Digital video contents browsing apparatus and method

摘要

Video contents distributed by digital broadcasting are obtained and divided into video contents segments on a channel basis, a program basis, or a predetermined time basis. A collection of ions corresponding to the respective video contents segments can be displayed in accordance with a particular viewpoint when it is arranged in the position of the classification and arrangement results. The classification and arrangement are calculated according to the feature value of each video contents segment. Icons corresponding to the video contents segments are re-created by newly setting a division basis arbitrarily, the feature values of the video contents segments on the newly set division basis are extracted, and icons corresponding to video contents segments are rearranged for display.