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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2008
Applicants:

Yoshihiro Morioka, Nara, JP;

Kenji Matsuura, Nara, JP;

Hisashi Inoue, Nara, JP;

Masaaki Kobayashi, Hyogo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshihiro Morioka, Nara, JP;

Kenji Matsuura, Nara, JP;

Hisashi Inoue, Nara, JP;

Masaaki Kobayashi, Hyogo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A content shooting apparatus is provided which is suitable for generating a digest meeting the user's desire. A scene information generation portion detects a characteristic scene with reference to a parameter contained in either video/audio in content recorded during shooting operation information for the shooting apparatus, and generates scene information, an auxiliary information assignment portion assigns the scene information its type, priority, start time, end time, or representative time as auxiliary information in accordance with a prescribed rule, a listing portion makes a list of the scene information and the auxiliary information thereof, and a scene sorting-out portion sorts out scenes from the content with reference to the priority, such that the number of scenes is within a predetermined range.


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