Patent ID: 8238566

Claim:
An apparatus for providing sound effects according to an image, comprising: an image input unit for receiving an input of an image; a sound effect providing unit for recognizing a kind and a state of an object within the image inputted through the image input unit and searching sound effects, stored in a sound effect storage unit, according to the recognized kind and state of the object within the inputted image to provide suitable sound effects for the inputted image; and an image output unit for outputting the image inputted through the image input unit and the sound effects provided from the sound effect providing unit, wherein the sound effect providing unit recognizes the kind of the object within the inputted image according to a first standard of judgment, and recognizes the state of the recognized object within the inputted image according to a second standard of judgment, wherein the state of the object represents an expression which is made by the object that represents the recognized kind, and wherein when no suitable sound effects exist for the inputted image, only the inputted image is output by the image output unit.