Patent ID: 8620971

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for searching and managing moving image content comprising: image acquiring unit acquiring a moving image content from at least one broadcasting station; a storage unit storing a database registering first layer summary data of a first size from images extracted at a first frequency from plural images making up the moving image content, wherein the first frequency being one of intervals of a predetermined number of frames and at a time of a scene change; distance calculation unit calculating a distance between said first layer summary data based on a distance between vectors of elements which are formed by said first layer summary data registered in said database, wherein each vector being a calculated pixel value average regarding each of the RGB pixels in each region of a partitioned frame image; and classification unit clustering into a same class the first layer summary data when the distance calculated by said distance calculation unit falls within a predetermined distance, said classification unit further clustering the moving image contents into a plurality of classes based on the classes into which said first layer summary data have been clustered, wherein a maximum of one first layer summary data is clustered into each class.