INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20090122157A1
• Filed: 11/04/2008
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kuboyama, Hideo, Fukada, Toshiaki
• Application Number:
  US12/264,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20090122157A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.400
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0091 Digital copier; digital 'photocopier' H04N2201/0093 and H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3264 of sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8063 using time division multiplex of the PCM audio and PCM video signals

Abstract

An information processing apparatus configured to attach sound information to image data while relating the sound information to the image data includes a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image represented by the image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire sound information while the display unit is displaying the image, a detection unit configured to detect whether a speech is included in the sound information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a storage unit configured to store the sound information while relating the sound information to the image data if the detection unit detects a speech included in the sound information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus configured to attach sound information to image data while relating the sound information to the image data, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image represented by the image data;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire sound information while the display unit is displaying the image;

a detection unit configured to detect whether a speech is included in the sound information acquired by the acquisition unit; and

a storage unit configured to store the sound information while relating the sound information to the image data if the detection unit detects a speech included in the sound information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sound information discarding unit configured to discard the sound information if the detection unit does not detect a speech included in the sound information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if the detection unit detects a speech included in the sound information, the storage unit is configured to store only sound information corresponding to a period in which the speech is detected.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a speech recognition unit configured to perform speech recognition on the sound information acquired by the acquisition unit to output one of recognition candidates as a recognition result; and

a recognition result storage unit configured to store the recognition result while relating the recognition result to the image data.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a sound information discarding unit configured to discard the sound information if the speech recognition unit does not output any of the recognition candidates as the recognition result.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit does not finish displaying the image while the detection unit is detecting whether a speech is included in the sound information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a tilt detection unit configured to detect a state in which the information processing apparatus is tilted,

wherein the display control unit does not finish displaying the image while the tilt detection unit is detecting whether the information processing apparatus has a predetermined tilt in the detected state.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to sequentially display a first image represented by first image data and a second image represented by second image data, and

wherein, if the detection unit detects a speech at a first time point at which display of the first image is changed to that of the second image, the storage unit stores also sound information acquired by the acquisition unit in a time period from the first time point to a second time point at which no speech is detected by the detection unit.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display control unit extends a time period in which the second image is displayed by the display unit based on the time period from the first time point to the second time point.

10. An information processing apparatus configured to attach sound information to image data while relating the sound information to the image data, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image represented by the image data;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire sound information while the display unit is displaying the image;

a sound type determination unit configured to determine a type of the sound information acquired by the acquisition unit; and

a storage unit configured to store the sound information while relating the sound information to the image data if the sound type determination unit determines that the sound information is of a predetermined type.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a sound information discarding unit configured to discard the sound information if the sound type determination unit determines that the type of the sound information differs from the predetermined type.

12. A method for attaching sound information to image data while relating the sound information to the image data, the method comprising:

displaying an image represented by the image data on a display unit;

acquiring sound information while the image is being displayed on the display unit;

detecting whether a speech is included in the acquired sound information; and

if it is detected that a speech is included in the sound information, storing the sound information in a memory while relating the sound information to the image data.

13. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the method according to claim 12.

14. A method for attaching sound information to image data while relating the sound information to the image data, the method comprising:

displaying an image represented by the image data on a display unit;

acquiring sound information while the image is being displayed on the display unit;

determining a type of the acquired sound information; and

if it is determined that the type of the sound information is a predetermined type, storing the sound information while relating the sound information to the image data.

15. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the method according to claim 14.