Patent ID: 8406606
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G06K,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A playback apparatus for playing back video content, comprising: a memory storing instructions; and a processor executing at least some of the instructions stored in the memory to perform operations including dividing the video content into a first set of scenes; specifying a first scene played back after a fast-forward operation or a rewind operation is instructed by referring to the memory in which an instruction executed while the video content, which has been divided into the first set of scenes, is being played back and a played scene being played back when the instruction is received are related to each other and recorded; calculating a first feature value of the first scene; dividing additional content, different from the video content, into a second set of scenes; calculating second feature values, respectively corresponding to the second set of scenes; comparing the first feature value with the second feature values; extracting a second scene from the second set of scenes, having a second feature value different than the first feature value by no more than a predetermined threshold; outputting the second scene; calculating an average of the first feature value and the second feature value of the second scene; storing the average as the first feature value.