PRESENTATION CONTENT GENERATION DEVICE, PRESENTATION CONTENT GENERATION METHOD, PRESENTATION CONTENT GENERATION PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

• US 20130111373A1
• Filed: 11/21/2011
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawanishi, Ryouichi, Karibe, Tomoyuki, Konuma, Tomohiro
• Application Number:
  US13/702,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20130111373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3871 the composed originals being of different kinds, e.g. low- and high-resolution originals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3873 defined only by a limited number of coordinate points or parameters, e.g. corners, centre; for trimming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3252 Image capture parameters, e.g. resolution, illumination conditions, orientation of the image capture device H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data

Abstract

To provide a presentation content generation device that generates various types of presentation contents by dynamically generating a template appropriate for the substance of each content set. The presentation content generation device includes an attribute information extraction unit 2 that extracts attribute information indicating image feature from a content set stored in a local data storage unit 1, a design type determination unit 4 that determines a base land pattern and a color of a template based on the extracted attribute information, a selection index type determination unit 5 that, based on the extracted attribute information, selects one or more contents to be placed on the template and respective placement positions of the selected contents on the template, and a view format conversion unit 6 that places the selected contents on the respective placement positions to generate a presentation content.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A presentation content generation device, comprising:

an extraction unit configured to extract respective first attributes of a plurality of contents that constitute a content set, and extract a second attribute of the content set based on the first attributes, the first attributes indicating respective features of the plurality of contents, the second attribute indicating one common concept among the plurality of contents;

a design determination unit configured to determine a design of each of one or more templates based on the first attributes and the second attribute, the design indicating a base pattern and a color of the template;

a selection placement unit configured to, based on the first attributes and the second attribute, select one or more contents to be placed on each of the templates among the plurality of contents, and determine respective placement positions of the selected contents on each of the templates; and

a generation unit configured to place the selected contents on the respective determined placement positions on each of the templates to generate a presentation content.

15. The presentation content generation device of claim 14, wherein

the extraction unit classifies the plurality of contents into a plurality of groups based on the respective first attributes,

with respect to at least one of the groups, the design determination unit determines a design of a template based on respective first attributes of one or more contents classified into the group and the second attribute,

the selection placement unit selects one or more contents to be placed on the template among the contents classified into the group, and determines respective placement positions of the selected contents on the template, and

the generation unit places the selected contents on the template to generate the presentation content.

16. The presentation content generation device of claim 15, wherein

the extraction unit further classifies, into a plurality of groups in a subordinate hierarchy, the plurality of contents which have been classified into the groups, and

the generation unit generates the presentation content such that respective templates relating to the groups in the subordinate hierarchy that belong to the same group in a superior hierarchy are sequentially displayed.

17. The presentation content generation device of claim 15, further comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive a user operation for designating any one of one or more contents that are displayed, wherein

the generation unit places, as the presentation content, a first content and a second content having the same first attribute among the plurality of contents on a first template and a second template, respectively, and

when the reception unit receives a user operation for designating the second content while the first template is displayed, the generation unit switches a template to be displayed from the first template to the second template.

18. The presentation content generation device of claim 15, wherein

the design determination determines a design with respect to each of the groups, and

the generation unit places two contents having the same first attribute selected among the plurality of contents on two templates so as to be successively displayed, respectively.

19. The presentation content generation device of claim 14, wherein

the extraction unit judges on a reliability indicating a degree of accuracy of each of the respective first attributes of the plurality of contents, and extracts the second attribute based on the respective judged reliabilities of the first attributes,

the design determination unit modifies the respective determined designs of the templates based on the first attributes, the reliabilities, and the second attribute, and

based on the first attributes, the reliabilities, and the second attribute, the selection placement unit selects one or more contents to be placed on each of the templates among the plurality of contents, and changes respective placement positions of the selected contents on each of the templates.

20. The presentation content generation device of claim 14, wherein

the plurality of contents are each an image, and

the extraction unit extracts, as the first attribute of each of the plurality of contents, one of a shape, a pattern, and a color of an object or a background included in the content.

21. The presentation content generation device of claim 14, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store therein beforehand a plurality of templates; and

a template reception unit configured, after display of the presentation content, to receive a user instruction to select a template among the templates stored in the storage unit, wherein

the design determination unit and the selection placement unit each refer to, among the first attributes used for generating the templates of the presentation content, a first attribute that is the same as a first attribute relating to the selected template, and each do not refer to a first attribute that is different from the first attribute relating to the selected template.

22. The presentation content generation device of claim 14, wherein

the extraction unit extracts respective first attributes of a plurality of contents that constitute another content set, and extracts a second attribute of the another content set based on the first attributes,

the design determination unit further stores therein part or all of the determined designs, and

with respect to the another content set, the design determination unit determines a design of each of one or more templates based on the first attributes and the second attribute with use of part or all of the designs stored therein.

23. The presentation content generation device of claim 14, wherein

with respect to each of the plurality of contents, the generation unit further stores therein a digital filter that conforms at least one of the first attribute of the content and the second attribute, and

the generation unit applies the conformed digital filter to the content, and places the content to which the digital filter has been applied on the template.

24. A presentation content generation method, comprising:

an extraction step of extracting respective first attributes of a plurality of contents that constitute a content set, and extracting a second attribute of the content set based on the first attributes, the first attributes indicating respective features of the plurality of contents, the second attribute indicating one common concept among the plurality of contents;

a design determination step of determining a design of each of one or more templates based on the first attributes and the second attribute, the design indicating a base pattern and a color of the template;

a selection placement step of, based on the first attributes and the second attribute, selecting one or more contents to be placed on each of the templates among the plurality of contents, and determining respective placement positions of the selected contents on each of the templates; and

a generation step of placing the selected contents on the respective determined placement positions on each of the templates to generate a presentation content.

25. A presentation content generation program that causes a computer to execute:

an extraction step of extracting respective first attributes of a plurality of contents that constitute a content set, and extracting a second attribute of the content set based on the first attributes, the first attributes indicating respective features of the plurality of contents, the second attribute indicating one common concept among the plurality of contents;

a design determination step of determining a design of each of one or more templates based on the first attributes and the second attribute, the design indicating a base pattern and a color of the template;

a selection placement step of, based on the first attributes and the second attribute, selecting one or more contents to be placed on each of the templates among the plurality of contents, and determining respective placement positions of the selected contents on each of the templates; and

a generation step of placing the selected contents on the respective determined placement positions on each of the templates to generate a presentation content.

26. An integrated circuit, comprising:

an extraction unit configured to extract respective first attributes of a plurality of contents that constitute a content set, and extract a second attribute of the content set based on the first attributes, the first attributes indicating respective features of the plurality of contents, the second attribute indicating one common concept among the plurality of contents;

a design determination unit configured to determine a design of each of one or more templates based on the first attributes and the second attribute, the design indicating a base pattern and a color of the template;

a selection placement unit configured to, based on the first attributes and the second attribute, select one or more contents to be placed on each of the templates among the plurality of contents, and determine respective placement positions of the selected contents on each of the templates; and

a generation unit configured to place the selected contents on the respective determined placement positions on each of the templates to generate a presentation content.