DIGEST PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An apparatus for playing back a digest of recorded video content, comprising:
- a character identification section for identifying characters to specify one or more characters in each of scenes in the video content according to video data in the video content, and generating images of the identified characters;
a speaker identification section for identifying speakers to specify one or more speakers in each of the scenes in the video content according to subtitle data in the video content;
a correspondence determination section for determining, based on results of the character identification section'"'"'s specification of the characters and the speaker identification section'"'"'s specification of the speakers in the scenes in the video content, a correspondence between each of the characters identified by the character identification section and each of the speakers identified by the speaker identification section; and
a display control section for controlling display of the images of the characters generated by the character identification section to receive selection of a character desired by a user, and playing back one or more of the scenes in the video content in which a speaker speaks, who is determined to correspond to the selected character by the correspondence determination section.
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Abstract
A character identification section identifies characters to specify one or more characters in each of scenes in video content according to video data in the video content, and generates images of the identified characters. A speaker identification section identifies speakers to specify one or more speakers in each of the scenes in the video content according to subtitle data in the video content. A correspondence determination section determines, based on results of the specification of the characters and the specification of the speakers in the scenes in the video content, a correspondence between each of the characters and each of the speakers. A display control section controls display of the images of the characters to receive selection of a character desired by a user, and plays back one or more of the scenes in the video content in which the speaker speaks, who is determined to correspond to the selected character.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus for playing back a digest of recorded video content, comprising:
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a character identification section for identifying characters to specify one or more characters in each of scenes in the video content according to video data in the video content, and generating images of the identified characters; a speaker identification section for identifying speakers to specify one or more speakers in each of the scenes in the video content according to subtitle data in the video content; a correspondence determination section for determining, based on results of the character identification section'"'"'s specification of the characters and the speaker identification section'"'"'s specification of the speakers in the scenes in the video content, a correspondence between each of the characters identified by the character identification section and each of the speakers identified by the speaker identification section; and a display control section for controlling display of the images of the characters generated by the character identification section to receive selection of a character desired by a user, and playing back one or more of the scenes in the video content in which a speaker speaks, who is determined to correspond to the selected character by the correspondence determination section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for playing back a digest of recorded video content, comprising the steps of:
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(a) identifying characters to specify one or more characters in each of scenes in the video content according to video data in the video content, and generating images of the identified characters; (b) identifying speakers to specify one or more speakers in each of the scenes in the video content according to subtitle data in the video content; (c) determining, based on results of the specification of the characters and the specification of the speakers in the scenes in the video content performed in the steps (a) and (b), a correspondence between each of the characters identified in the step (a) and each of the speakers identified in the step (b); and (d) displaying the images of the characters generated in the step (a) to receive selection of a character desired by a user, and playing back one or more of the scenes in the video content in which a speaker speaks, who is determined to correspond to the selected character in the step (c). - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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