JP2011039915A - Scene search device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To search and present a scene of a game main video corresponding to a highlight scene included in a digest video of sports. <P>SOLUTION: A game data storage device 5 stores score data including an inning number, a batter name, and the start time of a pitch with respect to each pitch. A content viewing device 1 transmits game specific information corresponding to a digest video of a baseball game being displayed at present, to a language information storage device 3, and the language information storage device 3 transmits language information data accompanying the digest video, which corresponding to the game specific information, to a scene search device 4. When receiving, from the game data storage device 5, the result of a search for score data with inning numbers and player names obtained from respective sentences in the language information data as a search condition, the scene search device 4 determines the start point and the end point of scenes of the game main video including scenes preceding and succeeding the highlight scene on the basis of the start time of a pitch included in score data predetermined as a result of the search and informs the content viewing device 1 of them. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a scene search apparatus and program for searching for and presenting a scene of another video corresponding to a scene included in the video.

  In sports news and the like, it is common to broadcast a digest video of a game. Since each highlight scene of the game included in the digest video is extremely short, there has been a demand from the viewer to view the game video in detail including the scenes before and after the highlight scene. In such a case, the viewer searches for the corresponding scene in the broadcast program of the corresponding game that has been personally recorded while repeatedly performing operations such as fast-forwarding, or streaming on the website of the team that participated in the game. I was looking for the video of the scene from the game video that was distributed.

  On the other hand, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique for retrieving a similar scene by extracting a feature amount from a frame image of a video and performing a comparison with a feature amount of another frame image.

JP 2003-224791 A

  When the digest video is edited by using the main game video, the same video as the highlight scene included in the digest video can be searched from the main video by using the technique of Patent Document 1. Therefore, it is considered that the viewer does not have to perform the complicated work described above in order to search for the scenes before and after the highlight scene. However, in fact, the digest video of sports news is not necessarily the video included in the main game video, but is selected and used from the video recorded by the production company separately from the main video. There are also many. In such a case, since a similar scene cannot be searched correctly, there is a possibility that the scene in the main game video corresponding to the highlight scene included in the digest video cannot be obtained with high accuracy.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and its purpose is to search for a scene of a game main video corresponding to a highlight scene included in a sports digest video and present it to a user. To provide a scene search device and a program.

[1] According to one aspect of the present invention, a language information receiving unit that receives language information data including a sentence related to a game video, and a keyword candidate that reads keyword candidate data indicating a list of keyword candidates related to the game video from the game data storage device The keyword included in the keyword candidate data acquired by the keyword candidate data acquisition unit from the sentence included in the language information data received by the data acquisition unit and the language information reception unit, and the keyword corresponding to the keyword The scene identification information is detected, and the scene identification information for identifying the scene in the game video, the keyword in the scene, and the scene in the game video are handled using the detected scene specification information and the keyword as a scene search condition. Search for the game progress data associated with time information A start point and an end point in the game video including the scene indicated by the time information of the game progress data detected as a result of the search request by the scene search request unit and the scene search request unit requested to the game data storage device A scene search apparatus comprising: a partial video specifying unit to be determined; and a scene notifying unit that outputs the start point and the end point in the game video determined by the partial video specifying unit.
According to the present invention, the scene search device receives language information data related to a digest video of a game, and requests a search of game progress data using the scene specifying information and keyword information included in the received language information data as search conditions. To do. When the search result of the game progress data corresponding to the highlight scene of the digest video is obtained by this search request, the start of the scene including the corresponding part of the main game video indicated by the detected game progress data is started. The content viewing device is notified of the point and the end point.
As a result, the content viewing device owned by the user reads out the game video data of the portion indicated by the start point and the end point notified from the scene search device from the main game video data stored in the game video storage device. It is possible to display the game video of the main part corresponding to the highlight scene included in the digest video of the sports game. Therefore, when a user is watching a digest video of a game with sports news or the like, if he / she is interested in a highlight scene included in the digest video, he / she searches for the main game video recorded in advance. It is possible to view a desired scene in the game video of the main part without performing such complicated work.

[2] One aspect of the present invention is the above-described scene search device, wherein the scene search request unit uses the detected scene specification information and the keyword for a sentence in which scene specification information and a keyword are detected. For a sentence in which only a keyword is detected as a scene search condition, the scene specifying information detected in the closest position in the sentence before the sentence and the keyword are set as a scene search condition.
According to the present invention, the scene search device can obtain a combination of scene specification information and a keyword as a scene search condition even when the scene specification information and the keyword are not clearly associated with each other in one sentence. .
Thereby, it is possible to use an announcement comment of a digest video, subtitles, and the like as language information data.

[3] One aspect of the present invention is the scene search device described above, wherein the game progress data includes information on a game situation in the scene, and is detected as a result of a search request by the scene search request unit. A related scene search requesting unit for requesting the game data storage device to search for the game progress data including the related scene search condition using the game situation information included in the game progress data as a related scene search condition; The partial video specifying unit determines a start point and an end point in the game video including a scene indicated by time information of the game progress data detected as a result of a search request by the related scene search request unit. It is characterized by.
According to this invention, the scene search device further searches the game progress data of other scenes related to the highlight scene based on the game situation obtained from the game progress data corresponding to the highlight scene of the digest video, The content viewing device is notified of the start and end points of the scene including the corresponding portion of the main game video data indicated by the game progress data obtained as a result of the search.
Thereby, the content viewing apparatus can read and display the game video data of the scene related to the highlight scene included in the digest video. Therefore, the user can view a scene in the main game video related to the highlight scene included in the digest video while watching the digest video of the sports game without performing complicated work. It becomes possible.

[4] One aspect of the present invention is the scene search device described above, wherein the language information receiving unit receives the language information data corresponding to a digest video output to a content viewing device. And
According to the present invention, the scene search device receives language information data relating to a digest video that the user is viewing with the content viewing device, and uses the scene specifying information and the keyword information included in the language information data as a search condition to play a match. Request retrieval of historical data.
Accordingly, it is possible to provide a main game video corresponding to a highlight scene included in a digest video currently being viewed by the user with the content viewing device.

[5] One aspect of the present invention is the scene search device described above, wherein the game is a baseball game, the scene specifying information is inning information, and the keyword included in the game progress data is a batter It is the information of this.
According to the present invention, the scene search device outputs the start point and end point of the main game video data including the scene corresponding to the highlight scene included in the baseball game digest video to the content viewing device. .
As a result, the user can watch the scene in the main game video related to the highlight scene included in the digest video while watching the digest video of the baseball game without performing complicated work. Is possible.

