JP2001045428A - Moving picture processing unit, moving picture processing method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a moving picture processing unit, a moving a picture processing method that are provided with a function of adding an index to still picture information configuring recorded moving picture information and with a function of displaying the still picture information to which this index is added and character information to specify the still picture information, and can easily discriminate contents of the moving picture information with the index added thereto from the still picture information and the character information that are displayed, and to provide a storage medium. SOLUTION: A frame number of image information is read from index data (step S1), the image information corresponding to the frame number is extracted from, e.g. a hard disk unit (step S2), character information corresponding to the frame number is extracted by retrieving a table TBL (step S3), a reproduction time of this frame number is calculated (step S4), and a display means displays the image information, the character information and the reproduction time acquired in this way as a list (step S5). This character information expresses contents of the corresponding image information and the display means displays the character information as above together with the corresponding image information at the same time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a function for adding an index to still image information constituting recorded moving image information, a still image information to which the index is added, and character information for specifying the still image information. The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a storage medium having a function of displaying an image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, an index can be added to still image information that constitutes recorded moving image information, a list of thumbnails of the still image information to which the index has been added is displayed in a list, and corresponding thumbnails are displayed. A moving image processing device that displays character information is known.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional moving image processing apparatus, the character information displayed in correspondence with each thumbnail displayed in the list includes a frame number of a still image corresponding to each thumbnail, It is difficult to grasp the contents of the moving image corresponding to the thumbnail by simply displaying the thumbnail of the still image which is not the first place of the moving image, and does not represent the contents of the still image such as time information. The content of the indexed moving image could not be easily determined from the list of displayed thumbnails and the character information corresponding to each thumbnail.

The present invention has been made in view of this point, and has a function of adding an index to the still image information constituting the recorded moving image information, a function of adding the index to the still image information, and a method of adding the index. In an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a storage medium having a function of displaying character information specifying still image information, the contents of moving image information to which an index is added from the displayed still image information and character information It is an object of the present invention to provide a moving image processing device, a moving image processing method, and a storage medium that can easily determine the video content.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a moving image processing apparatus, comprising: an image information storage unit for storing image information; and a display unit for continuously displaying the stored image information. Image information display means for causing the image information to be stored, associating means for associating the stored image information with character information representing the contents of the image information, character information storage means for storing the associated character information, and the stored image information And an index adding means for adding an index to the image information, and a list display means for displaying a list of image information to which the index is added and character information associated with the image information.

Preferably, the character information includes a title of the image, a cast in the image, a caption in the image, and a reproduction time of the image.

Further, preferably, the character information is associated with at least one of the image information.

[0008] Preferably, the image information displayed in a list is a reduced version of the original image information.

Further, preferably, the image information is digital still image data.

[0010] More preferably, the image information display means displays a moving image by displaying a plurality of still image data per second.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a moving image processing apparatus comprising: an image information storage unit configured to store image information; and an image information display unit configured to continuously display the stored image information. Index adding means for adding an index to the stored image information, comment adding means for adding a comment to the image information to which the index is added, a plurality of image information to which the index is added, It is characterized in that it has a list display means for displaying a list of comments added to each image information, and a control means for controlling a plurality of the displayed image information to be displayed as a moving image.

Preferably, the control means simultaneously displays a moving image of the plurality of image information displayed in the list.

[0013] Further, preferably, the control means displays a moving image only of a selected part of the plurality of image information displayed in the list.

In order to achieve the above object, a moving image processing method according to claim 10 stores image information in image information storage means, and causes the stored image information to be displayed continuously on display means. Character information representing the contents of the image information is associated with the stored image information, the associated character information is stored in character information storage means, an index is added to the stored image information, and the index is added. The displayed image information and character information associated with the image information are displayed in a list on the display means.

[0015] Preferably, the character information includes a title of the image, a cast in the image, a subtitle in the image, and a reproduction time of the image.

Furthermore, preferably, the character information is associated with at least one of the image information.

Preferably, the image information displayed as a list is obtained by reducing the original image information.

