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An Accumulation Algorithm for Video Shot Boundary Detection

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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.

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Lu, T., Suganthan, P. An Accumulation Algorithm for Video Shot Boundary Detection. Multimedia Tools and Applications 22, 89–106 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MTAP.0000008661.37331.c7

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