In the scene search device described above, the keyword candidate data includes pitcher information, and the scene search requesting unit performs inning from the sentence included in the language information data received by the language information receiving unit. Information and players other than the pitcher indicated by the keyword candidate data acquired by the keyword candidate data acquisition unit may be detected and used as the search condition.
According to this scene search device, when a player included in the sentence of the received language information data is a pitcher, it is not used as a search condition for game progress data.
As a result, since the game progress data is not searched using the pitcher name as the batter name, it is possible to accurately provide a scene in the game video corresponding to the highlight scene included in the digest video of the baseball game. .

In the scene search device described above, each of the game progress data corresponds to each pitcher's pitch scene, and includes inning information, batter information, and pitch specification information, and the scene search request unit May request a search of game progress data corresponding to the last pitch to the batter among the game progress data specified by the scene search condition.
According to this scene search device, when the game progress data is generated for each pitch and there are a plurality of game progress data for the same batting, the game progress data corresponding to the last pitching scene of the batting is retrieved. Can be obtained as
Thereby, since the game progress data of the scene not selected as the highlight scene is not obtained as the search result, the scene in the game video corresponding to the highlight scene included in the digest video of the baseball game is accurately provided. It becomes possible.

In the scene search device described above, the partial video specifying unit is configured such that the game progress data detected as a result of a search request based on a scene search condition generated based on the sentence from which a player is detected is more than the sentence. When it corresponds to a scene before the game progress data detected as a result of a search request based on the scene search condition generated based on the previous sentence, the game progress data corresponding to the previous scene is You may make it exclude from a search result.
According to this scene search device, when the game progress data obtained as a result of the search by the scene search conditions generated in order for each sentence in the language information data is around the time, the match corresponding to the highlight scene Exclude from progress data.
Thus, when the runner's player name is included in the language information data, the game progress data corresponding to the scene of the runner's batting not selected as the highlight scene is changed to the game progress data corresponding to the highlight scene. Therefore, the scene in the game video corresponding to the highlight scene included in the digest video of the baseball game can be provided with high accuracy.

[6] According to one aspect of the present invention, a computer used as a scene search device uses a language information receiving unit that receives language information data including a sentence related to a game video, and keyword candidate data indicating a list of keyword candidates related to the game video. The keyword candidate data acquisition unit read from the game data storage device, the keyword included in the keyword candidate data acquired by the keyword candidate data acquisition unit from the sentence included in the language information data received by the language information reception unit, and , Detecting the scene specifying information corresponding to the keyword, and using the detected scene specifying information and the keyword as a scene search condition, the scene specifying information for specifying a scene in the game video, the keyword in the scene, and the game Time corresponding to the scene in the video A scene search request unit that requests the game data storage device to search for the game progress data associated with the information, and a scene indicated by time information of the game progress data detected as a result of the search request by the scene search request unit Including a partial video specifying unit for determining a start point and an end point in the game video, and a scene notifying unit for outputting the start point and the end point in the game video determined by the partial video specifying unit. It is a program.

  According to the present invention, the scene search device can provide a user with a scene in a game video corresponding to a highlight scene included in a digest video of a sports game such as baseball. Therefore, when the user is watching a digest video of a game with sports news, etc., if he / she is interested in the highlight scene included in the digest video, the main game video recorded in advance, It is possible to view a desired scene in the main game video without performing a complicated task of searching for the main game video distributed on the Internet.

1 is a functional block diagram of a related video recommendation system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the digest video data delivered from the content delivery apparatus by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a description of the language information data memorize | stored in the language information storage part of the language information storage device by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of description of the participating player data memorize | stored in the game data storage part of the game data storage apparatus by the embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of score data memorized by a game data storage part of a game data storage device by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of description of the score data by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the game video data memorize | stored in the game video memory | storage part of the game video storage device by the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the related image recommendation system by the embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating acquisition of the scene search condition by the embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the final pitch restrictions by the embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the pitcher exclusion restrictions by the embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the batting order restrictions by the embodiment. It is a flowchart of the search algorithm in the scene search device by the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen image which the content viewing-and-listening apparatus by the same embodiment displays. It is a functional block diagram of the related image recommendation system by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the related image recommendation system by the embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a related video recommendation system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the related video recommendation system includes a content viewing device 1, a content distribution device 2, a language information storage device 3, a scene search device 4, a game data storage device 5, and a game video storage device 6 in a network 9 such as the Internet. It is configured to connect through. Although only one content viewing device 1 is shown in the figure, a plurality of devices are connected to the network 9.

  The content viewing apparatus 1 is, for example, a personal computer or a mobile phone held by a user who is a viewer, and includes a communication unit 11, an output control unit 12, a display unit 13, a voice output unit 14, a search request unit 15, and An input unit 16 is included. The communication unit 11 transmits / receives data to / from other devices via the network 9. The display unit 13 is a display such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or a CRT (cathode ray tube). The audio output unit 14 is a speaker and outputs audio. The input unit 16 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, or a button, and provides an input interface to the user. The output control unit 12 causes the display unit 13 to display an image based on the video data and causes the audio output unit 14 to output audio. The search request unit 15 outputs a search request and a distribution request for the main game video scene corresponding to the highlight scene included in the digest video. The digest video is a video that is broadcast to give an overview of a sports game performed that day on sports news or the like, and is a collection of videos of highlight scenes during the game. In addition, the game video in the main story is a game program that is actually broadcast by live broadcast or video recording. The main game video scenes that correspond to the highlight scene include the main video highlight scenes that include the highlight scene and the surrounding scenes in the main game video, and players featured in the highlight scene. There are related scenes that are other scenes of the game video of the main story.

  The content distribution device 2 is a computer device such as a server, and includes a communication unit 21, a content distribution unit 22, and a content storage unit 23. The communication unit 21 transmits and receives data to and from other devices via the network 9. The content storage unit 23 is realized by a hard disk device, a semiconductor memory, or the like, and stores content video data. The content distribution unit 22 distributes the video data read from the content storage unit 23 to the content viewing device 1. Content video data includes program video data that is video data of sports news programs, digest video data that is video data of digest video, and the like. The digest video data includes game identification information for uniquely identifying a game, and includes a digest video for only the game identified by the added game identification information. For example, the game identification information can be represented by a combination of a game date and a game ID (Identifier), and can also be used as a data name of digest video data or a part of the data name.

  The language information storage device 3 is a computer device such as a database server, and includes a communication unit 31, a language information acquisition unit 32, and a language information storage unit 33. The communication unit 31 transmits and receives data to and from other devices via the network 9. The language information storage unit 33 is realized by a hard disk device, a semiconductor memory, or the like, and stores language information data in association with game identification information. The language information acquisition unit 32 reads the language information data corresponding to the received game identification information from the language information storage unit 33 and transmits it to the scene search device 4 together with the game identification information. The language information data is data accompanying the digest video data. For example, the text data of the voice comment added to the digest video, the subtitle text data added to the digest video, and the meta data in which information about the digest video data is described. Data can be used.

