Method and apparatus for extracting highlight of sporting event

An apparatus for highlight extraction, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory including a computer-readable command,
• wherein the processor is configured to, when the computer-readable command is executed in the processor,
• identify a video including a sporting event, log information that sequentially records events occurring in the sporting event, and a keyword related to the video,
• tag the video with game information related to the video,
• extract at least one piece of log information corresponding to the keyword and determine at least one frame that corresponds to the log information extracted from the tagged video,
• create a highlight video by combining the at least one determined frame, and
• remove one or more frames corresponding to noise included in the highlight video by detecting scene change, and performing scene recognition based on deep learning according to predetermined criteria,
• wherein the noise refers to a frame that does not correspond to one or more preset keywords, and
• wherein the processor is further configured to, when there is a single keyword, create one highlight video corresponding to the single keyword, and, when there are a plurality of keywords, create the highlight video by combining at least one highlight video corresponding to the plurality of keywords.