Patent ID: 8326623
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06F,G10L,G11B

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a talk section detection process module configured to execute a talk section detection process of detecting talk sections in which talks are made by persons, which are included in video content data, on the basis of audio data in the video content, and classifying the detected talk sections into a plurality of groups which are associated with different speakers; and a display process module configured to display, on a time bar which is representative of a sequence of the video content data, a plurality of bar areas indicative of positions of the detected talk sections in the sequence of the video content data, in different colors in association with the groups, on the basis of a result of the talk section detection process, wherein the talk section detection process includes a process of analyzing the audio data, thereby outputting sound characteristic information indicative of sound characteristics of the audio data, a process of generating, on the basis of the sound characteristic information, a plurality of sound characteristic models which are indicative of sound characteristics of speakers appearing in the video content data, and a process of calculating a degree of agreement between the sound characteristics of the audio data and the plurality of sound characteristic models in units of a predetermined time, and the display process module is configured to detect, with respect to each of the talk sections, a position where the degree of agreement in the talk section exceeds a threshold, and to adjust a density of a color, which is applied to the bar area corresponding to the talk section in such a manner that the detected position is displayed in a color with a highest density and the density of the color becomes gradually lower at positions where the degree of agreement becomes gradually lower.