Video editing apparatus, video editing method, program, and integrated circuit

A video editing method of cutting out, from three-dimensional video including right-eye video and left-eye video, part of the three-dimensional video between a first point in time and a second point in time when a user selects a first editing point of the three-dimensional video at the first point in time and a second editing point of the three-dimensional video at the second point in time, the video editing method comprising:

• receiving the first and second editing points selected by the user;
• obtaining a representative value of first disparity information on disparities of the first editing point and a representative value of second disparity information on disparities of the second editing point;
• calculating, as a first comparison value, a value which is based on a comparison between the representative value of the first disparity information and the representative value of the second disparity information;
• determining whether or not the first comparison value calculated in the calculating is less than or equal to a predetermined value;
• and
• presenting a message prompting a user to change at least one of the first editing point and the second editing point when it is determined in the determining that the first comparison value is greater than the predetermined value.

An integrated circuit which cuts out, from three-dimensional video including right-eye video and left-eye video, part of the three-dimensional video between a first point in time and a second point in time when a user selects a first editing point of the three-dimensional video at the first point in time and a second editing point of the three-dimensional video at the second point in time, the integrated circuit comprising:

• a selection unit configured to receive the first and second editing points selected by the user;
• a representative value generation unit configured to obtain a representative value of first disparity information on disparities of the first editing point and a representative value of second disparity information on disparities of the second editing point;
• a comparison value calculation unit configured to calculate, as a first comparison value, a value which is based on a comparison between the representative value of the first disparity information and the representative value of the second disparity information;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the first comparison value calculated by the comparison value calculation unit is less than or equal to a predetermined value;
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• a presenting unit configured to present a message prompting a user to change at least one of the first editing point and the second editing point when the determination unit determines that the first comparison value is greater than the predetermined value.