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Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011

Filed:

Dec. 26, 2005
Applicant:

Noboru Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Noboru Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A video structuring device includes: character string extraction means for determining whether or not a character string is present in a frame image, and if it determines that a character string is present, generating character string position information for the character string present in a character string present frame image in which the character string is present, and outputting the character string position information, frame identifying information for identifying the character string present frame image, and the character string present frame image; video information storage means for storing frame identifying information, character string present frame image and character string position information in an index file all associated with one another; and structure information presentation means for associating character string display in the form of an image which is produced by cutting an area where the character string is present based on the character string present frame image and character string position information stored in the index file and displaying them on display means.


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