Patent ID: 8174571

Claim:
An apparatus for processing images, comprising: a moving body detecting means for detecting a plurality of objects from inputted moving picture information, for determining an identity of each of the plurality of objects, and for determining whether each of the plurality of objects appears in two or more consecutive frames of the inputted moving picture information based on the identity of each of the plurality of objects; a thumbnail displaying means for displaying each of the plurality of objects that have appeared in the inputted moving picture information in two or more consecutive frames within a prescribed period, as thumbnails extracted from representative frames, based on object information detected by the moving body detecting means, each of the plurality of objects that have appeared in the inputted moving picture information in two or more consecutive frames within the prescribed period being represented by only one thumbnail; an operation input means for receiving an operation input resulting from selecting one of the thumbnails displayed by the thumbnail displaying means; and a moving picture displaying means for displaying a moving picture that contains an object identified by a selected thumbnail related to the operation input received by the operation input means.