KR20150089598A - Apparatus and method for creating summary information, and computer readable medium having computer program recorded therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for generating summary information and a recording medium having a computer program recorded therein and, more specifically, to an apparatus and a method for generating summary information and a recording medium having a computer program recorded therein, wherein the summary information is generated to shorten the time necessary for loading an image and a video in searching the image and the video. According to the present invention, different images having high similarity are grouped to generate summary information by using a representative image from one or more grouped images. For a video, frame images are extracted by time periods to group different frame images by similarity and extract a representative image. One or more video clips are extracted from the video, based on the time point of playing the extracted representative image and summary information is generated and provided by using summary video clips connected to each other in an order of playback. When searching a memory unit of a user device or the database of a service providing device, by using a representative image provided as summary information, or a summary video, the time spent on downloading every image and every video can be shortened and a load applied to the user device and the service providing device can be drastically reduced. The images taken of an identical target are grouped as the same group and only a representative image having optimal quality in the applicable group is provided as summary information, thereby significantly enhancing search efficiency.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating a summary information, a recording medium on which a computer program is recorded,

The present invention relates to a summary information generating apparatus and method, and a recording medium on which a computer program is recorded. More particularly, the present invention relates to a summary information generating apparatus and method for generating summary information for shortening the load time of an image and a moving image, And a recording medium on which a computer program is recorded.

Currently, various multimedia devices are merged into one device, so that a user can easily photograph an image or a moving picture by using a user device integrated with functions supported by a plurality of multimedia devices.

Using such a user device, a user can easily capture a large number of images or moving images, and can easily share images or videos with a large number of users through a communication network by using a communication function of a user device supporting mobile communication .

As described above, the ease of image or moving picture production is dramatically improved, and the production amount of individual images and moving images is greatly increased. Accordingly, the time required for loading images and moving images is greatly increased in order to search a large number of images and moving images. .

In order to improve this, a thumbnail method of resizing an image or a moving image and providing it as a preview method is used. However, such a thumbnail method is also a method in which an image or a moving image is simply resized and listed. As the number of images and moving images increases, There is a problem that the time required for loading the signal is long.

In addition, when there are many different images captured for the same object at the same position and time, there arises a problem that the efficiency of image search greatly decreases in the process of loading all of them.

Korean Patent No. 10-1300873 [Title of the invention: Image coding method and apparatus based on cloud computing]

The present invention generates summary information by extracting a representative image of a group generated by grouping images having high similarity, extracts a representative image satisfying predetermined conditions at the time of extracting representative images, generates summary information, It is possible to shorten the time required to load a plurality of images through the image processing apparatus and to provide an image having the best quality among a plurality of images of the same object as summarized information, The purpose is to make it possible.

In addition, the present invention divides a moving picture into time segments to extract representative images satisfying predetermined conditions, and generates summary information in which the simplified movie clips are linked in the reproduction order by using the extracted representative images, so that the user can easily The purpose is to make it possible to do.

The apparatus for generating summary information according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a storage unit in which at least one of an image and a moving image is stored, an image stored in the storage unit according to the degree of similarity, A group information generating unit for extracting a frame image and grouping frame images according to the similarity to generate at least one group information, an extracting unit for extracting at least one representative image satisfying preset conditions in each group information, Or if the representative image is a frame image, extracts a movie clip within a preset reproduction interval based on the reproduction time point of each representative image corresponding to the animation, extracts one or more movie clips extracted corresponding to the animation, In accordance with the playback order. It may include a summary section that generates a video summary of the summary information.

As an example related to the present invention, the group information generation unit may determine similarity through comparison of histograms or EXIF information of each image or frame image, and group different images or different frame images having similarities higher than a preset reference value can do

As an example related to the present invention, the summary information generating apparatus may further include a resizing unit for resizing the summary information according to a preset resolution.

As an example related to the present invention, the summary information generating apparatus may further include a thumbnail providing unit for generating thumbnail of the resized summary information through the resizing unit and providing the thumbnail.

