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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Masumi Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masumi Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes an image segment classification means that analyzes an input video to generate image segment groups each segment including image segments which include an identical object; a sound segment classification means that analyzes the input video to generate sound segment groups each segment including sound segments which include an identical object; an inter-segment group score calculation means that calculates a similarity score between each image segment group and each sound segment group; and a segment group correspondence decision means that decides, using the scores, whether or not an object in the image segment groups and an object in the sound segment groups are the same.