Display apparatus, object display method, and program for displaying objects corresponding to characters

US8928697B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8928697-B2
Application numberUS-201213485104-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 31, 2012
Priority dateJun 7, 2011
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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There is provided a display apparatus including a relation score calculation unit calculating a relation score indicating closeness of a relation between characters based on a common appearance relation using segment metadata indicating a segment in a moving image where each of the characters appears, and an object display unit displaying an object corresponding to each of the characters appearing in the moving image. Further, the object display unit displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a high relation score to be closely positioned to each other, and displays a pair of objects corresponding to a pair of characters with a low relation score to be positioned far from each other.

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What is claimed is: 1. A display apparatus comprising: a relation score calculation unit configured to calculate a relation score indicating closeness of a relation between characters based on a common appearance relation using segment metadata indicating a segment in a moving image where each of the characters appears; and an object display unit configured to display an object corresponding to each of the characters appearing in the moving image, wherein the object display un…

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What does patent US8928697B2 cover?
There is provided a display apparatus including a relation score calculation unit calculating a relation score indicating closeness of a relation between characters based on a common appearance relation using segment metadata indicating a segment in a moving image where each of the characters appears, and an object display unit displaying an object corresponding to each of the characters appear…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Murata Makoto, Gotoh Tomohiko, Shibuya Naoki, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N21/47217. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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