METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING REGIONS OF INTEREST IN VIDEO CONTENT

摘要

A method, apparatus and system for generating regions of interest in a video content include identifying the program content of received video content, categorizing the scene content of the identified program content and defining at least one region of interest in at least one of the characterized scenes by identifying at least one of a location and an object of interest in the scenes. In one embodiment of the invention, a region of interest is defined using user preference information for the identified program content and the categorized scene content.