Further, preferably, the image information is digital still image data.

More preferably, in the continuous display of the image information, a moving image is displayed by displaying a plurality of still image data in one second.

In order to achieve the above object, a moving image processing method according to claim 16 stores image information in image information storage means and causes the stored image information to be displayed continuously on display means. An index is added to the stored image information, a comment is added to the image information to which the index is added, a plurality of image information to which the index is added, and a comment respectively added to each of the image information. Is displayed on the display means in a list, and control is performed so that a plurality of image information displayed in the list is displayed as a moving image.

[0021] Preferably, a plurality of image information displayed in a list are displayed as a moving image simultaneously.

Further, preferably, only a part of the plurality of image information displayed in the list is displayed as a moving image.

In order to achieve the above object, a storage medium according to claim 19 is a storage medium storing a computer-implementable program including a moving image processing method,
In the moving image processing method, image information is stored in an image information storage unit, the stored image information is continuously displayed on a display unit, and a character representing the content of the image information is stored in the stored image information. Information, the character information to be associated is stored in character information storage means, an index is added to the stored image information, and the image information to which the index is added and the character information associated with the image information Are displayed in a list on the display means.

Preferably, the character information includes a title of the image, a cast in the image, a subtitle in the image, and a reproduction time of the image.

Further preferably, the character information is associated with at least one of the image information.

Preferably, the list-displayed image information is obtained by reducing the original image information.

Further, preferably, the image information is digital still image data.

More preferably, in the continuous display of the image information, a moving image is displayed by displaying a plurality of still image data in one second.

In order to achieve the above object, a storage medium according to claim 25 is a storage medium storing a computer-implementable program including a moving image processing method,
In the moving image processing method, the image information is stored in an image information storage unit, the stored image information is continuously displayed on a display unit, an index is added to the stored image information, and the index is added. A comment is added to the added image information, a plurality of image information to which the index is added, and a comment respectively added to each image information are displayed in a list on the display means, and the list is displayed. The image information is controlled to be displayed as a moving image.

Preferably, a plurality of image information displayed in a list are displayed as a moving image at the same time.

Further, preferably, only a part of the plurality of image information displayed in the list is displayed as a moving image.

[0032]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a moving image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the moving image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a CPU (central processing unit) 1, a keyboard (KB) 2, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 3, and a video RAM (VRAM). 4, ROM 5, RAM 6,
It comprises a hard disk drive (HDD) 7 and a bus 8.

The CPU 1 is connected to the components 2 to 7 via the bus 8 and controls the components.

The keyboard 2 has keys for instructing and executing various controls, and keys for inputting characters.

The LCD 3 is, for example, a color LCD, and displays characters and images written in the VRAM 4, which is a write-only memory for display, as a font pattern or image image to be described later.

The hard disk device 7 is an external storage device for storing character and image data.

The ROM 5 is a read-only memory,
The inside thereof is mainly divided into a program area PRG for storing a program for executing image processing and a font pattern area FONT for storing font patterns such as characters, symbols, and ruled lines.

The RAM 6 is a writable memory,
The inside is divided into a plurality of areas as follows.

The area WORK is a work area for temporarily storing program variable data, constant data, and other information in order to operate the above-described program.

The area IMG is an area for storing moving image data.

The area TEXT is an area for storing character information.

The area TBL is a table area for associating a still image with character information.

The area INDEX is an area for storing a frame number of a still image to which an index is added, among still images constituting a moving image.

The area TIME is an area for storing time information.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure of moving image data stored in the area IMG.

In the figure, moving image data is composed of still image data reproduced at a rate of one per 1/30 second, and IMG (1), IMG (2), IMG from the top.
(3) are numbered (frame numbers).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of character information stored in the area TEXT. In the illustrated example, a foreign movie is selected as a moving image to which an index is to be added, and the cell TEXT (1) Is title, cell TEXT
(2) stores character information in the order of performers, subtitles from cell TEXT (3), and so on. Each cell TEXT
(1), TEXT (2), TEXT (3),... Are of variable length.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of a table TBL for associating image information with character information. As shown in FIG. 4, each data constituting the table TBL includes an address indicating the position of the character information and an image. It consists of a pair of information (still image data) frame numbers.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data relationship between the character information in the area TEXT, the table TBL, and the image information in the area IMG.

