PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a content summarization device that enables an output of a high quality summary containing a representative concept included in a content set as much as possible.;SOLUTION: The content summarization device comprises: input mens that inputs a content set composed of a plurality of images; summary element definition means that generates a summary element to be a candidate included in a summary from the input content set; concept extraction means that extracts a concept, which is a conceptual element unit belonging to each of obtained summary elements, and calculates a representative degree for each concept; optimization process means that selects a subset so as to include an important concept maximally on the basis of the concept belonging to each of the obtained summary elements and the representative degree for each concept; and output means that outputs the selected subset as a summary of the content set.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT
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