  The game data storage device 5 is a computer device such as a database server, for example, and includes a communication unit 51, a game data search unit 52, and a game data storage unit 53. The communication unit 51 transmits / receives data to / from other devices via the network 9. The game data storage unit 53 is realized by a hard disk device, a semiconductor memory, or the like, and stores participating player data (keyword candidate data) and archived game progress data in association with game specifying information. The participating player data indicates players who participated in the game specified by the corresponding game specifying information, and in the case of team sports, information on the positions of the players in the game is also included. The game progress data includes the scene specification information for specifying the scene in the game specified by the corresponding game specification information, the time information of the scene in the game video, the players mainly involved in the game in the scene, etc. Includes information on key players who are important players. The time information of the scene in the game video can be the actual time when the scene is recorded as the game video, the relative elapsed time starting from the start of the main game video, or the like. The game data search unit 52 reads out the participating player data specified by the game specifying information received from the scene search device 4 from the game data storage unit 53 and returns it. The game data search unit 52 receives the scene search condition from the scene search device 4 and stores it in the game data storage unit 53 based on the game specifying information, the scene specifying information, the player information, etc. indicated by the scene search condition. The result of searching the game progress data that has been made is returned.

  The game video storage device 6 is a computer device such as a database server, for example, and includes a communication unit 61, a game video distribution unit 62, and a game video storage unit 63. The communication unit 61 transmits / receives data to / from other devices via the network 9. The game video storage unit 63 is realized by a hard disk device, a semiconductor memory, or the like, and stores game video data, which is game video data of the main story, in association with game identification information. The game video distribution unit 62 receives the video request including the game identification information from the content viewing device 1 and information on the start and end points of the reproduction of the game video, and starts the reproduction from the game video data corresponding to the game identification information. Partial game video data, which is data obtained by extracting video up to the point and the end point, is returned.

  The scene search device 4 is a computer device such as a server, for example, and includes a communication unit 41, a language information receiving unit 42, a participating player data acquisition unit 43 (keyword candidate data acquisition unit), a scene search request unit 44, and a related scene search request unit. 45, a partial video specifying unit 46, and a scene notification unit 47. The communication unit 41 transmits / receives data to / from other devices via the network 9. The language information receiving unit 42 receives game specifying information and language information data. The participating player data acquiring unit 43 reads out the participating player data corresponding to the game specifying information received by the language information receiving unit 42 from the game data storage device 5. The scene search request unit 44 is a scene for searching game progress data corresponding to the highlight scene based on the language information data received by the language information receiving unit 42 and the participating player data read by the participating player data acquiring unit 43. The search condition is generated, and the result of searching the game progress data based on the scene search condition is received from the game data storage device 5. The related scene search request unit 45 uses the information in the game progress data obtained as a result of searching based on the scene search condition generated by the scene search request unit 44 to search for other scenes related to the highlight scene. The related scene search condition is generated, and the result of searching the game progress data based on the related scene search condition from the game data storage device 5 is received. The partial video specifying unit 46 determines a start point and an end point of the main highlight scene in the game video based on the search result of the game progress data received by the scene search request unit 44. Further, the partial video specifying unit 46 determines the start point and the end point of the related scene in the game video based on the search result of the game progress data received by the related scene search request unit 45. The scene notification unit 47 notifies the content viewing device 1 of the start point and end point of the main highlight scene and the related scene in the game video data.

The content distribution device 2, the language information storage device 3, the scene search device 4, the game data storage device 5, and the game video storage device 6 may all be installed in the same provider. You may set and manage each apparatus in a different place or a different company.
Further, any of the content distribution device 2, the language information storage device 3, the scene search device 4, the game data storage device 5, and the game video storage device 6 may be realized by the same computer device.

  Hereinafter, the content viewing device 1 receives a baseball digest video distributed from the content distribution device 2 by accessing a website provided by a content provider such as a broadcasting station or a sports portal site. An example in which a distributed digest video is viewed on a web browser operating in 1 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the digest video data D distributed from the content distribution device 2. Here, it is assumed that the game identification information is included in the data name of the digest video data D. The digest video data D shown in the figure is the video data of the highlight scene where the batter “Omura” hit “2 hits”, the video data of the highlight scene where the batter “Abe” hit “hits”, and the batter “Ogasawara” "" Fly "highlight scene video data, batter" Matsunaka "hit scene hit video data, hitter" Honda "hit scene" Goro "highlight scene video Consists of data.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the language information data C stored in the language information storage unit 33 of the language information storage device 3, and corresponds to the digest video data D shown in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the game identification information is included in the data name of the language information data C. The language information data C shown in FIG. 3 is data obtained by converting the announcement comment added to the digest video into text. As shown in the figure, in the announcement comment, scene identification information such as inning information “six times”, “seven times”,..., And players such as player names “Omura”, “Abe”,. Contains information.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a description example of the participating player data P stored in the game data storage unit 53 of the game data storage device 5. As shown in the figure, the participating player data P is stored in association with the game identification information, and indicates a player list indicating the player ID and player name of the player who participated in the game, and the pitcher name of each inning. Includes pitcher list.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of score data SC as game progress data stored in the game data storage unit 53 of the game data storage device 5. As shown in the figure, the score data SC is stored in association with the game specifying information. The score data SC is data generated for each pitcher's pitch. That is, the game for each pitch from the start of the pitch to just before the start of the next pitch is one scene, and the score data SC is generated for each scene. In the case of the last pitch of the game, one scene is from the start of the pitch to the end of the match.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a description example of the score data SC. The score data SC shown in the figure is described as an XML (extensible markup language) document. The scene unit ID (sceneUnit id), the scores of both teams (score), and the game situation (situation) are identifiers for identifying the score data. , Including information on the result of the hit.

  The scene unit ID includes information on the inning number, the front and back of the inning, the number of batters indicating the number of batters in the inning, and the number of pitches to the batter. In the scene unit ID “0610405” shown in the figure, when the leftmost number is the first digit, the number “06” from the first digit to the second digit indicates the inning number “6 times” and the third digit “1” indicates that it is an inning table (in the case of the reverse, “2”), the fourth digit to the fifth digit “04” indicates that it is the fourth batter, and six digits A numerical value “05” from the first to the seventh digit indicates the fifth pitch.

  The score of both teams (score) includes the score of the attack team in the front (teamScore HV = "1") and the score of the back attack team (teamScore HV = "2"). The situation (situation) includes inning number (inning), front inning or reverse inning (topbottom), pitcher player identifier (ID), player name (name), batter (batter) ) Player identifier (ID), player name (name), sbo count (sbo), progress status (runner), scene start time (time) information is included, sbo count (sbo) includes strike count (S), ball count (b), and outcount (o) are included. The progress status (runner) is composed of 3 bits corresponding to 1 to 3 respectively, and “1” is set to the bit when there is a runner, and “0” is set to the bit when there is no runner.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the game video data V stored in the game video storage unit 63 of the game video storage device 6. As shown in the figure, each game video data V is associated with game specifying information.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the related video recommendation system according to the present embodiment. It is assumed that program video data, digest video data, language information data, participating player data, score data, and game video data are stored in advance. The game progress data is created by an external game data production company DP or the like and written into the game data storage device 5 from the production company terminal.

