Patent ID: 7257311

Claim:
A moving image data processing apparatus, comprising: group managing means for dividing moving image data into groups comprised of a plurality of frames and giving them IDs to manage each group; editing result storing means for storing an arrangement of the IDs obtained as editing results of the moving image data; moving image reproducing means for reproducing the groups according to the arrangement of the IDs stored by said editing result storing means and thereby reproducing the moving image data as the editing results; meta-data managing means for managing meta-data corresponding to the groups by associating it with the IDs corresponding to the groups; search means for searching for an image by using the meta-data; and reflecting means for reflecting the contents stored by said editing result storing means on search results of said search means, wherein the editing results stored by said editing result storing means include deletion information for showing the ID deleted by editing, and wherein said reflecting means deletes search results corresponding to the ID shown in the deletion information from the search results.