Patent ID: 7907184
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F,G06K,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A picture processing apparatus comprising: acquiring means which, apart from a first picture sequence picked up for reproduction purposes, acquires a second picture sequence picked up in synchronism with said first picture sequence, said second picture sequence being made up of pictures wider in angle than those included in said first picture sequence; calculating means for calculating degrees of similarity between scenes each made up of a predetermined number of consecutive pictures included in said second picture sequence; linking means which, after appropriating the degrees of similarity calculated by said calculating means for the degrees of similarity between the corresponding scenes in said first picture sequence, links together those of said corresponding scenes which have high degrees of similarity in said first picture sequence thereby creating a link destination from the first picture sequence to the second picture sequence; reproducing means for reproducing said first picture sequence on a screen; and displaying means which, while said first picture sequence is being reproduced by said reproducing means on the screen, displays said second picture sequence established as the link destination for said first picture sequence on said screen in a position different from that in which said first s picture sequence is being displayed.