Patent ID: 6278497
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for processing a moving image displayed on a display unit, comprising the steps of:displaying images representative of sets of frame images forming said moving image to be processed on said display unit, said moving image comprising a plurality of scene images;dividing each of said scene images into cut images each of which comprises a set of frame images, and dividing each cut image into a plurality of sub-areas;designating representative frame images of respective sub-areas of the sets of frame images as representative images;linking data of said representative images to respective predetermined keys of an input device; andin response to an operation of one of said keys, displaying on said display unit a representative image linked to the operated one of said keys,wherein, in said dividing step, numeric values indicative of ratios of the number of frames of the sub-areas to the number of all frames of said cut images are specified.