JP2006074759A - Apparatus for browsing plural moving images, and distribution apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for browsing a plurality of moving images in which a video image can be transmitted to be browsed, even in a limited network band and a video scene contained in the video image can be browsed, retrieved and reproduced for a video file in a network connected server, and to provide a distribution apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: With respect to video file information designated by a command input unit 35, video data are sequentially extracted from an accumulation device 11 under control from a distribution control unit 34 and inputted to a main video sending unit 31a and/or a substitutive video sending unit 31b. Similarly, scene description data, related to the video image designated by the command input unit 35, are sequentially extracted from the accumulation device 11 and inputted to a scene description data sending unit 32 under control from the distribution control unit 34. The main video file and the substitutive video file are sent out of a server at a fixed transmission rate, and a scene description file that describes the scene of the video file is sent out of the server at a fixed transmission rate synchronously with the main video data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a plurality of moving image browsing devices and distribution devices, and more particularly to a plurality of moving image browsing devices capable of efficiently reproducing and browsing a plurality of videos with a limited transmission band and decoding capability. And a distribution apparatus.

  FIG. 16 shows a conventional first method for simultaneously reproducing a plurality of videos. In FIG. 16, under the control of the control unit 10, the video reproduction units 101 to 10n sequentially take out a plurality of video data 1 to n from the storage device 11 and input them to the video reproduction units 101 to 10n. The video playback units 101 to 10n sequentially read the video data and output the screen output signal, the audio output signal, and the current playback time to the display unit 17. The display unit 17 takes in the reproduction time, the screen output signal, and the audio output signal, and displays the reproduction time, the screen output, and the audio output.

  In this case, since the processing load is the same as the number of video data to be played back, for example, when playing back with software, there is a demerit that the number of videos to be played back is limited.

  FIG. 17 shows a conventional second method for simultaneously reproducing a plurality of videos and reproducing them from a designated time. In FIG. 17, for example, the length of the entire video is input from the video playback unit 101 to the playback start time setting unit 201 as the playback length. The playback start time setting unit 201 sets a playback time and outputs the set time to the video playback unit 101. When the set time is input, the video playback unit 101 sets the recording position information of the video data near the set time, takes in the video data from the specified recording position from the storage device 11, and plays back.

As a method for setting the reproduction start time in the reproduction start time setting unit 201, the following method is used.
(1) Enter the playback start time directly.
(2) The length of the entire video is set to 100%, and the designated ratio is set as the playback start time.

  As an example of the above (1), there is one in which playback is started by inputting a time code. Further, as an example of the above (2), there is one that sets the playback time by adjusting the position of the scroll bar indicating the playback position of the video player.

  FIG. 18 shows a third conventional method. As shown in the figure, the video data is stored in a server system connected to the playback apparatus via a network.

  In FIG. 18, video playback is requested to the video playback units 101 to 10 n under the control of the control unit 10. The video reproduction units 101 to 10n send n video data request signals to the server system 102 via the network 104. In the server system 102, the request signal is read by the video server 103, and designated video data is transmitted from the storage device 11 to the video server 103. The video server 103 transmits n pieces of video data to the client terminal 105 via the network 104.

  The client terminal 105 transfers the transmitted video data to the video playback units 101 to 10n. The video playback units 101 to 10n read the video data and output the screen output signal, the audio output signal, and the current playback time to the display unit 17. The display unit 17 captures the reproduction time, the screen output signal, and the audio output signal, and displays the reproduction time, screen output, and audio output.

  Further, the length of the entire video for each video is input to the playback start time setting unit 201 as the playback length from the video playback units 101 to 10n. The playback start time setting unit 201 sets a playback time for each video, and outputs the set time to the video playback units 101 to 10n. When the set time is input, the video playback units 101 to 10n set the recording position information of the video data near the set time, take in the video data from the recording position specified from the storage device 11, and perform playback.

  As a method for setting the reproduction start time in the reproduction start time setting unit 201, the same method as in the conventional methods (1) and (2) is used.

  In the above-described conventional second and third methods, it is not known what kind of video is included in which position, so the user sets several times and performs playback from that time on a trial basis. A target video is found and the target video is played back. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes a lot of time and labor to search for the video.

