QUICK-LOOK AND QUICK-LISTENING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE: To provide a quick-look/quick-listening device and its method capable of grasping the outer shell and the atmosphere of an image and a sound in a short time by using sound information. ;CONSTITUTION: Video information (information composed of picture information and sound information) or audio information is inputted in real time from a video input part 101, the video or audio information inputted in real time is stored in a video/audio feature variables storage part 105 and the stored video or audio information is inputted. Various kinds of feature variables are extracted from sound information among the inputted video or audio information by means of an audio feature extracting part 103. The video or audio information is processed based on the extracted feature variables by means of a feature variable managing part 104. Processed video or sound information is outputted from an interface part 106. Quick-look/quick-listening is realized by the processing based on the feature variables.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1996,JPO