CN1989502A - Event importance adjustment method and device for carrying out the method - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided an event importance adjustment device capable of extracting an event reflecting the flow of a video content and extracting an event having a correlation, thereby extracting a scene reflecting the flow of the video content. The event importance adjustment device (10) includes: a digest scenario information storage unit (13) for managing digest scenario information on the event extraction condition, the extraction order, and the event importance adjustment point which serve as characteristics when expressing the flow of the video content; and a scenario importance adjustment unit (14) which inputs state information indicating the state of the video content, extracts an event in accordance with the digest scenario information, and adjusting the importance of the event.

Description

Event importance adjustment method and device for implementing the method

technical field

The present invention relates to a method for adjusting the importance when extracting an event assigned a high importance from video content to make a summary, and a device and a program for implementing the method, and particularly relates to adjusting the importance so that a reflection can be extracted. A technology that improves the flow of video content.

Background technique

In the broadcasting station, a summary is made from the video of the sports (sports) broadcast, and broadcast as a "previous highlights" during the broadcast, or the content of the game is introduced in a summary form in the sports news of the day. Sports games are dramas without a script, and you don't know when the important scenes will occur. Therefore, when the summary is edited manually, it takes a lot of time and labor to select important scenes. Attempts have been made to automatically extract such important scenes based on changes in video feature values or the size of cheers from supporters. However, it is difficult to accurately extract important events that determine the flow of a game with this method.

Further, Patent Document 1 below describes a summary creation device that converts each event or situation in baseball into a numerical value based on preset content, analyzes the conversion of the numerical value, and selects an event to be extracted. In this device, an index maker inputs video to which an index is added. The index is set in detail for various events such as game start, batting start, pitch, strike (strike), ball (ball), first base hit, double base hit, and the like.

The digest creation device holds numerical information for each index, or a table in which weighting information to be assigned to the numerical information is set, and generates numerical video information expressing the content of the video information with changes in numerical values. Then, an event located at the peak point of the numerical value change is extracted to create a summary. When the index information is multiplexed with sports video information and broadcast by digital broadcasting, the receiving device having the digest creating means can generate and display the digest after temporarily accumulating the sports broadcast video.

Patent Document 1: JP-A-2000-261754

Contents of the invention

However, in the method described in the aforementioned Patent Document 1, since the importance of the event is calculated only according to the event and its time situation, there is a problem that the importance cannot be added while seeing the game flow. Since the "flow of the game" is not considered, when extracting events using the importance calculated only according to the event and its momentary situation, for example, in the case of a high-importance event in a certain period, only "in the short-term In addition, in a game where scoring events such as "reversal" occur many times, only "events with the same content" are extracted, and a summary with partial content or repeated content is created.

Furthermore, in the method described in the aforementioned Patent Document 1, since the connection between events is not taken into consideration, there is a problem that the value of the previous event cannot be re-evaluated from the latter event. For example, a hit or a four-ball that occurred before a home run should be evaluated more highly than a normal hit or a four-ball because it contributes to increasing the score at the time of a home run, but it is described in the aforementioned Patent Document 1 In this way, reevaluation of such events cannot be performed.

The present invention solves such conventional problems, and aims at extracting events that reflect the flow of video content and extracting events that have correlations, thereby providing an event importance that can extract scenes that reflect the flow of video content A method of adjustment, and means and procedures for implementing the method.

The event importance adjustment device of the present invention includes: a summary scenario information storage unit that manages summary scenario information representing extraction conditions, extraction order, and importance adjustment points of events that characterize the flow of expressing video content; and The script importance adjustment unit inputs an event representing each item in the video content, incidental importance event information representing the importance of the event, and status information representing the status of the video content, and based on the Extract the corresponding event based on the above summary script information, and adjust the importance of the event.

Therefore, it is possible to automatically create a summary reflecting the flow of the video content without temporal concentration of events used in the summary or duplication of content.

Furthermore, the event importance adjustment device of the present invention includes, in addition to the summary scenario information storage unit and the script importance adjustment unit, an event-related pattern information storage unit that manages a trigger event indicating a trigger to start processing, and all related events. An event-related pattern table of related events associated with the trigger event and the importance adjustment point of the related event; and an event-related importance adjustment unit, when the event adjusted by the script importance adjustment unit is the aforementioned trigger event , extracting a corresponding related event according to the event-related pattern table, and adjusting the importance of the related event.

Therefore, an "event group" that is correlated with events that characterize the flow of the video content can be easily adopted for the summary, and a summary reflecting the flow of the video content can be automatically created.

Moreover, the event importance adjustment device of the present invention may not have the above-mentioned abstract script information storage unit and the script importance adjustment unit, but only have the above-mentioned event-related information storage unit and event-related importance adjustment unit, and only perform the importance of related events. degree adjustment.

Therefore, "event clusters" that are correlated with important events in the video content are adopted for summarization.

In the event importance adjustment method and the event importance adjustment device implementing the method of the present invention, the importance of important events can be adjusted in the video content, so as to avoid the concentration of the events adopted by the summary in time or the repetition of content , Moreover, the connection between events can be considered, and the importance of events can be adjusted so that related events can be summarized together. Therefore, events reflecting the flow of the video content can be extracted, and an appropriate summary can be automatically created.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an event importance adjustment device in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a data structure diagram of event information with importance inputted to the event importance adjustment device in the first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a data structure diagram of status information input to the event importance adjustment device in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of digest scenario information in the first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the event importance adjustment device in the first embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of event extraction adjustment processing in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the position or range of origination and transition set by the event extraction adjustment process in the first embodiment of the present invention (in the case of scenario mode 1).

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing the position or range of origination and transition set by the event extraction adjustment process in the first embodiment of the present invention (in the case of scenario mode 2).

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the position or range of origination and transition set by the event extraction adjustment process in the first embodiment of the present invention (in the case of scenario mode 3).

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the position or range of transition set by the event extraction adjustment process in the first embodiment of the present invention (in the case of scenario mode 4).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the position or range of transition set by the event extraction adjustment process in the first embodiment of the present invention (in the case of scenario mode 5).

