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Multimodal video characterization and summarization

Multimodal Video Characterization and Summarization is a valuable research tool for both professionals and academicians working in the video field. This book describes the methodology for using multimodal audio, image, and text technology to characterize video content. This new and groundbreaking science has led to many advances in video understanding, such as the development of a video summary. Applications and methodology for creating video summaries are described, as well as user-studies for evaluation and testing
eBook, English, ©2005
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, ©2005
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1 online resource (vii, 204 pages) : illustrations
9781402074264, 9780387230085, 9786610411870, 1402074263, 0387230084, 6610411875
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Cover Table of Contents Series Foreword 1. Introduction Video Characterization Browsing Digital Video Digital Video Libraries Characterization and Summarization Research Book Overview Bibliography 2. Video Structure and Terminology Video Terminology Video Categories Used in this Book Video Production and Editing Standards Visualization Systems in Use Today Higher Level Interpretation for Summarization Conclusions Bibliography 3. Multimodal Video Characterization Video Characterization Representations Video Features Audio and Language Understanding Image Understanding Compressed Video Analysis Embedded Content Features Conclusions Bibliography 4. Video Summarization Video Skims Automatic Video Surrogates Audio Skim Selection Image Skim Selection Primitive Skim Selection Rules Feature Integration Meta-Rules Super-Rules for Genre and Visual Presentation Rule Hierarchy and Tests for Visual Quality Conclusions Bibliography 5. Visualization Techniques Visualization Categories Evaluation Methods for Visualization Text Titles Thumbnail Images Storyboards Storyboard Plus Text Skim Visualizations Lessons from Single Document Surrogates Temporal and Spatial Visualizations Multiple Document Summarization Visualization Interface Settings Conclusions Bibliography 6. Evaluation Experimentation and Evaluation Skims used for User Studies Skim Study
Experiment I Skim Study
Experiment II Poster Frame Study Conclusions Bibliography 7. Conclusions