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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 10, 2004
Hajime Miyasato, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takeshi Nakamura, Tsurugashima, JP;
Kouzou Morita, Tsurugashima, JP;
Shinichi Gayama, Tsurugashima, JP;
Hajime Miyasato, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takeshi Nakamura, Tsurugashima, JP;
Kouzou Morita, Tsurugashima, JP;
Shinichi Gayama, Tsurugashima, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo-To, JP;
Abstract
It is determined whether the broadcast program of the stored video signal is a broadcast program of a predetermined genre. A predetermined feature image portion of each of frames in the video signal of the broadcast program of the predetermined genre is detected from the stored video signal. Video data of only a feature image portion of a frame satisfying a predetermined appearance condition from the detected predetermined feature image portion is extracted. A video signal representing an image including a feature image portion represented by the video data is created and output as the menu, each time the video data is extracted.