Patent ID: 6526171
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
An image object managing method for use with an image processing system in which objects constituting image frames are respectively encoded to generate object streams and the encoded object streams are decoded in a decoding phase to combine the objects for presentation thereof, comprising the steps of:displaying a screen for assigning an identifier to an object of a first object stream constituting an image stream on a display; assigning, in response to specification from an operator, the identifier common to an object of a second object stream to the object of the first object stream displayed on the display; disposing a database establishing a correspondence between desired conditions for an object stream and an identifier of the object stream or a value obtained by conducting a fixed mathematical operation for the identifier; assigning, when creating an overall stream, to an object having a desired condition corresponding to the database an identifier corresponding to a mathematical operation satisfying the condition of the database; assigning identifiers other than the identifier to other object streams; and retrieving, when extracting from the overall stream an object stream satisfying a desired condition and appearing in one or more scenes, the object streams by setting the identifier corresponding to the desired condition as a retrieval key.