  The operation of the related video recommendation system when the user U is initially watching sports news with the content viewing apparatus 1 will be described below. That is, in the content distribution device 2 that provides a website of a content provider such as a broadcasting station or a sports portal site, the content distribution unit 22 distributes the sports news program video data read from the content storage unit 23 to the content viewing device 1. is doing. The output control unit 12 of the content viewing device 1 displays an image of the video data received from the content distribution device 2 on the display unit 13 and outputs audio to the audio output unit 14.

  The output control unit 12 of the content viewing device 1 starts to receive the digest video data D in the sports news read from the content storage unit 23 by the content distribution unit 22 of the content distribution device 2 (step S105). The output control unit 12 displays the received image of the digest video data D on the display unit 13 and outputs audio to the audio output unit 14. The search request unit 15 of the content viewing device 1 transmits the game specifying information included in the data name of the digest video data received by the output control unit 12 to the language information storage device 3 (step S110).

  The language information acquisition unit 32 of the language information storage device 3 reads the language information data C associated with the game identification information received from the content viewing device 1 from the language information storage unit 33, and reads the read language information data C as the data. Along with the name is transmitted to the scene search device 4 (step S115). When the language information receiving unit 42 of the scene search device 4 receives the language information data C, it acquires the game specifying information from the data name of the language information data C.

  The participating player data acquisition unit 43 of the scene search device 4 generates a participating player data query language Q1 instructing reading of the participating player data P corresponding to the game specifying information received by the language information receiving unit 42, and the game data storage device 5 (step S120). When the match data search unit 52 of the match data storage device 5 acquires the match specifying information set as the search condition in the participating player data query language Q1 received from the scene search device 4, it is associated with the acquired match specifying information. The participating player data P is read from the game data storage unit 53 and returned (step S125).

  Subsequently, when the scene search request unit 44 of the scene search device 4 acquires the inning information as the scene specifying information and the player name in order from the first sentence indicated by the language information data C, the acquired inning information and the player name are acquired. The scene search query language Q2 for reading out the scene unit ID of the score data SC is generated using the combination of the above as a scene search condition and transmitted to the game data storage device 5 (step S130). The player name acquired from the sentence of the language information data C is a player name included in the player list of the participating player data P read out in step S125.

  When the game data search unit 52 of the game data storage device 5 receives the scene search query language Q2, the game data search unit 52 identifies the score data SC in the game data storage unit 53 that matches the scene search condition indicated by the scene search query language Q2, The scene unit ID is read from the identified score data SC and returned to the scene search device 4 (step S135). The scene search request unit 44 of the scene search device 4 obtains a highlight scene list L1 that is a list of scene unit IDs received from the game data storage device 5 (step S140).

  The partial video specifying unit 46 of the scene search device 4 is based on the scene unit ID included in the highlight scene list L1 and ends at the position where the main highlight scene including the scenes before and after the highlight scene starts in the game video. Determine the position. For example, it is possible to set a time that is a predetermined time later than the start time in the score data SC specified by the scene unit ID as a start point and a time that has passed as an end point. Further, for example, from the score data SC specified by the scene unit ID, the start time set in the score data SC of the scene preceding by a predetermined number is set as the start point, and the score data SC of the scene behind by the predetermined number is set. The start time can be the end point.

  The scene notification unit 47 of the scene search device 4 outputs the game specifying information and the starting point to the game video storage device 6 and requests image data. The game video distribution unit 62 of the game video storage device 6 acquires and returns image data corresponding to the starting point from the game video data V specified by the game specifying information received from the scene search device 4 (step S145). . When the scene notification unit 47 of the scene search device 4 generates the image data of the thumbnail H from the image data acquired from the game video storage device 6, the game specifying information, the start and end points of the main highlight scene, and the start point The search result scene list L2 in which the image data of the thumbnail H generated from the image data acquired corresponding to is set is transmitted to the content viewing apparatus 1 (step S150).

  The output control unit 12 of the content viewing apparatus 1 causes the display unit 13 to display the thumbnail H based on the image data included in the received search result scene list L2. When the user U uses the input unit 16 to select a thumbnail H for displaying the main highlight scene among the thumbnails H displayed on the display unit 13, the search request unit 15 specifies the game corresponding to the selected thumbnail H. The video request in which the information and the start point and end point are set is transmitted to the game video storage device 6 (step S155).

  When the game video distribution unit 62 of the game video storage device 6 acquires the game specifying information and the start and end points from the received video request, the game video data V is specified by the game specifying information, and the specified video data V The partial game video data V ′ from the start point to the end point is extracted and returned (step S160). The output control unit 12 of the content viewing device 1 displays an image based on the partial game video data V ′ received from the game video storage device 6 on the display unit 13 and outputs audio to the audio output unit 14. Thereby, the user U can watch the game video of the highlight scene slowly.

  In addition, after the above processing is performed on the digest video that the user U is currently viewing with the content viewing device 1, when video data of a new digest video starts to be distributed from the content distribution device 2, step S105 is performed again. Process from.

Next, a method for creating the scene search query language Q2 by the scene search request unit 44 of the scene search device 4 will be described in detail.
FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining acquisition of a combination of inning information and a player name as a scene search condition set in the scene search query language Q2. Here, the case where the language information receiving unit 42 of the scene search device 4 receives the language information data C shown in FIG. 3 and the participating player data acquiring unit 43 acquires the participating player data P shown in FIG. 4 will be described as an example. To do.

  FIG. 9 shows sentences in the language information data C and sentence numbers indicating the appearance order of the sentences. This sentence number is given for convenience of explanation. The related scene search request unit 45 of the scene search device 4 analyzes one sentence at a time in order from the first sentence in the language information data C. A search query language Q2 is generated. The inning information and player name for each sentence are acquired as follows.

First, the scene search request unit 44 of the scene search device 4 describes “n times”, “n times front”, or “n times back” (n is an integer of 1 or more) in the sentence currently being processed. Inning information to be detected is detected, and player names included in the player list of the participating player data P are detected. In the figure, the detected inning information is underlined with a wavy line, and the detected player name is underlined with a single line. When the inning information is not detected, the inning information of the sentence immediately before the currently processed sentence is taken over. In this way, a sentence in which both inning information and a player name can be acquired is a search target.
Note that the inning information may be succeeded continuously for a predetermined number of times. For example, when inning information is not detected continuously for 5 sentences, only the first 3 sentences take over the inning information of the immediately preceding sentence, and there is no inning information after the 4th sentence. As a result, inning information that appears in a distant sentence is not taken over and can be prevented from being searched.

