Patent ID: 8356034

Claim:
An image managing apparatus for managing a plurality of image files stored in relation to photographing time and identification information of photographing apparatus in a storage thereof, comprising: a processor; and a memory configured to store at least one program executable by the processor, at least one program comprising a program code that, when executed by the processor, implements: a classifying unit configured to classify the image files to predetermined time periods based on the photographing time; a count unit configured to count, for every predetermined time period, the number of the photographing apparatuses which generated the image files of the photographing times classified in each predetermined time period, based on the identification information of photographing apparatuses related to the image files; a selection unit configured to select at least one of the predetermined time periods in accordance with the counted number; and an extraction unit configured to extract the image file related to the photographing time belonging to the selected time period from among the plurality of image files stored in the storage.