Database production method, database production program, database production apparatus and image content recording apparatus
First Claim
1. A database method comprising:
- a representative image selection step of selecting a representative image which represents an image content from the image content;
a characteristic information extraction step of executing a characteristic information extraction process concurrently with a recording process of the image content;
a display processing step of causing a display apparatus to display the representative image;
an operation inputting step of allowing a user to input image text information corresponding to the representative image; and
a database production step of registering representative characteristic information, extracted from the representative image in the characteristic information extraction step in accordance with a predetermined extraction method, in an associated relationship with the image text information inputted at the operation inputting step to produce a database for acquiring substance character information corresponding to an arbitrary image extracted from an arbitrary image content using characteristic information of the extracted arbitrary image, wherein the representative characteristic information represents a block of images including images similar to each other.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a database production method including: a representative image selection step of selecting certain images each as a representative image which represents an image content from the image content; a display processing step of causing a display apparatus to display the representative image; an operation inputting step of allowing a user to input image text information corresponding to the representative image; and a database production step of registering representative characteristic information extracted from the representative image in accordance with a predetermined extraction method and the image text information inputted at the operation inputting step in an associated relationship with each other to produce a database for acquiring, using arbitrary image characteristic information for each image extracted from an arbitrary image content in accordance with the extraction method, substance character information corresponding to an image which the arbitrary image content has.
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17 Claims
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1. A database method comprising:
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a representative image selection step of selecting a representative image which represents an image content from the image content; a characteristic information extraction step of executing a characteristic information extraction process concurrently with a recording process of the image content; a display processing step of causing a display apparatus to display the representative image; an operation inputting step of allowing a user to input image text information corresponding to the representative image; and a database production step of registering representative characteristic information, extracted from the representative image in the characteristic information extraction step in accordance with a predetermined extraction method, in an associated relationship with the image text information inputted at the operation inputting step to produce a database for acquiring substance character information corresponding to an arbitrary image extracted from an arbitrary image content using characteristic information of the extracted arbitrary image, wherein the representative characteristic information represents a block of images including images similar to each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions for causing a computer to execute operations comprising:
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a representative image selection step of selecting a representative image which represents an image content from the image content; a characteristic information extraction step of executing a characteristic information extraction process concurrently with a recording process of the image content; a display processing step of causing a display apparatus to display the representative image; an operation inputting step of allowing a user to input image text information corresponding to the representative image; and a database production step of registering representative characteristic information, extracted from the representative image in the characteristic information extraction step in accordance with a predetermined extraction method, in an associated relationship with the image text information inputted at the operation inputting step to produce a database for acquiring substance character information corresponding to an arbitrary image extracted from an arbitrary image content using characteristic information of the extracted arbitrary image, wherein the representative characteristic information represents a block of images including images similar to each other.
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16. A database production apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; a representative image selection section that uses the processor to select a representative image which represents an image content from the image content; a hard disk for recording the image content; an image analysis section that executes a characteristic information extraction process concurrently with recording of the image content on the hard disk; a display processing section configured to cause a display apparatus to display the representative image; an operation inputting section configured to allow a user to input image text information corresponding to the representative image; a database production section that uses the processor to register representative characteristic information, extracted from the representative image in accordance with a predetermined extraction method, in an associated relationship with the image text information inputted by said operation inputting section to produce a database for acquiring substance character information corresponding to an arbitrary image extracted from an arbitrary image content using characteristic information of the extracted arbitrary image, wherein the representative characteristic information represents a block of images including images similar to each other; and a memory to store the database.
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17. An image content recording apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; a recording section configured to record an image content; an image analysis section configured to extract characteristic information concurrently with recording of the image content; a representative image selection section using the processor to select a representative image which represents the image content from the image content; a display processing section configured to cause a display apparatus to display the representative image; an operation inputting section configured to allow a user to input image text information corresponding to the representative image; a database production section using the processor to register representative characteristic information, extracted from the representative image in accordance with a predetermined extraction method, in an associated relationship with the image text information inputted by said operation inputting section to produce a database for acquiring substance character information corresponding to an arbitrary image extracted from an arbitrary image content using characteristic information of the extracted arbitrary image, wherein the representative characteristic information represents a block of images including images similar to each other; and a memory to store the database.
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