Patent ID: 8532458

Claim:
A picture search method for a digital reproduction of a moving image, the method comprising: receiving, by an apparatus, a reproduction selection command, which is for selecting a normal reproduction time of the moving image, during a high-speed search of the moving image; in response to the reproduction selection command received during the high-speed search of the moving image, generating, by the apparatus, a multiple image screen by configuring a plurality of pictures of the moving image included in an interval between a predetermined previous time before receiving the reproduction selection command and a time when the reproduction selection command was received; outputting, to a display unit, the multiple image screen; and sequentially reproducing, by the apparatus, consecutive pictures of the moving image starting from a picture selected by the user among the plurality of pictures included in the multiple image screen, wherein the generating of the multiple image screen comprises hierarchically constructing the multiple image screen by including pictures at longer time intervals between one another in an upper layer and including adjacent pictures of each picture included in the upper layer in a lower layer, wherein the outputting of the multiple image screen comprises: outputting the pictures included in the upper layer and outputting pictures included in a lower layer of a picture selected by the user among the output pictures included in the upper layer.