The invention concerns a method for computing a fingerprint of a video sequence. The method comprises the steps of—Computation of a visual digest for each frame of the video, —Computation of the distance between the visual digest of each frame of the video in order to detect shots, —Detection,...http://www.google.com/patents/US20080317278?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20080317278 - Method for Computing a Fingerprint of a Video Sequence