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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2005
Makoto Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Machiko Segawa, Tokyo, JP;
Keigo Ihara, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Ryu Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Caoyi LU, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Brian Clarkson, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Machiko Segawa, Tokyo, JP;
Keigo Ihara, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Ryu Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Caoyi Lu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Brian Clarkson, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A picture processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: an acquiring device which, apart from a first picture sequence picked up for reproduction purposes, acquires a second picture sequence picked up in synchronism with the first picture sequence, the second picture sequence being made up of pictures wider in angle than those constituting the first picture sequence; a calculating device operable to calculate degrees of similarity between scenes each made up of a predetermined number of consecutive pictures included in the second picture sequence; and a linking device which, after appropriating the degrees of similarity calculated by the calculating device for the degrees of similarity between the corresponding scenes in the first picture sequence, links together those of the corresponding scenes which have high degrees of similarity in the first picture sequence.