METHOD FOR SEARCHING SPECIFIC PERSON INCLUDED IN DIGITAL DATA, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING COPYRIGHT REPORT FOR THE SPECIFIC PERSON

摘要

A specific person can be rapidly retrieved from a moving picture by an automated system. A report indicating whether or not a copyright infringement is committed is automatically produced by the automated system, thus allowing a copyright holder to check whether his or her copyright is infringed or not with ease. A method for automatically searching the specific person in the moving picture includes the steps of: determining a face_search_candidate_sections of the moving picture based on voice recognition technique; and retrieving sections including the specific person's face from the face_search_candidate_sections.