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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Ryota Tsukidate, Osaka, JP;
Ryota Tsukidate, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A device stores therein contents and time information pieces each indicating time at which the corresponding content was generated; categorizes, into first and second groups, objects included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within a first period and a second period that partially overlap, the first group composed of objects that are included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within the first period and are similar to each other, and the second group composed of objects that are included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within the second period and are similar to each other; and when a number of objects belonging to both the first and second groups is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, associates the objects belonging to the first group with the objects belonging to the second group as objects indicating a same entity.