Apparatus and method of processing image as well as apparatus and method of generating reproduction information

A method of processing an image, the method comprising:

• a first step of detecting a scene change of input image based on an image signal relative to the input image;
• a second step of determining a display position of an image after the scene change to a display position associated with an image before the scene change based on a detection result in the first step;
• and
• a third step of setting the display position determined in the second step as a display position in which the image after the scene change is displayed,
• wherein in the second step, a feature value of the images before and after the scene change is detected and the display position in which the image after the scene change is displayed is determined based on the feature value of the images.

A program product that allows a computer to process an image signal by implementing a method of processing an image, the method comprising:

• a first step of detecting a scene change of input image based on an image signal for the input image;
• a second step of determining a display position of an image after the scene change to a display position associated with an image before the scene change based on a detection result in the first step;
• and
• a third step of setting the display position determined in the second step as a display position in which the image after the scene change is displayed,
• wherein in the second step, a feature value of the images before and after the scene change is detected and the display position in which the image after the scene change is displayed is determined based on the feature value of the images.

An apparatus of generating reproduction information that processes an image signal relative to an input image to generate the reproduction information on the input image, the apparatus comprising:

• a scene-change-detecting unit that detects a scene change of the input image based on the image signal relative to the input image;
• and
• a display-position-controlling unit that determines a display position of an image after the scene change to a display position associated with an image before the scene change based on a detection result in the scene-change-detecting unit,
• wherein the display-position-controlling unit detects a feature value of the images before and after the scene change and generates the reproduction information to determine a display position of the image after the scene change based on the feature value of the images.

A method of generating reproduction information on an input image by processing an image signal relative to the input image, the method comprising:

• a first step of detecting a scene change of the input image based on the image signal relative to the input image;
• and
• a second step of determine a display position of an image after the scene change to a display position associating with an image before the scene change based on a detection result in the first step,
• wherein the second step includes sub-steps of detecting a feature value of the images before and after the scene change and of generating the reproduction information to determine a display position of the image after the scene change based on the feature value of the images.

A program product that allows a computer to generate reproduction information for reproducing an image signal relative to an input image by implementing:

• a first step of detecting a scene change of the input image based on the image signal relative to the input image;
• and
• a second step of determine a display position of an image after the scene change to a display position associating with an image before the scene change based on a detection result in the first step,
• wherein the second step includes sub-steps of detecting a feature value of the images before and after the scene change and of generating the reproduction information to determine a display position of the image after the scene change based on the feature value of the images.