US 8,799,283 B2 · Apparatus and method for playlist creation based on liking of person specified in an image

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a playlist creation apparatus including a person specification section, a liking extraction section, a searching section, and a playlist creation section. The person specification section is adapted to specify a person captured in an image based on image data. Also, the liking extraction section is adapted to extract a liking of the person specified by said person specification section. The searching section is adapted to search, based on the liking extracted by said liking extraction section, for sound data of sound conforming to the liking. In addition, the a playlist creation section is adapted to create a playlist which defines a reproduction order of the sound data searched out by said searching section during displaying of the image based on the image data.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A playlist creation apparatus, comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) operable to:
specify a plurality of persons captured in a plurality of images;
extract individual likings of the plurality of specified persons captured in the plurality of images;
search, based on the extracted individual likings, for sound data;
present information representing present situation for searching the sound data, wherein the sound data is sound conforming to the extracted individual likings and the present information;
and
create a sound playlist which defines a reproduction order of the searched sound data during displaying of the plurality of images.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/419,840Filed 14 Mar 2012

Priority

JP 2011-07328229 Mar 2011

Published

US 2012/0254168 A14 Oct 2012

Granted

5 Aug 2014

Term ends

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Classification13 codes

H04N 21/4755
End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data: for defining user preferences, e.g.…
G06F 16/434
Query formulation: using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
G06F 16/636
Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles: by using biological or physiological data
G06F 16/68
Of audio data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Apparatus and method for playlist creation based on liking of person specified in an image

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Apparatus and method for playlist creation based on liking of person specified in an image

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