In the figure, the title of the movie is stored at the head of the area TEXT, and the stored head address is registered as "0001" in the table TBL. On the other hand, the image information corresponding to this title is
These correspond to frame numbers 1 to 4. Similarly, the character information indicating the performer is stored from the address 0008 of the area TEXT, and the frame number of the image corresponding to the character information is 5 to 5.
It is 10.

It is of course possible to search for character information stored in the area TEXT from the frame number of the image via the table TBL.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the structure of information stored in the index area INDEX. As shown in FIG. 6, the area INDEX stores a frame number of an image.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the index list displayed on the LCD 3. As shown in FIG.

In the figure, the index list displays thumbnails 3a, character information 3b, and time 3c of the still image to which the index has been added. A cursor 3d indicating the thumbnail 3a is also displayed, and this cursor 3d is used when reproducing a moving image from the index.

A description will be given of a moving image reproducing process executed by the moving image processing apparatus configured as described above.

The image information is compressed and stored in the hard disk device 7, and is decompressed and reproduced when reproduced.
It is stored in the image area IMG of M6. At this time,
Table data and character information are also stored in the area T of the RAM 6 respectively.
BL, TEXT.

The image information is VR
The video is transferred to the AM4 and is displayed at a rate of one image per 1/30 second to become a moving image. There are various types of character information, such as titles, performers, subtitles, and the like. A font corresponding to the character code is searched and displayed on the screen as a character pattern as appropriate.

Next, the index-related processing executed by the moving image processing apparatus of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 8 shows a moving image processing apparatus according to this embodiment.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an index display process executed by the CPU 1 in particular.

In the figure, first, the frame number is read from the data stored in the area INDEX, that is, the index data (step S1).

Next, the still image data corresponding to the frame number is retrieved and retrieved from the hard disk device 7, decompressed, and temporarily stored in the area WORK of the RAM 6 (step S2).

Then, the character information corresponding to the frame number is extracted from the table TBL, the font corresponding to the character code is searched from the area FONT of the ROM 5, and the character pattern is stored in the area WORK of the RAM 6 (step S3).

Further, the time is calculated from the frame number,
The number indicating this time is also extracted from the font pattern in the area FONT and stored in the area WORK of the RAM 6 (step S4).

The image data, character pattern, and time pattern stored as described above are transferred to the display VRAM 4 and displayed (step S5).

The processes in steps S1 to S5 are executed up to the end of the index data.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the image reproducing process executed by the CPU 1. This image reproducing process is for reproducing an image from the position where an index is added.

In the figure, first, the frame number of the thumbnail 3a indicated by the cursor 3d is obtained (step S11).

Next, the image data corresponding to the frame number is decompressed (step S12), and the image is displayed (step S13).

Then, the images are sequentially displayed to the end (step S14).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the index setting process executed by the CPU 1.

In the figure, first, when a position to add an index is designated from the keyboard 2 during image reproduction, the frame number of the image being displayed is obtained (step S21).

Next, this frame number is stored in the area INDEX.
(Step S22).

In this way, it is possible to perform processing of displaying an index list of image information and character information, reproducing from an index, and setting an index during image reproduction.

In this embodiment, the index is set during image reproduction. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the index may be set by displaying only character information.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the index setting process in this case.

In the figure, first, character information for one cell is displayed (step S31).

Next, it is determined whether or not an instruction to add an index has been issued from the keyboard 2 (step S3).
2).

If there is no index instruction in step S32, it is determined whether or not the image to be processed has been completed (step S35). If not, the process returns to the next character information display (step 31).

On the other hand, if there is an index instruction in step S32, the image frame number is extracted by searching the table TBL (step S33), and this image frame number is registered in the area INDEX (step S3).
4) Later, the process proceeds to step S35.