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an event importance adjustment device in a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a diagram showing a data structure of event-related pattern information in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the event importance adjustment device in the second embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a flowchart showing the procedure of related event extraction and adjustment processing in the second embodiment of the present invention.

16 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of related event extraction adjustment processing in the second embodiment of the present invention (a diagram showing events before adjustment).

17 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of related event extraction adjustment processing in the second embodiment of the present invention (a diagram showing adjusted event importance degrees).

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an event importance adjustment device in a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the event importance adjustment device in the third embodiment of the present invention.

20 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of event importance adjustment processing in the third embodiment of the present invention (a diagram showing event importance before adjustment).

21 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of event importance adjustment processing in the third embodiment of the present invention (a diagram showing a relationship between display of a scoreboard and events).

22 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of event importance adjustment processing in the third embodiment of the present invention (a diagram showing the relationship between the display of the scoreboard and the event of the transition).

23 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of event importance adjustment processing in the third embodiment of the present invention (a diagram showing adjusted event importance degrees).

FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an event importance adjustment device in a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 25 is a data structure diagram of event information with importance input to the event importance adjustment device in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 26 is a data structure diagram of status information input to the event importance adjustment device in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a data structure in which identifiers are assigned to status information in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

28 is a diagram showing a data structure of a scenario pattern determination table of summary scenario information in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

29 is a diagram showing a data structure of an event extraction adjustment table of summary scenario information in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the event importance adjustment device in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

31 is a flowchart showing the procedure of event extraction adjustment processing in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 32 is a diagram showing the data structure of event-related pattern information in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

33 is a flowchart showing the procedure of related event extraction and adjustment processing in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 34 is a data structure diagram of event information (input data) with importance that is input to the script importance adjustment unit in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

35 is a data structure diagram of event information with importance (intermediate data) output from the script importance adjustment unit in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

36 is a data structure diagram of event information with importance (output data) output from the event-related importance adjustment unit in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

37 is a diagram showing various scenes extracted by event extraction adjustment processing and related event extraction adjustment processing in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Label description

10Event importance adjustment device

11 receiving unit

12 Accompanying important event information and status information accumulation unit

13 summary script information storage unit

14 script importance adjustment unit

15 event-related mode information storage unit

16 event-related importance adjustment unit

17 output units

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. Furthermore, in each embodiment, baseball is used as an example of video content to be used, but other sports video content may also be used, and it may also be applied to other various types of video content.

(first embodiment)

In the event importance adjustment method of the first embodiment of the present invention, it is characterized in that the flow of the video content is regarded as having " In the scenario of the element of "starting, inheriting and transferring", the events of "starting", "carrying", "transfer" and "connecting" are extracted, and the importance of the corresponding events is increased. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an event importance adjustment device 10 for implementing this method. This device 10 has: a receiving unit 11 for receiving event information with importance attached to the event information indicating the content of the event, and status information indicating the status of a score or a runner (runner); an accumulating unit 12 , accumulatively received event information and status information with incidental importance; storage unit 13 stores the calculation method used to set the event corresponding to "starting", "carrying", "transfer" and "connecting" or the importance of the event increases amount of summary script information; the script importance adjustment unit 14 adjusts the importance of incident information with importance according to the summary script information; and the output unit 17 outputs the incident information with importance adjusted. The output destination is a monitor, a storage device, a printer, etc., and is not particularly limited.

Furthermore, the script importance adjustment unit 14 can be realized by a computer built in the event importance adjustment device 10 by executing a program for setting operations.

Event information and status information are created by an information producer who watches a video of a baseball game, or is automatically created from a video of the game. For the event information, for example, event information with importance attached with importance given by the abstract creation device described in Patent Document 1 and the situation information are input to the receiving unit of the event importance adjustment device 10 . Incidental importance event information is as shown in Figure 2, including "event name", "time of occurrence" of the event, "actor" of the event, "actor team" representing the execution team of the event, and quantifying the value of the event The event name consists of the following parts: "event name", "event attribute" indicating whether the event has occurred or not, and "event attribute" indicating the type of event classified according to the result of the event event result".

In the event name, it means "hit", "double", "home run", "sacrifice hit", "infield ground", "violent pitch", "dead ball", "draw", "stolen base" ", "Strikes", "Bad Balls", "Four Balls", "Pitcher Replacement", "Scramble", etc. Furthermore, in the event result, for example, if the event attribute becomes "Yes", the first event with respect to the action team is expressed as "Preemptive", and, with the event attribute being "Yes", it is indicated for the event when the victory or defeat has been reversed. For "Reversal", the event attribute is "Yes", and the event when the score is equal is expressed as "Tie Score", and the event attribute is "Yes", the event when the outcome changes from "Tie Score" to "Victory" Indicated as "leading", not any of the above, "score" for events with the event attribute "yes", and "attack" for events that are not any of the above.

And, as shown in FIG. 3 , the status information includes the score and the information of the runners. As the score information, the score of the "home team" and the score of the "visitor team" are shown, and the "start time" of the score status time is shown. Furthermore, it is the "end time" of the time of the scoring state, and, as the runner state, the value of the "base state", the "start time" representing the time when the state of the base is reached, and the value indicating that the state of the base is no longer The "end moment" of the moment.

Moreover, the summary script information is as shown in Figure 4, the status of the score (the situation that both teams have, the situation that one team has and the other team does not have, the situation that neither team has), the situation that both teams have points "Whether there is a tie/reversal/leading" ('/' means 'and, or') (with the same score/reversal/leading, without the same score/reversal/leading), corresponding to a team with points and another team There are five scenario patterns (scenario pattern judgment table) set for the preemptive position (first half, second half) when there is no point. That is, the mode of the game is divided into five modes according to "whether the two teams score" and "the transition", and in each mode, the events necessary to express the flow of the game are determined, and the conditions necessary for the flow are extracted. Set to "event extraction condition". Furthermore, "event extraction order" is set so that among the above-mentioned determined events, important events are obtained sequentially.

