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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Kazumichi Yamamoto, Ebina, JP;
Yukio Fujii, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Kazumichi Yamamoto, Ebina, JP;
Yukio Fujii, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/93 (2006.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Within a television broadcast recording/reproducing apparatus, for preventing a commercial message (CM) from being cut when viewing an abridgement (digest), and for presenting the CM to a viewer without losing an advantage of viewing the abridgement, a ranking value of a CM portion is changed, with using a means for evaluating video and audio by one (1) frame thereof, thereby to give a ranking value thereto, and a means for detecting a CM portion.