发明名称 |
Audio/video reproducing apparatus and method |
摘要 |
An audio/video reproducing apparatus is connectable to a communications network for selectively reproducing items of audio/video material from a recording medium in response to a request received via the communications network. The audio/video reproducing apparatus may comprise a control processor operable in use to receive data representing the request for the audio/video material item via the communications network. A reproducing processor is operable in response to signals identifying the audio/video material items from the control processor to reproduce the audio/video material items. The data identifying the audio/video material items includes meta data indicative of the audio/video material items. The meta data may be one of UMID, tape ID and time codes, and a Unique Material Identifier the material items. To facilitate the identification and selection of the audio and/or video material, an audio and/or video processing apparatus is provided for processing audio and/or video signals representing sound and/or images. The processing apparatus comprises an activity detector operable to generate an activity signal indicative of an amount of activity within the sound/images represented by the audio/video signal, and a meta data generator coupled to the activity detector which is operable to generate sample images at temporal positions within the audio/video signal, which temporal positions are determined from the activity signal. The processing apparatus thereby provides a facility for automatically generating meta data from received audio/video signals. The meta data can be used to select the audio/video material.
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申请公布号 |
USRE41939(E1) |
申请公布日期 |
2010.11.16 |
申请号 |
US20060498911 |
申请日期 |
2006.08.03 |
申请人 |
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED |
发明人 |
HARRADINE VINCENT CARL;TURNER ALAN;DAVID MORGAN WILLIAM;WILLIAMS MICHAEL;MCGRATH MARK JOHN;KYDD ANDREW;THORPE JONATHAN |
分类号 |
G10L15/26;H04N5/76;G11B20/10;G11B27/00;G11B27/031;G11B27/10;G11B27/11;G11B27/28;G11B27/32;G11B27/34;H04N5/765;H04N5/77;H04N5/91;H04N5/92;H04N5/93 |
主分类号 |
G10L15/26 |
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