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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2008
Shunji Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshige Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunji Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Narahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshige Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus detecting a characteristic amount of a group of contents of a series configured of contents corresponding to episodes, the information processing apparatus including: a first generating means for detecting a characteristic amount in a time series of the contents corresponding to the episodes and generate a characteristic amount in the episode based on a detected result; a computing means for computing a representative value of the generated characteristic amount in the episode; a second generating means for arranging the computed representative values corresponding to the episodes in a time series and generate a characteristic amount in the series indicating a characteristic amount in a time series of the group of the contents of the series; and a database means for storing the generated characteristic amount in the series in a database in association with the group of the contents of the series.