Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9245584-B2
Application number	US-201214119303-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2012
Priority date	Jun 29, 2011
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus, a cue playback decision unit 610 determines, based on recording information acquired from a recording information storage unit in which a recorded content having a program recorded and the recording information of the recorded content are associated with each other, whether or not a recorded content of a playback target is a recorded content whose recording is started prior to starting time of the program and which is to be played back by cue playback. A time confirmation unit 612 acquires, when it is determined that the recorded content is a recorded content to be played back by cue playback, recording starting time included in the recording information of the recorded content of the playback target from the recording information storage unit. A skip time acquisition unit 614 determines, based on the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit 612 , a period of time to be skipped upon cue playback of the recorded content of the playback target.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a cue playback decision unit configured to determine, based on recording information acquired from a recording information storage unit in which a recorded content having a program recorded and the recording information of the recorded content are associated with each other, whether or not a recorded content of a playback target is a recorded content whose recording is started prior to starting time of the program and which is to be played back by cue playback;
a time confirmation unit configured to acquire, when it is determined that the recorded content is a recorded content to be played back by cue playback, recording starting time included in the recording information of the recorded content of the playback target from the recording information storage unit; and
a skip time acquisition unit configured to determine, based on the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit, a period of time to be skipped upon cue playback of the recorded content of the playback target,
wherein the recording information storage unit further includes a cue reference second number to be used as a reference for the determination of a time period to be skipped upon cue playback, and
the skip time acquisition unit determines, when the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit is equal to or greater than the cue reference second number, the number of seconds obtained by subtracting the number of seconds of the recording starting time from 60 seconds as the time period to be skipped upon cue playback, but determines, when the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit is smaller than the cue reference second number, the time period to be skipped upon cue playback to 0 seconds.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cue reference second number is 40 seconds.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recording information at least includes record storage place information representative of a storage place of the recorded content, recording starting time of the recorded content and recording method information representative of whether the recorded content has been recorded by programmed recording or by manual recording.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the cue playback decision unit acquires the recording method information of the recorded content of the playback target from the recording information storage unit and determines, when the recorded content is a recorded content recorded by programmed recording, the recorded content as a recorded content to be played back by cue playback.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the cue playback decision unit further acquires, when the recorded content of the playback target is a recorded content recorded by programmed recording, the record storage place information of the recorded content from the recording information storage unit and determines, when the recorded content is stored in the information processing apparatus, the recorded content as a recorded content to be played back by cue playback.

6. An information processing method causing a processor to perform:
determining, based on recording information associated with a recorded content in which a program is recorded, whether or not the recorded content is a recorded content whose recording is started prior to starting time of the program and which is to be played back by cue playback;
determining, when the recorded content is a recorded content to be played back by cue playback, a period of time to be skipped upon cue playback based on the number of seconds of the recording starting time of the recorded content and a cue reference second number to be used as a reference for the determination of a time period to be skipped upon cue playback; and
determining, when the number of seconds of the recording starting time is equal to or greater than the cue reference second number, the number of seconds obtained by subtracting the number of seconds of the recording starting time from 60 seconds as the time period to be skipped upon cue playback, but determines, when the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit is smaller than the cue reference second number, the time period to be skipped upon cue playback to 0 seconds.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program causing a computer to implement:
a function of acquiring, from a recording information storage unit in which a recorded content having a program recorded and recording information of the recorded content are associated with each other, the recording information;
a function of determining, based on the recording information acquired from the recording information storage unit, whether or not a recorded content of a playback target is a recorded content whose recording is started prior to starting time of the program and which is to be played back by cue playback;
a function of acquiring, when it is determined that the recorded content of the playback target is the recorded content to be played back by cue playback, recording starting time included in the recording information of the recorded content of the playback target from the recording information storage unit; and
a function of determining, based on the number of seconds of the acquired recording starting time, a period of time to be skipped upon cue playback of the recorded content of the playback target,
wherein the recording information further includes a cue reference second number to be used as a reference for the determination of the time period to be skipped upon cue playback, and
when the number of seconds of the recording starting time is equal to or greater than the cue reference second number, the number of seconds obtained by subtracting the number of seconds of the recording starting time from 60 seconds is used as the time period to be skipped upon cue playback, and
when the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit is smaller than the cue reference second number, the time period to be skipped upon cue playback is set to 0 seconds.

Assignees

• Nishizawa Manabu
• Ishizuka Kensaku
• Hayashi Masakazu
• Sony Corp
• Sony Computer Entertainment Inc

Inventors

• Nishizawa Manabu
• Ishizuka Kensaku
• Hayashi Masakazu

Classifications

• H04N5/783

  Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate · CPC title

• G11B27/323 Primary

  Time code signal, e.g. on a cue track as SMPTE- or EBU-time code · CPC title

• G11B27/034 Primary

  on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04N21/4334

  Recording operations (recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27) · CPC title

• H04N5/91

  Television signal processing therefor · CPC title