Patent ID: 6948123
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: G06F,G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A multimedia information arranging apparatus comprising: a computer, comprising an information set obtaining portion for obtaining pieces of media information in units of information sets, which are formed by grouping together the pieces of media information that are related to a same target, the media information being of a same kind and different kinds, from among a group of pieces of media information including image information, text information and audio information; an axis setting portion for assigning an attribute of a feature value extracted from the obtained pieces of media information contained in the information sets to an axis of a space in which a group of the information sets is arranged and setting an information set arrangement space with one or more axes; a feature value extracting portion for extracting a component of the feature value from the pieces of media information in the information sets; an information set arranging portion for arranging the information sets in the information set arrangement space based on the attribute of the feature value of the pieces of media information contained in the information sets and the component of his feature value; and an information displaying portion for displaying pieces of media information corresponding to a viewpoint with respect to the information set arrangement space, from among the pieces of media information of the information sets arranged in the information set arrangement space.