As an example related to the present invention, a preset condition may be a smile in a blur, a noise, a brightness, a color contrast, a composition, a distortion, a face size, a face detection area and a face detection area for each image belonging to group information, The image quality is measured according to at least one of the number of regions, the number of persons, and the number of images included in the group information, and the image or frame image having the highest image quality is extracted as a representative image corresponding to the group information .

As an example related to the present invention, the summary unit may include link information for one or more images or videos corresponding to the summary information in the summary information, extract one or more images or videos corresponding to the summary information selected from the user apparatus from the storage unit And the like.

As an example related to the present invention, the summary unit may calculate a total playback time of the summary movie in advance by applying a predetermined playback interval according to the number of representative images extracted corresponding to the moving image, compare the total playback time with a preset playback time And deletes at least one representative image extracted corresponding to the moving picture so that the total reproduction time does not exceed the predetermined reproduction time when the total reproduction time exceeds the predetermined reproduction time.

As an example related to the present invention, the summarizing unit may measure the similarity between the extracted representative images corresponding to the moving image, and delete at least one of the representative images having the similarity value equal to or higher than a preset reference value.

In the summary information generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the group information generation unit groups one or more images stored in the storage unit according to the degree of similarity, or extracts one or more frame images in a preset time interval from a moving image stored in the storage unit, Extracting at least one representative image that satisfies predetermined conditions in each group information and generating a summary image of the representative image as summary information of the group information, If the representative image is a frame image, extracting a movie clip within a preset reproduction interval based on the reproduction time point of each representative image corresponding to the animation, connecting one or more extracted movie clips corresponding to the animation in accordance with the reproduction order Summary video summary It may comprise the step of generating borough.

The recording medium according to the embodiment of the present invention may store a computer program for performing the above-described summary information generating method.

In the case of a moving image, a frame image is extracted for each time interval, and different frame images are grouped in similarity to generate a representative image of one or more images grouped by grouping different images having high similarity, Extracting at least one moving picture clip from the moving picture based on the reproduction time point of the extracted representative image, and generating a summary moving picture, which is connected according to the reproduction order, as summary information, thereby providing a representative image or a summary moving picture The time required for loading all the images and moving images can be greatly reduced at the time of searching the memory unit of the user apparatus or the DB of the service providing apparatus, and the load of the user apparatus and the service providing apparatus can be greatly reduced, Photographed image The effect of grouping in the same group, and to provide significantly improved navigation for optimal efficiency only summary information with a representative image quality in the group.

In addition, it is difficult for the present invention to easily grasp the content of a moving picture by simply listing a frame image extracted at a predetermined time interval without taking the similarity into consideration in a moving picture, The user can easily understand the contents of the video through the summary video by constructing the summary video of the video by using one or more video clips based on the representative image extracted from the video stored in the memory or DB So that it is effective.

In addition, the present invention extracts and provides an image having the best image quality when extracting the representative image among the images having high similarity, as a representative image, Clips are extracted and the representative image or the summary video having the optimum quality is provided to the user as the summary information, thereby enabling the user to recognize the image and the video efficiently and efficiently.

1 is a configuration environment diagram of a summary information generation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a summary information generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of image grouping according to the similarity of the summary information generating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary view for extracting representative images corresponding to group information of the summary information generation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 5 to FIG. 6 are diagrams illustrating an example of a summary information generation process for a moving image in the summary information generation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 7 is an exemplary diagram for providing summary information of a summary information generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
8 is a flowchart of a method for generating summary information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a detailed configuration environment diagram of a summary information generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The summary information generating apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be configured in at least one of the service providing apparatus 20 and the user apparatus 10 communicating with the user apparatus 10, And may generate summary information about an image or a moving image stored in the memory unit or the DB of the service providing apparatus 20. [

In particular, the summary information generating apparatus 100 may generate group information by grouping different images having high similarity and extract representative images satisfying preset conditions in the group information, and generate summary information.

In addition, the summary information generation apparatus 100 extracts a frame image for each predetermined time interval in a moving image when generating summary information for a moving image, groups the frame images having high similarity according to the degree of similarity between the extracted frame images, Information can be generated. At this time, it is a matter of course that the time interval may vary depending on the setting.

