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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2005
Tatsuo Nagamatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Kunitoshi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Teranishi, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Okuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Mitsuzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuo Nagamatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Kunitoshi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Teranishi, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Okuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Mitsuzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a selecting unit for selecting extraction information concerning contents to be extracted from among a plurality of contents organized in time sequence, the extraction information prepared on a per content basis for the contents to be extracted and including a feature contained in the content to be extracted, and an extraction range that is represented with respect to the position of the feature, a detecting unit for detecting, from the contents, the same feature as the feature contained in the extraction information selected by the selecting unit, and an extracting unit for extracting a predetermined content in accordance with the extraction range contained in the extraction information selected by the selecting unit if the detecting unit detects the same feature as the feature contained in the extraction information.