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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Takuro Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Qihong Wang, Tokyo, JP;
Akiko Terayama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tamaki Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuo Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenori Karasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takuro Noda, Tokyo, JP;
QiHong Wang, Tokyo, JP;
Akiko Terayama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Gotoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tamaki Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuo Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenori Karasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a content storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of content; a background-image storage unit storing a background image corresponding to the plurality of pieces of content stored in the content storage unit; an attribute-information storage unit storing attribute information for each of the plurality of pieces of content in association with the plurality of pieces of content, the attribute information including a corresponding position in the background image; a classification unit classifying the plurality of pieces of content into one or more clusters on the basis of the attribute information; and a rendering unit rendering images indicating the classified pieces of content in a predetermined order on a cluster-by-cluster basis and rendering an area of the background image, the area including the corresponding position included in the attribute information of content corresponding to at least one of the images rendered.