Sony patents video editor that learns to cut scenes from user examples
Sony has been granted a patent for a system that automatically trims video clips by learning from a specific scene chosen by the user. The software analyzes the example clip to create a rule, then uses that rule to find and cut similar moments from the rest of the video.
In the filing’s own words
There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of accurately cutting a desired scene desired by a user. Setting of a recognition unit that detects detection metadata, which is metadata regarding a predetermined recognition target, by performing recognition processing on the recognition target is performed on the basis of a sample scene, which is a scene of a content designated by a user. Then, a cutting rule for cutting scenes from the content is generated on the basis of the detection metadata detected by performing the recognition processing on the content as a processing target by the set recognition unit and the sample scene. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing system that cuts a desired scene from a content.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to perform setting of recognition processing related to detecting detection metadata which is metadata regarding a predetermined recognition target by performing the recognition processing on the recognition target based on a sample scene which is a scene of a content designated by a user, and generate a cutting rule for cutting scenes from the content based on the detection metadata detected by performing the recognition processing on the content as a processing target by the recognition processing in which the setting is performed and the sample scene, wherein the recognition processing is performed on the recognition target by detecting the detection metadata based on similarity between a plurality of sample scenes.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
- Patent number
- US12771904B2
- Application number
- 18868374
- Filed
- May 16, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 21/44008 Electricity & electronicsG06T 3/40 Physics & computingG06V 20/44 Physics & computingG06V 30/10 Physics & computingH04N 21/84 Electricity & electronicsG06V 2201/07 Physics & computingMore from Sony in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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