Patent ID: 9298742
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image processing apparatus for processing a plurality of moving image files each including added file numbers based on a predetermined order and each including associated information relating to a continuity between a moving image file and another moving image file, comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain the associated information of the plurality of moving image files, wherein the associated information includes first identification information indicating a moving image file which is continuously recorded before the moving image file during a shooting of a moving image and second identification information indicating a moving image file which is continuously recorded after the moving image file during the shooting of the moving image; a detecting unit configured to detect, from among the plurality of moving image files, a plurality of moving image files of the same group which are divided and continuously recorded during the shooting of the moving image, in accordance with the associated information of the plurality of moving image files obtained by the obtaining unit, wherein the detecting unit checks the associated information of the moving image files obtained by the obtaining unit in numeric order corresponding to the file numbers, and detects the plurality of moving image files of the same group; and a combining unit configured to perform combining processing for combining the plurality of moving image files of the same group, wherein the combining unit combines the plurality of moving image files of the same group into one file based on their shooting order.