Multimedia information arranging apparatus and arranging method
First Claim
1. A multimedia information arranging apparatus comprising:
- a computer, comprising an information set obtaining portion for obtaining pieces of media information in units of information sets, which are formed by grouping together the pieces of media information that are related to a same target, the media information being of a same kind and different kinds, from among a group of pieces of media information including image information, text information and audio information;
an axis setting portion for assigning an attribute of a feature value extracted from the obtained pieces of media information contained in the information sets to an axis of a space in which a group of the information sets is arranged and setting an information set arrangement space with one or more axes;
a feature value extracting portion for extracting a component of the feature value from the pieces of media information in the information sets;
an information set arranging portion for arranging the information sets in the information set arrangement space based on the attribute of the feature value of the pieces of media information contained in the information sets and the component of his feature value; and
an information displaying portion for displaying pieces of media information corresponding to a viewpoint with respect to the information set arrangement space, from among the pieces of media information of the information sets arranged in the information set arrangement space.
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Abstract
A multimedia information arranging apparatus that utilizes various feature values contained in multimedia information, carries out a flexible retrieval and classification and displays the information in an information set arrangement space is provided.
An information set obtaining portion 10 obtains information sets. An axis setting portion 20 assigns the feature value of the media information to an information set arrangement space axis so as to set the information set arrangement space. A feature value extracting portion 30 extracts the feature value from each of the media information of the obtained information set, and an information set arranging portion 40 arranges the information sets in the information set arrangement space according to their feature values. An information displaying portion 50 displays the information set arrangement space in such a manner as to be seen from a predetermined display viewpoint. By seeing the display result, as necessary, the axis setting portion 20 resets the information set arrangement space axis using a different feature value, so that the information sets are rearranged and redisplayed in the information set arrangement space, and retrievals of different aspects are repeated.
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14 Claims
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1. A multimedia information arranging apparatus comprising:
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a computer, comprising an information set obtaining portion for obtaining pieces of media information in units of information sets, which are formed by grouping together the pieces of media information that are related to a same target, the media information being of a same kind and different kinds, from among a group of pieces of media information including image information, text information and audio information;
an axis setting portion for assigning an attribute of a feature value extracted from the obtained pieces of media information contained in the information sets to an axis of a space in which a group of the information sets is arranged and setting an information set arrangement space with one or more axes;
a feature value extracting portion for extracting a component of the feature value from the pieces of media information in the information sets;
an information set arranging portion for arranging the information sets in the information set arrangement space based on the attribute of the feature value of the pieces of media information contained in the information sets and the component of his feature value; and
an information displaying portion for displaying pieces of media information corresponding to a viewpoint with respect to the information set arrangement space, from among the pieces of media information of the information sets arranged in the information set arrangement space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable recording medium storing a processing program for realizing a multimedia information arranging apparatus for arranging and displaying information sets, each of which is a group of related pieces of media information including image information, text information and audio information, in an information set arrangement space, the processing program comprising:
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an information set obtaining operation for obtaining the pieces of media information in units of the information sets, each formed by associating with each other the related pieces of media information including the image information, the text information and the audio information, the media information being of a same kind and different kinds;
an axis setting operation for assigning an attribute of a feature value extracted from the obtained pieces of media information contained in the information sets to an axis of a space in which a group of the information sets is arranged and setting an information set arrangement space with one or more axes;
a feature value extracting operation for extracting a component of the feature value from the pieces of media information in the information sets;
an information set arranging operation for arranging the information sets in the information set arrangement space based on the extracted component of the feature value; and
an information displaying operation for displaying pieces of media information corresponding to a viewpoint with respect to the information set arrangement space, from among the pieces of media information of the information sets arranged in the information set arrangement space.
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14. An information set computer-implemented arranging method comprising:
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obtaining pieces of media information in units of information sets, each formed by associating with each other related pieces of media information including image information, text information and audio information, the media information being of a same kind and different kinds;
assigning an attribute of a feature value extracted from the obtained pieces of media information contained in the information sets to an axis of a space in which a group of the information sets is arranged and setting an information set arrangement space with one or more axes;
extracting a component of the feature value from the pieces of media information in the information sets;
arranging the information sets in the information set arrangement space based on the attribute of the feature value of the pieces of media information contained in the information sets and the component of this feature value;
specifying a feature value that is different from the feature value with respect to the arranged information sets, resetting an assignment to each of the axis of the information set arrangement space, and rearranging the information sets in the information set arrangement space based on the resetting; and
setting the axis of the information set arrangement space and arranging the information sets in the information set arrangement space repeatedly while switching feature values to be used.
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