Recording medium with video index information recorded therein video information management method which uses the video index information, recording medium with audio index information recorded therein, audio information management method which uses the audio index information, video retrieval method which uses video index information, audio retrieval method which uses the audio index information and a video retrieval system
First Claim
1. A computer-readable recording medium with video index information prepared by analyzing the video information recorded therein, the video index information having a data structure wherein the video index information has a tree structure comprising, as structure element objects, at least one frame information for managing a given number of successive frames in the video information as one unit of information, at least one sound information for managing voices corresponding to a given range in the video information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying the frame information and sound information each as one unit of information and managing the information as a desired significant collection of data, and package information for collectively managing a plurality of segment information as a group;
- further the segment information manages the package information for collectively managing a plurality of other segment information generated by using the same frame as that of the frame information and sound information managed by the segment information and voices in the frame; and
the package information is arranged, in addition to the frame information and sound information, under one segment information within said tree structure.
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Abstract
The video index information has a tree structure comprising frame information, sound information, segment information, and package information each as a structure element object. The segment information manages package information for managing a plurality of other segment information as a group, and in the tree structure, the package information is allocated in addition to the frame information and sound information under one segment information, and the video information is managed by using the tree structure of the video index information and structure element objects therein.
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1. A computer-readable recording medium with video index information prepared by analyzing the video information recorded therein,
the video index information having a data structure wherein the video index information has a tree structure comprising, as structure element objects, at least one frame information for managing a given number of successive frames in the video information as one unit of information, at least one sound information for managing voices corresponding to a given range in the video information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying the frame information and sound information each as one unit of information and managing the information as a desired significant collection of data, and package information for collectively managing a plurality of segment information as a group; -
further the segment information manages the package information for collectively managing a plurality of other segment information generated by using the same frame as that of the frame information and sound information managed by the segment information and voices in the frame; and
the package information is arranged, in addition to the frame information and sound information, under one segment information within said tree structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A video information management method which uses a video index information for managing the video information by analyzing at least video including a plurality of frames, generating, apart from the video information, video index information for managing the video information, and referring to the generated video index information;
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the video index information has a tree structure comprising, as structure element objects, at least one frame information for managing a given number of successive frames in the video information as one unit of information, at least one sound information for managing voices corresponding to a given range in the video information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying the frame information and sound information each as one unit of information and managing the information as a desired significant collection of data, and package information for collectively managing a plurality of segment information as a group;
further the segment information manages the package information for collectively managing a plurality of other segment information generated by using the same frame as that of the frame information and sound information managed by the segment information and voices in the frame;
the package information is arranged, in addition to the frame information and sound information, under one segment information within said tree structure; and
the video information is managed by using said tree structure and structure element objects of the video index information. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A video information management method which uses a video index information for managing the video information by analyzing video information including at least a plurality of frames, generating, apart from the video information, video index information for managing the video information, and referring to the generated video index information;
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the video index information has at least a plurality of segment information for managing a range of a given number of successive frames, and a link list for indicating links between segment information for indicating in what order the plurality of segment information should be followed;
a plurality of link lists each indicating in what a desired order of segment information are to be followed of the plurality of segment information each constituting the video information, a plurality of view information corresponding to the link lists are set, and the video information is managed by using the video index information having the plurality of view information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable recording medium with audio index information prepared by analyzing audio information recorded therein;
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the audio index information has a tree structure comprising at least one sound information for managing voices corresponding to a given range in the audio information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying one the sound information equivalent to one unit of information and managing the sound information as a collection of information having desired meaning, package information for collectively managing the segment information as a group each as a structure element object;
the segment information manages package information for collectively managing a plurality-of other segment information generated by using the same range of sounds as the sound information managed according to the segment information and managing the segment information as a group; and
