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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2005
Noboru Murabayashi, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshige Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an information signal processing method used when performing a special reproduction operation for digest reproduction of a video/audio information signal of a broadcast program. The method includes: a step for reading data from the video/audio characteristic data of each predetermined section of a predetermined video/audio information signal and additional information data concerning the video/audio information signal or a predetermined recording medium containing these data; a step for creating a predetermined first information meaning for each predetermined section of the video/audio information signal from the read data; a step for connecting a plurality of sections for which the first predetermined meaning has been created so as to perform creation of a predetermined second information meaning or a predetermined evaluation processing for a predetermined section according to the signal of the first meaning creation processing; and a step for setting a predetermined reproduction section or a predetermined reproduction time according to the signal subjected to the evaluation processing.