Netflix patents system that tags video frames with camera details
Netflix describes a computer method that analyzes video frames to identify specific filming techniques like camera movement and depth of field. The system creates detailed data for each frame and combines this information to provide a full overview of the cinematic style used in a video sequence.
In the filing’s own words
A computer-implemented method may generate frame metadata for cinematic elements and store output information. A computing system includes memory and may output aggregated cinematic element information. A non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions that generate and store cinematic element information.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a target video sequence including a series of frames depicting cinematic elements; processing a target video sequence through a trained captioner model to generate metadata for each of a plurality of frames of the target video sequence, wherein the metadata describes the cinematic elements identified by the trained captioner model, and wherein the trained captioner model is trained to identify and generate metadata corresponding to cinematic elements including at least one of focal length, camera movement, depth of field or parallax; processing the metadata for each frame of the target video sequence to produce aggregated information on the cinematic elements present throughout the target video sequence; outputting at least one of the metadata or the aggregated information as output information; and storing the output information in a database or file system for future reference or analysis.
Facts
- Company
- Netflix (Netflix, Inc.)
- Official title
- Method, System, And Computer-Readable Medium For Generating And Utilizing Metadata On Cinematic Elements In Video Conten
- Publication number
- US20260330834A1
- Application number
- 19466610
- Filed
- Feb 2, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06V 20/49 Physics & computingG06N 20/00 Physics & computingG06V 10/32 Physics & computingG06V 10/774 Physics & computingG06V 10/82 Physics & computingG06V 20/41 Physics & computingMore from Netflix 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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