Patent ID: 7271932

Claim:
A digital image processing apparatus comprising: a monitor which displays an image; a moving picture reading section reads out moving picture data recorded on a recording medium; a first storage section which stores still image data obtained from reading moving picture data, the still image data having a number of still image frames; a second storage section which stores still image data having a specified number of still image frames among the number of still image frames stored in said first storage section; a display controller which displays on the monitor the specified number of sampled still image frames stored in said second storage section; an image designating section which allows an operator to designate a sampled still image frame for print among the specified number stored in said second storage section; and an image outputter which outputs still image data corresponding to the designated sampled still image frame as print data; a print mode designating section which allows an operator to selectively designate a first print mode and a second print mode wherein when the first print mode is designated, said display controller displays all the still image frames stored in said second storage section on the monitor and when the second print mode is designated, a still image frame between the sampled still image frames displayed on the monitor is printed out by a control operation of the display controller; an image searching section which retrieves the still image frame between the sampled still image frames displayed on the monitor by making reference to a designated still image frame among the sampled still image frames displayed on the monitor in response to designation on the second print mode; a first feeder which controllably displays a series of the specific number of still image frames stored in said second storage section on the monitor; a second feeder which controllably and sequentially displays the number of still image frames stored in said first storage section; and wherein said image searching section retrieves the still image frame between the sampled still image frames from the still image frames stored in said first storage section except for the still image frames displayed on the monitor.