  In the case of the third conventional system, the bandwidth necessary for transmitting video depends on the number of videos, so a broadband line is required to transmit many videos simultaneously over the network. There was a problem.

   An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and increase the processing load on a playback terminal for a plurality of video files for video files stored in a storage device or video files in a server connected to a network. Multiple video browsing devices that can be played back without being transmitted, can be transmitted and viewed even in a limited network band, and can be browsed, searched, and played back. And providing a distribution apparatus.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides means for sending a specified video description file from a server, and sends the video file and proxy video file described in the video description file from the server at a constant transmission rate. And a means for sending a scene description file describing a scene of the video file described in the video description file from the server at a constant transmission speed in synchronization with the video data. There are features.

  Further, in a video browsing device that receives a main video file, a proxy video file, and a scene description file distributed from a video distribution device provided in a server, means for reading the video description file, the main video file, the proxy video file, and A cache memory for storing scene description files in the order received, a means for reading the contents of the scene description file stored in the cache memory, and the time information described in the scene description file before and after the playback time of the video Means for outputting a time information sequence, means for outputting a still image sequence corresponding to the displayed time information among the still images described in the scene description file, and video information described in the video description file The video playback means for playing back the video file specified in the A second feature is that it comprises proxy video playback means for playing back the proxy video file specified by the video information described above, and means for displaying the main video, proxy video, time information sequence, and still image sequence. There is.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of video files in a network-connected server can be played without increasing the processing load on the playback terminal, or the video can be transmitted and viewed even in a limited network band. become. In addition, since a plurality of videos are composed of a main video and a proxy video, and these videos are played back, it is possible to efficiently play back a plurality of videos with a limited transmission band and decoding capability. .

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the main video file and the proxy video file are reproduced and displayed.

  In FIG. 1, the video description file processing unit 14 reads the designated video description file from the storage device 11 under the control of the control unit 10. Next, the video description file processing unit 14 sequentially takes out the first main video file designated by the read video description file from the storage device 11 and causes the main video reproduction unit 12 to input it. The main video reproduction unit 12 sequentially reads the first main video data and outputs a screen signal. The display unit 17 takes in the screen output signal and audio output signal from the video playback unit 12 and performs screen output and audio output.

  Further, the proxy video file of the second video specified by the video description file is sequentially taken out from the storage device 11 and input to the proxy video playback unit 13. The proxy video reproduction unit 12 sequentially reads the second proxy video data and outputs a screen signal. The display unit 17 captures the screen output signal and audio output signal from the proxy video reproduction unit 13 and performs screen output and audio output.

  The video description file format can be described using SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) standardized by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).

As an example of the video description file format, for example, when composed of the main video 1 and the proxy video 2, it can be described as follows.
ID # M1, image size (HM1, VM1), display position (XM1, YM1)
ID # S2, image size (HS2, VS2), display position (XS2, YS2)
ID # M1, file storage location # M1, file name # M1
ID # S2, file storage location # S2, file name # S2

  As for the output position of the proxy video, the second proxy video 2 is displayed on the screen of the first main video 1 as shown in FIG. 2A, or the first main video as shown in FIG. 2B. The second proxy image 2 can be displayed outside the screen of 1.

  Here, a proxy video file having a smaller image size and encoding bit rate than the main video file can be used. As a result, the processing load necessary for reproducing the proxy video can be reduced as compared with the processing load necessary for reproducing the main video.

  Further, as the proxy video file, a summary video having a shorter playback time than the main video file can be used. As the summary video, a time summary video as shown in FIG. 3, a shot summary video as shown in FIG. 4, and a still image summary video as shown in FIG. 5 can be used.

  In the case of a time summary video, in FIG. 3, the video is first divided into certain time intervals T1. Next, for each divided T1 section, for example, only the first T2 section of each section is extracted, and an image obtained by combining these T2 sections is used as a time summary.

  In the case of a scene summary video, in FIG. 4, the video is first divided into shots that are video switching units. As a shot division method, a cut point detection method such as Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-252509, which is a patent application by the present applicant, can be used. Next, for each shot S1, S2,..., For example, only the first T1, T2,... Section of each shot is extracted and an image obtained by combining these sections is used as a shot summary. It is possible to use a fixed value as the length of T1, T2,..., Or to determine the length in proportion to the shot length. Further, it is possible to combine several representative shots from the shots into a shot video.