  The scene search request unit 44 includes inning information detected in the search execution target sentence, or inning information inherited from the previous sentence because no inning information was detected, and a player name detected in the search target sentence. Is used as a scene search condition, and a scene search query language Q2 is generated. Note that the inning information set in the scene search condition may be only the inning number indicated by the inning information or a combination of the inning number indicated by the inning information and the information on the front and back, but only the inning number is used below. The case where it does is demonstrated. In the figure, the inning information indicated by parentheses indicates that the inning information is not detected in the sentence and the inning information of the previous sentence is taken over.

For example, in the sentence with the sentence number “1”, neither the inning information nor the player name is detected, and since there is no sentence before this sentence, both the inning information and the player name are “−” (none). Therefore, the scene search query language Q2 is not generated.
Next, in the sentence with the sentence number “2”, the inning information “six times table” and the player name “Omura” are detected. In this case, the scene search query language Q2 is generated using the combination of the inning number “6 times” and the player name “Omura” as a scene search condition.
Subsequently, neither the inning information nor the player name is detected in the sentence with the sentence number “3”. In this case, the inning information of the sentence with the sentence number “3” inherits the inning information “six times table” detected in the sentence number “2”. However, since the player name is not detected, the scene search query language Q2 is not generated.

In the sentence with sentence number “7”, only the player name “Abe” is detected. In this case, the inning information “seven times” detected in the sentence number “6” is taken over. Therefore, the scene search query language Q2 is generated using the combination of the inning number “7 times” and the player name “Abe” as a scene search condition.
In the sentence with the sentence number “8”, only the player name “Ogasawara” is detected. In this case, the inning information “seven times” of the sentence number “7” is taken over. Therefore, the scene search query language Q2 is generated using the combination of the inning number “7 times” and the player name “Ogasawara” as a scene search condition.

  When the score data is described as an XML document, xpath or the like can be used for the scene search query language Q2. For example, when the xpath is generated under the condition of the inning number “6 times” and the batter's player name “Omura”, it can be described as (Example 1) below.

/game/sceneUnit[substring(./@id,1,2)=“06”][situation/batter/name=“Omura”]/@id (Example 1)

  This is because the score data stored under “game” has a value of “06” for two characters in length starting from the first position of the scene unit ID (sceneUnit id), and the game status ( situation) Indicates that the scene unit ID (id) is read out from the score data in which “Omura” is set in the player name (name) of the batter under his control. Since the first to second values of the scene unit ID indicate the inning number, the inning number “6” times uses “06” as two characters from the first position of the scene unit ID as a search condition.

When searching by a combination of inning number and front and back information “6 times table”, the part of [substring (./@ id, 1,2) = “06”] is replaced with [substring (./@ id, 1,3) = “061”]. This is because the third number of the scene unit ID (sceneUnit id) indicates the front (1) or back (2), so the “six times table” has three characters from the first position of the scene unit ID. This is because it is represented as “061”.
As described above, the highlight scene list L1 can be obtained by reading the scene unit ID of the score data that matches the scene search condition by the scene search query language Q2.

  However, as described above, in the search using only the inning information and the player name, score data that does not correspond to the highlight scene may be searched for the following reasons (a) to (c).

(A) In the same inning, there can be multiple bats where the same player appears.
(B) A pitcher name appearing in a sentence may be searched as a batter name.
(C) A runner name appearing in a sentence may be searched as a batter name.

  In order to avoid the specification of score data that does not correspond to the highlight scene for these reasons, three constraint conditions are introduced: final pitch constraint, pitcher exclusion constraint, and batting order constraint. Hereinafter, these constraint conditions will be described.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the final pitch restriction. The final pitch restriction is to add to the scene search condition that it is score data of the final pitch of the same batting or the scene of the last pitch in the game.
Most of the highlight scenes are the final throw at a batter's bat and the last play of the game. For example, as shown in the figure, the score data detected when the inning number “6 times” and the batter ’s player name “Omura” are set as scene detection conditions are the scenes of “Omura Strike” in the first pitch, 2 This is the scene of the pitch “Omura Ball”, the third “Omura Fal” scene, the fourth “Omura Ball” scene, the fifth “Omura 2 Strike” scene.

  Normally, after a player stands at the bat, a strike scene that does not go out or a ball scene that does not advance is not selected as a highlight scene, and scenes such as some hits, out, advance etc. are included as highlight scenes It is. Such a scene corresponds to the last scene of the bat. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 5, the scene of the fifth throw “Omura 2 Strike” which is the last play of the bat is selected as the highlight scene. That is, the condition for selecting the highlight scene is that “the next pitch is the first pitch of the next batter” or “the last play of the game”. Therefore, this condition is added as a restriction when searching for a highlight scene using the scene search query language Q2. An xpath obtained by adding this restriction to the xpath query of (Example 1) described above is described as (Example 2) below.

/ game / sceneUnit [substring (./@ id, 1,2) = “06”] [situation / batter / name = “Omura”] [position () = last () or following-sibling :: sceneUnit [position ( ) = 1] [substring (./@ id, 6,2) = "01"]] / @ id "; ... (Example 2)

  “Positon () = last ()” indicates a constraint condition that it is score data at the end of the game. In addition, “following-sibling :: sceneUnit [position () = 1]” indicates the score data of the next pitch that is the first score data among the sibling elements (sceneUnit) behind itself, and “[substring (./@id,6,2)="01 "]" means that the number of pitches represented by 2 characters in length starting from the sixth position of the scene unit ID (sceneUnit id) is "01" "Following-sibling :: sceneUnit [position () = 1] [substring (./@ id, 6,2) =" 01 "]" means that the score data of the next pitch will be sent to the next batter The constraint condition that the scene is the first pitch is shown.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining pitcher exclusion restrictions. The pitcher exclusion restriction is to prevent the search from being performed when the player name detected in the sentence of the language information data is the pitcher name. In the same figure, in the sentence with sentence number “6”, the word “Wada” as the pitcher name appears together with the inning information. When the score data is searched by the scene search query language Q2 generated by the method shown in FIG. 9, the score data of the scene when the player name “Wada” stands at the inning number “6 times” is searched. End up. Therefore, nothing is obtained as a search result, or score data different from the purpose is specified. Therefore, the related scene search request unit 45 of the scene search device 4 shows the pitcher name corresponding to the inning number indicated by the inning information acquired for the sentence of the language information data C currently being processed, as shown in FIG. If the acquired pitcher name matches the player name detected in the sentence, it is excluded from the search processing target and the scene search query language Q2 is not generated.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the batting order restriction. The batting order restriction is the score data SC specified by the scene search query language Q2 generated previously as a result of searching the score data SC by generating the scene search query language Q2 in order from the first sentence included in the language information data. If the score data SC with the stroke order that is earlier than that is obtained as a search result, the score data SC with the stroke order that is earlier than this is excluded from the targets to be added to the highlight scene list L1.

