Patent ID: 7698721
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video viewing support system comprising: a video acquisition unit configured to acquire a video content from a video source; a data acquisition unit configured to acquire text data corresponding to the video content from a text data source, the text data being related to time information contained in the video content; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of cue words for identifying nondisclosure portions of the video content; a comparison unit configured to compare the text data with the cue words to specify a first nondisclosure portion of the video content as being unsuitable for viewing before viewing other portions of the video content, and to specify a disclosure portion of the video content as being suitable for viewing before viewing the other portions of the video content; a topic extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of topics from the video content based on the text data, the topics representing interest scenes of the video content; a division unit configured to divide the video content into a plurality of video content segments for each of the topics, the video content segments representing a part of the video content and corresponding to one of the first nondisclosure portion and the disclosure portion; a generation unit configured to generate at least one of a first thumbnail image, a first keyword, or a first key sentence for the video content segments corresponding to the disclosure portion, and at least one of a second thumbnail image, a second keyword, or a second key sentence for the video content segments corresponding to the first nondisclosure portion; a concealing unit configured to conceal at least a portion of the at least one of the second thumbnail image, the second keyword, or the second key sentence; a providing unit configured to provide, after the concealing unit conceals the at least one portion, a plurality of combinations of the video content segments and at least one of the second thumbnail image, the second keyword, or the second key sentence segments; and a selection unit configured to select at least one of the combinations manually.