Patent ID: 7155064
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for managing one or plural representative images in correspondence with a moving image, comprising: a unit configured to store a representative image, generated based on a frame image selected from a section in the moving image, in correspondence with the section in the moving image; a unit configured to store section information indicating the section in the moving image and attribute information indicating a selection base of the frame image, in correspondence with the representative image; a selection unit configured to select a representative image corresponding to a processing purpose from representative images stored in correspondence with a desired moving image based on the attribute information; and an application unit configured to, if one of representative images selected by said selection unit is designated, apply processing corresponding to the processing purpose for a moving image in a section indicated by the section information corresponding to the designated representative image, wherein upon a browsing operation, said selection unit selects a representative image appropriate to browsing operation by referring to the attribute information, and wherein if one of the representative images selected by said selection unit is designated, said application unit reproduces the moving image based on the section information corresponding to the designated representative image.