Patent ID: 8644683

Claim:
A moving image data processing apparatus, comprising: a segment managing unit adapted to manage moving image data that have been divided into a plurality of segments each comprised of a plurality of frames and to manage each segment to which an ID is assigned; a partial frame group management unit adapted to manage a partial frame groups, each group including a plurality of continuous frames extracted from a segment which is one of the plurality of segments, wherein the plurality of continuous frames extracted from the segment is not all of the frames included in the segment, by associating the partial frame group with the ID corresponding to the segment of an extraction source thereof; an editing unit adapted to rearrange the IDs respectively assigned to the plurality of segments without rearranging the plurality of segments of the moving image data; an editing result storing unit adapted to store an arrangement of the IDs edited by the editing unit; and a summary reproduction unit adapted to automatically and sequentially reproduce the partial frame groups managed by said partial frame group management unit according to the arrangement of the IDs stored in said editing result storing unit.