching operations
H04N 21/478 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application
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System and method for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast through a network to a client terminal
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast over a network. The present invention provides a system for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast to a client terminal, including a display unit, broadcast reception means and network connection means, over a network (hereinafter referred to as an “advertisement-related information provision system”), the system including a related information management unit configured to store related information corresponding to each advertisement included in a broadcast that is provided via a broadcast channel; an advertisement information identification unit configured to identify whether an advertisement stored in the related information management unit is being played during the broadcast that is provided via the broadcast channel; and a related information transmission unit configured to transmit related information, stored in the related information management unit for the advertisement identified by the advertisement information identification unit, to the client terminal over the network; wherein the client terminal includes a related information display unit configured to perform control so that the received related information is displayed on the display unit, and a method using the same.
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/658 - Transmission by the client directed to the server
H04N 21/462 - Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabi
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/478 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application
H04N 21/4784 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application receiving rewards
The present invention relates to an advertisement detection system based on fingerprints, and provides an advertisement detection systems based on fingerprints, including a content stream storage unit for storing broadcast content in real time, a section selection unit for selecting a reference section and a test section from broadcast content stored by the content stream storage unit, a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting fingerprints from the reference section and the test section selected by the section selection unit using one or more methods, a fingerprint matching unit for comparing the fingerprints from the test section and the reference section, extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit, with each other and then performing matching between the fingerprints, an advertisement section determination unit for determining advertisement segments from the test section based on results of the matching performed by the fingerprint matching.
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/8358 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving watermark
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04H 60/37 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
H04N 21/61 - Network physical structure; Signal processing
H04H 60/56 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or
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System and method for providing image-based video service
The present invention provides a system for providing image-based video service, including a cache system configured to store video information that matches image-related data; a fingerprint extraction unit configured to extract the fingerprint of an image corresponding to input image-related data; and a matching unit configured to determine video information that matches the fingerprint of the image extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit; wherein the system for providing image-based video service determines video information, matching image-related data received from a client terminal, via the cache system or the matching unit, and transmits video result information corresponding to the determined video information to the client terminal, and a method using the same.
H04N 21/254 - Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server or rights management server
H04N 21/2665 - Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
H04N 21/8352 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving content or source identification data, e.g. UMID [Unique Material Identifier]
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
G06Q 20/12 - Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
H04N 21/482 - End-user interface for program selection
H04N 21/61 - Network physical structure; Signal processing
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
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System and method for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast through a network to a client terminal
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast over a network. The present invention provides a system for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast to a client terminal, including a display unit, broadcast reception means and network connection means, over a network (hereinafter referred to as an “advertisement-related information provision system”), the system including a related information management unit configured to store related information corresponding to each advertisement included in a broadcast that is provided via a broadcast channel; an advertisement information identification unit configured to identify whether an advertisement stored in the related information management unit is being played during the broadcast that is provided via the broadcast channel; and a related information transmission unit configured to transmit related information, stored in the related information management unit for the advertisement identified by the advertisement information identification unit, to the client terminal over the network; wherein the client terminal includes a related information display unit configured to perform control so that the received related information is displayed on the display unit, and a method using the same.
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/658 - Transmission by the client directed to the server
H04N 5/445 - Receiver circuitry for displaying additional information
H04N 21/462 - Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabi
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/478 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application
H04N 21/4784 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application receiving rewards
System and method for detecting and classifying direct response advertisements. The system includes a unit for generating an advertisement candidate segment for an advertisement section detected from a broadcast stream a matching unit for determining whether the candidate segment matches each advertisement segment stored in a database (DB); a unit for, if the matching unit determines that a segment matching the candidate segment is not present, determining whether the candidate segment is a direct response advertisement; a registration unit for storing the candidate segment, determined to be a direct response advertisement, as an advertisement segment that is the direct response advertisement in the DB; and a direct response advertisement grouping unit for, if the matching unit determines that an advertisement segment matching the candidate segment is present, and the matching segment is a direct response advertisement, grouping the candidate segment with DB-stored advertisement segments that are direct response advertisements.
