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A template-based baseball video scene classification using efficient playfield segmentation

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In this paper, we present an effective and efficient framework for baseball video scene classification. The results of scene classification can be able to provide the ground for baseball video abstraction and high-level event extraction. In general, most conventional approaches are shot-based, which shot change detection and key-frame extraction are necessary prerequisite procedures. On the contrary, we propose a frame-based approach. In our scene classification framework, an efficient playfield segmentation technique is proposed, and then the reduced field maps are utilized as scene templates. Because the shot change detection and the key-frame extraction are not required in proposed method, the new framework is very simple and efficient. The experimental results have demonstrated that the effectiveness of our proposed framework for baseball videos scene classification, and it can be easily extended the template-based approach to other kinds of sports videos.

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The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to the anonymous reviewers for their invaluable comments and suggestions. This work was supported by the National Science Counsel of Republic of China Granted NSC 98-2221-E-214-054-

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  1. Department of Information Engineering, I-Shou University, Tahsu, 840, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Chung-Ming Kuo, Min-Yuan Fang & Ching-Hsuan Lin

  2. Department of Information Management, Fortune Institute of Technology, Daliao Township, 831, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

    Wei-Han Chang

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Kuo, CM., Chang, WH., Fang, MY. et al. A template-based baseball video scene classification using efficient playfield segmentation. Multimed Tools Appl 55, 399–422 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-010-0555-6

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