DIRECT-INFO aimed to create a basic system for semi-automatic extraction of consistent and meaningful semantic information from multimedia content and was characterized by:

• ability to monitor and analyze audio, image, video and audio-visual information across media channels including radio, TV and the Internet;
• applicability to numerous industries (also beyond the media-information market);
• non-intrusive solution allowing instant capture of information;
• access to information integrated across channels and markets; Comprehensive end-user access to global information.

THE PROJECT

DIRECT-INFO research activities were largely innovative in the areas of:

• semantic correlation &fusion of multi-modal content analysis;
• identification of semantic objects within audio/video contents;
• multi-modal event modeling for video segmentation.

CONSORTIUM

A consolidated research group with a renowned academic and industrial profile.

• Joanneum Research Forschungesellschaft mbH (AT)
• Nielsen Media Research (IT)
• Softeco Sismat S.p.A.(IT)
• Idioma Ltd (IL)
• HS – Art Digital Service GmbH (AT)
• Fraunhofer IGD (DE)
• DFKI Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DE)
• Promitheas Business Innovation Centre (CY)