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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Freddy F. Snijder, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan A. D. Nesvadba, Eindhoven, NL;
Mauro M. Barbieri, Eindhoven, NL;
Freddy F. Snijder, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan A. D. Nesvadba, Eindhoven, NL;
Mauro M. Barbieri, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for playing video content includes a play means () for playing video content. The video content includes overlapping scenes (), with each scene having an associated scene signature. A scene hopping selector () is operative while the play means () is playing video content for selecting a hop. The selecting defines a current scene () which the play means () is playing at a time of the selection, and a current scene signature corresponding to the current scene (). A similar scene hopping processor () operates responsive to a defining of a current scene (). The similar scene hopping processor () compares the current scene signature with other scene signatures of the video content to identify a similar scene (). The similar scene hopping processor () causes the play means () to transfer the playing to the similar scene ().