Patent ID: 7949207

Claim:
A video structuring device, comprising: video input means for receiving a video signal and outputting a frame image of a video and frame identifying information which identifies the frame image; character string extraction means for receiving said frame image and said frame identifying information from said video input means to determine whether or not a character string is present in the frame image, and if it determines that a character string is present in the frame image, generating character string position information for the character string present in the frame image as a character string present frame image, and outputting the character string position information, frame identifying information for identifying said character string present frame image and said character string present frame image; video information storage means for obtaining said frame identifying information, said character string present frame image and said character string position information from said character string extraction means, and storing the obtained pieces of information associated with one another in an index file; and structure information presentation means for reading out said index file from said video information storage means, cutting out an area in which a character string is present from said character string present frame image based on said character string position information, and displaying a character string display in a form of said cut-out image on display means being associated with frame identifying information for identifying said character string present frame image.