Then, for each of the script patterns, set the search order of events corresponding to "start", "carry", "transfer" and "connect", and set the search conditions of the event and the importance of the obtained events. Adjustment point (event extraction adjustment table). For example, both teams have points, and events are retrieved by "Mode 1" in the event of a tie/reversal/lead. In "Mode 1", the events of initiating and transferring are considered as follows:

"start": the event when the initial race starts

"Cheng": the offense and defense of the two teams

"Turn": the event that determines the game

"Catch": an event representing a counterattack by a team that is behind

In order to extract an event corresponding to the above content, the event is retrieved in the order of "transition", "start", "success" and "continuation" in "pattern 1". The "turn" event is to set the period from the start (start) of the game to the "end of the section subject to summary creation" (hereinafter referred to as "current") as the search target section, and search for the winning team or the team with the same score The last reversal/tie-score/leading event in , and the importance of the corresponding event is added +10. The event of "Start" is set from the start of the game (start) to the occurrence time of the event of "Turn" as the search object interval, search for the first event in the first team, and add +8 to the importance of the corresponding event. The event of "Cheng" is set from the occurrence time of the "Start" event to the occurrence time of the "Turn" event as the search object interval, and the event with high importance is retrieved without limiting the team, and the corresponding event The importance of +7. In addition, the event of "connection" is set from the occurrence time of the event of "transfer" to the present as the search object interval, and the event with high importance in the opposite team to "transfer" is retrieved, and the corresponding event is retrieved. Importance plus +8.

Retrieve the event according to "Mode 2" when both teams have points and there is no tie/reversal/leading situation. In "Mode 2", the events of initiating and transferring are considered as follows:

"start": the event that determines the game

"Cheng": the offense and defense of the two teams

"Turn": Indicates the event of catching up of the lagging team

"Receive": an event that represents an additional point for the winning team, or a counterattack for a trailing team. In order to extract an event corresponding to the above content, in "pattern 2", the event is retrieved in the order of "start", "transition", "success", and "connection". The "start" event is set from the start of the game (start) to the present as the search object section, searches for the leading events in the leading team, and adds +8 to the importance of the corresponding event. The event of "turning" is to set the occurrence time of the event from "starting" as the search object interval so far, retrieve the last scoring event in the team opposite to "starting", and add +10 to the corresponding event. The event of "Cheng" is set from the occurrence time of the "Start" event to the occurrence time of the "Turn" event as the search object interval, so as to search for events with high importance without limiting the team, and search for the corresponding event The importance of +6. In addition, the event of "connection" is set from the occurrence time of the event of "transfer" to the search object interval so far, so that the event with high importance is searched without limiting the team, and the importance of the corresponding event is added + 7.

Events are retrieved as "Mode 3" where only one team has points, and the first half is played first. In "Mode 3", the events of initiating and transferring are considered as follows:

"start": the event that determines the game

"Cheng": the offense and defense of the two teams

"Turn": an event indicating a counterattack by a team that is behind

"Receive": an event that represents an additional point for the winning team, or a counterattack for a trailing team. In order to extract an event corresponding to the above content, in "pattern 3", the event is retrieved in the order of "start", "transition", "continue", and "connection". The "start" event is set from the start of the game (start) to the present as the search object section, searches for the leading events in the leading team, and adds +8 to the importance of the corresponding event. The event of "turn" is to set the occurrence time of the event from "start" so far as the search object interval, search for the event with high importance in the opposite team to "start", and add +10 to the corresponding event . The event of "Cheng" is set from the occurrence time of the "Start" event to the occurrence time of the "Turn" event as the search object interval, so as to search for events with high importance without limiting the team, and search for the corresponding event The importance of +5. In addition, the event of "connection" is set from the occurrence time of the event of "transfer" to the search object interval so far, so that the event with high importance is searched without limiting the team, and the importance of the corresponding event is added + 5.

Retrieve events as per "Mode 4" where only one team has points and the second half is won first. In "Mode 4", the events of initiating and transferring are considered as follows:

"Start": the offense and defense of the two teams

"Cheng": the offense and defense of the two teams

"Turn": the event that determines the game

"Continue": an event representing the counterattack of the trailing team. In order to extract an event corresponding to the above content, in "pattern 4", the event is retrieved in the order of "transition", "inheritance", "start", and "connection". The event of "turning" is set from the start (start) of the game to the present as the search object section, searches for the leading event in the leading team, and adds +8 to the importance of the corresponding event. The event of "Cheng" is set from the start of the game (start) to the occurrence time of the event of "Turn" as the search object interval, so that the event with high importance can be retrieved without limiting the team, and the importance of the corresponding event Add +5. The event of "start" is set from the start of the game (start) to the occurrence time of the event of "success" as the search object interval, so as to search for events with high importance without limiting the team, and the importance of the corresponding event Add +6. In addition, the event of "receive" is set from the occurrence time of the event of "transfer" to the present as the search object interval, and the event with high importance in the opposite team to "transfer" is retrieved, and the corresponding event Importance +5.

Also, events are retrieved according to "Mode 5" in the event that neither team has a score. In "Pattern 5", the event of transfer is regarded as an event indicating the offense and defense of the two teams, and the events are retrieved in the order of "transfer", "commitment", "start", and "reception" in order to extract them. The "turn" event is set from the start of the game (start) to the present as the search object section, so that events with high importance are searched without limiting the teams, and +7 is added to the importance of the corresponding event. The event of "Cheng" is set from the start of the game (start) to the occurrence time of the event of "Turn" as the search object interval, so that the event with high importance can be retrieved without limiting the team, and the importance of the corresponding event Add +5. The event of "start" is set from the start of the game (start) to the occurrence time of the event of "success" as the search object interval, so as to search for events with high importance without limiting the team, and the importance of the corresponding event Add +6. In addition, the event of "connection" is set from the occurrence time of the event of "transfer" to the search object interval so far, so that the event with high importance is searched without limiting the team, and the importance of the corresponding event is added + 5.

The flowchart in FIG. 5 shows the processing procedure of the event importance adjustment device 10 . The receiving unit 11 receives the event information with the importance degree and the status information, and accumulates them in the accumulating unit 12 (step 1). Scenario importance adjustment unit 14 acquires summary scenario information from summary scenario information storage unit 13 at a specified timing (step 2). Based on the summary script information, the event importance included in the incident information with importance is recalculated (step 3).