  In the case of a still image summary video, in FIG. 5, a representative still image is first selected from the main video. As the selection method, it is possible to use the top image of the section used in the time summary or shot summary described above. Next, these still images are combined to create a still image summary video. In this case, in order to display a representative still image for a certain period of time and switch to the next still image, it can be used as a pseudo image by adding and creating dummy information D at a certain time interval.

  Further, the proxy video reproduction unit 13 of FIG. 1 can use a reproduction processing method with a smaller processing load than the video reproduction unit 12. For example, there is a method of reducing the processing load by sampling the number of frames to be reproduced at regular intervals to reduce the number of reproduction processing frames. Further, as in Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-000950 “encoded moving image data reproduction apparatus and recording medium thereof” which is a patent application of the present applicant, only a part of image information is decoded and processed when decoding compressed data. There is also a way to reduce the load.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. This embodiment is characterized in that the main video file and the proxy video file are switched using command input.

  Under the control of the control unit 10, the video description file processing unit 14 reads the specified video description file from the storage device 11, and the first main video 1 and the second specified video as described in the first embodiment. The proxy video 2 is displayed on the display unit 17.

  Next, when the second video file is designated by the control unit 10 in order to switch between the main video and the proxy video under the control of the command input unit 18, the second main video is sent to the video description file processing unit 14. Information about the file and the first proxy video file is read. Next, the video description file processing unit 14 sequentially takes out the second main video file from the storage device 11 and inputs the second main video file to the main video playback unit 12 and inputs the first proxy video file to the proxy video playback unit 13. .

  The main video reproduction unit 12 sequentially reads the second main video data and outputs a screen signal. The display unit 17 takes in the screen output signal and audio output signal from the video playback unit 12 and performs screen output and audio output.

  Also, the proxy video file of the first video specified by the video description file is sequentially taken out from the storage device 11 and input to the proxy video playback unit 13. The proxy video reproduction unit 13 sequentially reads the first proxy video data and outputs a screen signal. The display unit 17 captures the screen output signal and audio output signal from the proxy video reproduction unit 13 and performs screen output and audio output.

  Note that several setting methods can be used to set the playback start time when switching from the first main video to the second main video and switching from the second proxy video to the first proxy video playback. .

  As an example, there is a method of setting the first time of each video regardless of the playback time. As another method, the time of the first main video is input to the control unit 10 as shown in FIG. 7, the time is set as the playback start time of the first proxy video, and the playback is started. It is also possible to input the time of the proxy video to the control unit 10 and start playback using the time as the playback start time of the second main video.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This embodiment is characterized in that a command input is used to switch between the main video file and a plurality of proxy video files.

  Under the control of the control unit 10, the video description file processing unit 14 reads the video description file from the storage device 11, and the main video file specified by the video description file (for example, the first video file) is transferred from the storage device 11 to the main video playback unit. 12 are sequentially read, and the video is displayed on the display unit 17. The proxy video files 1 to n described in the video description file are sequentially read from the storage device 11 to the proxy video reproduction units 71 to 7n, and n proxy videos are displayed on the display unit 17.

  Next, when a proxy video file (for example, the m-th proxy video file) is designated by the control unit 10 in order to switch the main video under the control of the command input unit 18, the video description file processing unit 14 stores the first video. Information on the m video files is read, and the m-th video file is sequentially extracted from the storage device 11 and input to the video playback unit 12. The main video reproduction unit 12 sequentially reads the m-th main video data and displays an image. In this case, one of the proxy videos being played is played back as the main video being played back. FIG. 9A shows a switching flowchart.

  As for the display method of these videos, there are a method of displaying n proxy videos within the screen of the main video and a method of displaying the proxy videos outside the screen of the main video, as in FIG.

  By making the processing load required for n proxy video playback sufficiently smaller than that of the main video, one main video and n proxy video can be played back even with a playback device having limited processing capability. .

