Patent ID: 7487524

Claim:
A method for presenting the content of images, in which, out of images that include at least moving images and can be segmented into a plurality of scenes, groups of two or more key images included in the individual scenes are extracted, and a digest screen of the images which includes the groups of key images, is organized, the method comprising, at least: a scene segmenting step of segmenting the images into individual scenes with scene segmenting means, and for each scene the following three steps are provided, a key-image extracting step of extracting a still image which is made a key image at a point of time from each scene with key-image selecting means, a preceding-and-following-key-image extracting step of extracting at least one still image time-oriented preceding the key image and/or at least one still image time-oriented following the key image from each scene with preceding-and-following-key-image selecting means, and, a key-image weighting step of assigning a weight to the key image in each scene on the basis of a predetermined measure with key-image weighting means; a scene organizing step of, with scene organizing means, disposing the key images in the individual scenes in time-oriented order, expanding or contracting the key images according to the corresponding weights, and organizing a digest screen on which the preceding and following key images can be disposed in the neighborhood of the corresponding key images; and a screen displaying step of displaying the digest screen with screen displaying means.