Patent ID: 7526180

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a recording device which records a plurality of pieces of contents-data including at least image data; a decoding device which reads said contents-data, decodes the read contents-data, and outputs an image signal corresponding to the read contents-data; a calculating device which calculates reproduction preference information as a reproduction frequency indicative of reproduction desire of a user for said contents-data on the basis of state information, including an un-reproduced state, a reproduced state, and an erased state indicative of at least one of a recording state or a reproduction state of said plurality of pieces of contents-data; a selecting device which, when a recording amount of said recording device exceeds a predetermined value, selects at least one piece of said plurality of pieces of contents-data recorded in said recording device, to be erased, on the basis of said reproduction preference information; and an erasing device which erases said contents-data selected by said selecting device from said recording device.