Patent ID: 8364017

Claim:
An image processing apparatus which controls display of a plurality of pieces of image data containing both moving image data and still image data, comprising: a moving image/still image determining unit that determines whether or not image data to be displayed is the moving image data or the still image data, when in a continuous display mode that displays the plurality of pieces of image data continuously in a predetermined sequence; a display control unit that starts display control of the next image in response to finishing of display of all of the moving image data when the image data to be displayed is the moving image data, and starts display control of the next image data in response to finishing of display of the still image data for a predetermined time when the image data to be displayed is the still image data; and when, in the continuous display mode, data return is instructed in a state in which display control of the moving image data is performed by the display control unit, the display control unit returns to the beginning of the moving image data and starts display control, when a determination of display elapsed time is a display elapsed time of the moving image data is equal to or more than a predetermined time, and the display control unit returns to image data preceding the moving image data and starts display control, when the determination of display elapsed time is the display elapsed time of the moving image data is less than the predetermined time.