Patent ID: 8538247
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a recording unit that (a) records a first moving image including a first object and a second object on a recording medium, and (b) records first management information relating to the first moving image on the recording medium, wherein the first management information includes first position information and second position information, wherein the first position information indicates where the first object is in the first moving image, wherein the second position information indicates where the second object is in the first moving image; and a control unit that (a) divides the first moving image into a second moving image and a third moving image, (b) generates third position information if the second moving image includes the first object and the third moving image includes the first object, (c) generates second management information relating to the second moving image, (d) generates third management information relating to the third moving image, wherein the third position information indicates where the first object is in the third moving image, wherein if the second moving image includes the first object and the third moving image includes the first object, the second management information includes the first position information and does not include the third position information, and the third management information includes the third position information and does not include the first position information, wherein if the second moving image includes the first object and the third moving image does not include the first object, the second management information includes the first position information and does not include the third position information, and the third management information does not include the first position information and the third position information, and wherein if the second moving image does not include the first object and the third moving image includes the first object, the second management information does not include the first position information and the third position information, and the third management information includes the first position information and does not include the third position information.