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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2008
Noboru Murabayashi, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshige Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Murakoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Seki, Chiba, JP;
Noboru Murabayashi, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshige Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sho Murakoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Seki, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus including a first feature detection unit configured to detect a plurality of first feature data each representing a different feature from video and audio signals of a content; a setting unit configured to set a weight for each of the plurality of first feature data detected by the first feature detection unit, the weight corresponding to the feature for detecting data on the basis of said first feature data, the weight being varied either from one content to another or from one content genre to another; and a second feature detection unit configured to detect a plurality of second feature data each representing a different feature on the basis of the plurality of first feature data for which the weights have been set by the setting unit.