The processing in the script importance adjustment unit 14 is specifically performed in the steps shown in FIG. 6 . That is, the information of the "scenario pattern determination table" for applying the summary scenario information is read from the acquired event information with importance and status information, and the scenario pattern is determined according to the table (step 31). Next, the "extraction sequence" information of the determined scenario pattern is obtained (step 32), and according to the "extraction sequence", the event of one of the summary scenario information of "start", "continue", "transition" and "connection" is obtained Extract the adjustment table (step 33), extract the corresponding event (step 34) according to the event extraction table shown in the event extraction adjustment table (retrieval target section, search target team, search target event information). Next, the value of the importance of the extracted event is adjusted according to the event importance adjustment point (P) shown in the event extraction adjustment table of the summary script information (step 35). Steps 33-35 are repeated until all events corresponding to "starting", "carrying", "turning" and "connecting" are extracted (step 36). The output unit 17 outputs event information with an event importance adjusted by the script importance adjustment unit 14 (step 4).

Figures 7 to 11 show the events corresponding to "Start", "Continue", "Turn", and "Receive" in the case of game development corresponding to each scenario mode using the scoreboard information of Team A and Team B , or choose where its scope is. Here, it is assumed that the summary is created in the first half (table) of the seventh inning. Fig. 7 is the corresponding situation of game unfolding and script pattern 1, selects the event of the 5th inning first half that decides the game as the event of " turning ", selects the event of the 1st inning second half (wrapping) that the initial game starts as " starting " For the event of "Cheng", select the event with high importance in the range from the first half of the 2nd inning to the second half of the 4th inning, and the event of "Continue" select the second half of the 5th inning and the second half of the 6th inning. A high event is an event representing a counterattack by the trailing team.

Figure 8 shows the situation where the game development is equivalent to script mode 2. The event that determines the first half of the first inning of the game is selected as the event of "Start", and the event that is used to represent the second half of the fourth inning when the lagging team catches up is selected as " For the event of "transfer", the event of "Cheng" selects the event with high importance from the second half of the first inning to the first half of the fourth inning, and the event of "accepting" selects the event from the first half of the fifth inning to the first half of the In the second half of the 6 innings, an event with high importance is when the winning team increases the bonus points, or when the trailing team counterattacks.

Figure 9 shows the situation where the game development is equivalent to Scenario Mode 3. The event that determines the second half of the first inning of the game is selected as the "up" event, and the event used to indicate defeat in the first half of the second to sixth innings is selected. The team's counterattack event is regarded as a "turn" event (here, the first half of the fifth game is determined to be a "turn" event based on the assumption that there is already an event with high importance in the first half of the fifth game), and the "acceptance The events of "select the events with high importance from the first half of the 2nd inning to the second half of the 4th inning, and the events of "receive" are selected from the second half of the 5th inning to the second half of the 6th inning. An event with high importance when the team that is behind has increased the bonus point, or when the team that is behind has counterattacked.

Figure 10 shows the situation where the game development is equivalent to script mode 4. The event that determines the second half of the fifth inning of the game is selected as the "turn" event, and the event with high importance is selected from the range from the first half to the second half of the fourth inning. As an event of "starting" and "carrying on". Furthermore, an event with high importance in the first half of the sixth inning, which represents a counterattack by the defeated team, is selected as an event to be "received". And Fig. 11 is the situation that game development is equivalent to script pattern 5, in the scope from the first half of the first inning to the second half of the sixth inning, select the event with high importance as corresponding to " start " " carry on " " turn " The "pick up" event.

In this way, the development of the game is compared to a script, and the events corresponding to the "start", "carry", "turn" and "connect" of the script are retrieved, and by adjusting the importance of the corresponding events, a summary reflecting the flow of the game can be automatically produced. In this method, since the event extraction range is set in consideration of the flow of the game, and the events are selected by dispersing them in the game, it is possible to improve the situation where only events that occur in a short period of time are extracted (resolving "time intensive" The problem). Furthermore, since meaningful event combinations are extracted in a format conforming to the "start-and-forward", it is possible to improve the situation where only events of the same content are repeatedly extracted (solve the problem of "duplication of content"). Therefore, by using the adjusted event information with importance, it is possible to create a summary that gives an overview of the flow of the game, not a partial summary.

(second embodiment)

The event importance adjustment method according to the second embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the importance of the event is adjusted in consideration of the correlation of the events. FIG. 12 shows the configuration of an event importance adjustment device 10 for implementing this method. The device 10 includes: a receiving unit 11, which receives event information with a degree of importance attached to the event information representing the content of the event, and status information representing a score or a runner's status; an accumulating unit 12, which accumulates the received Importance event information and status information; storage unit 15, storing the event-related pattern table used to represent the importance adjustment point of an event with a correlation relationship; event-related importance adjustment unit 16, adjusting the incidental importance event according to the event-related pattern table the importance of the information; and an output unit 17 for outputting event information with the importance adjusted. Furthermore, the event-related importance adjustment unit 16 is realized by a computer built in the event importance adjustment device 10 executing a program for setting operations.

The data structure with importance event information and status information input to receiving unit 11 is not changed from that of the first embodiment ( FIGS. 2 and 3 ). As shown in FIG. 13 , in the event-related pattern table, the "trigger event name" of the trigger event that triggers the re-evaluation of the event importance, and the "trigger event name" that indicates the event to be re-evaluated related to the trigger event are set. "Related range" of the search range, "Related object event" indicating the event name associated with the trigger event, and "Related event importance adjustment point" for adjusting the importance of the related object event.

For example, when a home run is a trigger event, the period from the start of the inning to the occurrence time of the trigger event, or from the start time of the first base runner's base situation to the occurrence time of the trigger event The shortest one of the periods is set as the relevant range, and when a triple hit of the relevant object event from the relevant range is detected, the importance of the event is increased by +7, and, in the case of the relevant target event from the relevant range When a pitcher balk is detected, add +5 to the importance of the event. Also, when a hit is a trigger event, the previous event is set as the relevant range, and when a sacrifice hit was in progress before, the importance of the event is increased by +6, and an escort hit (send り bunt) was in progress before , add +3 to the importance of the event.

