Patent ID: 9325901
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image output apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store setting information for index outputting, the setting information being applied to a first-type image the including a plurality of pieces of image data among a plurality of image files as a target of the index outputting, wherein the plurality of pieces of image data included in the first-type image file includes an initial piece of image data and representative image data, the initial piece of image data being specified by an initial flag and the representative image data being specified by a representative flag included in the first-type image file; a setting unit configured to set a priority setting for preferentially selecting image data provided with a representative flag as target image data for the index outputting; a selecting unit configured to select a piece of image data specified by the representative flag among the plurality pieces of image data included in the first-type image file in a case where an image file as a target of the index outputting is the first-type image file and the setting unit sets the priority setting; and an output unit configured to perform the index outputting based on a plurality of pieces of image data including the selected piece of image data, wherein, in a case where the representative flag is not added to any of the pieces of image data included in the first-type image file or the setting unit dose not set the priority setting, the selecting unit selects an initial piece of image data from the first-type image file.