the package information is allocated in addition to the sound information, under one segment information within said tree structure. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An audio information management method which uses an audio index information for managing the audio information by analyzing audio information, generating, apart from the audio information, audio index information for managing the audio information, and referring to the generated audio index information;
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the audio index information has a tree structure comprising at least one sound information for managing sounds corresponding to a given range in the audio information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying the sound information equivalent to one unit of information and managing the sound information as a group having desired meaning, package information for collectively managing the group of segment information each as a structure element object;
the segment information has package information for collectively managing a plurality of other segment information generated using sounds in the same range as that of the sound information managed by the segment information as a group and managing the group of information;
the package information is allocated, in addition to the sound information, under one segment information within said tree structure; and
the audio information is managed by using said tree structure of the audio index information and the structure element objects. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A video retrieval method which uses a video index information for retrieving video information satisfying desired retrieval conditions from a plurality of video information by referring video index information prepared in correlation to each video information;
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the video index information has a tree structure comprising at least one frame information for managing a given number of successive frames in the video information as one unit of information, at least one sound information for managing sounds corresponding to a given range in the video information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying the sound information equivalent to one unit of information and managing the sound information as a group having desired meaning, package information for collectively managing the group of segment information each as a structure element object;
at least one type of structure element object of the structure element objects has retrieval information for retrieving contents of a frame and/or sounds directly or indirectly managed by the structure element object;
the segment information manages package information for collectively managing a plurality of segment information prepared by using the frame information managed by the segment information as well as a frame and sounds in the same range as that of the sound information and managing the group of segment information;
the package information is located, in addition to the frame information and sound information, under one segment information within said tree structure; and
retrieval conditions for desired vide information are inputted, a plurality of video index information prepared from a plurality of different video information to identify video index information including retrieval information satisfying the retrieval conditions, and a list of video information corresponding to the identified video index information is outputted as a result of retrieval. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A video retrieval method which uses a video index information for retrieving a video satisfying desired retrieval conditions from image information by referring video index information previously prepared from video information;
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the video index information has a tree structure comprising at least one frame information for managing a given number of successive frames in the video information as one unit of information, at least one sound information for managing sounds corresponding to a given range in the video information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying the frame information and sound information each as one unit of information as a group having desired meaning and managing the group of information, and package information for managing a plurality of segment information as a group each as a structure element object;
the structure element object has retrieval information for retrieving contents of frames and/or sounds directly and indirectly managed by the structure element object;
the segment information manages package information for managing a plurality of other segment information generated using frames, sounds in the same range as that of the frame information and sound information managed by the segment information;
the package information is located, in addition to the frame information and sound information, under one segment information within said tree structure;
retrieval conditions for a desired video-image are inputted, a structure element object including retrieval information satisfying the retrieval conditions is identified by retrieving the video index information, and a list for the identified structure element objects is outputted as a result of retrieval. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. An audio retrieval method which uses an audio index information for retrieving audio information satisfying desired retrieval conditions from a plurality of audio information by referring to audio index information previously prepared in correlation to each audio information;
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the audio index information has a tree structure comprising at least one sound information for managing sounds corresponding to a given range in the audio information, at least one segment information for classifying the sound information as one unit of information and managing the sound information as a group having desired meaning, package information for managing the plurality of segment information each as a structure element object;
at least one type of structure element objects of the structure element objects have retrieval information for retrieving contents of sounds directly or indirectly managed by the structure element object;
the segment information manages package information for collectively managing other segment information prepared by using sounds in the same range as that of the sound information managed by the segment information and managing the segment information as a group;
the package information is allocated in addition to the sound information, under one segment information within said tree structure; and
retrieval conditions as conditions for desired sounds are inputted, audio index information satisfying the retrieval conditions is identified by retrieving a plurality of audio index information previously prepared from a plurality of different audio information, and a list of audio information corresponding to the identified audio index information is outputted as a result of retrieval. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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40. An audio retrieval method which uses an audio index information for retrieving sounds satisfying a desired retrieval condition from audio information by referring to audio index information previously prepared from audio information;
