Method and apparatus of summarizing plural pictures

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for a plurality of data summary summary by selecting a representative image of a plurality of images in a video reproducing apparatus. The method includes receiving as input a video extracting a specific basic video shot (the same scene period); Selecting a representative image of the basic image by shot; And a step including a step of outputting a video summary by using the selected representative image, and selecting a representative image of the still image by the still image type; And it characterized in that it comprises a step of outputting a video summary by using the selected representative image. The apparatus comprises a representative image selecting section for selecting a representative image of a predetermined number of the input video; And represents a representative still image selection unit comprising image parts of the image generated summary that summarizes the input and to enter a still image, select a representative image of a predetermined number of; And a summary of the still image of the representative image as input and characterized in that it comprises a still image and outputting summary with the image information generation unit. According to the present invention, if you want to summarize the plurality of the image and can select the number of images to be summarized as user's option, can increase user confidence in the Summary of the image, various methods video summary form in accordance with the user's request It can provide.