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DIGEST PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD

  • US 20080292279A1
  • Filed: 02/15/2008
  • Published: 11/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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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