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/254 - Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server or rights management server
H04N 21/266 - Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system or merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04H 60/37 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
H04H 60/56 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or
G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints
G06K 9/32 - Aligning or centering of the image pick-up or image-field
H04N 21/431 - Generation of visual interfaces; Content or additional data rendering
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/8545 - Content authoring for generating interactive applications
H04N 21/858 - Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object or by creating a hotspot
H04H 20/14 - Arrangements for monitoring, testing or troubleshooting for monitoring programmes
H04H 60/48 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for recognising items expressed in broadcast information
H04H 60/59 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or of video
H04N 21/40 - Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of, or interaction with, content, e.g. STB [set-top-box]; Operations thereof
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/4725 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots
H04N 21/4728 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for selecting a ROI [Region Of Interest], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
H04N 21/475 - End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. PIN [Personal Identification Number] or preference data
H04N 21/2668 - Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. by inserting targeted commercials into a video stream based on end-user profiles
H04N 21/433 - Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request or caching operations
H04N 21/478 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application
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Advertisement detection system and method based on fingerprints
The present invention relates to an advertisement detection system based on fingerprints, and provides an advertisement detection systems based on fingerprints, including a content stream storage unit for storing broadcast content in real time, a section selection unit for selecting a reference section and a test section from broadcast content stored by the content stream storage unit, a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting fingerprints from the reference section and the test section selected by the section selection unit using one or more methods, a fingerprint matching unit for comparing the fingerprints from the test section and the reference section, extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit, with each other and then performing matching between the fingerprints, an advertisement section determination unit for determining advertisement segments from the test section based on results of the matching performed by the fingerprint matching.
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/8358 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving watermark
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04H 60/37 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
H04N 21/61 - Network physical structure; Signal processing
H04H 60/56 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or
9.
Advertisement detection system and method based on fingerprints
The present invention relates to an advertisement detection system based on fingerprints, and provides an advertisement detection systems based on fingerprints, including a content stream storage unit for storing broadcast content in real time, a section selection unit for selecting a reference section and a test section from broadcast content stored by the content stream storage unit, a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting fingerprints from the reference section and the test section selected by the section selection unit using one or more methods, a fingerprint matching unit for comparing the fingerprints from the test section and the reference section, extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit, with each other and then performing matching between the fingerprints, an advertisement section determination unit for determining advertisement segments from the test section based on results of the matching performed by the fingerprint matching.
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/8358 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving watermark
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04H 60/37 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
H04N 21/61 - Network physical structure; Signal processing
H04H 60/56 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or
10.
System and method for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast through a network to a client terminal
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast over a network. The present invention provides a system for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast to a client terminal, including a display unit, broadcast reception means and network connection means, over a network (hereinafter referred to as an “advertisement-related information provision system”), the system including a related information management unit configured to store related information corresponding to each advertisement included in a broadcast that is provided via a broadcast channel; an advertisement information identification unit configured to identify whether an advertisement stored in the related information management unit is being played during the broadcast that is provided via the broadcast channel; and a related information transmission unit configured to transmit related information, stored in the related information management unit for the advertisement identified by the advertisement information identification unit, to the client terminal over the network; wherein the client terminal includes a related information display unit configured to perform control so that the received related information is displayed on the display unit, and a method using the same.
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/658 - Transmission by the client directed to the server
H04N 5/445 - Receiver circuitry for displaying additional information
H04N 21/462 - Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabi
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/478 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application
H04N 21/4784 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application receiving rewards
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Method for receiving a broadcast stream and detecting and classifying direct response advertisements using fingerprints
System and method for detecting and classifying direct response advertisements. The system includes a unit for generating an advertisement candidate segment for an advertisement section detected from a broadcast stream; a matching unit for determining whether the candidate segment matches each advertisement segment stored in a database (DB); a unit for, if the matching unit determines that a segment matching the candidate segment is not present, determining whether the candidate segment is a direct response advertisement; a registration unit for storing the candidate segment, determined to be a direct response advertisement, as an advertisement segment that is the direct response advertisement in the DB; and a direct response advertisement grouping unit for, if the matching unit determines that an advertisement segment matching the candidate segment is present, and the matching segment is a direct response advertisement, grouping the candidate segment with DB-stored advertisement segments that are direct response advertisements.
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints
G06K 9/32 - Aligning or centering of the image pick-up or image-field
G06Q 30/02 - Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
H04H 20/14 - Arrangements for monitoring, testing or troubleshooting for monitoring programmes
H04H 60/37 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
H04H 60/48 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for recognising items expressed in broadcast information
H04H 60/56 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or
H04H 60/59 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or of video
H04N 21/40 - Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of, or interaction with, content, e.g. STB [set-top-box]; Operations thereof
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/254 - Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server or rights management server
H04N 21/266 - Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system or merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel
H04N 21/431 - Generation of visual interfaces; Content or additional data rendering
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/475 - End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. PIN [Personal Identification Number] or preference data
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04N 21/8545 - Content authoring for generating interactive applications
H04N 21/858 - Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object or by creating a hotspot
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/4725 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots
H04N 21/4728 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for selecting a ROI [Region Of Interest], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
H04N 21/433 - Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request or caching operations
H04N 21/478 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application
H04N 21/2668 - Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. by inserting targeted commercials into a video stream based on end-user profiles
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System and method for providing additional information using image matching
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing additional information using image matching. The present invention provides a system for providing additional information using image matching, including: a image input unit configured to receive a video or an image input from a user terminal; a query image determination unit configured to determine a query image, i.e., a query target, from the video or image received from the image input unit; a feature point extraction unit configured to extract feature points of the query image determined by the query image determination unit, and to generate feature point information of the extracted feature points; a reference meta-information database configured to store a structure image identifier (ID) of a structure image of a structure on which an original image has been installed, structure image feature point information of the structure image, and additional information to be provided to the user terminal in association with the structure image ID; an image matching unit configured to determine a matching structure image ID by comparing the feature point information of the query image generated by the feature point extraction unit with the structure image feature point information stored in the reference meta-information database; and an additional information provision unit configured to provide the additional information stored in association with the structure image ID determined by the image matching unit to the user terminal, and a method using the same.
