Electronic Apparatus and Face Image Display Method

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a face image list display process module classifies face images, which are extracted from video content data, into a first face image group belonging to a predetermined attribute section and a second face image group belonging to sections other than the predetermined attribute section. The face image list display process module displays, on a face thumbnail display area, the face images belonging to one group of the first face image group and the second face image group in such a manner that the face images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group of the first face image group and the second face image group.

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
 a storage device to store face image indexing information including a plurality of face images, which are extracted from video content data, and time stamp information which is indicative of a time point at which each of the face images appears in the video content data, and store section attribute information which specifies a start time point and an end time point of at least one predetermined attribute section of a plurality of attribute sections including a commercial section, a music section in which music is played and a talk section in which a talk is made, the plurality of attribute sections being included in the video content data; and   a face image list display process module configured to classify, on the basis of the section attribute information and the time stamp information corresponding to each of the plurality of face images, the plurality of face images, which are included in the face image indexing information, into a first face image group belonging to the predetermined attribute section and a second face image group belonging to the sections other than the predetermined attribute section, and to display, on a display area, the face images belonging to one group of the first face image group and the second face image group in such a manner that the face images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group of the first face image group and the second face image group.   
   
   
       2 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the face image list display process module is configured to display, on the display area, the face images belonging to the one group in a state in which the face images belonging to the other group are not displayed, thereby to display the face images belonging to the one group in the manner that the face images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group. 
   
   
       3 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the face image list display process module further displays, on the basis of the section attribute information, a section bar including a bar area which is indicative of a position of the predetermined attribute section in a sequence from a start position to an end position of the video content data. 
   
   
       4 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the face image list display process module is configured to display, on the display area, a list of face images in one display mode which is selected from a plurality of display modes including a first display mode in which a list of a plurality of face images included in the face image indexing information is displayed on the display area and a second display mode in which the face images belonging to one group of the first face image group and the second face image group are displayed on the display area in such a manner that the face Images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group of the first face image group and the second face image group, and the face image list display process module switches the display mode to be used from the first display mode to the second display mode in a case where the bar area of the section bar is selected by a user in a state in which the list of the face images is displayed on the display area in the first mode. 
   
   
       5 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein in a case where the predetermined attribute section includes a plurality of partial sections which are dispersedly present in a sequence from a start position to an end position of the video content data, the face image list display process module further displays a section bar including a plurality of bar areas which are indicative of positions of the plurality of partial sections in the sequence from the start position to the end position of the video content data. 
   
   
       6 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the face image list display process module is configured to display, on the display area, a list of face images in one display mode which is selected from a plurality of display modes including a first display mode in which a list of a plurality of face images included in the face image indexing information is displayed on the display area and a second display mode in which the face images belonging to one group of the first face image group and the second face image group are displayed on the display area in such a manner that the face images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group of the first face image group and the second face image group, and the face image list display process module switches, in a case where one of the plurality of bar areas of the section bar is selected by a user in a state in which the list of the face images is displayed on the display area in the first mode, the display mode to be used from the first display mode to the second display mode and displays the face images, which belong to the partial section corresponding to the selected bar area, in such a manner that the face images belonging to the partial section corresponding to the selected bar area are distinguished from the other face images. 
   
   
       7 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the section attribute information includes level information which is indicative of at least one of a cheer level and an excitement level in association of each of partial data of the video content data, and
 the face image list display process module further displays, on the basis of the level information, level display information which is indicative of at least one of a variation of the cheer level and a variation of the excitement level in a sequence from a start position to an end position of the video content data.   
   
   
       8 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a playback process module which starts, in a case where an event of instructing playback of the video content data is input in a state in which one of the face images displayed on the display area is selected by a user, the playback of the video content data from a time point, which is a predetermined time before a time point at which the selected face image appears, on the basis of the time stamp information. 
   
   
       9 . The electronic apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display area includes a plurality of face image display areas which are arranged in a matrix including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and a plurality of time zones, which constitute a total time length of the video content data, are allocated to the plurality columns, respectively, and
 the face image list display process module is configured to display, on the display area, a list of face images in one display mode which is selected from a plurality of display modes including a first display mode in which face images belonging to the time zone allocated to each column are arranged and displayed on the face image display areas of each column, on the basis of the time stamp information corresponding to each of the plurality of face images, and a second display mode in which the face images belonging to one group of the first face image group and the second face image group are displayed on the display area in such a manner that the face images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group of the first face image group and the second face image group.   
   
   
       10 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
 an indexing process module configured to execute a first indexing process of extracting a plurality of face images from motion video data which is included in video content data, and outputting time stamp information which is indicative of a time point at which each of the extracted face images appears in the video content data, and a second indexing process of analyzing audio data which is included in the video content data, and outputting section attribute information which specifies a start time point and an end time point of at least one predetermined attribute section of a plurality of attribute sections including a commercial section, a music section in which music is played and a talk section in which a talk is made, the plurality of attribute sections being included in the video content data; and   a face image list display process module configured to display, on the basis of the time stamp information, a list of the extracted face images on a display area, the face images being arranged and displayed on face image display areas,   wherein the face image list display process module is configured to display, on the basis of the section attribute information, a section bar including a bar area which is indicative of a position of the predetermined attribute section in a sequence from a start position to an end position of the video content data, to detect, in a case where the bar area of the section bar is selected by a user, face images belonging to the predetermined attribute section, on the basis of the section attribute information and the time stamp information corresponding to each of the plurality of face images, and to display the detected face images on the display area in such a manner that the detected face images are distinguished from the other face images.   
   
   
       11 . A method of displaying a list of face images which appear in video content data, comprising:
 executing a first indexing process of extracting a plurality of face images from motion video data which is included in video content data, and outputting time stamp information which is indicative of a time point at which each of the extracted face images appears in the video content data, and a second indexing process of analyzing audio data which is included in the video content data, and outputting section attribute information which specifies a start time point and an end time point of at least one predetermined attribute section of a plurality of attribute sections including a commercial section, a music section in which music is played and a talk section in which a talk is made, the plurality of attribute sections being included in the video content data;   classifying, on the basis of the section attribute information and the time stamp information corresponding to each of the extracted face images, the extracted face images into a first face image group belonging to the predetermined attribute section and a second face image group belonging to the sections other than the predetermined attribute section; and   displaying, on a display area, the face images belonging to one group of the first face image group and the second face image group in such a manner that the face images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group of the first face image group and the second face image group.