Patent ID: 8724929

Claim:
An image archive apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive image data including incidental information; a storage configured to store a condition regarding a characteristic of a group of plural frames of images for generating multi-frame image data including plural frames of images in one file from the image data; a determining unit configured to compare the condition with the incidental information included in the image data received by the receiver to determine whether the condition complies with the incidental information; a generator configured to generate the multi-frame image data in which image data that complies with the condition are compiled; and an archive configured to archive the multi-frame image data generated by the generator; wherein: the storage stores plural types of conditions; and the generator stores a priority condition and generates multi-frame image data based on the condition satisfying the priority condition, wherein; the storage correlates and stores plural types of conditions and information on a number of terminals for displaying the multi-frame image data; the priority condition is a condition regarding the number of the terminals; and the generator generates multi-frame image data based on the condition related to the information on the number of the terminals satisfying the priority condition.