The flowchart in FIG. 14 shows the processing procedure of the event importance adjustment device 10 . The receiving unit 11 receives event information with a degree of importance and status information, and accumulates them in the accumulating unit 12 (step 1). The event-related importance adjustment unit 16 refers to the event-related pattern table stored in the event-related pattern table storage unit 15, and acquires information on the trigger event set therein (step 5). Then, from the received event information, identify whether the event is a trigger event (step 6), and if it is a trigger event, extract related object events, and execute "related event extraction adjustment processing" for adjusting its importance (step 7).

This related event extraction and adjustment process is specifically performed in the steps shown in FIG. 15 .

That is, specify the retrieval range of related objects through the "Related Scope" information of the event-related schema table

(Step 71), in the relevant range, "relevant target events" (events affected by the trigger event) set in the event-related pattern table are searched (step 72). If there is no related object event in the relevant range, the processing is terminated. If there is (step 73), the "adjustment table of related event importance" (step 74) of the event related pattern table is obtained, and The degree adjustment table adjusts the importance degree of the extracted event (step 75). The output unit 17 outputs event information with the importance degree in which the value of the event importance degree has been adjusted by the event-related importance degree adjustment unit 16 (step 8).

16 and 17 show specific examples of related event extraction and adjustment processing. FIG. 16 shows the events and the status of runners indicated by event information and status information with importance attached to them in time series (p indicates the importance of the event). Incidental importance event information is accumulated in the order of (1) to (6). Since "home run" is set in the event-related pattern table as a trigger event, when "(6) home run" is received, the related event extraction adjustment process starts. First, the "correlation range" information of the event-correlation pattern table is acquired. Since the runner is cleared at the time of the double play, the event that the first runner goes out becomes "(4) four balls". As shown in FIG. 17 , the correlation range is between "(4) four balls" and "(6) home run".

According to the "related object event" information in the event-related pattern table, the events of the "related range" are extracted. In this correlation range, since there are "(3) four balls" and "(5) hits" of the relevant object events, these two events are extracted, and according to the "related event importance adjustment table" of the event correlation pattern table, the (3) The event importance (p=4) of "Four Balls" is increased by 7, and the event importance of "(3) Four Balls" is adjusted to "11". Similarly, the event importance (p=5) of "(5) hits" is increased by 7, and the event importance of "(5) hits" is adjusted to "12". As a result of the adjustment of the event importance related to the event, the importance of each event becomes as shown in FIG. 17 .

In this way, in the event importance adjustment device 10, when a triggering event occurs, the value of the event in the specified range is re-evaluated based on the event-related pattern table, not only immediately after the event occurs, but also The adjustment of the importance of the event is performed from the viewpoint of whether or not it continues to the future (connected). In this method, the value of previous events is re-evaluated by subsequent events, and event importance is adjusted in consideration of the relationship between events. Therefore, by using the adjusted event information with importance, further A summary of the flow of the contest is considered.

(third embodiment)

A third embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the event importance is adjusted by combining the first embodiment and the second embodiment. FIG. 18 shows the configuration of an event importance adjustment device 10 for implementing this method. The device 10 includes: a receiving unit 11, which receives event information with a degree of importance attached to the event information representing the content of the event, and status information representing a score or a runner's status; an accumulating unit 12, which accumulates the received Importance degree event information and status information; Storage unit 13 has stored abstract script information; Script importance adjustment unit 14, adjusts the importance degree that attaches importance degree event information according to summary script information; Storage unit 15, stores event-related pattern table; Event The correlation importance adjustment unit 16 adjusts the importance of the event information with the importance according to the event correlation pattern table; and the output unit 17 outputs the event information with the importance adjusted.

The data structure with importance event information and status information input to receiving unit 11 is not changed from that of the first embodiment ( FIGS. 2 and 3 ). Furthermore, the digest scenario information is the same as that described in the first embodiment (FIG. 4), and the event-related pattern table is the same as that described in the second embodiment (FIG. 13).

The flowchart in FIG. 19 shows the processing procedure of the event importance adjustment device 10 . The receiving unit 11 receives event information incidental to importance and status information, and accumulates them in the accumulating unit 12 (step 1). The script importance adjustment unit 14 obtains the summary script information from the summary script information storage unit 13 at a designated timing (step 2), and recalculates the event importance included in the incident information with the importance according to the summary script information (step 2). 3).

The processing of this script importance adjustment unit 14 is performed in the steps shown in FIG. events, and adjust the importance of these events.

The event-related importance adjustment unit 16 obtains the situation information, and the incidental importance event information that adjusts the importance of events corresponding to "starting", "carrying", "turning" and "connecting" through the script importance adjusting unit 14 (step 4) . Then, the event-related pattern table stored in the event-related pattern table storage unit 15 is referred to, and the information on the trigger event set therein is acquired (step 5). Then, identify whether the event corresponding to "start", "carry", "transfer" and "connect" is a trigger event (step 6), and if not, output the obtained incidental importance event information to the output unit 17 . Under the situation that the event corresponding to "beginning", "carrying", "transfer" and "connecting" is a triggering event, the relevant object event is extracted, and the "related event extraction adjustment process" (step 7).

This related event extraction and adjustment processing is performed in the steps shown in FIG. 15 as described in the second embodiment. The event-related importance adjustment unit 16 outputs the incidental importance event information with the value of the event importance adjusted through the relevant event extraction adjustment process to the output unit 17, and the output unit 17 will pass the script importance adjustment unit 14 and the event-related importance adjustment. The unit 16 outputs event information with the adjusted importance attached to the importance (step 8).

20 to 23 show specific examples of processing in this device. FIG. 20 shows events and score information indicated by event information with importance and status information in time series (p indicates event importance). Furthermore, FIG. 21 shows information on the score board, and numbers (1) to (6) indicate rounds in which events of high importance shown in FIG. 20 occur. Based on the event extraction adjustment table, the script importance adjustment unit 14 extracts the next event as each event of "start", "transfer", "continue" and "continue", and adjusts the importance of the event as follows.

"Start" event: "(1) A pre-made HR" event importance adjusted to 10→18

"Inheritance" event: "(3) A Score H" event importance adjusted to 8→14

"Transfer" event: "(5) B Score H" event importance adjusted to 6→16

"Receive" event: "(6) A Score HR" event importance adjusted to 5→12

Fig. 22 represents the bureau that each event of "starting", "transfer", "carrying" and "connecting" takes place. The event-related importance adjustment unit 16 selects an event that can be a trigger event from the events corresponding to "start", "carry", "transfer" and "connect" according to the event-related pattern table. Select the following event as the trigger event.

