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US 8,427,455 B2Granted
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKouichi Matsuda
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes image data capturing means for capturing a frame of stream image data displayed on a display device in accordance with an input capturing instruction, additional data generating means for generating additional data to be associated with the image data captured by the image data capturing means, and storage control means for storing into a predetermined storage unit the image data captured by the image data capturing means and the additional data generated by the additional data generating means in association with each other.
Claims17
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image data capturing unit to capture a frame of stream image data displayed on a display device in accordance with an input capturing instruction, said image data capturing unit including a frame memory to store a number of frames of the image data displayed on said display device for a predetermined amount of time so as to enable image data capturing with no time lag;
- additional data generating means for generating additional data to be associated with the image data captured by the image data capturing means;
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- storage control means for storing into a predetermined storage unit the image data captured by the image data capturing means and the additional data generated by the additional data generating means in association with each other,
- generating additional data comprises selecting automatically between generating the additional data based on data extracted from the stream image data and generating the additional data based on data input by the user,
- when the additional data is generated based on data input by the user, the captured frame and a keyword group including a plurality of selectable keywords are displayed on a screen of a remote control device, and when the user uses the remote control device to select a keyword within the group, the keyword is designated as additional data.
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An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- capturing a frame of stream image data displayed on a display device in accordance with an input capturing instruction;
- generating additional data to be associated with the image data captured by the image data capturing step;
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- storing into a predetermined storage unit the image data captured by the image data capturing step and the additional data generated by the additional data generating step in association with each other,
- said capturing including storing in a frame memory a number of frames of the image data displayed on said display device for a predetermined amount of time so as to enable image data capturing with no time lag,
- generating additional data comprises selecting automatically between generating the additional data based on data extracted from the stream image data and generating the additional data based on data input by the user,
- when the additional data is generated based on data input by the user, the captured frame and a keyword group including a plurality of selectable keywords are displayed on a screen of a remote control device, and when the user uses the remote control device to select a keyword within the group, the keyword is designated as additional data.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image data capturing section that captures a frame of stream image data displayed on a display device in accordance with an input capturing instruction, said image data capturing section including a frame memory to store a number of frames of the image data displayed on said display device for a predetermined amount of time so as to enable image data capturing with no time lag;
- an additional data generator that generates additional data to be associated with the image data captured by the image data capturing section;
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- a storage controller that stores into a predetermined storage unit the image data captured by the image data capturing section and the additional data generated by the additional data generator in association with each other,
- generating additional data comprises selecting automatically between generating the additional data based on data extracted from the stream image data and generating the additional data based on data input by the user,
- when the additional data is generated based on data input by the user, the captured frame and a keyword group including a plurality of selectable keywords are displayed on a screen of a remote control device, and when the user uses the remote control device to select a keyword within the group, the keyword is designated as additional data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.