Video temporal segmentation using cooperative model

A first step required to allow video indexing and retrieval of visual data is to perform a temporal segmentation, that is, to find the location of camera- shot transitions, which can be either abrupt or gradual. After a critical review of most approaches seeking to solve this problem, we propose a general method for video temporal segmentation. We adopt cooperative model to decide whether a shot transition exists or not within a given video sequence. A segmentation task can be completed through cooperative mechanism. Further, we apply fusion strategy to analyze candidate results and generate final results. The proposed method is evaluated on the TRECV-D-2005 benchmarking platform and the experimental results reveal the effectiveness of the method.