A Video Search Technique Based on Image Analysis

摘要

Thanks to advances in video compression technologies, improved hardware performance, and the expanding Internet network, it is now easier than ever for people to access massive amounts of stored video content. In step with this trend, there is a growing demand for large-scale video assets such as broadcast archives to be made available to the public, increasing the need for a video retrieval technology that can efficiently find scenes that a user is looking for. The current search methods mostly rely on keyword searches of the text information attached to each scene of video content. However, there is also a need for a search technique that allows people to look for scenes that are difficult to describe in words, such as "I just want a scene that looks something like this." Addressing this need requires a retrieval technology that can search based on various characteristics beyond textual data. We are researching video