Video access method and video access apparatus

摘要

A video picture access system and computer implemented program in which a command is inputted, a list of time-serial representative images of scenes included in a video picture is displayed, and the list is scrolled by displaying a new representative image instead of the representative image of the representative image already displayed earlier when a total number of the time-serial representative images exceed a maximum number of representative images which can be displayed on a display screen. The representative image which is newly added for display is a representative image of a scene distanced for a given time in conformance to the command which is inputted.