Statistical Skimming of Feature Films

We present a statistical framework based on Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) for skimming feature films. A chain of HMMs is used to model subsequent story units: HMM states represent different visual-concepts, transitions model the temporal dependencies in each story unit, and stochastic observations are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sergio Benini, Pierangelo Migliorati, Riccardo Leonardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/709161