Patent ID: 7408581

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: reproducing means for reproducing a moving image file which stores separately moving image data representing a series of moving images, a plurality of candidate image data indicating a plurality of pictures of candidate still images extracted from the moving image data, and identification information identifying candidate image data of one picture selected from the plurality of candidate image data as representative image data of the moving image file from a recording medium; displaying means for displaying simultaneously a plurality of pictures of candidate still images represented by the plurality of candidate image data stored in the moving image file reproduced by said reproducing means on the same screen of a display device so as to facilitate selection of new representative image data of the moving image file from the plurality of candidate image data; selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of pictures of candidate still images simultaneously displayed on the screen of the display device as the new representative image data; and a controller for changing the identification information of the moving image file so as to manage the candidate image data indicating the picture of the candidate still image selected by said selecting means as the new representative image data of the moving image file instead of a current representative image data.