Patent ID: 7466899
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image playback apparatus for playing back digital moving image data, comprising: a first designation unit for designating playback of an image at a first frame rate; a second designation unit for designating playback of an image at a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate; a selection unit which selects, among frame images represented by the digital moving image data, frame images to be decoded and a portion to be decoded of the selected frame images to be decoded when the playback at the second frame rate is designated; a processing unit which decodes digital moving image data corresponding to the selected portion to be decoded of the selected frame images to be decoded and executes a playback process for display of the decoded digital moving image data; a display processing unit which makes display of the processed digital moving image data by said processing unit on a display whose display frequency is selectable from a plurality of display frequencies; and an acquisition unit which acquires information relating to the display frequency or frequencies to which the display corresponds, wherein, in a case where the second frame rate and the acquired display frequency to which the display corresponds do not match, said selection unit selects the frame images to be decoded by skipping a part of frame images and the portion to be decoded in accordance with the display frequency or frequencies to which the display corresponds.