Titling apparatus, a titling method, and a machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for titling

• US 7,956,905 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2006
• Issued: 06/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ono, Shuji, Yoda, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Sinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): MONK, MARK T
• Application Number:
  US11/356,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20060192862A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,936 Days
• Field of Search: 348/231.5, 348/231.2, 348/231.3, 348/231.4, 348/239, 348/222.1, 34823199-2319, 707 1- 10
• US Class Current: 348/231.5
• 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 1/00405 Output means output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• 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 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• 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 5/278 Subtitling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

An apparatus for giving a title to a captured image includes a unit for storing a captured image group including a plurality of captured images, a unit for storing an image capturing time when each of the stored images is captured, a unit for judging an image capturing period and an image capturing season including the stored image capturing time, a unit for storing terms respectively related to a plurality of periods with different time widths each of which includes a period and a season, the term corresponding to the period and the season, and a unit for giving a title to the stored captured image group by using a term related to a period of a wider time width out of the stored terms as a difference between the image capturing time and either the image capturing season or the acquired output time, whichever is longer.

Claims

1. A titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image, comprising:

a captured image storing unit for storing a captured image group comprising a plurality of captured images;

an image capturing time storing unit for storing image capturing time when each of the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit is captured;

an image capturing period judging unit for judging an image capturing period and an image capturing season including the image capturing time stored by said image capturing time storing unit;

a period terminology storing unit for storing terminology related to the period and the season, the terminology corresponding to the period and the season;

a titling unit for giving a title to the captured image group stored by said captured image storing unit by using the terminology stored by said period terminology storing unit to be corresponding to the period and the season including the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged by said image capturing period judging unit; and

an output time acquiring unit for acquiring an output time when the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit are required to output,

wherein said period terminology storing unit stores a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of periods with different time widths each of which includes a period and a season, the term corresponding to the period and the season,

said titling unit gives a title by using a term related to a period of a wider time width out of the plurality of terms stored by said period terminology storing unit as a difference between the image capturing time included in the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged by said image capturing period judging unit and the output time acquired by said output time acquiring unit becomes longer,

the plurality of captured images includes a first image and a second image, and

when a difference between the output time and an image capturing time of the second image is longer than a difference between the output time and an image capturing time of the first image, said tilting unit gives a first title including a first term to the first image and a second title including a second term, which indicates a longer period than the first term, to the second image.

2. A titling apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an image capturing location storing unit for storing an image capturing location where each of the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit is captured;

an image capturing region judging unit for judging an image capturing region including the image capturing location stored by said image capturing location storing unit; and

a region terminology storing unit for storing terminology related to regions comprising the locations, the terminology corresponding to the regions,

wherein said titling unit gives the title to the captured image group by further using the terminology corresponded to the location in the image capturing region judged by said image capturing region judging unit, the terminology being stored by said region terminology storing unit.

3. A titling apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a reference location storing unit for storing a reference location which is a base of life of a user, wherein

said region terminology storing unit stores a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of regions of different sizes comprising the locations, said terms corresponding to the locations, and

said titling unit gives the title by using a term related to a region of a larger size out of the plurality of terms stored by the region terminology storing unit as a difference between the image capturing location, included in the image capturing region judged by said image capturing region judging unit, and the reference location stored by said reference location storing unit becomes farther.

4. A titling apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an outputting unit for outputting a plurality of images comprised in the captured image group stored by said captured image storing unit and a title given by said titling unit at the same time.

5. A titling apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

a person to be captured deciding unit for deciding a person to be captured of the captured image stored by said captured image storing unit; and

a viewer deciding unit for deciding a viewer who views the captured image output by said outputting unit,

wherein said titling unit gives the title to the captured image group stored by said captured image storing unit based on a relationship between the person to be captured decided by said person to be capture deciding unit and the viewer decided by said viewer deciding unit, and

said outputting unit outputs the plurality of images comprised in the captured image group stored by said captured image storing unit and the title given by said titling unit at the same time.

