US 7,496,211 B2
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program
Rui Yamagami, Kanagawa (Japan); Yoko Takahashi, Kanagawa (Japan); and Osamu Date, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Sony Corporation, (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/486,609
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/07409
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 22, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/105474, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 18, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 2002-169565 (JP), filed on Jun. 11, 2002; and application No. 2002-203479 (JP), filed on Jul. 12, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0044489 A1, Feb. 24, 2005
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 382—103  [715/719] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
designating means for designating one or more frame images from among a plurality of frame images forming a moving image;
extracting means for extracting a group of frame images from the plurality of frame images, the group of frame images including a particular one of the one or more designated frame images, a first predetermined number of frame images which temporally precede the particular frame image, and a second predetermined number of frame images which temporally succeed the particular frame image;
display controlling means for controlling display of at least one of a temporal sequence of frame images formed of the group of frame images; and
specifying means for selecting and specifying a desired frame image from among the temporal sequence of frame images.