Thereafter, the summary information generating apparatus 100 extracts a representative image satisfying predetermined conditions from each group information, extracts a movie clip of a preset section based on the reproduction time point of each representative image in the moving image, Can be generated as summarized information by linking them according to the playback order.

Accordingly, the summary information generation apparatus 100 can provide summary information when searching for a moving image or an image stored in the memory unit of the user apparatus 10 or the DB of the service providing apparatus 20, The user can easily confirm the image or the moving image stored in the memory unit or the DB by providing it as a thumbnail.

In particular, the summary information generation apparatus 100 can greatly reduce the time taken to load all images stored in the memory unit or the DB through the representative image provided as summary information on images stored in the memory unit or DB, The load of the user apparatus and the service providing apparatus to which the information generating apparatus is applied can be reduced.

On the other hand, it is difficult to easily grasp the content of a moving picture by simply displaying a frame image extracted at a predetermined time interval without taking the similarity into consideration in a moving picture, as a thumbnail provided as a summary information of a moving image, The device extracts one or more movie clips based on the representative image extracted from the video stored in the memory or the DB, generates a summary video linked according to the playback order, and provides the summary video as summary information, The summary video can easily provide information about the video.

The detailed configuration of the summary information generating apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

2, the summary information generating apparatus 100 includes a group information generating unit 110, an extracting unit 120, a summarizing unit 130, a resizing unit 140, and a thumbnail providing unit 150 .

The group information generating unit 110 accesses the memory unit of the user device 10 or the DB of the service providing device 20 and stores the at least one of the image and the moving image in the memory unit of the user device 10, The DB of the device 20 can be searched.

In addition, the group information generation unit 110 may identify an image or a moving image through a header or a file name of an original file for an image or a moving image.

Then, the group information generator 110 may measure the similarities between the images of the identified one or more images, and generate different one or more group information by grouping the different images according to the measured similarities.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the group information generation unit 110 calculates histograms of the first and second images, compares the histograms corresponding to the first and second images with each other, Can be measured.

In addition, the group information generation unit 110 may extract EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) information of each of the first and second images, and compare the EXIF information corresponding to each image to measure the similarity. For example, the group information generation unit 110 may generate the group information based on the time information included in the EXIF information, such that the difference between the generation time (or shooting time) of the first image and the second image generation time The degree of similarity can be measured as high. As another example, the group information generation unit 110 may generate the group information (e.g., when the generation position (or the image pickup position) of the first image and the generation position (or the image pickup position) of the second image are mutually identical based on the position information included in the EXIF information The degree of similarity can be measured to be high.

According to the above-described configuration, when the similarity degree between the first and second images is equal to or greater than a preset reference value, the group information generation unit 110 groups the first and second images and generates group information including the first and second images Can be generated.

The group information generating unit 110 may group all images stored in the memory of the user device 10 or the DB of the service providing device 20 into different groups according to the degree of similarity as shown in FIG. .

Then, the extraction unit 120 extracts any one of the images included in each group information as representative images, as shown in FIG. 4, for each of the one or more group information received from the group information generation unit 110 .

To this end, the extracting unit 120 extracts the smile area, the number of persons, and the group information in the face detection area with respect to the blur, noise, brightness, color contrast, composition, distortion, face size, face detection area, The image quality according to at least one of the number of included images can be measured and an image having the highest value of the image quality among the images belonging to the group information can be extracted as the representative image. On the other hand, the extraction unit 120 may narrowly limit the extraction of the representative image by setting the image quality value, so that the random extraction may be selectively applied as the case may be.

Accordingly, the extraction unit 120 can extract and provide an image having the best image quality in representative image extraction as a representative image.

In addition, when a plurality of images are extracted as the representative image, the extracting unit 120 may randomly select any one of the extracted images as representative images.

Accordingly, the summary unit 130 can generate the representative image matched with the group information as the summary information.

Meanwhile, the summary information generating apparatus 100 according to the above-described configuration can identify the moving picture stored in the memory of the user apparatus 10 or the DB of the service providing apparatus 20, and can generate summary information on the moving picture This will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in the figure, the group information generator 110 may extract a frame image in a predetermined time interval from a moving picture as shown in the figure. If the degree of similarity between the different frame images is measured, Frame group information can be generated by grouping different frame images.

