VIDEO RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To retrieve a query video and to perform processing at high speed even if the query video includes a video where a part on a time base in a reference video is cut and a telop and a logotype are inserted into the reference video.SOLUTION: A video retrieval apparatus retrieves a query video from a reference video stored in a database 15. The apparatus includes: a video division section 11 for dividing the query video into segments of a prescribed time length and selecting the number of frames, which is previously determined, from the respective segments; a feature amount extracting section 12 for extracting a feature amount showing a feature of the video from the selected frame; a feature amount quantizing section 13 for converting the extracted feature amount into one or more quantization identifiers; and a feature amount accumulating section 14 for storing a video identifier of the selected frame and time information in a list constituting a transposition index corresponding to the quantization identifier.