  In the figure, in the sentence with sentence number “13”, the runner's player name “Honda” in the scene appears. Therefore, in the search process shown in FIG. 9, the final pitch restriction shown in FIG. 10, and the pitcher exclusion restriction shown in FIG. 11, the player name “Honda” of the batter with the inning number “8 times” is used. The score data SC corresponding to the at-bats scene is specified. However, since “Honda” is actually a runner in the highlight scene, the batting scene of the player name “Honda” with the inning number “8 times” is a scene before the actual highlight scene. . In FIG. 12, the score data SC obtained by the scene search query language Q2 generated based on the sentence with the sentence number “13” is obtained by the scene search query language Q2 generated based on the sentence with the sentence number “11”. In order to correspond to the obtained scene before the score data SC of the hit scene of the inning number “8 times” and the batter ’s player name “Matsunaka”, it is excluded from the highlight scene list L1.

  By performing the detection with the above three constraints added, it is possible to search the score data corresponding to the highlight scene included in the digest video with high accuracy.

FIG. 13 shows a flowchart of a search algorithm in the scene search device 4 using the above-described constraint conditions.
The language information receiving unit 42 of the scene search device 4 receives from the language information storage device 3 the language information data C including the game identification information in the data name (step S205). The scene search request unit 44 sets and initializes the search condition inning number i, the search condition player name p, and the initial value NULL in the highlight scene list L1 (step S210).

  The participating player data acquisition unit 43, when acquiring the game specifying information from the data name of the language information data C1 acquired by the language information receiving unit 42, instructs the reading of the participating player data P using the acquired game specifying information as a search condition. A player data query language Q1 is generated and transmitted to the game data storage device 5 (step S220). The participating player data acquisition unit 43 receives the participating player data P associated with the game specifying information from the game data storage device 5 (step S225).

  Subsequently, when the scene search request unit 44 determines that an unprocessed sentence is included in the language information data C (step S230: YES), the sentence closest to the beginning of the unprocessed sentences is selected as the language information data. Obtained from C (step S235). The scene search request unit 44 determines whether the inning number n described as “n times”, “n times front”, and “n times back” appears in the sentence acquired in step S235 (step S240: YES). ). If the inning number n does not appear (step S240: NO), the process proceeds to step S250 as it is, and if the inning number n appears (step S240: YES), the inning number n is added to the search condition inning number i. After substitution (step S245), the process proceeds to step S250.

  Subsequently, the scene search request unit 44 shows that the player name N that matches one of the player names described in the player list of the participating player data P received in step S225 appears in the sentence acquired in step S235. (Step S250). When any player name described in the player list of the participating player data P does not appear in the sentence (step S250: NO), the processing from step S230 is repeated.

  On the other hand, when the player name N that matches the player name described in the player list of the participating player data P appears in the sentence (step S250: YES), the scene search request unit 44 further includes the pitcher of the participating player data P. It is determined whether or not the pitcher name described in the list in association with the search condition inning number i matches the player name N (step S255). When the pitcher name described in association with the search condition inning number i matches the player name N, the processing from step S230 is repeated.

  When the pitcher name described in association with the search condition inning number i does not match the player name N (step S255: NO), the scene search request unit 44 substitutes the player name N for the search condition player name p. (Step S260). The scene search request unit 44 generates a scene search query language Q2 obtained by adding the final pitch restriction condition to the scene search condition including the combination of the search condition inning number i and the search condition player name p, and sends it to the game data storage device 5. Transmit (step S265). The related scene search request unit 45 receives the scene unit ID of the score data SC that matches the scene search condition and the restriction condition indicated by the scene search query language Q2 from the game data storage device 5 (step S270).

  The scene search request unit 44 compares the scene unit ID received in step S270 with the scene unit ID read immediately before, and the score data SC specified by the scene unit ID received in step S270 is the previous one. It is determined whether or not the scene is earlier in time than the score data SC specified by the scene unit ID read by the scene search query language Q2 (step S275). For example, when the number of batters indicated by the scene unit ID read immediately before is smaller than the number of batters indicated by the read scene unit ID, it can be determined that the scene is temporally previous. Alternatively, in addition to the scene unit ID of the score data specified by the scene search query language Q2 from the match data storage device 5, the start time in the score data is further read from the match data storage device 5 and read in step S270. The issued start time may be compared with the start time read out by the immediately preceding scene search query language Q2.

  If the score data SC specified by the scene unit ID received in step S270 is that of the scene temporally before the score data SC specified by the scene unit ID read by the immediately preceding scene search query language Q2. If there is not (step S275: NO), the scene search request unit 44 adds the scene unit ID received in step S270 to the highlight scene list L1 (step S280), and repeats the processing from step S230. On the other hand, the score data SC specified by the scene unit ID received in step S270 is the scene temporally preceding the score data SC specified by the scene unit ID read by the immediately preceding scene search query language Q2. When it is a thing (step S275: NO), the process from step S230 is repeated.

  In step S230, when the scene search request unit 44 has processed all the sentences in the language information data C and determines that no unprocessed sentence is included (step S230: NO), the partial video is displayed. Using the scene unit ID included in the highlight scene list L1, the specifying unit 46 generates the search result scene list L2 as follows and transmits it to the content viewing apparatus 1 (step S285).

  First, the partial video specifying unit 46 determines the start point and the end point in the game video data of the main highlight scene as follows (1) or (2).

(1) When the partial video specifying unit 46 reads the start time described in the score data SC corresponding to the scene unit ID from the game data storage device 5, the partial video specifying unit 46 sets a time that is a predetermined time later than the read start time. And the end point is the time when a predetermined time has passed. Alternatively, the start time described in the next score data SC of the score data SC corresponding to the scene unit ID is read from the game data storage device 5, and the time when a predetermined time has elapsed from the read start time of the next score data SC is obtained. It may be the end point.

(2) The partial video specifying unit 46 starts the time described in the score data SC of the scene a predetermined number before the score data SC corresponding to the scene unit ID and the score data SC of the scene after the predetermined number Are read out from the game data storage device 5 and set as a start point and an end point, respectively.

  The scene notification unit 47 of the scene search device 4 outputs the game specifying information and the start time determined by the partial video specifying unit 46 to the game video storage device 6 and starts from the game video data V specified by the game specifying information. Image data corresponding to is acquired. The scene notification unit 47 is a search result scene list in which the game identification information, the start and end points of the main highlight scene, and the image data of the thumbnail H generated from the image data corresponding to the game identification information and the start point are set. L2 is transmitted to the content viewing apparatus 1.

