Patent ID: 7038736
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: G06K,G06T,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A moving image processing apparatus for detecting a cut point frame in an input moving image, comprising: calculation means for calculating similarities between neighboring frames in the moving image formed by a plurality of frames; cut point determination means for determining cut point frames in the moving image on the basis of the similarities calculated by said calculation means; scene duration determination means for determining if a scene duration between neighboring cut point frames determined by said cut point determination means is smaller than a predetermined value; determination means for determining the presence/absence of a flash portion in the moving image on the basis of a determination result of said scene duration determination means; and correction means for correcting determination results of said cut point determination means on the basis of the determination result of said determination means, wherein said determination means determines the presence/absence of a flash portion in the moving image on the basis of brightness values between neighboring cut point frames which are determined by said scene duration determination means, and have a duration smaller than a predetermined value, and wherein said determination means determines that a flash portion is present between neighboring cut point frames when the number of frames having brightness values not less than a threshold value in a scene between the neighboring cut point frames occupies a predetermined ratio of the scene duration.