Patent ID: 8126294

Claim:
A video structuring device, comprising: video input means for receiving a video signal, and outputting a frame image of a video, frame identifying information for identifying the frame image, and video data for said video signal; 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; structure information presentation means; 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 to store them in an index file associated with one another, obtaining said video data and frame identifying information from said video input means to store them being associated with one another, and when said video information storage means obtains said frame identifying information from said structure information presentation means, reading out video data which is recorded being associated with the frame identifying information obtained from the structure information presentation means, and outputting video data starting from a frame image corresponding to the frame identifying information obtained from said structure information presentation means; and video playback means for obtaining video data outputted by said video information storage means and outputting the video data to display means for display, wherein said structure information presentation means reads out said index file from said video information storage, cuts 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 outputs a character string display in a form of said cut-out image to said display means for display, and when a user enters information for selecting the character string display, said structure information presentation means outputs frame identifying information associated with the selected character string display to said video information storage means.