G06K 9/46 - Extraction of features or characteristics of the image
G06F 17/30 - Information retrieval; Database structures therefor
G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints
H04N 21/278 - Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access
H04N 21/41 - Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
G06K 9/62 - Methods or arrangements for recognition using electronic means
G06K 9/03 - Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern
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Advertisement detection system and method based on fingerprints
The present invention relates to an advertisement detection system based on fingerprints, and provides an advertisement detection systems based on fingerprints, including a content stream storage unit for storing broadcast content in real time, a section selection unit for selecting a reference section and a test section from broadcast content stored by the content stream storage unit, a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting fingerprints from the reference section and the test section selected by the section selection unit using one or more methods, a fingerprint matching unit for comparing the fingerprints from the test section and the reference section, extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit, with each other and then performing matching between the fingerprints, an advertisement section determination unit for determining advertisement segments from the test section based on results of the matching performed by the fingerprint matching.
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/8358 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving watermark
H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04H 60/37 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
H04N 21/61 - Network physical structure; Signal processing
H04H 60/56 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or
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System and method for providing image-based video service
The present invention provides a system for providing image-based video service, including a cache system configured to store video information that matches image-related data; a fingerprint extraction unit configured to extract the fingerprint of an image corresponding to input image-related data; and a matching unit configured to determine video information that matches the fingerprint of the image extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit; wherein the system for providing image-based video service determines video information, matching image-related data received from a client terminal, via the cache system or the matching unit, and transmits video result information corresponding to the determined video information to the client terminal, and a method using the same.
H04N 21/254 - Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server or rights management server
H04N 21/2665 - Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
H04N 21/8352 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving content or source identification data, e.g. UMID [Unique Material Identifier]
H04N 21/8358 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving watermark
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
G06Q 20/12 - Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
H04N 21/61 - Network physical structure; Signal processing
H04N 21/482 - End-user interface for program selection
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
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Device and method for analyzing the correlation between an image and another image or between an image and a video
The present invention relates to a device and method for analyzing the correlation between an image and another image or between an image and a video. The device for analyzing the correlation between images and the method for using same include: a feature data generating unit for determining a feature point of an image and generating feature data which includes feature point orientation information on each determined feature point; and a relation analyzing unit for analyzing the correlation between an image and another image using feature data generated from the feature data generating unit. The relation analyzing unit includes: a unit for determining corresponding feature points, which determines a pair of corresponding feature points between compared images using feature data generated from the feature data generating unit; and a reliability estimating unit for estimating the reliability of the analysis of the relation between images on the basis of feature point orientation information on a feature point, in pairs of feature points determined by the unit for determining corresponding feature points. According to the present invention, provided are a device and method for quickly and efficiently analyzing a correlation, such as whether or not there is a similarity between an image and another image or between an image and a video, wherein said video includes an image, or a frame of said video corresponds to an image.
The present invention relates to a method and system for constructing a database (DB) based on mutual relations between pieces of video data. The present invention provides the method of constructing a DB based on mutual relations between pieces of video data, including 1) generating one or more nodes so that pieces of identical video data are included in an identical node, 2) generating pieces of node information about respective generated nodes, 3) comparing comparison target video data with pieces of video data of the respective nodes, and then setting relations between the comparison target video data and the pieces of video data of the respective nodes, and 4) updating pieces of node information about the respective nodes, based on the set relations, and also provides a DB construction system using the method.
In one aspect, a system for detecting and classifying direct response advertisements includes an advertisement candidate segment generation unit for generating an advertisement candidate segment for an advertisement section detected from a broadcast stream, a matching unit for determining whether the advertisement candidate segment matches an advertisement segment stored in an advertisement database (DB), a direct response advertisement determination unit for determining whether the advertisement candidate segment is a direct response advertisement if it is determined by the matching unit that an advertisement segment matching the advertisement candidate segment is not present, and a direct response advertisement grouping unit for grouping the advertisement candidate segment with advertisement segments that are direct response advertisements stored in the advertisement DB.
