Patent ID: 7675661

Claim:
A printing apparatus for printing a still image based on a moving picture, comprising: a display unit which displays an image; a representative still image display unit which displays a plurality of first still images on the display unit based on a plurality of images which are to be displayed at mutually differing times in a single moving picture; a movie playback unit which receives from a user a selection of one first still image from among the plurality of first still images and plays back the moving picture on the display unit for a first time segment, wherein the first time segment is shorter than a playback time of the moving picture and includes a time at which the selected first still image is to be displayed, and wherein the movie playback unit plays the moving picture more largely than each of the first still images on the display unit; a confirmation still image display unit which displays, according to an instruction by the user which is given during the playback of the moving picture, a second still image on the display unit based on an image which is to be displayed in the moving picture; and a printing unit which prints the second still image, wherein the confirmation still image display unit; determines a first set of a plurality of candidate images which are each to be displayed in a second time segment which is shorter than the first time segment and includes an instruction time at which the instruction was given, and a second set of a plurality of candidate images which are each to be displayed in a third time segment which is shorter than the first time segment and includes a time prior to the instruction time; selects candidate images based on image quality from among the first set and second set of candidate images; and displays a plurality of still images which include a still image as the second still image based on the selected candidate images; and wherein the printing unit receives from the user a selection of one still image from among the plurality of still images and prints the one selected still image as the second still image.