6. A titling apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said person to be captured deciding unit decides each person to be captured of the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit, and

said titling unit gives the title to the captured image group stored by said captured image storing unit based on a relationship between the person to be captured of the most captured images out of the plurality of persons decided by said person to be captured deciding unit and the viewer decided by said viewer deciding unit.

7. A titling unit as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a personal relationship storing unit for storing a mutual relationship among a plurality of persons,

wherein said titling unit decides the relationship between the person to be captured decided by said person to be captured deciding unit and the viewer decided by said viewer deciding unit based on the mutual relationship among the plurality of persons stored by said personal relationship storing unit.

8. A titling apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a face image storing unit for storing a face image of a person corresponded to the person,

wherein said person to be captured deciding unit decides the person to be captured stored by said captured image storing unit by comparing captured image stored by said captured image storing unit with the face image stored by said face image storing unit.

9. A titling apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

an image capturing unit for capturing the viewer who views the captured image output by said outputting unit; and

a face image storing unit for storing the face image of the person corresponded to the person,

wherein said viewer deciding unit decides the viewer who views the captured image output by said outputting unit by comparing the viewer image captured by said image capturing unit with the face image stored by said face image storing unit.

10. A titling apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a recording unit for recording a voice of the viewer who views the captured image output by said outputting unit; and

a voice storing unit for storing the voice of a person corresponded to the person,

wherein said viewer deciding unit decides the viewer who views the captured image output by said outputting unit by comparing the voice recorded by said recording unit with the voice stored by said voice storing unit.

11. A titling method for giving a title on a captured image, comprising:

a captured image storing step of storing a captured image group comprising a plurality of captured images;

an image capturing time storing step of storing an image capturing time when each of the plurality of the captured images stored in said captured image storing step is captured;

an image capturing period judging step of judging an image capturing period and an image capturing season including the image capturing time stored in said image capturing time storing step;

a period terminology storing step of storing terminology related to the period and the season, the terminology corresponding to the period and the season;

a titling step of giving a title to the captured image group stored in said captured image storing step by using the terminology stored in said period terminology storing step to be corresponding to the period and the season including the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged in said image capturing period judging step; and

an output time acquiring step of acquiring an output time when the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit are required to output,

wherein said period terminology storing step stores a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of periods with different time widths each of which includes a period and a season, the term corresponding to the period and the season,

said titling step gives a title by using a term related to a period of a wider time width out of the plurality of terms stored by said period terminology storing step as a difference between the image capturing time included in the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged by said image capturing period judging step and the output time acquired by said output time acquiring step becomes longer,

the plurality of captured images includes a first image and a second image, and

when a difference between the output time and an image capturing time of the second image is longer than a difference between the output time and an image capturing time of the first image, said titling step gives a first title including a first term to the first image and a second title including a second term, which indicates a longer period than the first term, to the second image.

12. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for a titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image, the program makes the tiling apparatus functions as:

a captured image storing unit for storing captured image group comprising a plurality of captured images;

an image capturing time storing unit for storing an image capturing time when each of the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit is captured;

an image capturing period judging unit for judging an image capturing period and an image capturing season including the image capturing time stored by said image capturing time storing unit;

a period terminology storing unit for storing terminology related to the period and the season, the terminology corresponding to the period and the season;

a titling unit for giving a title to the captured image group stored by said captured image storing unit by using the terminology stored by said period terminology storing unit, to be corresponding to the period and the season including the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged by said image capturing period judging unit; and

an output time acquiring unit for acquiring an output time when the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit are required to output,

wherein said period terminology storing unit stores a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of periods with different time widths each of which includes a period and a season, the term corresponding to the period and the season,

said titling unit gives a title by using a term related to a period of a wider time width out of the plurality of terms stored by said period terminology storing unit as a difference between the image capturing time included in the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged by said image capturing period judging unit and the output time acquired by said output time acquiring unit becomes longer,

the plurality of captured images includes a first image and a second image, and

when a difference between the output time and an image capturing time of the second image is longer than a difference between the output time and an image capturing time of the first image, said titling unit gives a first title including a first term to the first image and a second title including a second term, which indicates a longer period than the first term, to the second image.