  As a modification of the third embodiment, there is the following video switching method. Under the control of the control unit 10, the video description file processing unit 14 reads the video description file from the storage device 11, and the main video file (for example, the 0th video file) designated by the video description file is transferred from the storage device 11 to the main video reproduction unit. 12 are sequentially read and the video is displayed on the display unit 17. The proxy video files 1 to n of the first to nth video files described in the video description file are sequentially read from the storage device 11 to the proxy video playback units 71 to 7n, and n proxy videos are displayed on the display unit 17. .

  Next, when a proxy video file (for example, the m-th proxy video file) is designated by the control unit 10 under the control of the command input unit 18, the m-th video file is played back by the video video playback unit 12, and The video description file processing unit 14 reads information about the 0th proxy video file, reads the 0th proxy video file sequentially from the storage device 11 to the mth proxy video playback unit, and plays back the mth proxy video file. You can switch to playback. As a result, a proxy video different from the main video that is always being played can be played, and video search efficiency can be improved. FIG. 9B shows a switching flowchart of the above processing.

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This embodiment is characterized in that a main video, a scene image of the main video, and a plurality of proxy videos are displayed.

  In FIG. 10, the video description file processing unit 14 reads the designated video description file from the storage device 11 under the control of the control unit 10. Next, the video description file processing unit 14 sequentially takes out the first main video file designated by the read video description file from the storage device 11 and inputs it to the main video reproduction unit 12. The main video reproduction unit 12 sequentially reads the first main video data and outputs a screen signal. The display unit 17 takes in the screen output signal and audio output signal from the video playback unit 12 and performs screen output and audio output.

  Further, the proxy video file of the second video specified by the video description file is sequentially taken out from the storage device 11 and input to the proxy video playback unit 13. The proxy video reproduction unit 13 sequentially reads the second proxy video data and outputs a screen signal. The display unit 17 captures the screen output signal and the audio output signal from the proxy video reproduction unit and performs screen output and audio output.

  Further, the scene description file reading unit 91 inputs a scene description file corresponding to the first main video file from the storage device 11 under the control of the control unit 10.

  The current playback time obtained by the video playback unit 12 is input to the scene description file reading unit 91 and the time information sequence output unit 93. The scene description file reading unit 91 extracts time information sequence data and still image sequence data from the storage device 11 based on the input current playback time information and inputs them to the time information sequence output unit 93 and the still image sequence output unit 94, respectively. The time information sequence and the still image sequence are displayed on the display unit 17. A method as shown in FIG. 2 can be used for the display method of the main video and the proxy video. Further, a display method as shown in FIG. 11 can be used for the main video, the time information sequence, and the still image information sequence.

  The display contents are updated by the time information string output unit 93. As the timing for updating the display content, the display content can be updated when the time of the reproduced video has passed the time at the specified position in the time information sequence. Assuming that the video being played at time Tv is V (Tv), the nth time information in the scene description file is Tn, and the still image is Pn, it can be updated when Tv becomes Tn + 1 or later.

  For example, when the time Tv of the playback video of this video is Tn ≦ Tv <Tn + 1, five time information sequences and still image sequences are displayed centering on the time information Tn and the still image Pn as shown in FIG. Has been. When the playback video time Tv is equal to or greater than Tn + 1, the time information and still image position move to the left as shown in Fig. 5 (b), and the new time information Tn + 3 and still image Pn + 3 It is input and displayed at the right end.

  As another example, when the time Tv of the playback video is Tn ≦ Tv <Tn + 5, five time information sequences and still image sequences are generated from the time information Tn and the still image Pn as shown in FIG. It is displayed. When the playback video time Tv is equal to or higher than Tn + 5, all the time information sequence and still image sequence are deleted as shown in (b) of the figure, and new time information Tn + 5 and still image Pn + 5 are used. It is also possible to display a starting time information sequence and a still image sequence.

  As the time information sequence data to be input, the time information sequence data positioned before and after the current reproduction time can be read from the time information sequence file stored in the storage device 11. As still image sequence data, a still image sequence corresponding to the read time information sequence data can be read out from the still image file stored in the storage device 11.

