Concrete outputs will be a fully implemented audio-visual search engine, consisting of two main parts, viz. a learning system and a runtime system, where the former will feed its results into the latter after each round of training and-thesaurus-update.
The learning system will consist of software to be developed for overall video processing; visual analysis; audio analysis; integrated feature detector; and multimedia query + user interface.
All subsystems will be delivered and available both as stand-alone and integrated into these two final, connected systems. The modularity and contemporary stand-alone status of each system warrant developmental independence, and an efficient exploitation, as commercial opportunities often target components rather than entire systems.
As this is written, in October 2006, prominent market players such as Microsoft, Yahoo!, and especially: Google enter fully force into the huge area of video and buy up existing resources, rights, and available search engines. In this scenario it shall be noted, however, that none of those search engines are close to what is targetted in this project. A good eye will be kept on this very dynamic and promising market, as exploitation and dissemination plans are being drawn up and regularly updated.
