Digital video contents browsing apparatus and method

A digital video contents browsing method, comprising the operations of:

• obtaining video contents distributed by digital broadcasting;
• extracting a plurality of feature values from the obtained video contents;
• classifying and arranging the video contents in a classification and arrangement space based on the feature values;
• creating icons visually representing the video contents;
• dividing the video contents into video contents segments on a channel basis, on a program basis, or on a predetermined time basis;
• and
• displaying a collection of the icons corresponding to the video contents segments in accordance with a particular viewpoint when the collection is placed in a position of the classification and arrangement results,
• wherein a division basis is allowed to be newly set arbitrarily, the icons corresponding to the video contents segments are re-created, feature values of the video contents segments on the newly set division basis are extracted, and icons corresponding to the video contents segments are rearranged for display.

A computer-readable recording medium storing a program to be executed by a computer for realizing a digital video contents browsing method, the method comprising the operations of:

• obtaining video contents distributed by digital broadcasting;
• extracting a plurality of feature values from the obtained video contents;
• classifying and arranging the video contents in a classification and arrangement space based on the feature values;
• creating icons visually representing the video contents;
• dividing the video contents into video contents segments on a channel basis, on a program basis, or on a predetermined time basis;
• and
• displaying a collection of the icons corresponding to video contents segments in accordance with a particular viewpoint when the collection is placed at a position of the classification and arrangement results,
• wherein a division basis is allowed to be newly set arbitrarily, the icons corresponding to the video contents segments are re-created, feature values of the video contents segments on the newly set division basis are extracted, and the icons corresponding to the video contents segments are rearranged for display.