  In addition, as the contents of the time information string data, various description methods regarding video can be used. For example, a time code sequence that increases at a specified time step, a time code sequence at the beginning of a cut point that indicates a scene change of a video, a time code sequence at a key frame point that indicates the center of the scene, and the accompanying audio silence Time code string indicating the point at which sound is switched, time code string indicating the time when a specific sound effect such as applause or laughter occurred, time code string indicating the time when a specific image occurred such as a telop or CG image, etc. A specified time code string or a time code string combining these can be used. Also, the start time and section length of each scene can be used as a time information string.

  FIG. 13 (a) shows an example in which the video scene switching time is used as time information and an image at that time is used as a still image sequence. FIG. 13B shows an example in which the time at the key frame point in the scene is used as time information, and the image at that time is used as a still image sequence.

  In addition, when reading the scene description file from the storage device 11 into the scene description file reading unit 91, when reading the entire scene description file, when reading only the scene description file corresponding to the fixed time information sequence and still image sequence, there are two types A method is possible. In the former case, since all information is stored, there is a problem that it takes a long time to read. However, once read, there is an advantage that scene description information can be output at high speed. On the other hand, in the latter case, the reading time of the scene description file is short, but it is necessary to read the scene description information from the storage device 11 every time the display of the scene description information is updated.

  Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the video file information specified by the command input unit 35 is input to the distribution control unit 34, and the video data specified by the command input unit 35 is sequentially transmitted from the storage device 11 under the control of the distribution control unit 34. The extracted video is input to the main video transmission unit 31a and / or the proxy video transmission unit 31b. Similarly, scene description data relating to the video designated by the command input unit 35 under the control of the distribution control unit 34 is sequentially extracted from the storage device 11 and input to the scene description data transmission unit 32.

  The main video transmission unit 31a, the proxy video transmission unit 31b, and the scene description data transmission unit 32 read the main video data and / or the proxy video data and the scene description data at the designated data rates and input them to the network transmission unit 33. Each data is transmitted to the network.

  This video transmission rate can be determined by calculating the amount of information per unit time from the file size of the video file and the video playback time. The scene description data transmission rate can be determined by calculating the amount of information per unit time from the scene description file size and the video playback time. As another method, the transmission rate can be determined by calculating the amount of information per unit time from the last time to be displayed in the scene description file and the scene description file size.

  The command input unit 35 may receive an input from a terminal connected via the network 26 by the network receiving unit 36 and use the information as a command input.

  Next, a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, first, the video description file processing unit 14 reads the specified video description file from the storage device 11 of the server 20 via the network 27 under the control of the control unit 10. Next, the video description file processing unit 14 outputs the main video file and the proxy video file specified by the read video description file to the network transmission unit 53 via the control unit 10. Also, the video file information specified by the command input unit 18 of the client device (terminal device) 30 is input to the control unit 10 and output to the network transmission unit 53. Input from the network transmission unit 53 to the network reception unit 36 of the server device 20 through the network 27, command input processing is performed through the command input unit 35, and the specified video data group is controlled by the control from the distribution control unit 34. The images are sequentially taken out from the storage device 11 and input to the video transmission unit 31a. Similarly, scene description data relating to the video designated by the command input unit 18 under the control of the distribution control unit 34 is sequentially extracted from the storage device 30 and input to the scene description data transmission unit 32. The proxy video designated by the control unit 10 in the video description file processing unit 14 is input to the proxy video sending unit 31 b under the control of the distribution control unit 34.

  The main video data, the proxy video data, and the scene description data are read from the main video transmission unit 31a, the proxy video transmission unit 31b, and the scene description data transmission unit 32, respectively, and input to the network transmission unit 33. Each data is sent to the network 27. The transmitted video data, proxy video data, and scene description data are input to the network receiver 51 via the network 27 and temporarily stored in the cache memory 52.

  The main video information, scene description information, and proxy video information are input from the cache memory 52 to the main video playback unit 12, the scene description information reading unit 91, and the proxy video playback unit 13, respectively. Since the operation of the video description file processing unit 14 is the same as the operation of FIG.

  The cache memory 52 stores the video information, proxy video, and scene description information to be displayed next to the main video information, proxy video, and scene description information currently displayed on the display unit 17 from the server 20 through the network 27. Read sequentially.