In this way, an index of an image can be created even from character information.

In the embodiment, three thumbnails are displayed as an index list. However, more thumbnails may be displayed. Also, the character information includes the title, cast,
Although the caption is used, any other character information may be used as long as it expresses the contents of the thumbnail. In particular,
It does not need to be the characters that appear on the screen.

Next, a moving image processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The moving image processing apparatus of the present embodiment differs from the moving image processing apparatus of the first embodiment in that a speaker (SP) 9 is added and the type of data stored in the RAM 6 is one. Since the only difference is that the parts are changed, the same components as those of the moving image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment in FIG. 1 are included in the moving image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment in FIG. The same reference numerals are given and the description is omitted.

In FIG. 12, area SEAC of RAM 6
H is a search area used to search for character information.

The area N is an area used as a software counter for counting the number of frames of a still image constituting a moving image.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the data structure of moving image data stored in the area IMG.
It is composed of still image data reproduced at a rate of one per 1/30 second, and is accompanied by audio information (SOUND).

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a data structure of character information stored in the area TEXT. The character information is composed of a plurality of characters for each index, each character information has a variable length, and an end symbol. (EOF).

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the structure of a table TBL for associating image information with character information. As shown in FIG. 15, each data constituting the table TBL is composed of an address indicating the position of the character information and an image. Information (still image data)
Frame number pairs.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a data relationship between the character information in the area TEXT, the table TBL, and the image information in the area IMG.

In the figure, the start address of each index character stored in the area TEXT and the frame number of the corresponding image are registered in the table TBL.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the index list displayed on the LCD 3.

In the figure, the index list displays a reduced image 3b of a moving image to which an index is added and character information 3a added to the index, and the reduced image 3b is actually moving as a moving image. .

A description will be given of a moving image reproducing process executed by the moving image processing apparatus configured as described above.

The image information is compressed and stored in the hard disk device 7, and is decompressed and reproduced when reproduced.
It is stored in the image area IMG of M6. At this time,
Table data and character information are also stored in the area T of the RAM 6 respectively.
BL, TEXT.

The image information is stored in VR
The video is transferred to the AM4 and is displayed at a rate of one image per 1/30 second to become a moving image. For the character information, a font corresponding to each character code is searched and displayed as a character pattern on the screen as appropriate.

Next, the index-related processing executed by the moving image processing apparatus of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an index setting / comment input process executed by the moving image processing apparatus of the present embodiment, in particular, by the CPU 1.

In the figure, first, a moving image is reproduced by taking out image information from the hard disk device 7 and sequentially writing it in the VRAM 4 (step S41).

Next, when it is desired to set an index, the user operates a stop key (not shown). That is, the CPU 1 constantly checks the input of the stop key (step S42), and when detecting the input, registers the frame number of the displayed image information in the table TBL (step S43) and inputs the comment. (Step S44). Comments are written in the character code area TE
In addition to being stored in XT, the head address of the comment is registered in table TBL.

The processing of steps S41 to S44 is
Continue until the video ends.

Note that the screen is in a stationary state while a comment is being input, and the screen is configured to move in response to a restart instruction after the comment is input.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a character search process executed by the CPU 1. This character search process is to search a character from an index.

Hereinafter, the process of extracting an index including a specific character from the comment characters of the index will be described. For example, if you want to search for scenes where Matsui plays an active part, first, the character code "Matsui" is entered in the search area SE.
Input to ACH (step S51).

Next, this character is searched for in the area TEXT, and if found, the address of the corresponding area TEXT and the image frame number, that is, the data of the table TBL are stored in the index area INDEX (step S52).
→ S53 → S54).

In this manner, an index having the character "Matsui" can be extracted.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the index list display processing executed by CPU 1.

In the figure, in order to display a list of indexed characters and images, first, the heads of the characters and images are displayed based on the table data stored in the index area INDEX (step S61). FIG. 17 shows an example of this display.

Next, the counter N is reset to "0" in order to move each image (step S62), and the image advanced by N from each indexed top image is displayed (steps S63 to S65).

