System zur Indexierung und zum Suchen von bewegten Bildern

摘要

A video source (101), such as a VCR, plays back a motion image which is input by an image input section (111). Partition of scenes and creation of images representing scenes are performed by a catalog creation section (120). Additionally, at this time, an image representing the movement of an object appearing in the scenes is created. A representative image and a motion description image are initially stored in a catalog storage section (130) and then displayed in catalog form by a display section (104) under control of a display control section (114). Since not only the representative image of scenes but also the movement of the object in those scenes are displayed, the contents of the scenes are easily grasped.