At this time, the group information generation unit 110 may measure the similarity by comparing the histogram or EXIF information of each frame image as described above.

4, the extracting unit 120 extracts the blur, noise, brightness, color contrast, composition, distortion, face size, face detection area, and the like for each of the frame images belonging to the frame group information, The image quality according to at least one of the smile area, the number of persons, and the number of images included in the group information in the face detection area is measured, and a frame image having the highest numerical value of the image quality among the frame images belonging to the group information is extracted as a representative image can do. On the other hand, the extraction unit 120 may narrowly limit the extraction of the representative image by setting the image quality value, so that the random extraction may be selectively applied as the case may be.

At this time, if the plurality of frame images are extracted as the representative image, the extraction unit 120 may randomly select one of the extracted frame images as the representative image.

Next, the summarizing unit 130 may extract a moving image clip within a preset playback interval based on each frame image extracted as the representative image, from the moving image.

For example, as shown in the figure, the summary unit 130 may include two frame images arranged respectively before and after the first representative image according to a preset reproduction interval based on the first representative image extracted from the first frame group The first moving picture clip can be extracted from the moving picture.

Also, the summarizing unit 130 may include a second representative image, which is another representative image extracted from the second frame group, to include a second frame image that is continuously arranged before and after the second representative image, 2 The movie clip can be extracted from the movie.

In this case, it is natural that the preset reproduction interval can be varied. In the above-described embodiment, the movie clip is extracted only for the two representative images for convenience of explanation. However, even if the representative images are two or more, It is of course possible to create a movie clip for.

Thereafter, the summary unit 130 generates a summary movie by connecting the extracted first movie clip and the second movie clip according to the playback order, and generates the summary movie as summary information.

Accordingly, it is possible to easily arrange the different frame images having no continuity in the thumbnails of the existing moving pictures to reproduce irrelevant still pictures, and the user can not easily grasp the contents of the moving pictures. On the other hand, Information is provided by listing movie clips composed of a series of frame images with continuity, so that the contents of the video can be grasped briefly through a short video, so that the video can be identified at a glance.

In addition, the present invention extracts a moving picture clip based on a frame image having the best quality at the time of extracting a moving picture clip for a summary moving picture, and generates a summary moving picture having the optimum quality as summary information.

Meanwhile, when a plurality of representative images are extracted as shown in FIG. 6, the summary unit 130 may calculate a total reproduction time in advance by applying a preset reproduction interval according to the number of representative images, At least one of the plurality of representative images can be deleted when the total reproduction time exceeds the predetermined reproduction time as compared with the preset reproduction time.

6 (a), the summary unit 130 may measure the similarity between the representative images, and may delete at least one representative image having a similarity value equal to or greater than a preset reference value.

For example, when the four representative images 1, 2, 3, and 4 are extracted, the summary unit 130 extracts the representative images 1, 2, 3, and 4 from the moving image by applying a preset playback interval The total reproduction time of the four moving picture clips is calculated. When the total reproduction time exceeds the reproduction time (preset reproduction time) preset in the summary unit 130, the similarity degree of each representative image is measured, One of the first representative image 1 and the second representative image 2 can be deleted.

At this time, the summarization unit 130 may measure similarity between different representative images through comparison of histogram or EXIF information.

6A, the summary unit 130 deletes the first representative image 1 having the similarity value equal to or greater than the preset reference value and the second representative image 2 of the second representative image 2, The four representative images 1, 2, 3, and 4 can be reduced to three representative images 1, 3, and 4 as shown in FIG. 6 (b) So that the preset reproduction time can be satisfied.

Accordingly, the summarizing unit 130 applies a preset playback interval to each of the first representative image 1, the third representative image 3, and the fourth representative image 4, And extracts one or more movie clips to generate a summary video that satisfies or does not exceed a predetermined playback time.

Through the above-described configuration, the summary unit 130 generates a summary video having a proper playback time for a video having a long playback time, and provides the user with a clear understanding of the content of the video.

7, the summarizing unit 130 is a user device 10 that accesses the memory of the user apparatus 10 or the DB of the service providing apparatus 20, It is possible to load only a representative image linking a plurality of similar images without loading an image, load a summary moving image linking the moving image, and provide a list of files stored in a storage unit such as a memory unit or a DB.

