Patent ID: 8643744
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit configured to pickup an image; a storage unit configured to store, as a file, the image obtained by said image pickup unit; a representative image selection unit configured to select at least one representative image from among images photographed by continuous photographing in a case where the continuous photographing is performed by said image pickup unit; and a control unit configured to store into said storage unit the representative image selected by said representative image selection unit and added with a file name conforming to a DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) standard and to store, into said storage unit, images other than the representative image while adding file names each not conforming to the DCF standard, wherein each of the file names not conforming to the DCF standard includes part of the file name of the representative image and information that identifies a photographing order following the part of the file name of the representative image.