Digital video contents browsing apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A digital video contents browsing apparatus, comprising:
- a video contents obtaining part for obtaining video contents distributed by digital broadcasting;
a feature value extracting part for extracting a plurality of feature values from the obtained video contents;
a classification and arrangement part for classifying and arranging the video contents in a classification and arrangement space based on the feature values;
an icon creating part for creating icons visually representing the video contents;
a video contents dividing part for dividing the video contents into video contents segments on a channel basis, on a program basis, or on a predetermined time basis; and
a classification and arrangement display part for displaying a collection of the icons corresponding to the video contents segments, in accordance with a viewpoint when the collection is placed at a position of classification and arrangement results obtained by the classification and arrangement part, wherein the video contents dividing part is capable of newly setting a division basis arbitrarily, the icon creating part re-creates the icons corresponding to the video contents segments, the feature value extracting part extracts feature values of the video contents segments on the newly set division basis, and the classification and arrangement display part rearranges the icons corresponding to the video contents segments for display.
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Abstract
Video contents distributed by digital broadcasting are obtained and divided into video contents segments on a channel basis, a program basis, or a predetermined time basis. A collection of ions corresponding to the respective video contents segments can be displayed in accordance with a particular viewpoint when it is arranged in the position of the classification and arrangement results. The classification and arrangement are calculated according to the feature value of each video contents segment. Icons corresponding to the video contents segments are re-created by newly setting a division basis arbitrarily, the feature values of the video contents segments on the newly set division basis are extracted, and icons corresponding to video contents segments are rearranged for display.
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15 Claims
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1. A digital video contents browsing apparatus, comprising:
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a video contents obtaining part for obtaining video contents distributed by digital broadcasting;
a feature value extracting part for extracting a plurality of feature values from the obtained video contents;
a classification and arrangement part for classifying and arranging the video contents in a classification and arrangement space based on the feature values;
an icon creating part for creating icons visually representing the video contents;
a video contents dividing part for dividing the video contents into video contents segments on a channel basis, on a program basis, or on a predetermined time basis; and
a classification and arrangement display part for displaying a collection of the icons corresponding to the video contents segments, in accordance with a viewpoint when the collection is placed at a position of classification and arrangement results obtained by the classification and arrangement part, wherein the video contents dividing part is capable of newly setting a division basis arbitrarily, the icon creating part re-creates the icons corresponding to the video contents segments, the feature value extracting part extracts feature values of the video contents segments on the newly set division basis, and the classification and arrangement display part rearranges the icons corresponding to the video contents segments for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A digital video contents browsing method, comprising the operations of:
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obtaining video contents distributed by digital broadcasting;
extracting a plurality of feature values from the obtained video contents;
classifying and arranging the video contents in a classification and arrangement space based on the feature values;
creating icons visually representing the video contents;
dividing the video contents into video contents segments on a channel basis, on a program basis, or on a predetermined time basis; and
displaying a collection of the icons corresponding to the video contents segments in accordance with a particular viewpoint when the collection is placed in a position of the classification and arrangement results, wherein a division basis is allowed to be newly set arbitrarily, the icons corresponding to the video contents segments are re-created, feature values of the video contents segments on the newly set division basis are extracted, and icons corresponding to the video contents segments are rearranged for display.
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15. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program to be executed by a computer for realizing a digital video contents browsing method, the method comprising the operations of:
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obtaining video contents distributed by digital broadcasting;
extracting a plurality of feature values from the obtained video contents;
classifying and arranging the video contents in a classification and arrangement space based on the feature values;
creating icons visually representing the video contents;
dividing the video contents into video contents segments on a channel basis, on a program basis, or on a predetermined time basis; and
displaying a collection of the icons corresponding to video contents segments in accordance with a particular viewpoint when the collection is placed at a position of the classification and arrangement results, wherein a division basis is allowed to be newly set arbitrarily, the icons corresponding to the video contents segments are re-created, feature values of the video contents segments on the newly set division basis are extracted, and the icons corresponding to the video contents segments are rearranged for display.
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