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/475 - End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. PIN [Personal Identification Number] or preference data
H04H 60/56 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or
H04H 60/48 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for recognising items expressed in broadcast information
H04H 20/14 - Arrangements for monitoring, testing or troubleshooting for monitoring programmes
H04N 21/431 - Generation of visual interfaces; Content or additional data rendering
H04N 21/4728 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for selecting a ROI [Region Of Interest], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
H04N 21/4725 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots
H04N 21/40 - Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of, or interaction with, content, e.g. STB [set-top-box]; Operations thereof
H04N 21/858 - Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object or by creating a hotspot
H04N 21/8545 - Content authoring for generating interactive applications
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04H 60/59 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or of video
H04N 21/433 - Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request or caching operations
H04N 21/2668 - Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. by inserting targeted commercials into a video stream based on end-user profiles
H04N 21/478 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application
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System and method for providing additional information using image matching
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing additional information using image matching. The present invention provides a system for providing additional information using image matching, including: a image input unit configured to receive a video or an image input from a user terminal; a query image determination unit configured to determine a query image, i.e., a query target, from the video or image received from the image input unit; a feature point extraction unit configured to extract feature points of the query image determined by the query image determination unit, and to generate feature point information of the extracted feature points; a reference meta-information database configured to store a structure image identifier (ID) of a structure image of a structure on which an original image has been installed, structure image feature point information of the structure image, and additional information to be provided to the user terminal in association with the structure image ID; an image matching unit configured to determine a matching structure image ID by comparing the feature point information of the query image generated by the feature point extraction unit with the structure image feature point information stored in the reference meta-information database; and an additional information provision unit configured to provide the additional information stored in association with the structure image ID determined by the image matching unit to the user terminal, and a method using the same.
G06K 9/62 - Methods or arrangements for recognition using electronic means
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G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints
H04N 21/278 - Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access
H04N 21/41 - Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
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System and method for providing image-based video service
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an image-based video service. The present invention provides a system for providing image-based video service, including a cache system configured to store video information that matches image-related data; a fingerprint extraction unit configured to extract the fingerprint of an image corresponding to input image-related data; and a matching unit configured to determine video information that matches the fingerprint of the image extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit; wherein the system for providing image-based video service determines video information, matching image-related data received from a client terminal, via the cache system or the matching unit, and transmits video result information corresponding to the determined video information to the client terminal, and a method using the same. According to the present invention, there are provided a system and method that can accurately determine a video or a frame corresponding to an image over a network, such as the Internet or a mobile communication, in real time and accurately perform playback from the corresponding video or frame.
H04N 21/231 - Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers or prioritizing data for deletion
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
G06Q 20/12 - Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
H04N 21/254 - Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server or rights management server
H04N 21/2665 - Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/61 - Network physical structure; Signal processing
H04N 21/8352 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates involving content or source identification data, e.g. UMID [Unique Material Identifier]
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System and method for detecting and classifying direct response advertisements
A system and method detects and classifies direct response advertisements. An advertisement candidate segment generation unit generates an advertisement candidate segment from a broadcast stream, and a matching unit matches the advertisement candidate segment with an advertisement segment stored in an advertisement database. A direct response advertisement determination unit determines whether the advertisement candidate segment is a direct response advertisement, and a direct response advertisement registration unit stores an advertisement candidate segment determined to be a direct response advertisement as an advertisement segment in the advertisement database. A direct response advertisement grouping unit groups the advertisement candidate segment with advertisement segments that are direct response advertisements stored in the advertisement database.
H04H 60/59 - Arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups or of video
H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/431 - Generation of visual interfaces; Content or additional data rendering
H04N 21/858 - Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object or by creating a hotspot
H04N 21/8545 - Content authoring for generating interactive applications
H04N 21/478 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application
H04N 21/4728 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for selecting a ROI [Region Of Interest], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
H04N 21/4725 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots
H04N 21/40 - Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of, or interaction with, content, e.g. STB [set-top-box]; Operations thereof
H04N 21/2668 - Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. by inserting targeted commercials into a video stream based on end-user profiles
H04N 7/16 - Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
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G06F 3/048 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING DIRECT RESPONSE ADVERTISING
The present invention relates to a system and a method for detecting and classifying direct response advertising, and provides a system for detecting and classifying direct response advertising and a method using the same, the system comprising: an advertising candidate segment generation unit for generating advertising candidate segments for an advertising section detected from a broadcasting stream; a matching unit for determining whether the advertising candidate segment matches an advertising segment stored in an advertising database; a direct response advertising determination unit for determining whether the advertising candidate segment is the direct response advertising when the matching unit determines that the advertising segment matching the advertising candidate segment does not exist; a direct response advertising registration unit for storing, in the advertising database, the advertising candidate segment, determined as the direct response advertising by the direct response advertising determination unit, as the advertising segment that is the direct response advertising; and a direct response advertising grouping unit for grouping the advertising candidate segments for the advertising segments stored in the database, which are the direct response advertising, when the matching unit determines that the advertising segment matching the advertising candidate segment exists and the matching advertising segment is the direct response advertising.
