Image extracting apparatus, computer program product, and image extracting method

A computer program product having a computer readable medium including programmed instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer perform:

• extracting as a scene transition image an image where a transition of scene occurs from an image sequence captured in time series, using a predetermined extraction condition;
• displaying a near image, which is an image captured at a time in a neighborhood of time when the scene transition image is captured;
• acquiring image information of an image, for which a predetermined viewing operation is performed, among the near image(s) and history information of the predetermined viewing operation;
• changing the extraction condition using the image information and the history information of the operation acquired;
• and
• re-extracting an image where a transition of scene occurs, using the extraction condition changed.

An image extracting method comprising:

• extracting as a scene transition image an image where a transition of scene occurs from an image sequence captured in time series, using a predetermined extraction condition;
• displaying a near image, which is an image captured at a time in a neighborhood of time when the scene transition image is captured;
• acquiring image information of an image, for which a predetermined viewing operation is performed, among the near image(s) and history information of the predetermined viewing operation;
• and
• changing the extraction condition using the image information and the history information of the operation acquired in the acquiring;
• wherein
• in the extracting, an image where a transition of scene occurs is re-extracted according to the extraction condition changed in the changing.