Patent ID: 8644670

Claim:
An apparatus for reproducing contents, comprising: an image pickup unit picking up an image of a subject to output an image signal; a calculation unit performing a predetermined analysis process based on said image signal to calculate a feature amount of said subject; an identification information storage unit storing identification information of said subject and said feature amount associated with said identification information; a storage unit storing contents; a reproduction unit reproducing contents; an input unit accepting input of an instruction; a generation unit generating, based on input of a first instruction to reproduce contents, reproduction history information representing a history of reproduction of said contents; a history storage unit storing said reproduction history information; an image pickup control unit causing, based on input of a second instruction to reproduce said contents, said image pickup unit to pick up an image of a subject who inputs said second instruction; a determination unit determining, based on input of said second instruction and said reproduction history information, a start position where reproduction of said contents is started according to said subject; and a reproduction control unit reproducing said contents from said start position wherein the determination unit includes: a calculation unit calculating a backward amount with respect to an end position where reproduction of the contents is ended, based on a history of viewing by the subject who inputs the second instruction and a fixed backward amount, and a start position determination unit determining, as the start position, a position preceding the end position by the backward amount.