  It should be noted that the search result scene list L2 may include event contents indicated by information described in the score data SC corresponding to the scene unit ID included in the highlight scene list L1. For example, when the search result scene list L2 includes information such as event contents, game specifying information, start time code, and end time time code indicated by the length from the start point, the description is as follows: be able to. Here, the image data of the thumbnail H is omitted.

[6th Table: 4th person: Omura 2 strikes], [NPB_20080622], [6140000], [69000],…,
[7th back first person: Abe Hit Goro], [NPB_20080622], [7391000], [32000], ...
...

  The event information includes information on the inning number read from the score data SC, the number of hitters, the number of hitters, the name of the batter, and the hitting result. The output control unit 12 of the content viewing apparatus 1 can display the event content on the display unit 13 in association with the thumbnail H.

  In the above, the start point and end point in the match video are acquired for the main highlight scene including the scenes before and after the highlight scene included in the digest video, but other points related to the highlight scene are obtained. With respect to the scene, the start point and end point in the game video can be acquired and notified to the content viewing apparatus 1. In this case, the related scene search request unit 45 of the scene search device 4 transmits the scene unit ID obtained as the highlight scene list L1 to the game data storage device 5, and reads the score data SC corresponding to the scene unit ID. The related scene search request unit 45 of the scene search device 4 acquires the scene unit ID of the score data SC using the information set in the received score data, for example, the pitcher's player name and the batter's player name as related scene search conditions. The related scene search query language Q3 for generating the game is generated and transmitted to the game data storage device 5. At this time, game specifying information may be added as a search condition, or it may be added that the game is within a predetermined period from the date read from the received score data. In addition, final throwing constraints may be added.

  The match data search unit 52 of the match data storage device 5 specifies the score data SC in the match data storage unit 53 that matches the related scene search condition indicated by the received related scene search query language Q3, and specifies the specified score data SC. The game unit ID corresponding to the specified score data SC is read out and returned to the scene search device 4.

  Based on the received scene unit ID, the partial video specifying unit 46 of the scene search device 4 starts the related scene in the game video data according to (1) and (2) described above, as in the case of the main highlight scene. The point and the end point are determined, and the scene notification unit 47 acquires image data corresponding to the start point from the game video data specified by the game specifying information. The scene notification unit 47 includes game identification information, start and end points of related scenes, image data of thumbnails H generated from image data read corresponding to the game identification information and the start points, related scene search conditions, Is transmitted to the content viewing apparatus 1 as the search result scene list L3. The output control unit 12 of the content viewing device 1 causes the display unit 13 to display the related scene thumbnail H set in the search result scene list L3 and the related scene search condition corresponding to the related scene. Then, when the user U selects the thumbnail H displayed on the display unit 13 of the content viewing apparatus 1 by the input unit 16, the search request unit 15 includes the game specifying information corresponding to the selected thumbnail H, the start point The video request in which the end point is set is transmitted to the game video storage device 6. When the output control unit 12 of the content viewing device 1 receives the partial game video data V ′ from the start point to the end point extracted from the game video data V specified by the game video storage device 6 using the game specifying information, An image based on the video data V ′ is displayed on the display unit 13 and audio is output to the audio output unit 14.

FIG. 13 shows a display example on the display unit 13 of the content viewing apparatus 1.
As shown in the figure, a program video such as sports news is displayed as a large video in the center of the web browser, and when the digest video is displayed here, the content viewing device 1 displays the game specific information as a language information storage device. 3 to send. As a result, the scene search device 4 receives language information data from the language information storage device 3 and uses the announcement comment of the digest video indicated by the language information data to include a highlight scene that constitutes the digest video. Search for the main feature highlight scene. The content viewing device 1 displays a thumbnail M of the main highlight scene searched by the scene search device 4 below the digest video. When the user clicks on the thumbnail M with the mouse, the content viewing apparatus 1 acquires the partial game video data V ′ including the main highlight scene corresponding to the thumbnail M from the game video storage device 6 and creates a new web page. It is displayed in the browser or the center of the currently displayed web browser. As a result, the user can slowly watch the game video including the highlight scene.

Note that the search request unit 15 of the content viewing apparatus 1 does not transmit the game specifying information for requesting the search of the main game video scene corresponding to the highlight scene included in the digest video to the language information storage device 3. In addition, the search request is transmitted to the content distribution device 2, and the content distribution device 2 transmits the game specifying information corresponding to the digest video data distributed when the search request is received to the language information storage device 3. May be.
Alternatively, the content distribution device 2 may transmit game specifying information corresponding to the digest video data to the language information storage device 3 when distribution of the digest video data is started.

In these cases, the content distribution device 2 may read the language information data corresponding to the game specifying information from the language information storage device 3 and notify the scene search device 4 of the language information data.
In these cases, the scene search device 4 may notify the content distribution device 2 of the search result scene list L2, and may return the search result scene list L2 from the content distribution device 2 to the content viewing device 1. The distribution device 2 may notify the scene search device 4 of the address of the content viewing device 1, thereby transmitting the search result scene list L2 directly from the scene search device 4 to the content viewing device 1.

  In the above, in the scene notification unit 47 of the scene search device 4, the image data used as the thumbnail H is read from the game video storage device 6, set in the search result scene list L 2, and transmitted to the content viewing device 1. However, the scene search device 4 does not set the thumbnail H in the search result scene list L2, and the search request unit 15 of the content viewing device 1 uses the combination of the game specific information and the start point set in the search result scene list L2. You may make it output to the game image | video storage device 6, and read the image data used as the thumbnail M. FIG.

  Next, a related video recommendation system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment, it is assumed that the digest video in which the accompanying language information data is stored in advance is downloaded and viewed. However, in the second embodiment, the user is in real time in real time. Assume that the user is viewing a distributed content or a broadcast program. That is, a function for automatically displaying a game video of a scene corresponding to the digest video being viewed on the television system is implemented. In this case, since the language information data cannot be stored in advance, the language information data is generated from the digest video in real time using a voice recognition device and transmitted to the language information storage device 3. Hereinafter, differences from the first embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram of a related video recommendation system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the difference from the first embodiment is that the content viewing device 1a is replaced with the content viewing device 1, the broadcast station device 7 is replaced with the content distribution device 2, and the voice recognition device 8 is provided in the network 9. It is a connected point. The content viewing device 1a is a television receiver, and further includes a broadcast receiving unit 17 that receives video data broadcast from the broadcast station device 7 in addition to the functional units of the content viewing device 1 of the first embodiment. . The voice recognition device 8 recognizes the voice of the digest video and generates language information data that is the text of the recognized voice.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an outline of processing of the related video recommendation system according to the second embodiment. It is assumed that the participating player data, score data, and game video data are accumulated in advance. In the figure, a user U views sports news with the content viewing apparatus 1a. That is, the output control unit 12 of the content viewing apparatus 1a displays an image on the display unit 13 based on the program video data of the sports news program received by the broadcast receiving unit 17 from the broadcast station device 7, and the audio is output by the audio output unit 14. Is output.

