Patent ID: 8718128

Claim:
A moving image processing method for dividing a moving image sensed between a beginning of recording and an ending of recording, on the basis of a plurality of items of additional data which indicate states upon sensing the moving image, wherein the additional data is added to the moving image and is able to be read out for each item from the moving image, comprising: a generation step of defining an item group formed of one or a plurality of items selected from the plurality of items, and generating division information corresponding to the item group on the basis of the additional data of the items which belong to the item group; a hierarchization step of hierarchizing a plurality of division information generated for each item group, and of adding division positions based on division information of an upper layer to division positions of division information of a lower layer, wherein the plurality of division information is hierarchized and the division positions are added in a case that the plurality of division information is generated in the generation step in correspondence with a plurality of item groups; and a holding step of holding the division information obtained in the hierarchization step in correspondence with the moving image data in a memory.