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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1998
Akihito Akutsu, Kanagawaken, JP;
Yoshinobu Tonomura, Kanagawaken, JP;
Hiroshi Hamada, Kanagawaken, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camcorder operation condition detecting portion ( ) reads image data string and detects camcorder on/off information and camcorder operating information. A video splitting portion ( ) splits videos into respective shots based on the camcorder on/off information. A subject/background separating portion ( ) separates a subject and a background based on the camcorder operating information, etc. A subject motion information extracting portion ( ) correlates subject information separated every frame between frames. A video taken space resynthesizing portion ( ) resynthesizes video taken spaces based on the camcorder operating information and the background. A shot-to-shot relation calculating portion ( ) calculates spatial shot-to-shot relations between a plurality of video taken spaces. Hence, respective information of camcorder on/off, camcorder operation, subject, subject motion, resynthesized background, and shot-to-shot relation information can be spatio-temporally managed/stored, and the video taken spaces and one or more subjects can be resynthesized, displayed, or output in accordance with user's requests, etc.