  In general, when the scene description information file size is large, a large bandwidth is required each time the scene description information is read. Therefore, it takes time until the next scene description information is read, or the video data is read from the storage device. There is a possibility that the band is obstructed. However, when the cache memory 52 is used, the scene description information can be continuously displayed on the display unit 17. Moreover, since the data transmission bandwidth can be made constant by continuously reading the scene description data into the cache memory 52, the bandwidth necessary for reading the video data from the network-connected video distribution device is not obstructed. Video can also be played continuously.

  The video browsing device and the video distribution device of each embodiment described above are preferably realized by a personal computer, and the processing program of each embodiment can be recorded and provided on a computer-readable program recording medium. . The recording medium includes general-purpose recording media such as an optical disk, a flexible disk, and a hard disk, and also includes a transmission medium that temporarily records and holds data, such as a network.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of this image | video and a substitute image | video. It is explanatory drawing of a 1st summary image | video. It is explanatory drawing of a 2nd summary image | video. It is explanatory drawing of a 3rd summary image | video. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the outline of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the modification of 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the outline of 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the switching process of this image | video and a substitute image | video. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the outline of 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the example of a display displayed on the display part of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the other example of a display displayed on the display part of FIG. It is a figure explaining an example of a time information sequence and a still picture sequence. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the outline of 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the outline of 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the 1st conventional device. It is a block diagram of the 2nd conventional device. It is a block diagram of the 3rd conventional device.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main image | video, 2 ... Proxy image | video, 10 ... Control part, 11 ... Accumulator, 12 ... Real image | video reproduction | regeneration part, 13 ... Proxy image | video reproduction | regeneration part, 14 ... Video description file processing unit, 17 ... display unit, 18 ... command input unit, 20 ... server, 26 ... network, 30 ... client, 31a ... video sending unit, 31b .. Proxy video sending unit, 32... Scene description data sending unit, 33... Network sending unit, 34 .. distribution control unit, 36... Network receiving unit, 91. .

Claims (8)

Means for sending the specified video description file from the server;
Means for sending the main video file and the proxy video file described in the video description file from the server at a constant transmission rate;
A video distribution apparatus comprising: means for transmitting a scene description file describing a scene of a video file described in the video description file from the server at a constant transmission speed in synchronization with the video data. The video distribution device according to claim 1,
The video distribution apparatus characterized in that the transmission speed of the scene description file is determined from a scene description file size and scene information described in the scene description file. In the browsing device for receiving the main video file, the proxy video file and the scene description file distributed from the video distribution device according to claim 1,
Means for reading the video description file;
A cache memory for storing the main video file, the proxy video file and the scene description file in the order received;
Means for reading the contents of the scene description file stored in the cache memory;
Means for outputting a time information sequence existing before and after the playback time of the video among the time information described in the scene description file;
Means for outputting a still image sequence corresponding to the displayed time information among the still images described in the scene description file;
Video playback means for playing back the video file specified by the video information described in the video description file;
Proxy video playback means for playing back the proxy video file specified by the video information described in the video description file;
Means for displaying the main video, proxy video, time information sequence, and still image sequence,
The apparatus for viewing a plurality of moving images, wherein the means for outputting the time information sequence changes the display of the time information sequence and the still image sequence in synchronization with the reproduction time of the video file. The browsing device according to claim 3,
The means for outputting the time information sequence corresponds to the time information sequence and the time information sequence for displaying the time information sequence and still image sequence that are currently displayed when the playback time passes the designated time information, respectively. A browsing apparatus for a plurality of moving images, wherein the apparatus is displayed by changing to a still image sequence. The browsing device according to claim 3 or 4,
An apparatus for browsing a plurality of moving images, wherein the proxy video file uses a summary video of the video file. The browsing device according to claim 5,
An apparatus for browsing a plurality of moving images, wherein the summary video uses a summary video created by combining videos obtained by extracting a part of a section obtained by dividing the video file into predetermined time sections. The browsing device according to claim 5,
An apparatus for browsing a plurality of moving images, wherein the summary video uses a summary video created by combining videos obtained by extracting a part of each shot section obtained by dividing the video file into shots. The browsing device according to claim 5,
An apparatus for browsing a plurality of moving images, wherein the summary video uses a summary video created by combining still images obtained by extracting screens at several times in the video file.

Images