Patent ID: 7558465

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for splicing first compressed image data and second compressed image data, comprising: a decoding section for decoding a first predetermined section including a first editing point set to the first compressed image data to produce a first non-compressed image signal and decoding a second predetermined section including a second editing point set to the second compressed image data to produce a second non-compressed image signal; a re-encoding section for joining the first and second non-compressed image signals at the first editing point and the second editing point to produce a third non-compressed image signal and re-encoding the third non-compressed image signal to produce re-encoded image data; a control section for controlling the re-encoding process of said re-encoding section such that, as a reference picture to be used to re-encode each of B pictures positioned at the top and the last of the third non-compressed image signal in a display order, data obtained by re-encoding the third non-compressed image signal corresponding to each of the reference pictures as an I picture or a P picture and decoding the re-encoded I picture or P picture in the inside of said re-encoding section are used; and an editing section for switchably outputting the first and second compressed image data and the re-encoded image data produced by said re-encoding section to produce edited compressed image data.