H04N 21/43 - Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronizing decoder's clock; Client middleware
H04N 21/462 - Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabi
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Advertisement detection system and method based on fingerprints
An advertisement detection system based on fingerprints, including a content stream storage unit storing broadcast content in real time, a section selection unit selecting a reference section and a test section from broadcast content stored by the storage unit, a fingerprint extraction unit extracting fingerprints from the reference section and test section selected by the selection unit, a fingerprint matching unit comparing fingerprints from the test section and reference section, extracted by the extraction unit, with each other and then performing matching between the fingerprints, an advertisement section determination unit determining advertisement segments from the test section based on results of the matching performed by the matching unit, an advertisement DB management unit storing segment information about the advertisement segments determined by the determination unit in an advertisement DB and managing the DB, and a section update unit changing the reference section and test section selected by the selection unit.
The present invention relates to a system and a method for detecting advertisements on the basis of fingerprints. The present invention provides a system for detecting advertisements on the basis of fingerprints comprising: a content stream storage unit for storing broadcast content in real-time; a stream selection unit for selecting a reference stream and a test stream from the broadcast content stored by the content stream storage unit; a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting, using one or more methods, fingerprints from the reference stream and the test stream selected by the stream selection unit; a fingerprint matching unit for matching fingerprints by comparing the fingerprint of the test stream and the fingerprint of the reference stream which are extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit; an advertisement stream determination unit for determining advertisement segments from the test stream on the basis of the matching result obtained by the fingerprint matching unit; an advertisement database management unit for storing in an advertisement database segment information about the advertisement segments determined by the advertisement stream determination unit and for managing the advertisement database; a stream renew unit for changing the reference stream and the test stream selected by the stream selection unit; and a method using the same.
H04N 21/232 - Content retrieval operation within server, e.g. reading video streams from disk arrays
H04N 21/231 - Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers or prioritizing data for deletion
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURVEYING BROADCASTING RATINGS
The present invention relates to a system and a method for surveying broadcasting ratings, and provides a broadcasting rating survey system and a method using the same, the system comprising: a TV signal receiving device for receiving a broadcast signal in order to transmit the broadcast signal to a TV and transmitting an event signal to a rating statistic information server when a predetermined condition occurs; the rating statistic information server for transmitting a fingerprint extraction request signal to a pre-registered user terminal when the event signal is received from the TV signal receiving device; and the user terminal for extracting fingerprint data on an audio signal generated from the TV viewed by a user when the fingerprint extraction request signal is received from the rating statistic information server and transmitting the extracted fingerprint data and user identification information to the rating statistic information server, wherein the rating statistic information server obtains channel identification information of a TV channel viewed by the user on the basis of the fingerprint data transmitted from the user terminal and generates rating statistic information on the basis of the obtained channel identification information and the user identification information.
H04N 21/25 - Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication or learning user preferences for recommending movies
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies
H04H 60/46 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for recognising users' preferences
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION USING IMAGE MATCHING
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing additional information using image matching. The present invention provides a system for providing additional information using image matching and a method using same. The system comprises: a video input unit for receiving video or image input from a user terminal; a query image determination unit for determining a query image which is to be a query object from the video or image received by the video input unit; a feature point extraction unit for extracting the feature point of the query image determined by the query image determination unit and generating featuring point information on the extracted feature point; a reference meta information database for storing a structure image identifier of the structure image of the structure in which an original image is installed, structure image feature point information on the structure image, and additional information to be provided to the user terminal in correspondence to the structure image identifier; an image matching unit for comparing the feature point information on the query image generated by the feature point extraction unit and the structure image feature point stored in the reference meta information database and determining a matched structure image identifier; and an additional information providing unit for providing stored additional information to the user terminal in correspondence to the structure image identifier determined by the image matching unit.
H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast over a network. The present invention provides a system for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast to a client terminal, including a display unit, broadcast reception means and network connection means, over a network (hereinafter referred to as an “advertisement-related information provision system”), the system including a related information management unit configured to store related information corresponding to each advertisement included in a broadcast that is provided via a broadcast channel; an advertisement information identification unit configured to identify whether an advertisement stored in the related information management unit is being played during the broadcast that is provided via the broadcast channel; and a related information transmission unit configured to transmit related information, stored in the related information management unit for the advertisement identified by the advertisement information identification unit, to the client terminal over the network; wherein the client terminal includes a related information display unit configured to perform control so that the received related information is displayed on the display unit, and a method using the same.
