Patent ID: 7345783
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for controlling to print continuous plural still images, which can be observed as a flip moving image, on the basis of moving image data, comprising: a designation unit adapted to designate a desired range of the moving image data; an acquiring unit adapted to acquire the number of frames included in the desired range of the moving image and a predetermined setup number indicating the number of still images to be included in the continuous plural still images; a determining unit adapted to determine whether or not the number of frames acquired by said acquiring unit is equal to or greater than the predetermined setup number; a first generation unit adapted to, when said determining unit determines that the number of frames is equal to or greater than the predetermined setup number, generate the continuous plural still images including the predetermined setup number of still images by automatically extracting the predetermined setup number of frames from the desired range; and a second generation unit adapted to, when said determining unit determines that the number of frames is less than the predetermined setup number, automatically generate the continuous plural still images including the predetermined setup number of still images by extracting all frames from the desired range, and complementing deficient frames by repetitively using identical frames, and wherein said second generation unit repetitively uses the first frame of the desired range of the moving image to complement deficient frames, and applies a fade-in effect to the still images obtained by repetitively using the first frame.