Next, "1" is added to the counter N (step S66), and it is determined whether or not the image is the last image (step S66).
67) If not the last, return to step S63 and display the image again.

When the display speed in this moving image display is higher than the standard reproduction speed of 30 frames / sec, the display speed is reduced.

If it is determined in step S67 that the last image has been reached, the images are displayed again from the top image to which the index has been added again unless an interruption instruction is given (step S68 → S
62).

In this way, a plurality of images can be moved simultaneously.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of displayed images to which an index has been added are subjected to moving image processing at the same time. However, the types of images are different from the “three types” exemplified in the present embodiment. If the number of images increases, it is not possible to switch between images at a speed of 1/30 second or more, and as a result, the motion of the images may be slowed down, making it hard to see. Therefore, it is conceivable to smoothly reproduce only one type (or several types) of a plurality of images to which an index has been added. Hereinafter, the index list display processing in that case will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

In the figure, first, the character content stored in the area TEXT is displayed (step S71).

Next, the first image to which the index is added is displayed as a still image (step S72).

Next, an image to be reproduced is selected (step S73).

Then, the selected image is reproduced (step S74), and the sound accompanying the image is reproduced at the same time (step S75). Steps S74 and S75 above
Process is continued until an interruption instruction is given.

In this way, even when a large number of indexes are added, smooth moving image reproduction and sound reproduction can be performed.

In this embodiment, the number of reduced images displayed in the index list is three, but may be more. Although the text information is a comment, the text information may be a date or time.

A storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU 1 or MPU) of the system or the apparatus stores the storage medium in the storage medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention is also achieved by reading and executing the stored program code.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, C
A D-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM 5, and the like can be used. Further, the program code may be supplied from a server computer via a communication network.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS running on the computer based on the instructions of the program code. Does a part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided on a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

[0127]

As described above, claims 1, 10, and
According to the invention described in Item 19, the image information to which the index is added and the character information associated with the image information and representing the content of the image information are listed and displayed on the display means. Can be easily determined.

Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of indexed image information and a comment added to each image information are listed on the display means. At the same time, since the plurality of image information displayed in the list is displayed as a moving image, the user can more easily determine the content of the indexed moving image information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a moving image processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure of moving image data stored in an area IMG of a RAM in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of character information stored in an area TEXT of a RAM in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of a table area TBL provided in a RAM of FIG. 1 for associating image information with character information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data relationship between character information in an area TEXT of a RAM, a table TBL, and image information in an area IMG of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data structure of data stored in an index area INDEX of the RAM in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an index list displayed on the LCD of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an index display process executed by the moving image processing apparatus of FIG. 1, in particular, a CPU;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an image reproduction process executed by the CPU of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an index setting process executed by the CPU of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of another index setting process executed by the CPU of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a moving image processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

13 is a diagram showing a data structure of moving image data stored in an area IMG of a RAM in FIG.

14 is a diagram showing a data structure of character information stored in an area TEXT of a RAM in FIG.

[FIG. 15] In order to associate image information with character information,
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a data structure of a table area TBL provided in the RAM of FIG.

16 is a diagram showing a data relationship between character information in an area TEXT of the RAM, a table TBL, and image information in an area IMG in FIG. 12;

17 is a diagram showing an example of an index list displayed on the LCD of FIG.

18 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an index setting / comment input process executed by the moving image processing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a character search process executed by the CPU of FIG. 12;

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an index list display process executed by the CPU of FIG. 12;

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a procedure of another index list display process executed by the CPU of FIG. 12;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Keyboard 3 Liquid crystal display 4 Video RAM 5 ROM 6 RAM 7 Hard disk drive 8 Bus 9 Speaker

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Claims (27)