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the audio index information has a tree structure comprising at least one sound information for managing voiced and sounds corresponding to a given range in the audio information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying the sound information as a group and managing the sound information as a group having desired meanings, and package information for collectively managing the group of segment information;
the structure element object has retrieval information for retrieving contents of sounds directly or indirectly managed by the structure element object;
the segment information has package information for collectively managing a plurality of other segment information prepared using sounds in the same range as that the sound information managed by the segment information as a group;
the package information is allocated in addition to the sound information under one segment information within said tree structure; and
retrieval conditions for desired sounds are inputted, a structure element object including retrieval information satisfying the retrieval conditions is identified by retrieving the audio index information, and a list for the identified structure elements is outputted as a result of retrieval. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. A video retrieval system comprising:
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a plurality of video information databases each storing therein a plurality of video information;
a plurality of video index information databases each storing video index information previously prepared in correlation to each video information;
a retrieval information delivery file generated by extracting retrieval information for retrieving video information stored in said video information databases from the video index information stored in said plurality of index information databases; and
a retrieval device for retrieving video information completely or almost satisfying a desired retrieval condition from said video information databases by using said retrieval information delivery file;
whereinthe video index information in said video index information databases has a tree structure comprising at least one frame information for managing a given number of successive frames in the video information as one unit of information, at least one sound information for managing sounds corresponding to a given range in the video information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying the frame information and sound information each as one unit of information and managing the information as a group having desired meanings, and package information for managing a plurality of segment information as a group each as a structure element object;
of the structure element objects, at least one type of structure element objects have retrieval information for retrieving contents of frames and/or sounds directly or indirectly managed by the structure element object, the segment information manages package information for managing a plurality of other segment information prepared by using the frame information managed by the segment information and sounds in the same frame as that of the sound information as a group, and further the package information is allocated in addition to the frame information and sound information under one segment information within said tree structure;
said retrieval information delivery file stores therein in a correlated form the retrieval information extracted from said plurality of video index information databases, and the retrieval information classified into a plurality of categories with a structure element object as an extraction source of the retrieval information and video index information having the structure element object present; and
said retrieval device identifies, when retrieval conditions for a desired video-image are inputted, retrieval information completely or almost satisfying the retrieval conditions using each retrieval information stored in said retrieval information delivery file and information relating to and a category of the retrieval information, and outputs the video information as a result of retrieval according to the video index information including the retrieval information. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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47. A video retrieval system comprising:
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a plurality of video information databases each storing therein a plurality of video information;
a plurality of video index information databases each storing video index information previously prepared in correlation to each video information;
a retrieval information delivery file generated by extracting retrieval information for retrieving video information stored in said video information databases from the video index information stored in said plurality of index information databases; and
a retrieval device for retrieving video information completely or almost satisfying a desired retrieval condition from said video information databases by using said retrieval information delivery file;
whereinthe video index information in said video index information databases has a tree structure comprising at least one frame information for managing a given number of successive frames in the video information as one unit of information, at least one sound information for managing sounds corresponding to a given range in the video information as one unit of information, at least one segment information for classifying the frame information and sound information each as one unit of information and managing the information as a group having desired meanings, and package information for managing a plurality of segment information as a group each as a structure element object;
the segment information manages package information for managing a plurality of other segment information prepared by using the frame information managed by the segment information and frames and sounds in the same range as that of the sound information as a group, and further the package information is allocated in addition to the frame information and sound information under one segment information in said tree structure;
said retrieval information delivery file stores therein the plurality of retrieval information classified into a plurality of categories, each retrieval information correlated to a structure element object retrieved according to the retrieval information and video index information with the structure element object present therein; and
said retrieval device identifies, when retrieval conditions for a desired video-image are inputted, retrieval information completely or almost satisfying the retrieval conditions using each retrieval information stored in said retrieval information delivery file and information relating to and a category of the retrieval information, and outputs the video information as a result of retrieval according to the video index information including the retrieval information. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49)
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