Patent ID: 7092040

Claim:
A motion picture retrieval information generating apparatus ( 40 ) that generates retrieval information for retrieving motion picture data constituted of one or more scenes ( 140 , 142 , 144 , 146 , 160 ), comprising: a retrieval information generating section ( 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 ) that generates retrieval information corresponding to each of said one or more scenes on the basis of said motion picture data, and wherein said retrieval information generating section ( 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 ) comprises: a first summary information generating means ( 103 ) for forming plural spatially split blocks having a length of each of said scenes in a direction of the time axis obtained by spatially splitting said each of said scenes ( 140 , 142 , 144 , 146 , 160 ) to generate summary information ( 188 ) of a spatially split block unit, and wherein said first summary information generating means ( 103 ) splits each of said scenes ( 140 , 142 , 144 , 146 , 160 ) into 2 to the nth power parts, n being a predetermined number.