[Claims] 1. An image information storage means for storing image information, an image information display means for continuously displaying the stored image information, and a character representing the content of the image information in the stored image information. Associating means for associating information; character information storage means for storing the associated character information; index adding means for adding an index to the stored image information; image information to which the index is added; And a list displaying means for displaying a list of character information associated with the moving image processing apparatus. 2. The character information includes a title of the image,
The moving image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the moving image processing apparatus includes a cast in the image, a subtitle in the image, and a reproduction time of the image. 3. The moving image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character information is associated with at least one piece of the image information. 4. The image information displayed as a list is a reduced version of the original image information.
4. The moving image processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The moving image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image information is digital still image data. 6. The moving image processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the image information display means displays a moving image by displaying a plurality of still image data per second. 7. An image information storage unit for storing image information, an image information display unit for continuously displaying the stored image information, an index addition unit for adding an index to the stored image information, Comment adding means for adding a comment to the image information to which the index has been added; list display means for displaying a list of a plurality of image information to which the index has been added and comments respectively added to the respective image information And a control means for controlling the plurality of image information displayed in the list to display a moving image. 8. The moving image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the control unit displays the plurality of image information displayed in a list at the same time as a moving image. 9. The moving image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the control unit displays a moving image of only a selected part of the plurality of pieces of image information displayed in the list. . 10. Image information is stored in an image information storage means, and the stored image information is continuously displayed on a display means. Character information representing the contents of the image information is stored in the stored image information. Correlation, storing the associated character information in character information storage means, adding an index to the stored image information, and comparing the index-added image information with the character information associated with the image information. A moving image processing method, wherein a list is displayed on the display unit. 11. The moving image processing method according to claim 10, wherein the character information includes a title of the image, a cast in the image, a subtitle in the image, and a reproduction time of the image. . 12. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character information is associated with at least one of the image information.
12. The moving image processing method according to any one of 0 and 11. 13. The moving image processing method according to claim 10, wherein the image information displayed as a list is obtained by reducing original image information. 14. The moving image processing method according to claim 10, wherein the image information is digital still image data. 15. The moving image processing method according to claim 14, wherein in the continuous display of the image information, a moving image is displayed by displaying a plurality of still image data per second. 16. The image information is stored in an image information storage means, the stored image information is continuously displayed on a display means, an index is added to the stored image information, and the index is added. A comment is added to the image information, a plurality of image information to which the index is added, and a comment respectively added to each of the image information are displayed in a list on the display means, and the plurality of images displayed in the list are displayed. A moving image processing method comprising controlling information to be displayed as a moving image. 17. The moving image processing method according to claim 16, wherein a plurality of pieces of image information displayed in a list are displayed as a moving image at the same time. 18. The moving image processing method according to claim 16, wherein a moving image is displayed for only a selected part of the plurality of pieces of image information displayed in the list. 19. A storage medium storing a computer-implementable program including a moving image processing method, wherein the moving image processing method stores image information in image information storage means, and stores the stored image information. Are continuously displayed on a display means, character information representing the contents of the image information is associated with the stored image information, and the associated character information is stored in a character information storage means. A storage medium for displaying a list of image information to which the index has been added and character information associated with the image information on the display means. 20. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the character information includes a title of the image, a cast in the image, a subtitle in the image, and a reproduction time of the image. 21. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character information is associated with at least one piece of the image information.
21. The storage medium according to any one of 9 and 20. 22. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the image information displayed as a list is obtained by reducing original image information. 23. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein said image information is digital still image data. 24. The storage medium according to claim 23, wherein in the continuous display of the image information, a moving image is displayed by displaying a plurality of still image data per second. 25. A storage medium storing a computer-implementable program including a moving image processing method, wherein the moving image processing method stores image information in image information storage means, and stores the stored image information. Are continuously displayed on a display means, an index is added to the stored image information, a comment is added to the image information to which the index is added, and a plurality of image information to which the index is added, A storage medium characterized in that a comment added to each of the image information is displayed in a list on the display means, and control is performed such that a plurality of the displayed image information is displayed as a moving image. 26. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein a plurality of pieces of image information displayed in a list are displayed as a moving image at the same time. 27. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein only a selected part of the plurality of pieces of image information displayed in the list is displayed as a moving image.