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Abstract

A memory stores area information indicating a pitcher area in which a pitcher is presumed to appear in an image that represents a pitching scene. A processor detects an edge pixel from a difference image that represents a difference between a first image at a first time and a second image at a second time that are included in a video, and identifies an edge area in which a plurality of edge pixels are aligned in a prescribed direction in the difference image. Then, the processor determines that the difference image represents the pitching scene on the basis of a size of the edge area included in the pitcher area indicated by the area information in the difference image and on the basis of a size of the edge area included in a prescribed area in the difference image.

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