Patent ID: 7145684

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for reproducing already stored moving image data while storing moving image data currently input, said image processing apparatus comprising: a) moving image data storing means for storing input moving image data; b) scene feature information extracting means for extracting scene feature information of each of a plurality of scenes constituting the moving image data stored in said moving image data storing means; c) digest forming means for forming digest data for reproducing a digest of the moving image data, in accordance with the scene feature information extracted by said scene feature information extracting means; and d) reproducing means for reproducing a digest of the moving image data stored in said moving image data storing means in accordance with the digest data formed by said digest data forming means, wherein reproduction of the digest is performed in response to an external instruction, and wherein said digest forming means forms digest data including a scene having a predetermined length starting from a digest reproduction start position represented by the external instruction.