Patent ID: 8159572

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: playback control means for generating a second image and a playback parameter from a data recording medium that records the second image and the playback parameter, the second image having an angle of view wider than that of a first image and a resolution higher than that of the first image, at least the entirety of an area of a scene captured in the first image being captured in the second image, the playback parameter including information at least indicative of a region of the second image in which the area of a scene captured in the first image is captured; extracting means for extracting at least a partial image of the second image and outputting the image as an extraction image; playback parameter generating means for generating a new playback parameter in accordance with a user operation; and recording control means for recording the new playback parameter; wherein, when the new playback parameter is generated, the extracting means extracts the extraction image on the basis of the new playback parameter.