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Contents processing device, contents processing method, and computer program

A technology of processing equipment and processing methods, which is applied in the parts of color TVs, parts of TV systems, TVs, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-04
SONY CORP
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In other words, no solution is provided for the problem of performing image indexing based on information about subtitles detected in image frames

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[0058] Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0059] FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of the functional structure of a video content processing device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The video content processing device 10 shown in the figure includes an image storage unit 11 , a scene change detection unit 12 , a theme detection unit 13 , an index storage unit 14 , and a playback unit 15 .

[0060] The image storage unit 11 demodulates and stores broadcast waves, and stores video contents downloaded from information sources via the Internet. For example, the image storage unit 11 may be constituted by a hard disk recorder.

[0061] Scene change unit 12 retrieves video content subjected to subject detection from image storage unit 11, tracks scenes (scenes or sets) included in consecutive images, and detects scene change points where scenes change significantly due to switching of images....

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A change in the topics of image contents is detected by utilizing subtitles contained in images, and the contents are divided on every topics. At first, a scene-change point, at which scenes are highly changed by switching images, is detected from the image contents. Next, an average image of the frames one second before and after the scene-change point is formed and is used to detect it highly precisely whether or not the subtitles appear at the scene-change point. The sections, in which identical still subtitles appear, are detected to create the index information on the time period of the individual sections, at which the identical still subtitles appear.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a content processing device configured to perform processing such as indexing on video content obtained by, for example, recording a television program, and to a method and a computer program for processing the content. Specifically, the present invention relates to a content processing device configured to determine a scene change of a recorded television program on the basis of the title (i.e., theme) of the television program, and to perform segmentation or classification of the scene, and to processing content Methods and Computer Programs. [0002] More particularly, the present invention relates to a content processing device configured to detect theme changes on the basis of telops included in video content, perform segmentation of video content on the basis of the detected theme, and perform indexing , and relates to methods and computer programs for processing content. In particular, the present invention relat...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N5/91H04N5/76G06T11/80
Inventor 奥田尚生
Owner SONY CORP