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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2019
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahito Kawanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Kaoru Hiramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Kashino, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Information related to CMs included in a broadcast program can be automatically added. A CM information generation deviceincludes: a CM section detection unitthat detects one or more CM sections within a broadcast program by comparing the volume of the broadcast program with a volume threshold; a CM detection list generation unitthat generates a CM detection list describing company names of companies that have advertised detected CMs, which are CMs in the CM sections detected by the CM section detection unit, by cross-referencing the detected CMs with CM masters that have been associated with company names of advertisers in advance; a company name list generation unitthat generates a company name list describing company names that are specified by a sponsorship credit display indicating sponsors of the broadcast program; and a CM information generation unitthat generates CM information related to the detected CMs by comparing the CM detection list with the company name list.