Accordingly, the summary unit 130 can greatly reduce the time taken to load all the images and videos when providing the file list according to the search, such as the preview function, as well as the user apparatus 10 and / The load of the service providing apparatus 20 can be greatly reduced.

7, the summary unit 130 may include link information including link addresses for one or more images or moving images corresponding to the summary information in the summary information, and may include summary information selected from the summary information selected from the user device 10, Can be extracted from the DB of the memory unit of the user device 10 or the DB of the service providing apparatus 20 and provided.

As an example, the summary unit 130 may provide a representative image or a summary video as summary information as shown, and may provide one or more images linked to the representative image according to the link information upon selection of the representative image.

At this time, the summary unit 130 may generate link information including a link address for the group information corresponding to the representative image. Accordingly, when the representative image is selected, group information linked to the representative image is provided and included in the group information Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > images. ≪ / RTI >

In addition, when the summary video is selected, the summary unit 130 may reproduce the original file for the video linked to the summary video.

The apparatus for generating summary information 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a resizing unit 140. The resizing unit 140 may include a representative image generated by the summary unit 130, It is possible to resize the image according to the set resolution and provide a plurality of images to be exploited at a glance.

In addition, the resizing unit 140 resizes each frame image included in the summary video generated by the summary unit 130 as summary information on the moving image according to a predetermined resolution, and outputs the resized image to the memory unit of the user device 10, It is possible to provide a plurality of moving images stored in the DB of the mobile terminal 20 in a searchable manner.

In addition, the resizing unit 140 receives the summary video or the representative image provided as the summary information from the summary unit 130, and crops the image based on the ROI (Region Of Interest) for each frame image or representative image of the summary video A representative moving image or a representative image including a plurality of retargeted frame images may be generated and the retouched summary moving image or the representative image may be resized and provided as summary information.

In addition, the apparatus for generating summary information 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a thumbnail providing unit 150, and may generate and provide resized summary information as thumbnail information through the resizing unit 140.

For example, when the summary information generating apparatus 100 is configured in the user apparatus 10, the thumbnail providing apparatus 150 may search for a plurality of images and videos stored in the memory unit, And generate summary information resized by the resizing unit 140 as thumbnail information, and output the thumbnail information to the user device 10. [

When the summary information generating apparatus 100 is configured in the service providing apparatus 20, the thumbnail providing unit 150 associates the plurality of images and moving images stored in the DB with the summary information resized by the resizing unit 140 Thumbnail information, and transmit the corresponding thumbnail information to the user device 10 accessing the DB of the service providing apparatus 20 through the communication network.

The resizing unit 140 and the thumbnail providing unit 150 are separately configured. However, the resizing unit 140 and the thumbnail providing unit 150 may be included in the summarizing unit 130. FIG.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating summary information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the group information generation unit 110 generates a group information Or a moving picture (S1).

The group information generation unit 110 may generate group information by grouping different images having similarity values equal to or higher than a preset reference value using the histogram or EXIF information in step S2.

If the extracted representative image is not a frame image (S5), the extracting unit 120 extracts a representative image satisfying a predetermined condition from the group information (S3) As shown in FIG.

At this time, the predetermined condition is a smile region, a number of persons, a group of persons, a group of persons, a group of persons, The image quality of at least one of the number of images included in the information may be measured to extract the image or frame image having the highest image quality as the representative image corresponding to the group information.

The group information generation unit 110 extracts a frame image for each preset time interval (S4) when the moving image is a moving image (S4). Then, the group information generation unit 110 groups the frame images whose similarities are equal to or greater than a preset reference value, To generate one or more group information (S2).

Then, the extracting unit 120 extracts representative images satisfying preset conditions in each group information, and provides the extracted representative images to the summary unit 130 (S3).

Accordingly, if the representative image is a frame image (S5), the summary unit 130 extracts movie clips of preset intervals based on the reproduction time point of each representative image in the movie (S6) The generated summary video is then generated (S7) and generated as summary information (S8).

