METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING MULTILEVEL VIDEO SUMMARY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method, a system and a computer program product capable of automatically generating a multilevel video summary. SOLUTION: A video file is automatically divided into video segments by using a segmentation criterion, at least one summary level including the video segments is automatically generated from the video file and a navigation link is automatically generated between the video segments in the summary level. The video segments in each summary level are selected by using a selection reference and the navigation link connects the video segments including related materials. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI