Image processing apparatus and image processing method

• US 20060265731A1
• Filed: 05/05/2006
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Kouichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,427,455 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7837 using objects detected or recognised in the video content
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/432 Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4332 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440236 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures, audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440281 by altering the temporal resolution, e.g. by frame skipping television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 : represented by keywords
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/4448 : for frame-grabbing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 : for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 : Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes image data capturing means for capturing a frame of stream image data displayed on a display device in accordance with an input capturing instruction, additional data generating means for generating additional data to be associated with the image data captured by the image data capturing means, and storage control means for storing into a predetermined storage unit the image data captured by the image data capturing means and the additional data generated by the additional data generating means in association with each other.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

image data capturing means for capturing a frame of stream image data displayed on a display device in accordance with an input capturing instruction;

additional data generating means for generating additional data to be associated with the image data captured by the image data capturing means; and

storage control means for storing into a predetermined storage unit the image data captured by the image data capturing means and the additional data generated by the additional data generating means in association with each other.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising list display control means for generating list image data of image data stored in the storage unit by the storage control means and for outputting the list image data to the display device.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the list display control means searches for or sorts the image data stored in the storage unit in accordance with the additional data, and generates the list image data in accordance with a result of searching or sorting.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising operation input means used for a user operation, wherein

the additional data generating means generates the additional data using data input by an operation of the operation input means.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the data input by the operation of the operation input means is character data.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising operation input means used for a user operation, wherein

the additional data generating means generates the additional data using data selected by an operation of the operation input means.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the additional data generating means generates selection candidate data and generates the additional data using the data selected from the selection candidate data by the operation of the operation input means.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising data acquiring means for acquiring data relating to the image data captured by the image data capturing means, wherein

the additional data generating means generates the additional data using the data acquired by the data acquiring means.

9. An image processing method comprising the steps of:

capturing a frame of stream image data displayed on a display device in accordance with an input capturing instruction;

generating additional data to be associated with the image data captured by the image data capturing step; and

storing into a predetermined storage unit the image data captured by the image data capturing step and the additional data generated by the additional data generating step in association with each other.

10. The image processing method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of generating list image data of image data stored in the storage unit by the storing step and outputting the list image data to the display device.

11. The image processing method according to claim 10, wherein, in the step of generating and outputting the list image data, searching or sorting is performed on the image data stored in the storage unit in accordance with the additional data, and the list image data is generated in accordance with a result of the searching or the sorting.

12. The image processing method according to claim 9, wherein, in the additional data generating step, the additional data is generated using data input by a user operation.

13. The image processing method according to claim 12, wherein the data input by the user operation is character data.

14. The image processing method according to claim 9, wherein, in the additional data generating step, the additional data is generated using data selected by a user operation.

15. The image processing method according to claim 14, wherein, in the additional data generating step, selection candidate data is generated, and the additional data is generated using the data selected from the selection candidate data by the user operation.

16. The image processing method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of acquiring data relating to the image data captured by the image data capturing step, wherein

in the additional data generating step, the additional data is generated using the data acquired by the data acquiring step.

17. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image data capturing section that captures a frame of stream image data displayed on a display device in accordance with an input capturing instruction;

an additional data generator that generates additional data to be associated with the image data captured by the image data capturing section; and

a storage controller that stores into a predetermined storage unit the image data captured by the image data capturing section and the additional data generated by the additional data generator in association with each other.