Patent ID: 8405754

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a selection unit that selects an image for an index screen from a plurality of images in accordance with a recording time of each of the plurality of images, wherein the selection unit selects one of two images, where the two images are successive images in a sequence of recording times and a difference between the recording times of the two successive images is larger than a threshold, in accordance with whether the recording times of the two successive images are earlier than a recording time of a predetermined image among the plurality of images, and wherein, if the recording times of the two successive images are earlier than the recording time of the predetermined image among the plurality of images, the selection unit selects the image having the earlier recording time than the other image among the two successive images, and, if the recording times of the two successive images are later than the recording time of the predetermined image, the selection unit selects the image having the later recording time than the other image among the two successive images; and an output unit that generates an index screen including the image selected by the selection unit and outputs the index screen to a display device.