System and method for annotating multi-modal characteristics in multimedia documents
CA 2507248 A1 · Owner: Iyengar, Giridharen · Inventors: Tseng, Belle L.; Adams, Hugh W. Jr.; Neti, Chalapathy V.
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A manual annotation system of multi-modal characteristics in multimedia files. There is provided an arrangement for selection an observation modality of video with audio, video without audio, audio with video or audio without , video, to be used to annotate multimedia content. While annotating video or audio features is isolation results in less confidence in the identification of features, observing both audio and video simultaneously and annotating that observation results in a higher confidence level.
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