Patent ID: 8265394

Claim:
A multi-image file editing apparatus for editing a multi-image file including main image data representing one main image which is a representative of a plurality of images and one or more sub-image data representing one or more sub-images other than the main image, each of the main image data and the one or more sub-image data being provided with a header area, the multi-image file editing apparatus comprising: a related information recording section for recording related information indicative of a relationship between the main image data and the one or more sub-image data in the header area of the main image data and the header area of each of the one or more sub-image data; an image data dividing section for dividing the main image data and the one or more sub-image data included in the multi-image file into individual image files; and a multi-image file reconstructing section for reconstructing the multi-image file including a plurality of image data by uniting a plurality of image files, obtained by division from one multi-image file by the image data dividing section, based on the related information recorded in the header area of each of the image files.