Abstract: In an arc detector, a frequency analyzer analyzes frequency components of a current subject to detection in a first frequency band. A detector detects an occurrence of an arc by referring to the frequency components in the first frequency band. When the detector does not detect the occurrence of an arc by referring to the frequency components in the first frequency band, the frequency analyzer analyzes frequency components of the current subject to detection in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, and the detector detects the occurrence of an arc by referring to the frequency components in the second frequency band.

Abstract: An arc detection circuit includes: a current detector that detects a current supplied from a power supply apparatus via a transmission path; a voltage detector that detects a voltage applied to the transmission path; and an arc determination unit configured to determine whether an arc has occurred in the transmission path based on the voltage, when one or more particular frequency components of the current exceed a first threshold.

Abstract: An arc detection circuit that detects an arc that occurs in a transmission path that transmits power from a power supply apparatus to a power conditioner, the arc detection circuit includes: a current detector that detects a current flowing through the transmission path; a storage unit configured to store a base characteristic which is a frequency characteristic of the current flowing through the transmission path when the arc is not present; and an arc determination unit configured to determine whether the arc has occurred based on a result of a comparison between the base characteristic and a detection characteristic which is a frequency characteristic of the current detected by the current detector.

Abstract: In an arc detector, a frequency analyzer analyzes frequency components of a current subject to detection in a first frequency band. A detector detects an occurrence of an arc by referring to the frequency components in the first frequency band. When the detector does not detect the occurrence of an arc by referring to the frequency components in the first frequency band, the frequency analyzer analyzes frequency components of the current subject to detection in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, and the detector detects the occurrence of an arc by referring to the frequency components in the second frequency band.

Abstract: An image sensing device according to the present invention includes: an optical portion that is driven to form an optical image in any state; a sensor portion that acquires, as an image signal, the optical image formed by the optical portion; a sound collection portion that acquires an acoustic signal by collecting sound; an image sensing environment determination portion that determines an image sensing environment which is an environment under which the sensor portion acquires the image signal; and an operation determination portion that determines, based on the image sensing environment determined by the image sensing environment determination portion, at least one of a drive speed of the optical portion and a method of processing the acoustic signal acquired by the sound collection portion when the optical portion is driven.

Abstract: Provided is a sound recording/playback device (1) that records onto a recording medium (5) sound data captured by a microphone (6), pulls the sound data from the recording medium (5), and plays said sound data. The sound recording/playback device is provided with a discrimination means (21, 22, 23, 24) which discriminates between human sound and non-sound audio. Upon recording, the device records the start position and end position of human sound, as determined by the discrimination means (21, 22, 23, 24), and upon playback, the data between the afore-mentioned start position and the subsequent end position is extracted and outputted.

Abstract: Provided is a music track extraction device, including: an audio power calculation section which calculates an audio power from an audio signal; and a judgment section which performs a judgment between a music track portion and a non-music track portion based on a state of the audio power.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a commercial detection apparatus for detecting commercials that includes a silent detector configured to detect a silent segment based on the strength of the audio signal output in content, and a determination unit configured to determine a sound segment as a commercial if three or more silent segments are detected essentially within a set time span, and if the sound segment is found between two of the three silent segments.

Abstract: A sound recording device includes a recording unit which records an input sound signal in a recording medium, a detection unit which detects a specific sound signal corresponding to specific sound output from a predetermined instrument that can be included in the input sound signal, and a control unit which controls an action of the recording unit on the basis of a result of the detection by the detection unit.

Abstract: Characteristic amounts are calculated from each of multiple musical piece contents, and then time points when the characteristic amounts exceed a threshold are detected as cut points. Information on the cut point concerning each of the multiple musical piece contents is stored. Based on the stored information on the cut point, a judgment is made as to whether the multiple musical piece contents match each other.

Abstract: A music extracting apparatus has a receiving unit which receives a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels of audio signals, a detecting unit which detects a variation of voice power from the audio signal, a computing unit which computes a difference of amplitude or power between the audio signals of each channel, and a specifying unit which specifies the starting or the ending position of a music section based on the variation detected by the detecting unit and the difference computed by the computing unit.

