Patent ID: 8643745
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A content shooting apparatus for recording content containing video, audio, or data onto a recording medium, in combination with scene information for the content, and accessing a specific scene in the content with reference to the scene information, the apparatus comprising: a housing; a scene information generation section, supported by the housing, that detects an important scene and an unnecessary scene with reference to a parameter contained in operational control information for the shooting apparatus, the operational control information relating to camerawork including overall movement of the housing with respect to position and orientation direction and that generates the scene information for the important scene and the unnecessary scene; an auxiliary information assignment section, supported by the housing, that assigns the scene information for the important scene and the unnecessary scene its type, priority, start time, end time, or representative time as auxiliary information in accordance with a prescribed rule; a listing section, supported by the housing, that makes a list of the scene information for the important scene and the unnecessary scene and the auxiliary information thereof; and a scene sorting-out section, supported by the housing, that sorts out scenes from the content with reference to the priority after a recording operation to the recording medium, such that the number of scenes is within a predetermined range, wherein the unnecessary scene is deleted from the content by the scene sorting-out section, and wherein the priority is based on an assigned respective weighted priority level of metadata relating to said parameter contained in the operational control information, the operational control information comprising at least one of horizontal/vertical angular velocity information and forward-backward/rightward-leftward/upward-downward acceleration information.