H04N 7/025 - Systems for transmission of digital non-picture data, e.g. of text during the active part of a television frame
H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies
H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
H04N 21/658 - Transmission by the client directed to the server
H04N 5/445 - Receiver circuitry for displaying additional information
H04N 21/462 - Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabi
H04N 21/4722 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
H04N 21/478 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application
H04N 21/4784 - Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification or shopping application receiving rewards
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Apparatus and method for generating image feature data
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for efficiently generating feature data which properly determines a feature point indicating features of images and describes the feature point. The apparatus for generating image feature data comprises: a feature point determining unit which determines a feature point from an image and extracts information on the determined feature point; a feature point filtering unit which determines, as a final feature point, at least one feature point from among the feature points determined by the feature point determining unit; and a feature data generating unit which generates image feature data based on the final feature points determined by the feature point filtering unit and feature point information on the final feature points.
The present invention relates to a device and method for analyzing the correlation between an image and another image or between an image and a video. The device for analyzing the correlation between images and the method for using same include: a feature data generating unit for determining a feature point of an image and generating feature data which includes feature point orientation information on each determined feature point; and a relation analyzing unit for analyzing the correlation between an image and another image using feature data generated from the feature data generating unit. The relation analyzing unit includes: a unit for determining corresponding feature points, which determines a pair of corresponding feature points between compared images using feature data generated from the feature data generating unit; and a reliability estimating unit for estimating the reliability of the analysis of the relation between images on the basis of feature point orientation information on a feature point, in pairs of feature points determined by the unit for determining corresponding feature points. According to the present invention, provided are a device and method for quickly and efficiently analyzing a correlation, such as whether or not there is a similarity between an image and another image or between an image and a video, wherein said video includes an image, or a frame of said video corresponds to an image.
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for recognizing content using an audio signal. The content recognition apparatus includes a query fingerprint extraction unit for forming frames having a preset frame length for an audio signal, and generating frame-based feature vectors for respective frames, thus extracting a query fingerprint. A reference fingerprint DB stores reference fingerprints to be compared with the query fingerprint and pieces of content information corresponding to the reference fingerprints. A fingerprint matching unit determines a reference fingerprint matching the query fingerprint. In this case, the query fingerprint extraction unit forms the frames while varying a frame shift size that is an interval between start points of neighboring frames in a partial section. According to the present invention, there can be provided a content recognition apparatus and method which can maintain the accuracy and reliability of matching while promptly providing results.
G06F 17/30 - Information retrieval; Database structures therefor
G10L 25/54 - Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups specially adapted for particular use for comparison or discrimination for retrieval
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DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING CONTENT USING AUDIO SIGNALS
The present invention relates to a device and method for recognizing content using audio signals and includes: a query fingerprint extraction unit that extracts query fingerprints by forming frames that have a preset frame length for an input audio signal and generates a frame-based characteristic vector for each frame; a reference fingerprint database that stores reference fingerprints for comparison with the query fingerprint and content information corresponding to the reference fingerprints; and a fingerprint matching unit that determines the reference fingerprint matched with the query fingerprint, wherein the query fingerprint extraction unit forms a frame while changing the frame moving length and the interval between the start points of adjacent frames in some sections. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a device and a method for recognizing content using audio signals that quickly provides a result and maintains accuracy and reliability during matching.
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an image-based video service and provides an image-based video service providing system comprising: a cache system for storing video information that matches image-related data; a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting a fingerprint of an image corresponding to inputted image-related data; and a matching unit for determining video information that matches the fingerprint of the image extracted by the fingerprint extraction unit, wherein video information that matches image-related data received from a client terminal is determined by the cache system or the matching unit, and video result information corresponding to the determined video information is transmitted to the client terminal, and a method using the same. According to the present invention, provided is a system and method for accurately determining, in real time, a video or frame corresponding to an image through a network, such as the Internet, a mobile communication network or the like, and accurately playing the video or a video starting from the frame.
The present invention relates to a method and system for constructing a database (DB) based on mutual relations between pieces of video data. The present invention provides the method of constructing a DB based on mutual relations between pieces of video data, including 1) generating one or more nodes so that pieces of identical video data are included in an identical node, 2) generating pieces of node information about respective generated nodes, 3) comparing comparison target video data with pieces of video data of the respective nodes, and then setting relations between the comparison target video data and the pieces of video data of the respective nodes, and 4) updating pieces of node information about the respective nodes, based on the set relations, and also provides a DB construction system using the method.