"Start" event: "(1) A pre-emptive HR" event

"Receive" event: "(6) A score HR" event

Then, the event-related importance adjustment unit 16 implements related event extraction adjustment processing, and adjusts the importance of the next related target event.

Events related to "(1) A pre-production HR"

"H(1)" event importance +7

"H(2)" event importance +7

Related object event of "(6) A score HR"

"3BH(8)" event importance +7

In FIG. 23 , the importance of each event adjusted by the scenario importance adjustment unit 14 and the event-related importance adjustment unit 16 is shown.

In this way, in the event importance adjustment device 10, corresponding to the game mode set according to "the presence or absence of the scores of both teams" and "the transition", it is possible to perform a process that takes into account both the flow of the game and the relationship between events. The importance of both is adjusted. At this time, since the event corresponding to "Commitment and Transition" becomes a trigger event, the importance of related events associated with "Commitment and Transition" is also increased, and the effect of setting "Continuation and Transition" is the same as that of the first The implementation is larger in comparison. This is because not only the adjustment of the event importance of the "initiation and transfer" event monomer is carried out, but also the importance adjustment of the events related to this event is continued, so that the "event group" is "initiated and transferred". It is possible that the consideration method of "transfer" is affected.

(fourth embodiment)

In Embodiments 1 to 3 described above, summary scenario information is set based on "the presence or absence of scores of both teams" and "the transition". The fourth embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the mode of the game is divided into seven modes according to "the presence or absence of the score of both teams" and "the transition", and in each mode, the necessary information for expressing the flow of the game is determined. For an event, a condition necessary for extracting the event is set as an "event extraction condition". Furthermore, it is characterized in that the "event extraction order" is set so that important events are sequentially acquired from among the above-mentioned determined events. Moreover, it is characterized in that the events selected in the flow of expressing the game are not limited to the four points of "starting", "carrying", "turning" and "connecting".

In the case where the mode of the game is distinguished based on "there is a score difference between the two teams" and "the progress thereof", in the mode of the game, for example: a case where one of the teams has an overwhelming advantage, a situation where the two teams There are various modes such as the situation where the tug-of-war starts in the middle, and the situation where neither team scores. Moreover, in terms of expressing the flow of the game according to the mode of the game, the important events are different modes. For example, in a game in which one team achieves a landslide, the "batter's scoring scene" is an important event, and in the summary scene, it is better to extract a plurality of such events. Moreover, in the tug-of-war between two teams, the "reversal scene" is an important event, and it is preferable to extract a plurality of such events in the summary scene. Also, in a game where neither team scores, "the pitcher's good pitch scene" is an important event, and it is preferable to extract a plurality of such events.

FIG. 24 shows the configuration of the event importance adjustment device 10 for implementing this method. The device 10 includes: a receiving unit 11, which receives event information with a degree of importance attached to the event information representing the content of the event, and status information representing a score or a runner's status; an accumulating unit 12, which accumulates the received Importance degree event information and status information; Storage unit 13 has stored abstract script information; Script importance adjustment unit 14, adjusts the importance degree that attaches importance degree event information according to summary script information; Storage unit 15, stores event-related pattern table; Event The correlation importance adjustment unit 16 adjusts the importance of the event information with the importance according to the event correlation adjustment table; and the output unit 17 outputs the event information with the importance adjusted.

The data structure of event information with importance and status information input to receiving unit 11 is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment (FIGS. 2 and 3). However, as shown in FIG. 25 , the event information with importance in this embodiment has an event identifier, and, as shown in FIG. 26 , the status information has a score information identifier and a runner status identifier. For example, the score information identifier of the status information is assigned an identifier every time there is a change in score, and the runner status identifier is assigned every time a runner goes out ( FIG. 27 ).

And, the summary script information of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 28 , will assign the mode number (1 to 7) assigned to each game content, the score status (the score of the winning team/the score of the losing team), the score difference, the score difference The transition, the number of reversals, and the number of sub-offices are associated (script mode judgment table). The content of the game includes, for example, a win, a big win, a perfect win, a close win, a close win, a tough win, and a tie, and pattern numbers 1 to 7 correspond to them. Then, the events selected in the flow representing the game, the order of extraction, the search target section, and the adjustment points of the event importance (event adjustment extraction table) are set for each mode. For example, the score difference between the two teams is "7 points or more (big)", the transition of the score difference is "4 to 6 points or more until halftime", the number of reversals is "0 innings after halftime", and the number of innings with the same score is "medium". In the case of 0 innings after a game", "pattern 1 (beat win)" is extracted, and an event is detected thereby. In "Mode 1", the events to be searched are set as follows:

"Scenario 1": Winning team's scoring event (tie point)

"Scenario 2": The winning team's scoring event (additional points)

"Scenario 3": Normal play for the losing team, strikeouts

"Scenario 4": The scoring event of the winning team (additional additional points)

"Scenario 5": General play of the losing team, strikeouts

In order to extract an event corresponding to the above-mentioned content, the event is retrieved in the order of "scene 1", "scene 4", "scene 2", "scene 3", and "scene 5" in "pattern 1". Based on the presence or absence of a score difference or its transition, etc., the search is first started from "events that determine the game" or "events with high event importance". That is, the search is started from the point considered to be the most important in the game, and this consideration method is derived and set from the extraction order shown in the description of the first to third embodiments above. Then, for example, according to the pattern of the game (score difference and its transition, etc.), as a means of determining the order for extracting events, as the order of "start", "carry", "transfer", and "receive" has been determined, corresponding to The mode of the game is determined as "Start 1", "Start 2", "Carry 1", "Turn 1", "Turn 2", "Turn 3", "Continue 1", and set it to extract multiple "Start" or "Turn" candidate.

