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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Kun Liu, Beijing, CN;
Weiguo Wu, Beijing, CN;
LI LU, Beijing, CN;
Qingwei Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Yonghong Yan, Beijing, CN;
Hongbin Suo, Beijing, CN;
Kun Liu, Beijing, CN;
Weiguo Wu, Beijing, CN;
Li Lu, Beijing, CN;
Qingwei Zhao, Beijing, CN;
Yonghong Yan, Beijing, CN;
Hongbin Suo, Beijing, CN;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
This invention relates to retrieval for multimedia content, and provides a program endpoint time detection apparatus for detecting an endpoint time of a program by performing processing on audio signals of said program, comprising an audio classification unit for classifying said audio signals into a speech signal portion and a non-speech signal portion; a keyword retrieval unit for retrieving, as a candidate endpoint keyword, an endpoint keyword indicating start or end of the program from said speech signal portion; a content analysis unit for performing content analysis on context of the candidate endpoint keyword retrieved by the keyword retrieval unit to determine whether the candidate endpoint keyword is a valid endpoint keyword; and a program endpoint time determination unit for performing statistics analysis based on the retrieval result of said keyword retrieval unit and the determination result of said content analysis unit, and determining the endpoint time of the program. In addition, this invention also provides a program information retrieval system. With present invention, program information regarding a program attended by user can be rapidly obtained.