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Content processing apparatus and method, and program

US9325946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2011
Grant dateApr 26, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/84
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Metadata including information identifying scene change points is extracted from a moving image. Representative images, which are still images corresponding to the identified scene change points of the content, are extracted from the moving image. A timeline of the content is displayed, and indications of the locations and durations of scenes identified by the scene change points are displayed. Thumbnails of the representative images are displayed at time positions associated with the content timeline; and the location in a scene of a representative image is displayed with an identifying characteristic that identifies the corresponding thumbnail.

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