Image processing apparatus and file reproducing method

Abstract

According to one embodiment, there is provided an image processing apparatus including: a signal reception unit that receives an external video signal; a storage medium that stores the video signal as a video file; a type determination unit that analyzes the video file and determines a type of each video sections included in the video file; a file creation unit that collects the video sections having a same type with one another to create a typed video file including the video sections having the same type; and a reproduction unit that reproduces the video file and the typed video file

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

A general architecture that implements the various feature of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings and the associated descriptions are provided to illustrate embodiments of the invention and not to limit the scope of the invention.

FIG. 1 is an exemplary schematic drawing of an image processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is an exemplary schematic block diagram of the image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary schematic drawing to show the configuration and processing to a video file in the first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary schematic drawing to show the configuration and processing to a video file according to a second embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary schematic drawing to show the configuration and processing to a video file according to a third embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary schematic drawing to show processing to a video file according to a fourth embodiment of the invention; and

FIG. 7 is an exemplary schematic drawing to show processing to a video file according to a fifth embodiment of the invention.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a signal reception unit that receives an external video signal;a storage medium that stores the video signal as a video file;a type determination unit that analyzes the video file and determines a type of each video sections included in the video file;a file creation unit that collects the video sections having a same type with one another to create a typed video file including the video sections having the same type; anda reproduction unit that reproduces the video file and the typed video file.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a file name applying unit that applies a file name to the typed video file, the file name including a character string in accordance with the type of the video sections included in the typed video file and a file name of the video file.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the character string is arranged in front of the file name of the video file in the file name of the typed video.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a classification unit that classifies the typed video file to store the typed video file in a corresponding directory provided for each type of the video sections.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the type of each video sections includes a program main part and a commercial message.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a metadata adding unit that adds metadata to the typed video file, the metadata including a character string in accordance with the type of video sections included in the typed video file and at least a part of metadata of the video file added as additional information to the video file.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the character string is arranged in front of the part of the metadata of the video file, the part of the metadata of the video file being deleted the last part in accordance with the number of characters of the character string.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the number of characters of the character string is four or less, the metadata adding unit adds the metadata of the video file as the metadata of the typed video file.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the type of the video sections includes a program main part and a commercial message.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the metadata of the video file includes a program title.

11. A file reproduce method comprising: receiving an external video signal;storing a video file provided based on the video signal on a storage medium;analyzing the video file and determining that a type of each video sections included in the video file is a program main part or a commercial message;collecting the video sections having a same type with one another to create a main part file including the video sections having the program main part and a commercial message file including the video sections having the commercial message; andreproducing at least one of the main part file and the commercial message file when the video file is instructed to be reproduced.

12. The file reproduce method according to claim 11, wherein the reproducing step reproduces the main part file, and thereafter, reproduces the commercial message file.

13. The file reproduce method according to claim 11, wherein the main part file and the commercial message file are hidden files, andwherein the reproducing step reproduces the main part file.