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Synchronization of multiple video recordings based on still camera flashes

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Prarthana Shrestha,

Hans Weda,

Mauro Barbieri,

Dragan SekulovskiAuthors Info & Claims

MM '06: Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Multimedia

Pages 137 - 140

https://doi.org/10.1145/1180639.1180679

Published: 23 October 2006 Publication History

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Combining audiovisual sequences from different cameras requires precise alignment in time. Current synchronization techniques involve using geometrical properties such as camera positions and object features. In this paper, we present a synchronization method based on detecting flashes present in the video content. Such flashes, generated by still cameras, cause a sharp bright frame in the videos. They are detected using an adaptive threshold on luminance variation across the frames. The resulting flash sequences are searched for matches. The matching flashes indicate overlapping content, and allow determining the offset time between cameras. The experimental results from flash detection and flash sequence matching show perfect synchronization in all examined cases.

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Synchronization of multiple video recordings based on still camera flashes
1. Computing methodologies
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DOI:10.1145/1180639

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