Patent ID: 8493462

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain still image data and moving image data; a still image compressing unit configured to compress the still image data; a moving image compressing unit configured to divide the moving image data into first divided areas and compress the moving image data of each of the first divided areas in each frame; a still image compression control unit configured to divide the still image data into second divided areas so that the second divided areas correspond to the first divided areas and compress the still image data of each of the second divided areas by the still image compressing unit; and a moving image compression control unit configured to decide a compression table of each of the first divided areas on the basis of a compression result of the still image data of the second divided area which corresponds to the each of the first divided areas, and compress the moving image data of the each of the first divided areas by the moving image compressing unit by using the decided compression table.