Meanwhile, the summarizing unit 130 resizes the representative image or the summary moving image provided from the extracting unit 120 according to the above-described configuration, and provides the resized image as a thumbnail (S9).

The summary information generation method according to the embodiment of the present invention described above can be written as a computer program, and the codes and code segments constituting the computer program can be easily deduced by a computer programmer in the field. The computer program may be stored in a computer-readable medium and read and executed by a computer, a user apparatus or a service providing apparatus to which the summary information generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied A summary information generation method can be implemented.

The information storage medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and a carrier wave medium. A computer program implementing the summary information generating method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be stored and installed in a user device to which the summary information generating apparatus is applied or a built-in memory of the service providing apparatus. Alternatively, an external memory such as a smart card storing and installing a computer program implementing the summary information generating method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed in a user apparatus or a service providing apparatus to which the summary information generating apparatus is applied through an interface .

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention. .

The present invention can greatly shorten the time taken to load all the images and moving pictures during searching for the DB of the user device or the DB of the service providing device through the representative image or the summary video provided as the summary information, It is possible to greatly reduce the load of the service providing apparatus, to group the images taken by the same object into the same group, to provide only the representative image having the optimum quality in the group as summary information, or to provide a summary video composed of a series of movie clips It can be applied to a social networking service system, a cloud service system, a file sharing service system, and the like.

10: user equipment 20: service providing equipment
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140: Resizing unit 150: Thumbnail providing unit

Claims (10)

A storage unit in which at least one of an image and a moving image is stored;
Group information for grouping the images stored in the storage unit according to the degree of similarity, extracting one or more frame images in a preset time interval from the moving image stored in the storage unit, and grouping the frame images according to the degree of similarity to generate one or more group information Generating unit;
An extracting unit for extracting at least one representative image satisfying a preset condition in each group information; And
If the representative image is a frame image, a moving image clip within a preset reproduction interval is extracted from the moving image based on a reproduction time point of each representative image corresponding to the moving image, And a summarizing unit for generating a summarized moving picture obtained by concatenating the extracted one or more moving pictures corresponding to the moving picture according to the playing order, as summary information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the group information generation unit determines the similarity by comparing the histogram or EXIF information of each image or frame image, and groups different images or different frame images having a similarity value equal to or higher than a preset reference value. The method according to claim 1,
And a resizing unit for resizing the summary information according to a preset resolution. The method of claim 3,
Further comprising a thumbnail providing unit configured to generate and provide resized summary information as a thumbnail through the resizing unit. The method according to claim 1,
The predetermined condition may be a blur, noise, brightness, color contrast, composition, distortion, face size, face detection area, smile area, number of persons, group Wherein the condition is that the image quality according to at least one of the number of images included in the information is measured and the image or frame image having the highest image quality is extracted as the representative image corresponding to the group information. The method according to claim 1,
The summary unit may include link information for one or more images or moving images corresponding to the summary information in the summary information and extract one or more images or moving images corresponding to the selected summary information from the user device Wherein the summary information generating apparatus comprises: The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the summary unit calculates a total playback time of the summary moving picture in advance by applying a preset playback interval according to the number of representative images extracted corresponding to the moving image, compares the total playback time with a predetermined playback time, And deletes at least one representative image extracted corresponding to the moving picture so that the total reproduction time does not exceed the predetermined reproduction time when the time exceeds the predetermined reproduction time. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the summary unit measures the similarity between the extracted representative images corresponding to the moving image and deletes at least one representative image having a similarity value equal to or greater than a preset reference value. The group information generation unit groups one or more images stored in the storage unit according to the degree of similarity or extracts one or more frame images from a moving image stored in the storage unit according to a preset time interval and groups the frame images according to the similarity, ≪ / RTI >
Extracting at least one representative image satisfying a predetermined condition from the group information; And
Wherein when the representative image is a frame image, a moving picture clip within a preset reproduction interval based on a reproduction time point of each representative image corresponding to the moving image is generated in the moving image, Extracting a plurality of movie clips corresponding to the moving image and connecting the extracted one or more moving clips in accordance with the playing order, as summary information. 10. The method of claim 9,
And a computer program for performing the method of generating summary information.

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