Smart video thumbnail

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8671346
APP PUB NO 20080192840A1
SERIAL NO

11704543

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Described herein is technology for, among other things, selecting a representative thumbnail from a video clip. The technology involves analyzing frames of the video clip to determine which frames are stable, the result of the analysis being a number of segments of stable frames. From the stable segments, a number of candidate segments are selected, where candidate segments are those segments determined to a degree of certainty to be program content. The representative thumbnail is then selected from among the frames of the candidate segments.

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  • MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DeYonker, Aaron San Francisco, US 6 229
Hua, Xian-Sheng Beijing, CN 98 3695
Johnson, Zach Woodinville, US 10 462
Kong, Zhike Beijing, CN 7 274
Lam, Waiman Sammamish, US 18 1475
Li, Shipeng Sammamish, US 273 11269
Schwesinger, Mark Bellevue, US 32 421
Wang, Fei Beijing, CN 1013 9284
Young, Mark Redmond, US 71 981

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