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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2009
Yoshiaki Kusunoki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Kusunoki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A program recommendation apparatus includes a scene attribute extraction unit () for extracting attributes of scenes included in audio-video content, a frequency distribution obtaining unit () for counting occurrence frequencies of the scene attributes extracted scene by scene to obtain the frequency of each extracted attribute, and a recommended program selection unit that recommends audio-video content to be recorded or played back, based on a frequency distribution obtained by the frequency distribution obtaining unit (). The program recommendation apparatus can recommend a program to be played back, from among recorded programs, according to users' preferences and interests, even if the recorded programs lack pre-provided program information or attribute information.