A computer-vision-assisted system for Videodescription scripting

Author

Gagnon, L. ; Chapdelaine, C. ; Byrns, D. ; Foucher, S. ; Héritier, M. ; Gupta, V.

Author_Institution

Comput. Res. Inst. of Montreal (CRIM), Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2010

fDate

13-18 June 2010

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

48

Abstract

We present an application of video indexing/summarization to produce Videodescription (VD) for the blinds. Audio and computer vision technologies can automatically detect and recognize many elements that are pertinent to VD which can speed-up the VD production process. We have developed and integrated many of them into a first computer-assisted VD production software. The paper presents the main outcomes of this R&D activity started 5 years ago in our laboratory. Up to now, usability performance on various video and TV series types have shown a reduction of up to 50% in the VD time production process.

Keywords

audio-visual systems; computer vision; interactive video; vision defects; VD production process; audio technology; blinds; computer assisted VD production software; computer vision assisted system; video description scripting; video indexing; Application software; Content based retrieval; Guidelines; Image retrieval; Indexing; Laboratories; Layout; Production systems; Software tools; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW), 2010 IEEE Computer Society Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

2160-7508

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7029-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CVPRW.2010.5543575

Filename

5543575