Instead of clustering video shots into scenes using low level image features, in this paper, we propose a rule-based model to extract simple dialog or action scenes. Through analyzing video editing rules and observing temporal appearance patterns of shots in dialog scenes of movies, we deduce a set of rules to recognize dialog or action scenes. Based on these rules, a finite state machine is de...

When we view the visual world, our eyes flit from one location to another about three times each second. These frequent changes in gaze direction result from very fast saccadic eye movements. Useful visual information is acquired only during fixations, periods of relative gaze stability. Gaze control is defined as the process of directing fixation through a scene in real time in the service of ...