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| 20080228760 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus detecting a characteristic amount of a group of contents of a series configured of contents corresponding to episodes, the information processing apparatus including: a first generating means for detecting a characteristic amount in a time series of the contents corresponding to the episodes and generate a characteristic amount in the episode based on a detected result; a computing means for computing a representative value of the generated characteristic amount in the episode; a second generating means for arranging the computed representative values corresponding to the episodes in a time series and generate a characteristic amount in the series indicating a characteristic amount in a time series of the group of the contents of the series; and a database means for storing the generated characteristic amount in the series in a database in association with the group of the contents of the series. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090030947 | Information processing device, information processing method, and program therefor - An information processing device processes content according to an identified category for the content, the category being identified by first extracting characteristic data from the content. An extractor extracts characteristic data from the content. An identifying component identifies a category for the content on the basis of the characteristic data extracted by the extracting means. An executing component executes set processing of the content using a method according to the category identified by the identifying component. In so doing, the optimal content category for the set processing is identified. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090041126 | Electronic apparatus, motion vector detecting method, and program therefor - An electronic apparatus includes an extracting unit, a retrieving unit, a detecting unit, and a controlling unit. The extracting unit extracts a first block at a first position of a first frame image from plural frame images constituting video data. The retrieving unit retrieves, from a retrieval region within a second frame image from among the plural frame images, a second block between which the first block has a smallest residual value, the second and first frame images having a first time length therebetween. The detecting unit detects a first motion vector between the first and second blocks. The controlling unit controls the detecting unit so that detection of the first motion vector is regulated when the second block is retrieved at a third position apart from the second position of the second frame image corresponding to the first position by a first threshold or more. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090041439 | Information processing system, recording apparatus, portable device, information processing method, and program - An information processing system includes a recording apparatus and a portable device, wherein the recording apparatus includes a recording control section, a selection section, a creation section, a digest information transfer control section, an operation information reception control section, and an operation information reflection section, and wherein the portable device includes a digest information reception control section, and an operation information transfer control section. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090080868 | Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and program - Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus including a first feature detection unit configured to detect a plurality of first feature data each representing a different feature from video and audio signals of a content; a setting unit configured to set a weight for each of the plurality of first feature data detected by the first feature detection unit, the weight corresponding to the feature for detecting data on the basis of said first feature data, the weight being varied either from one content to another or from one content genre to another; and a second feature detection unit configured to detect a plurality of second feature data each representing a different feature on the basis of the plurality of first feature data for which the weights have been set by the setting unit. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090103888 | Electronic apparatus, content categorizing method, and program therefor - An electronic apparatus includes a detecting unit and a categorizing unit. The detecting unit compares each of a plurality of frames that constitute each of a plurality of video contents with one another, and detects a video feature generated by one of a camera operation and video editing from each of the plurality of video contents. The categorizing unit judges, based on the detected video feature, a visual activity level of a video contained in each of the plurality of video contents, and categorizes each of the plurality of video contents based on the judged activity level. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090190836 | Scene switching point detector, scene switching point detecting method, recording apparatus, event generator, event generating method, reproducing apparatus, and computer program - A scene switching point detector includes: a feature-information generating unit that generates feature information indicating a feature of each of target frames; a backward-similarity calculating unit that sets each of the target frames as a similarity calculation frame in order and calculates backward similarity on the basis of the feature information of the similarity calculation frame and the feature information of the target frames temporally located before the similarity calculation frame; a forward-similarity calculating unit that sets each of the target frames as a similarity calculation frame in order and calculates forward similarity on the basis of the feature information of the similarity calculation frame and the feature information of the target frames temporally located after the similarity calculation frame; and a scene switching point detector that detects the target frame forming a scene switching point on the basis of the backward similarity and the forward similarity. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090262243 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND A RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate image signals for displaying content on each of a plurality of screens; and a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize a plurality of sound signals corresponding to the plurality of image signals to cause positions where sounds based on the plurality of sound signals are localized to vary from each other. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090304089 | Reproduction processing apparatus, reproduction processing method, and computer program - A reproduction processing apparatus includes: a decoding unit that executes decoding processing for coded data; a decoding-processing scheduling unit that sets a sequence of the decoding processing in the decoding unit; and a display-frame selecting unit that selects a display frame from a decoding result in the decoding unit. The decoding-processing scheduling unit sets a sequence of decoding target data necessary for display of display-scheduled frames in future and sequentially sets, according to the sequence, queues for the decoding unit when vacancy of a queue occurs, and the display-frame selecting unit checks a completion state of decoding of the display-scheduled frame at every display timing and, when the decoding is not completed, performs processing for selecting a decoded frame near the display-scheduled frame as a display frame. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100020831 | Information transmitting apparatus and method, information receiving apparatus and method, information transmitting and receiving system and method, recording medium and program - An original blanking period of a video signal is shortened to a set blanking period, and audio data is multiplexed into a resulting superimposing period. Table distinguishing data indicating the length of the superimposing period is inserted into the period as a blanking signal. With this configuration, it is possible to enable transmission and reception of an audio signal in a system capable of transmitting and receiving a video signal. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100054705 | Content data processing device, content data processing method, program, and recording/ playing device - A content data processing device includes: a stability score computing unit to compute a stability score corresponding to the stability of an image for each frame, based on the image data of each frame making up content data; and a playing segment selecting unit to select a playing segment from the content data based on the stability score computed with the stability score computing unit. | 03-04-2010 |