The event of "Scenario 1" is set as the search object interval from the start of the game (start) to the present, and the scoring event where the winning team becomes the winning point is searched, and +1000 is added to the importance of the event. For the event of "scenario 4", set the period from the occurrence time of the event of "scene 1" to the present as the search object interval, so as to search for the scoring event of the winning team as the additional point of addition from the back, and for the corresponding event Add +1000. For the event of "scene 2", set the time from the occurrence of the event of "scene 1" to the present as the search target interval, so as to search for the scoring event of the winning team as the additional point from the front, and add +3000 to the corresponding event . The event of "scene 3" is set as the search object interval from the start of the game (start) to the occurrence time of the event of "scene 4", so that the general play and strikeout events of the negative team are searched from the front, and the corresponding Event plus +2000. In addition, the event of "scene 5" is set as the search object interval from the occurrence time of the event of "scene 4" to the present, and the general play and strikeout events of the negative team are searched from the back, and the corresponding event is added + 1000.

Moreover, in the event-related pattern table of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 32, there are set: a "scene number" corresponding to the scene of the event selected from the event extraction adjustment table, a "target team", and "Related object event" of the event name associated with the selected event, "Related object event" indicating the search range of the related object event, and "Related object event importance adjustment point" for adjusting the importance of the event of the related object.

For example, when Pattern 1 is selected using the Scenario Pattern Determination Table of Summary Script Information, and an event of Scene 1 is selected using the Event Extraction Table, if the related event in the event-related pattern table of Pattern 1 corresponding to it is searched, There are "hits, bases" or "bases, home runs". Retrieve them within the range indicated by "Relevant Range" and add +400 to their event importance if there is "Hit, Go" and, if there is "Hit, Home run" , plus +100 to its importance.

The flowchart of FIG. 30 shows the processing procedure of the event importance adjustment device 10 . The receiving unit 11 receives event information and status information incidental to importance, and accumulates them in the accumulating unit 12 (step 11). Scenario importance adjustment unit 14 acquires the accumulated incidental importance event information and status information at a specified timing (step 12 ), and inputs them to summary scenario information storage unit 13 . The summary script information storage unit 13 selects a pattern number from the "script pattern determination table" based on these information, and obtains the "event extraction adjustment table" of the selected pattern number, and inputs it to the script importance adjustment unit 14 (step 13) . Then, the scenario importance adjustment unit 14 selects an event (script event) to be adjusted from the "event extraction adjustment table", and adjusts the importance of the selected scenario event (step 14).

The details of the processing in the scenario importance adjustment unit 14 will be described with reference to FIG. 31 . In the scenario importance adjustment unit 14, information such as score status, score difference, transition of score difference, The number of reversed rounds, the number of same branch rounds, etc. Information such as the score difference and its transition is extracted from the status information according to the score status, and information such as the number of innings, such as reversals or ties, is extracted from the incidental importance event information (FIG. 27 and FIG. 34). Then, based on these information, determine the mode number in the summary script information storage unit 13, obtain the "event extraction adjustment table" of the mode number, and input it to the script importance adjustment unit 14 (step 22). Next, extract corresponding events according to the extraction order, target team, target event, and retrieval target section shown in the "event extraction adjustment table" (step 23). Also, the next event is retrieved without a corresponding event. For example, in FIG. 29 , the event of "Scene 3" is retrieved, and when there is no general play of the trailing team or a strikeout event, the event of the next "Scene 5" is retrieved. Next, the importance value of the extracted event is adjusted according to the event importance adjustment point shown in the event extraction adjustment table (step 24), and the scene number shown in the event extraction adjustment table is assigned to the event (FIG. 35). By repeating the processing (step 25) of extracting script events (step 23) and adjusting their importance (step 24) according to the extraction order shown in the "event extraction adjustment table", it is possible to suppress the points of the game and express the flow of the game .

The script importance adjustment unit 14 that has performed the above processing inputs the incident information ( FIG. 35 ) and the pattern number adjusted with the summary script information to the event-related importance adjustment unit 16 (step 15), and the event correlation The importance adjustment unit 16 inputs the pattern number to the event-related pattern table storage unit 15 . Determine the pattern number in the event-related pattern table storage unit 15, and obtain the "event-related pattern table" of the pattern number, and input it to the event-related importance adjustment unit 16 (step 16), and the event-related importance adjustment unit 16 according to The "event-related pattern table" selects a related event related to a scenario event to be adjusted by the scenario importance adjustment unit 14, and adjusts the importance of the selected scenario event (step 17).

The details of the processing in the event-related importance adjustment unit 16 will be described using FIG. 33 . The event-related importance adjustment unit 16 inputs the acquired pattern number into the event-related pattern table storage unit 15, and acquires the "event-related pattern table" of the pattern number (step 31). Next, extract corresponding related events according to the scene number, target team, target event, and related range shown in the "event related pattern table" (step 32). Then, according to the event importance adjustment point shown in the "event-related pattern table", adjust the value of the importance of the event extracted (step 33), this event is given the scene number shown in the event-related pattern table (Fig. 36 ). By repeating the processing (step 34) of extracting related events (step 32) and adjusting their importance (step 33) in the order of extraction shown in the "event-related pattern table", it is possible to carry out consideration of important events and Adjust the importance of both related events. By using the event-related pattern table, the importance of events related to the events adjusted by the scenario importance adjustment unit 14 also increases, so the effect of setting the flow of the game becomes greater. In this way, by not only adjusting the event importance of a single script event, but also continuing to adjust the importance of events related to this event, different important events can be extracted according to the game mode, that is, it is possible to accurately Extract important scenes in the game accurately.

The event-related importance adjustment unit 16 having performed the above processing inputs the adjusted incidental importance event information ( FIG. 36 ) to the output unit 17 , and the output unit 17 outputs it (step 18 ).

In this way, the event importance adjustment device 10 uses the input event information ( FIG. 34 ) and situation information to determine the game mode (pattern 1), and uses the event extraction adjustment table of the game mode to determine Select important events in the game. Then, the selected event is designated as a part of the extracted important scene, and then, a related event related to the designated event is selected using the event-related pattern table of the pattern of the game. Therefore, according to the game mode set based on "whether there is a point difference between the two teams" and "the transition", the process of the game and the event-related aspects can be considered and the importance adjusted, as shown in Figure 37, can be accurately Extract important scenes.

