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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2004
Kazuhiko Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuyuki Masai, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Yajima, Tachikawa, JP;
Kohei Momosaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichi Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Munehiko Sasajima, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuyuki Masai, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Yajima, Tachikawa, JP;
Kohei Momosaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichi Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Munehiko Sasajima, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A closed caption signal processing apparatus comprises a speech recognition unit to recognize speech contents from the speech signal, a speech timing detecting unit to detect a speech timing of the speech contents, a closed caption contents acquisition unit to acquire closed caption contents from the closed caption signal associated with the speech signal, a presentation timing detecting unit to detect a presentation timing of the closed caption contents, an agreement detecting unit to detect an agreement between the speech contents and the closed caption contents, and a time difference calculating unit to calculate a time difference between the speech timing and the presentation timing that are detected on the speech contents and the closed caption contents that agree with each other, respectively.