Patent ID: 6205287
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus comprising:supplying means for supplying moving image data including frames that have been selectively encoded as one of an intraframe encoded frame and an interframe encoded frame;output means for outputting moving images represented by the moving image data supplied by said supplying means;designating means for designating a desired image from among the moving images output by said output means;extraction means for extracting intraframe encoded frames from the moving image data supplied by said supplying means; andstorage means for, in response to the designating by said designating means, storing an intraframe encoded frame corresponding to the designated desired image together with (i) intraframe encoded frames extracted from the moving image data within a predetermined time period before the desired image; and (ii) intraframe encoded frames extracted from the moving image data within a predetermined time period after the desired image.