Video retrieving system and method

摘要

A system for retrieving a video comprises means for extracting a feature from a video in each of a plurality of predetermined periods; means for comparing the extracted features of each of the periods to obtain a representative feature representing successive ones of the periods in which the extracted features are within an allowable range; means for recording the representative feature with a length information indicating the periods that are represented by the representative feature in the storage; means for extracting a feature from a queried video; and means for comparing the feature of the queried video with a recorded representative feature and retrieving corresponding scenes from said video and said queried video.