  When the output control unit 12 of the content viewing apparatus 1a starts to receive digest video data D in sports news as video data distributed from the broadcast station device 7 via the broadcast receiving unit 17 (step S305), a search request The unit 15 transmits to the voice recognition device 8 the voice data obtained from the digest video data and the game specifying information acquired from the data name of the digest video data (step S310). The voice recognition device 8 generates the text data of the announcement comment added to the digest video by recognizing the voice indicated by the voice data received from the content viewing apparatus 1a. The speech recognition device 8 transmits speech text data for each sentence or speech text data in which a plurality of sentences are collected to the language information storage device 3 as language information data C (step S315). The language information data C is given a data name including game identification information. The language information acquisition unit 32 of the language information storage device 3 writes the language information data C received from the speech recognition device 8 in the language information storage unit 33 and transmits it to the scene search device 4 (step S320).

  The processing after step S325 is the same as the processing after step S120 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The output control unit 12 of the content viewing apparatus 1a displays the thumbnail H in the search result scene list L2 received from the scene search device 4 on the display unit 13, and the user U can select the main part from the contents displayed on the display unit 13. A thumbnail H for displaying a highlight scene is selected by a remote controller or the like. As a result, the output control unit 12 of the content viewing apparatus 1a receives the partial game video data corresponding to the selected thumbnail H from the game video storage device 6, and displays an image based on the partial game video data on the display unit 13. In addition, the audio is output to the audio output unit 14. As a result, the user U can view the highlight scene slowly.

  In the above, score data is generated for each pitch in baseball, but in the case of other sports, game progress data can be generated for each action in the sport. Actions include, for example, turnover in basketball and down in American football. As a result, in step S285 of FIG. 13, as shown in (1), the time that has passed by a predetermined time represented by minutes, seconds, etc. from the time of the highlight scene of the digest video, and the elapsed time are set as the start point and In addition to the end point, as shown in (2), a predetermined number of actions before and after can be set as the start point and end point.

The voice recognition device 8 may be provided in the content viewing device 1a or may be provided in the language information storage device 3.
The voice recognition device 8 may receive the digest video data broadcast from the broadcast station device 7 and recognize the voice of the digest video data specified by the game specifying information transmitted by the content viewing device 1a. .

  Note that the content viewing device 1, 1a, the content distribution device 2, the language information storage device 3, the scene search device 4, the game data storage device 5, the game video storage device 6 and the voice recognition device 8 described above have a computer system inside. Have. Then, the output control unit 12 and the search request unit 15 of the content viewing devices 1 and 1a, the content distribution unit 22 of the content distribution device 2, the language information acquisition unit 32 of the language information storage device 3, and the language information reception unit of the scene search device 4 42, player data acquisition unit 43, scene search request unit 44, related scene search request unit 45, partial video specifying unit 46 and scene notification unit 47, game data search unit 52 of the game data storage device 5, game video storage device 6 The operation process of the game video distribution unit 62 and the voice recognition device 8 is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the computer system reads and executes this program, whereby the above processing is performed. Is done. The computer system here includes a CPU, various memories, an OS, and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a ... Content viewing apparatus 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61 ... Communication part 12 ... Output control part 13 ... Display part 14 ... Audio | voice output part 15 ... Search request part 16 ... Input part 17 ... Broadcast receiving part 2 ... Content distribution device 22 ... Content distribution unit 23 ... Content storage unit 3 ... Language information storage device 32 ... Language information acquisition unit 33 ... Language information storage unit 4 ... Scene search device 42 ... Language information reception unit 43 ... Participating player data acquisition unit (Keyword candidate data acquisition unit)
44 ... Scene search request unit 45 ... Related scene search request unit 46 ... Partial video specifying unit 47 ... Scene notification unit 5 ... Game data storage device 52 ... Game data search unit 53 ... Game data storage unit 6 ... Game video storage device 62 ... Game video distribution unit 63 ... Game video storage unit 7 ... Broadcast station device 8 ... Voice recognition device 9 ... Network

Claims (6)

A language information receiving unit for receiving language information data including a sentence relating to a game video;
A keyword candidate data acquisition unit that reads keyword candidate data indicating a list of keyword candidates related to the game video from the game data storage device;
From the sentence included in the language information data received by the language information receiving unit, the keyword included in the keyword candidate data acquired by the keyword candidate data acquiring unit, and the scene specifying information corresponding to the keyword Detecting and using the detected scene specifying information and the keyword as a scene search condition, associating scene specifying information for specifying a scene in the game video with a keyword in the scene and time information corresponding to the scene in the game video A scene search request unit for requesting the game data storage device to search for the game progress data,
A partial video specifying unit for determining a start point and an end point in the game video including a scene indicated by time information of the game progress data detected as a result of a search request by the scene search request unit;
A scene notification unit for outputting the start point and the end point in the game video determined by the partial video specifying unit;
A scene search apparatus comprising: The scene search requesting unit uses the detected scene specifying information and the keyword as a scene search condition for a sentence in which scene specifying information and a keyword are detected, and for a sentence in which only a keyword is detected before the sentence. The scene identification information detected closest in the sentence and the keyword as a scene search condition,
The scene search apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The game progress data includes information on the game situation in the scene,
Using the game situation information included in the game progress data detected as a result of the search request by the scene search request unit as a related scene search condition, the game progress data including the related scene search condition is searched for the game. A related scene search requesting unit for requesting the data storage device;
The partial video specifying unit determines a start point and an end point in the game video including a scene indicated by time information of the game progress data detected as a result of a search request by the related scene search request unit;
The scene search apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that The language information receiving unit receives the language information data corresponding to the digest video output to the content viewing device;
The scene search device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein The game is a baseball game,
The scene specifying information is inning information,
The keyword included in the game progress data is batter information,
The scene search device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein A computer used as a scene search device
A language information receiving unit for receiving language information data including a sentence relating to a game video;
A keyword candidate data acquisition unit that reads keyword candidate data indicating a list of keyword candidates related to the game video from the game data storage device;
From the sentence included in the language information data received by the language information receiving unit, the keyword included in the keyword candidate data acquired by the keyword candidate data acquiring unit, and the scene specifying information corresponding to the keyword Detecting and using the detected scene specifying information and the keyword as a scene search condition, associating scene specifying information for specifying a scene in the game video with a keyword in the scene and time information corresponding to the scene in the game video A scene search requesting unit for requesting the game data storage device to search the game progress data,
A partial video specifying unit for determining a start point and an end point in the game video including the scene indicated by the time information of the game progress data detected as a result of a search request by the scene search request unit;
A scene notification unit for outputting the start point and the end point in the game video determined by the partial video specifying unit;
A program characterized by functioning as

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