13. A titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image, comprising:

a captured image storing unit for storing captured image group comprising a plurality of captured images;

an image capturing location storing unit for storing an image capturing location where each of the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit is captured;

an image capturing region judging unit for judging an image capturing region including the image capturing location stored by said image capturing location storing unit;

a region terminology storing unit for storing terminology related to regions including the locations, the terminology corresponding to the regions; and

a titling unit for giving a title to the captured image group stored by said captured image storing unit by using the terminology corresponded to the location in the image capturing region judged by said image capturing region judging unit, the terminology being stored by said region terminology storing unit; and

a reference location storing unit for storing a reference location which is a base of life of a user,

wherein said region terminology storing unit stores a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of regions of different sizes comprising the locations, said terms corresponding to the locations,

said titling unit gives the title by using a term related to a region of a larger size out of the plurality of terms stored by the region terminology storing unit as a difference between the image capturing location, included in the image capturing region judged by said image capturing region judging unit, and the reference location stored by said reference location storing unit becomes farther,

the plurality of captured images includes a first image and a second image, and

when a difference between the reference location and an image capturing location of the second image is farther than a difference between the reference location and an image capturing location of the first image, said titling unit gives a first title including a first term to the first image and a second title including a second term, which indicates a larger region than the first term, to the second image.

14. A titling method for giving a title to a captured image, comprising:

a captured image storing step of storing captured image group comprising a plurality of captured images;

an image capturing location storing step of storing an image capturing location where each of the plurality of captured images stored in said captured image storing step is captured;

an image capturing region judging step of judging an image capturing region including the image capturing location stored in said image capturing location storing step;

a region terminology storing step of storing terminology related to regions including the locations, the terminology corresponding to the regions;

a titling step of giving a title to the captured image group stored in said captured image storing step by using the terminology corresponded to the location in the image capturing region judged in said image capturing region judging step, the terminology being stored in said region terminology staring step; and

a reference location storing step of storing a reference location which is a base of life of a user,

wherein said region terminology storing step stores a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of regions of different sizes comprising the locations, said terms corresponding to the locations,

said titling step gives the title by using a term related to a region of a larger size out of the plurality of terms stored by the region terminology storing step as a difference between the image capturing location, included in the image capturing region judged by said image capturing region judging step, and the reference location stored by said reference location storing step becomes farther,

the plurality of captured images includes a first image and a second image, and

when a difference between the reference location and an image capturing location of the second image is farther than a difference between the reference location and an image capturing location of the first image, said titling step gives a first title including a first term to the first image and a second title including a second term, which indicates a larger region than the first term, to the second image.

15. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for a titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image, the program makes the tiling apparatus functions as:

a captured image storing unit for storing captured image group comprising a plurality of captured images;

an image capturing location storing unit for storing an image capturing location where each of the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit is captured;

an image capturing region judging unit for judging an image capturing region including the image capturing location stored by said image capturing location storing unit;

a region terminology storing unit for storing terminology related to regions including the locations, the terminology corresponding to the regions;

a titling unit for giving a title to the captured image group stored by said captured image storing unit by using the terminology corresponded to the location in the image capturing region judged by said image capturing region judging unit, the terminology being stored by said region terminology storing unit; and

a reference location storing unit for storing a reference location which is a base of life of a user, wherein

said region terminology storing unit stores a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of regions of different sizes comprising the locations, said terms corresponding to the locations,

said titling unit gives the title by using a term related to a region of a larger size out of the plurality of terms stored by the region terminology storing unit as a difference between the image capturing location, included in the image capturing region judged by said image capturing region judging unit, and the reference location stored by said reference location storing unit becomes farther,

the plurality of captured images includes a first image and a second image, and

when a difference between the reference location and an image capturing location of the second image is farther than a difference between the reference location and an image capturing location of the first image, said titling unit gives a first title including a first term to the first image and a second title including a second term, which indicates a larger region than the first term, to the second image.