Patent ID: 7956905
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image, comprising: a captured image storing unit for storing a captured image group comprising a plurality of captured images; an image capturing time storing unit for storing image capturing time when each of the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit is captured; an image capturing period judging unit for judging an image capturing period and an image capturing season including the image capturing time stored by said image capturing time storing unit; a period terminology storing unit for storing terminology related to the period and the season, the terminology corresponding to the period and the season; a titling unit for giving a title to the captured image group stored by said captured image storing unit by using the terminology stored by said period terminology storing unit to be corresponding to the period and the season including the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged by said image capturing period judging unit; and an output time acquiring unit for acquiring an output time when the plurality of captured images stored by said captured image storing unit are required to output, wherein said period terminology storing unit stores a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of periods with different time widths each of which includes a period and a season, the term corresponding to the period and the season, said titling unit gives a title by using a term related to a period of a wider time width out of the plurality of terms stored by said period terminology storing unit as a difference between the image capturing time included in the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged by said image capturing period judging unit and the output time acquired by said output time acquiring unit becomes longer, the plurality of captured images includes a first image and a second image, and when a difference between the output time and an image capturing time of the second image is longer than a difference between the output time and an image capturing time of the first image, said tilting unit gives a first title including a first term to the first image and a second title including a second term, which indicates a longer period than the first term, to the second image.