Patent ID: 8522138

Claim:
A content analysis apparatus comprising: an input device configured to input comic content; a content analyzing-device configured to analyze frames for each page of the comic content input into the input device and acquires content analysis information which is information pertaining to the frames for each page of the comic; and an information generating device configured to identify a first frame which is vertically adjacent to a base frame set on a frame on a page of the comic content and a second frame which is horizontally adjacent to the base frame, and generate information indicating a transition sequence of the frames of the comic content by selecting either of the first frame and second frame as a next frame which a reader reads next to the base frame according to a predetermined rule regarding a relative positional relationship between the first frame and the second frame, wherein the predetermined rule includes: the first frame is determined to be the next frame which the reader reads next to the base frame, if the second frame is not identified; the first frame is determined to be the next frame which the reader reads next to the base frame, if the second frame is identified and the first frame is identical to the second frame; the first frame is determined to be the next frame which the reader reads next to the base frame, if the second frame is identified, the first frame is not identical to the second frame, and a vertical coordinate of a downmost side of the first frame is less than a predetermined threshold value plus the vertical coordinate of a uppermost side of the second frame; and the second frame is determined to be the next frame which the reader reads next to the base frame, if the second frame is identified, the first frame is not identical to the second frame, and the vertical coordinate of the downmost side of the first frame is not less than the predetermined threshold value plus the vertical coordinate of the uppermost side of the second frame.