Patent ID: 8625002

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input image data; a data generation unit configured to generate data of a plurality of additional information regarding the image data input by the input unit; an image processing unit configured to generate stream data by multiplexing the data of the additional information generated by the data generation unit and the image data; and a control unit configured to control the data generation unit such that the plurality of additional information are classified into a first object which has a first update period and a second object which has a second update period different from the first update period, the data of the additional information corresponding to the first object is generated and output with the first update period, and the data of the additional information corresponding to the second object is generated and output with the second update period, wherein the image processing unit multiplexes to the image data the data of the additional information corresponding to each of the first and second objects which is output from the data generation unit with update period of the each of the first and second objects.