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing content-associated information associated with broadcast content. The system provides content-associated information which is associated with broadcast content provided through broadcast channels to a client terminal side which comprises a display unit, broadcast receiving means, and network connection means. The system comprises: a content-associated information management unit for storing content-associated information associated with the broadcast information to be provided to the client terminal side; a finger print extraction unit for extracting fingerprint information on the broadcast content provided through the broadcast channels; a content-associated information providing determination unit for determining content-associated information to be provided the client terminal side; and a content-associated information transmitting unit for transmitting the content-associated information determined by the content-associated information providing determination unit and the fingerprint information extracted with respect to the broadcast content to correspond to the determined content-associated information, wherein the client terminal comprises a content-associated information display unit for controlling the received content-associated information to be displayed through a display unit on the basis of the fingerprint information transmitted from the content-associated information transmitting unit.
H04N 21/4408 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs involving video stream encryption, e.g. re-encrypting a decrypted video stream for redistribution in a home network
G06Q 50/00 - Systems or methods specially adapted for specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO AN ADVERTISEMENT INCLUDED IN A BROADCAST THROUGH A NETWORK TO A CLIENT TERMINAL
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast through a network to a client terminal, and more particularly, to a system for providing information related to an advertisement included in a broadcast through a network to a client terminal(referred to as 'advertisement related information provision system'), wherein a display unit, a broadcast receiving device, and network access device are comprised, the system being characterized by comprising: a related information management unit storing related information corresponding respectively to the advertisement included in the broadcast provided through a broadcasting channel; an advertisement information identification unit identifying whether the advertisement stored in the related information management unit is played during the broadcast provided through a broadcasting channel; and a related information transmitting unit transmitting the related information stored in the related information management unit regarding the advertisement identified in the advertisement information identification unit through the network to the client terminal, wherein the client terminal has a related information display unit performing controlling to display the received related information through a display unit.
H04N 21/2668 - Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. by inserting targeted commercials into a video stream based on end-user profiles
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN IMAGE-BASED VIDEO-RELATED SERVICE
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing an image-based video-related service. The system for providing an image-based video-related service comprises: an image interlock unit obtaining image-related data on an image and receiving a user event relating to the image; an image feature data generation unit generating image feature data on the image based on the image-related data obtained by the image interlock unit; a video feature data generation unit generating video feature data on a video; an image/video matching unit determining at least one video or frame corresponding to the image based on the image feature data generated by the image feature data generation unit and the video feature data generated by the video feature data generation unit; and a service execution unit executing a video-related service related to the video or the frame determined to correspond to the image according to the user event relating to the image received in the image interlock unit.
The present invention relates to a device and method for analyzing the correlation between an image and another image or between an image and a video. The device for analyzing the correlation between images and the method for using same include: a feature data generating unit for determining a feature point of an image and generating feature data which includes feature point direction information on each determined feature point; and a relation analyzing unit for analyzing the correlation between an image and another image using feature data generated from the feature data generating unit. The relation analyzing unit includes: a unit for determining corresponding feature points, which determines a pair of corresponding feature points between compared images using feature data generated from the feature data generating unit; and a reliability estimating unit for estimating the reliability of the analysis of the relation between images on the basis of feature point direction information on a feature point, in pairs of feature points determined by the unit for determining corresponding feature points. According to the present invention, provided are a device and method for quickly and efficiently analyzing a correlation, such as whether or not there is a similarity between an image and another image or between an image and a video, wherein said video includes an image, or a frame of said video corresponds to an image.
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for efficiently generating feature data which properly determines a feature point indicating features of images and describes the feature point. The apparatus for generating image feature data comprises: a feature point determining unit which determines a feature point from an image and extracts information on the determined feature point; a feature point filtering unit which determines, as a final feature point, at least one feature point from among the feature points determined by the feature point determining unit; and a feature data generating unit which generates image feature data based on the final feature points determined by the feature point filtering unit and feature point information on the final feature points.
The present invention relates to a contents service providing method and system using fingerprint information, and provides: a method in which a contents service providing system, which has a contents database including fingerprint information of contents, provides a contents service to at least one client terminal using fingerprint information; and a system using the same, wherein the method comprises: the first step of providing a contents service of corresponding contents according to a first contents service provision request signal from a first client terminal which is one of client terminals; the second step of storing fingerprint information of the corresponding contents and service-related information of the provided contents service when the contents service is stopped in the first client terminal; the third step of receiving a second contents service provision request signal from a second client terminal which is one of client terminals; and the forth step of providing the contents service to the second client terminal by making reference to the stored service-related information and fingerprint information.
The present invention relates to a method for generating video markup data on the basis of video fingerprint information, and to a method and system for providing information using same; and more particularly, to a method and system for conveniently and efficiently providing a variety of pieces of information, such as object-related advertising information, on the basis of video markup data which are generated in consideration of object information relating to objects in a video and of the fingerprint information of the video.
