An Accumulation Algorithm for Video Shot Boundary Detection

  • Authors:
  • T. Lu;P. N. Suganthan

  • Affiliations:
  • BLK S2, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore 639798. tong.lu@ntlworld.com;BLK S2, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore 639798. epnsugan@ntu.edu.sg

  • Venue:
  • Multimedia Tools and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper, an accumulation algorithm for video shot detection is introduced. The algorithm considers the properties of gradual transition. In a gradual transition, there is only a small difference between consecutive frames. The algorithm remembers the differences between consecutive frames and accumulates them. When the accumulation difference exceeds a threshold, an occurrence of shot transition is declared. Our main contributions are to introduce a frame C that remembers the changes from the beginning of a shot and detect the different types of boundaries (cut, fade, dissolve) at one process. We tested our algorithm with clips extracted from MPEG VCDs. The algorithm showed a good performance in detecting the gradual transitions as well as the abrupt cuts and has the ability to identify different types of boundaries.