NTT Video Search
August 10, 2008
Video search evokes thoughts of Autonomy and Google, rarely NTT, the Japanese communications giant. According to DigitalBroadcasting.com, NTT has a robust media search technology cleverly named Robust Media Search. You can read about the invention here. The write up is a news release, so it has a pro-NTT spin. Imagine that.
NTT is no newcomer to search. The company has been pecking away at media search, based on proprietary NTT technologies, since 1996.
Video search is important. In my own research, I find that many organizations plop a 20-something in front of a Web cam and capture minutes of video about a topic. Google, the search wizards, are among the worst offenders. Google records presentations accompanied by almost unreadable visuals about many topics. To find the occasional gem, I have to let the video drone as I listen for an interesting fact. The video search engines are not too good. There are false drops and often the need to run the entire video to locate the single point referenced in the search system. Grrr. I hate video.
Will the NTT invention make my life easier as I try to cope with the rising tide of rich media? If you want to learn more about NTT’s technology, you can navigate here and deal with the registration process. I refused to do this.
Here’s what I have pieced together about this new search technology:
- Search is one component of a number of rich media services. These range from distribution to digital fingerprinting. More about this is here.
- The wizard identified with the search technology is Takayuki Kurozumi, Ph.D. Bio here.
- A field trial with BayTSP began in April 2008. More about the trial is here. Information about BayTSP is here. The “TSP” is an acronym for “track, secure, and protect”.
I have not been able to locate public information about the outcome of this test. Based on my experience with Japanese search systems, the technology may find its way into a network service. The “search” does not necessarily mean that I will be able to look for a video. The “search” may be a function for a copyright holder to locate and track video or audio content used without permission of the copyright holder.
Stephen Arnold, August 10, 2008
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