METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENT DESCRIPTIONS AND DEVICE ASSOCIATED THEREWITH

摘要

A method for generating multimedia document descriptions, comprising an analysis step and a step whereby a document is segmented into a plurality of objects that are associated with various plausbilities; a feature description step whereby functions are applied to said objects, the feature descriptions comprise abstract descriptions containing a reference to a described object and functions describing reflex mechanisms; in addition to a step in which the abstract feature descriptions are activated. The feature description generation functions consist of the following: a similarity function with a pre-established collection of prototypes is applied to a multimedia object, exceptions are created by accepting new feature descriptions that contradict the feature descriptions that are already obtained, the feature description generation functions are modified by a user profile comprising a modeled set of knowledge data specific to a user for whom said description is designed in the form of an Or node graph that is linked by means of arcs, stored in a work area containing an organized feature description set with a delete function for said feature descriptions and which can be transmitted by a server to an external system that is capable of responding to a request from a user via a data transmission network.