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Video searching method, apparatus, and program product, producing a group image file from images extracted at predetermined intervals

US6584463B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2002
Grant dateJun 24, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99945
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video displaying method of displaying, on a display unit, contents of video files. Each of the video files is composed of a plurality of images. The video displaying method includes the steps of extracting, from one of the video files, a plurality of images at predetermined intervals from the images composing the video file; displaying the extracted images on the display unit; in response to a selection of one image from the displayed images, reproducing the video file including the selected image beginning at a position of the selected image in the video file; and displaying the reproduced video file on the display unit.

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