G06F 9/44 - Arrangements for executing specific programs
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT-RELATED SERVICE USING FINGERPRINT INFORMATION
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a content-related service, and more particularly, to a method for providing a content-related service to a client terminal using fingerprint information in a system for providing content service which includes a content database having fingerprint information on the content and content-related information. The method includes: a first operation for receiving a signal for requesting content-related information from a client terminal while a content-playing service is provided to the client terminal, wherein the signal for requesting content-related information includes partial fingerprint information on at least one sector of the content currently playing on the client terminal; a second operation for searching for the content-related information of the corresponding content in a content database on the basis of the partial fingerprint information in the signal for requesting content-related information; and a third operation for transmitting content-related service information, which is generated based on the searched content-related information of the corresponding content, to the client terminal.
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating meta-information of content data, and relates to a method and apparatus for generating meta-information of content data, said method comprising: a first step of determining a time point or period of content data on which meta-information is to be generated; a second step of extracting partial DNA information related to the determined time point or period; and a third step of generating meta-information including the extracted partial DNA information. According to the present invention, the meta-information can be generated on the basis of partial or entire DNA information of the content data, thereby enabling accurate positioning and thus being capable of being used in an edited version and copy of another format.
G10L 13/08 - Text analysis or generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text, e.g. grapheme to phoneme translation, prosody generation or stress or intonation determination
The present invention relates to a method for forming a database on the basis of the relationship between video data, and a database formation system, and provides a method for forming a database on the basis of the relationship between video data, and a database formation system, wherein the method for forming the database on the basis of the relationship between the video data comprises the steps of: the first step of forming at least one or more nodes such that the same video data is contained in the same node; the second step of forming node information for each of the formed nodes; the third step of comparing video data, which is the target of comparison, with the video data of the respective nodes, and determining the relation between the video data, which is the target of the comparison, and the video data of each node; and the fourth step of updating the node information on the respective nodes, on the basis of said determined relation.
Provided is a method for providing a content group purchase service to a plurality of user terminals via a wired and wireless communication network or the Internet. The method for providing a content group purchase service comprises the steps of: posting information on contents which can be provided to a client terminal; receiving a content room opening request signal associated with the posted content information from a client terminal (room leader); opening a content room according to the content room opening request signal and posting content information; waiting for other client terminals to access the content room; receiving a content provision request signal from the room leader client terminal; transmitting an approval request signal for content provision to all client terminals which are accessing the content room; receiving content provision approval signals from all the client terminals; and providing the contents to all the client terminals.
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing moving image advertisements. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing moving image advertisements, which comprises the steps of: receiving a search request from an advertiser's terminal; providing said advertiser's terminal with a moving image search list matching said search request; obtaining advertisement setup information from said advertiser's terminal for the first moving image which is included in said moving image list provided; setting up said first moving image advertisement which matches said obtained advertisement setup information; and setting up a second moving image advertisement which shares the same display area with said first moving image which matches said obtained advertisement setup information for said first moving image. Accordingly, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for moving image advertisements with a high matching efficiency using the first moving image advertisement to set the second moving image advertisement which shares the same display area.
A method of processing moving picture and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. A method of processing a moving picture comprising: calculating a color distribution vector for each of plural sub-frames which are generated by dividing a frame of the moving picture; generating a first order differential of the color distribution vector based on the color distribution vector; generating a second order differential of the color distribution vector based on the first order differential of the color distribution vector; and generating a feature vector of the frame based on the color distribution vector, the first order differential of the color distribution vector and the second order differential of the color distribution vector, is provided. The moving picture processing method can provide an efficient mean to determine commonality between moving pictures by extracting a feature from a frame of the moving pictures.
A method of providing a moving picture search service and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of providing a moving picture search service that includes: obtaining a search keyword from a client terminal; and providing as search results a moving picture cluster list displaying information about a moving picture cluster matching with the search keyword. The moving picture cluster includes a plurality of moving pictures determined to have identity, and the moving picture cluster list includes a cluster unit display area displaying information about the moving picture cluster differently from information about another moving picture cluster included in the moving picture cluster list. By providing moving picture search results related to a search keyword in groups of cluster units, users can understand the search results more easily.
A method of processing moving picture and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. A method of processing a moving picture comprising: calculating a color distribution vector for each of plural sub-frames which are generated by dividing a frame of the moving picture; generating a first order differential of the color distribution vector based on the color distribution vector; generating a second order differential of the color distribution vector based on the first order differential of the color distribution vector; and generating a feature vector of the frame based on the color distribution vector, the first order differential of the color distribution vector and the second order differential of the color distribution vector, is provided. The moving picture processing method can provide an efficient mean to determine commonality between moving pictures by extracting a feature from a frame of the moving pictures.
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