Abstract: Provided is a recording or playback apparatus capable of separating a musical piece from an audio including the musical piece and a speech through a simple arithmetic process. A cut point detector detects, as a cut point, a time point at which an audio signal level or an amount of change in the audio signal level is not lower than a predetermined value. A frequency characteristic amount calculator calculates a characteristic amount in a frequency area of the audio signal only at each cut point and in its proximity. A cut point judging unit judges an attribute of the cut point on a basis of the calculated characteristic amount of the frequency. A music section detector detects a start and end points of each music section on a basis of the attribute and an interval between sampling points.

Abstract: Characteristic amounts are calculated from each of multiple musical piece contents, and then time points when the characteristic amounts exceed a threshold are detected as cut points. Information on the cut point concerning each of the multiple musical piece contents is stored. Based on the stored information on the cut point, a judgment is made as to whether the multiple musical piece contents match each other.

Abstract: An audio variation point detector detects whether a variation amount of audio power of the received audio signal is greater than a first threshold, and detects a variation point where the audio power variation is greater than the first threshold. A song detector determines whether the vicinity of the detected variation point is a song, based on a feature amount in a frequency domain of the audio signal in the vicinity of the variation point, and detects a song based on the determination. A chorus position detector detects, as a chorus position candidate, a position where the variation amount of audio power takes a maximum value in the detected song, determines whether a likelihood between a reference feature amount and the feature amount in the frequency domain of the detected chorus position candidate is greater than a second threshold, and detects the chorus position candidate as a chorus position if the likelihood is greater than the second threshold.

Abstract: Provided is a recording or playback apparatus capable of separating a musical piece from an audio including the musical piece and a speech through a simple arithmetic process. A cut point detector detects, as a cut point, a time point at which an audio signal level or an amount of change in the audio signal level is not lower than a predetermined value. A frequency characteristic amount calculator calculates a characteristic amount in a frequency area of the audio signal only at each cut point and in its proximity. A cut point judging unit judges an attribute of the cut point on a basis of the calculated characteristic amount of the frequency. A music section detector detects a start and end points of each music section on a basis of the attribute and an interval between sampling points.

Abstract: When a video signal and an audio signal obtained through decoding by a decoder 14 are outputted for the playback of a broadcast program, a scene identification code generator 20 generates and outputs a scene identification code by which to identify the scene currently being played back.

Abstract: A video playback apparatus informs a user of scene change. The video playback apparatus includes a feature extraction unit to extract feature scenes having audio/video content and a playback unit to replay feature scenes that have been extracted by the feature extraction unit. The playback unit further includes an identification information output unit that outputs information that identifies a feature scene being replayed.

Abstract: A silent detector detects a silent segment based on output of an audio signal of contents. A determination unit determines a segment, in which the time length of each silent segment is essentially a multiplication of the predetermined time, as a first content segment regarding continuous plural silent segments that are detected in the silent detector, to determine a segment in which the time length of each silent segment is not essentially a multiplication of the predetermined time, as a second content segment, and to extract a silent segment between the first content segment and the second content segment as a changing segment. A playback controller sets a playback position of contents to the position before a predetermined time from the changing segment when a first action instruction is received.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a commercial detection apparatus for detecting commercials that includes a silent detector configured to detect a silent segment based on the strength of the audio signal output in content, and a determination unit configured to determine a sound segment as a commercial if three or more silent segments are detected essentially within a set time span, and if the sound segment is found between two of the three silent segments.

Abstract: A video recording and reproducing apparatus includes: an audio signal decoder configured to acquire an audio signal from an inputted audio-video signal; a recording section configured to record the inputted audio-video signal; a peak time point detecting section configured to detect, as a peak time point, a time point having a power value, which satisfies a predetermined condition, selected from among power values in the acquired audio signal; a digest scene extracting section configured to select a predetermined number of peak time points from among the detected peak time points, and to extract, as a digest scene, each piece of the audio-video signal within a predetermined digest scene cutting time period set to each of the selected peak time points in advance; and a reproduction controlling section configured to reproduce the extracted digest scenes.