Patent ID: 8306390

Claim:
A scene segment dividing device, comprising: a ball track information storage unit that manages ball track information specifying information of ball track change time, information of ball position, information of ball movement and a subject for each track change of a ball displayed in a sports image; a ball fixed-time stop point extraction unit that extracts the ball track information at a point where movement of the ball is stopped for a fixed time from the ball track information storage unit based on the information of ball track change time and the information of ball movement; a ball closest point extraction unit that extracts the ball track information at a point closest to the ball position specified by the ball track information at a time the ball is stopped for a fixed time from the ball track information storage based on the information of ball position; a break segment specification unit that acquires ball track information from the ball track information storage unit to specify break segments in which a game is stopped by specifying a break end time point based on the information of ball track change time obtained from the ball track information extracted by the ball fixed-time stop point extraction unit, and by specifying a break start time point based on the information of ball track change time obtained from the ball track information extracted by the ball closest point extraction unit; and a scene segment division unit that extracts ball track information in an in play segment in which the game is progressing from the ball track information storage unit based on the specified break segments and further, divides the in play segment into scene segments which includes a series of playing actions.