Industrial availability

The event importance adjustment device of the present invention can be used in combination with a device that automatically creates a summary from video content, for example, an editing device that edits a summary video of a sports game in a broadcasting station, or a home use that creates a summary from a received video of sports. devices, etc., or used as a front-end device for these devices.

Furthermore, the event importance adjustment device of the present invention is not limited to sports such as baseball, football, tennis, golf, swimming, and marathon, and can be applied to various other types of video content. For example, it can also be applied to movies, dramas, or news. That is, for a certain genre, a mode is determined based on predetermined information ("score and its transition" or "score difference and its transition" in the case of sports), and the flow for expressing the video content is determined for each mode. The necessary events can be extracted for each mode by managing the table representing summary script information - the table sets the extraction conditions required for extracting the event and the extraction order of the event, so that the flow for expressing different video content can be extracted for each mode event. Furthermore, by setting and managing the correlation pattern information of each event, it is possible to extract events correlated with important events in the video content.

Furthermore, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, a case has been shown in which event information with importance and status information are input to the event importance adjustment device, but the event importance adjustment device may be provided with an important The degree calculation unit may provide event information and status information to the event importance adjustment device and generate event information with importance from the event information within the event importance adjustment device.

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1. An event importance adjustment device, characterized in that it comprises: a summary scenario information storage unit that manages summary scenario information representing extraction conditions, extraction order, and importance adjustment points of events that characterize the flow of expressing video content; and The script importance adjustment unit inputs an event representing each item in the video content, incidental importance event information representing the importance of the event, and status information representing the status of the video content, and based on the Extract the corresponding event based on the above summary script information, and adjust the importance of the event. 2. An event importance adjustment device, characterized in that it comprises: an event-related pattern information storage unit that manages an event-related pattern table representing a trigger event that becomes a trigger to start processing, a related event associated with the trigger event, and an importance adjustment point of the related event; and The event-related importance adjustment unit receives an event representing each item in the video content, incidental importance event information representing the importance of the event, and status information representing the status of the video content, and If the input event is a trigger event, a corresponding related event is extracted according to the event-related pattern table, and the importance of the related event is adjusted by using the importance adjustment point. 3. The event importance adjustment device according to claim 1, further comprising: an event-related pattern information storage unit that manages an event-related pattern table representing a trigger event that becomes a trigger to start processing, a related event associated with the trigger event, and an importance adjustment point of the related event; and An event-related importance adjustment unit, when the event adjusted by the script importance adjustment unit is the trigger event, extracts a corresponding related event according to the event-related pattern table, and performs an evaluation on the importance of the related event Adjustment. 4. The event importance adjustment device according to claim 1, further comprising: an event-related importance adjustment unit that manages an event-related pattern table representing a related event associated with the event adjusted according to the summary script information and an importance adjustment point of the related event, The event-related importance adjustment unit extracts corresponding related events according to the event-related pattern table, and adjusts the importance of the related events. 5. The event importance adjustment device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The summary scenario information includes an event extraction adjustment table in which patterns are set according to the presence or absence of scores and their transitions, and an event extraction sequence and extraction conditions are set for each pattern. 6. The event importance adjustment device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The summary scenario information includes an event extraction adjustment table in which a pattern is set according to the presence or absence of a score difference and its transition, and an event extraction order and extraction conditions are set for each pattern. 7. A method for adjusting the importance of an event, using an event representing each item in the video content, incidental importance event information representing the importance of the event, and status information representing the status of the video content to adjust the incidental The importance of the importance event information is characterized in that, The corresponding event is extracted from the summary script information indicating the extraction condition, the extraction order, and the importance adjustment point of the event featured in the flow of expressing the video content, and the importance of the event is evaluated using the importance adjustment point. Adjustment. 8. A method for adjusting the importance of an event, using an event representing each item in the video content, incidental importance event information representing the importance of the event, and status information representing the status of the video content to adjust the incidental The importance of the importance event information is characterized in that, Using the event-related pattern table indicating a trigger event that becomes a trigger to start processing, related events related to the trigger event, and an importance adjustment point of the related event, when the input event is a trigger event, the The corresponding related events are extracted from the event-related mode table, and the importance of the related events is adjusted by using the importance adjustment point. 9. The event importance adjustment method according to claim 7, characterized in that: managing an event-related pattern table representing a trigger event that becomes a trigger to start processing, a related event associated with the trigger event, and an importance adjustment point of the related event, and when the adjusted event is the trigger In the case of an event, the corresponding related event is extracted according to the event-related pattern table, and the importance of the related event is adjusted. 10. The event importance adjustment method according to claim 7, characterized in that: managing an event-related pattern table for representing a related event associated with the event adjusted according to the summary script information and an importance adjustment point of the related event, and extracting a corresponding related event according to the event-related pattern table, and adjusting The importance of the related event. 11. A program for adjusting the incidental importance event by using an event representing each item in video content, incidental importance event information indicating the importance of the event, and status information indicating the status of the video content. The computer built into the device of the degree of importance of the information performs the following steps: The corresponding event is extracted from the summary script information indicating the extraction condition, the extraction order, and the importance adjustment point of the event featured in the flow of expressing the video content, and the importance of the event is evaluated using the importance adjustment point. Adjustment. 12. A program for adjusting the incidental importance event information indicating the importance of the event, the incidental importance event information indicating the importance of the event, and the status information indicating the status of the video content. The computer built into the device of the degree of importance of the information performs the following steps: Using the event-related pattern table indicating a trigger event that becomes a trigger to start processing, related events related to the trigger event, and an importance adjustment point of the related event, when the input event is a trigger event, the The corresponding related events are extracted from the event-related mode table, and the importance of the related events is adjusted by using the importance adjustment point. 13. The program of claim 11, adapted to perform the steps of: managing an event-related pattern table representing a trigger event that becomes a trigger to start processing, a related event associated with the trigger event, and an importance adjustment point of the related event, and when the adjusted event is the trigger In the case of an event, the corresponding related event is extracted according to the event-related pattern table, and the importance of the related event is adjusted. 14. The program of claim 11, adapted to perform the steps of: managing an event-related pattern table for representing a related event associated with the event adjusted according to the summary script information and an importance adjustment point of the related event, and extracting a corresponding related event according to the event-related pattern table, and adjusting The importance of the related event.

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