Automatic violence detection in digital movies

Research on computer-based recognition of violence is scant. We are working on the automatic recognition of violence in digital movies, a first step towards the goal of a computer-assisted system capable oi protecting children against TV programs containing a great deal of violence. In the video domain a collision detection and a model-mapping to locate human figures are run, while the creation and comparison of fingerprints to find certain events are run in the audio domain. This article centers on the recognition of fist-fights in the video domain and on the recognition of shots, explosions and cries in the audio domain.