Image processing system, apparatus, method, and computer readable recording medium recorded with image processing program for forming an image of a structured document without losing a moving image included in the structured document

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a structured document acquiring portion to acquire a structured document including a moving image;
• a storing portion to store said moving image included in said acquired structured document by attaching thereto moving image identification information for identifying the moving image;
• a still image generating portion to generate a still image on which one frame selected from among a plurality of frames included in said moving image is arranged at a position, in a display image for displaying said acquired structured document, where said moving image is displayed;
• an embedding portion to embed, in said generated still image, said moving image identification information and positional information indicating a position within said still image where said frame is arranged;
• an image forming portion to form said still image on a recording medium;
• a reading portion to read said still image formed on said recording medium;
• an extracting portion to extract said moving image identification information and said positional information from said read still image;
• a moving image acquiring portion to acquire a moving image identified by said extracted moving image identification information;
• and
• a reconfiguration portion to generate a structured document in which said acquired moving image is associated with said read still image in such a manner that said moving image is displayed at a position, in said still image, that is specified by said extracted positional information.

An image processing method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring a structured document including a moving image;
• storing said moving image included in said acquired structured document;
• generating a still image on which one frame selected from among a plurality of frames included in said moving image is arranged at a position, in a display image for displaying said acquired structured document, where said moving image is displayed;
• embedding, in said generated still image, said moving image identification information and positional information indicating a position within said still image where said frame is arranged;
• forming said still image on a recording medium;
• reading said still image formed on said recording medium;
• extracting said moving image identification information and said positional information from said read still image;
• acquiring a moving image identified by said extracted moving image identification information;
• and
• generating a structured document in which said acquired moving image is associated with said read still image in such a manner that said moving image is displayed at a position, in said still image, that is specified by said extracted positional information.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with an image processing program, the program causing a computer to perform the steps of:

• acquiring a structured document including a moving image;
• storing said moving image included in said acquired structured document;
• generating a still image on which one frame selected from among a plurality of frames included in said moving image is arranged at a position, in a display image for displaying said acquired structured document, where said moving image is displayed;
• embedding, in said generated still image, said moving image identification information and positional information indicating a position within said still image where said frame is arranged;
• forming said still image on a recording medium;
• reading said still image formed on said recording medium;
• extracting said moving image identification information and said positional information from said read still image;
• acquiring a moving image identified by said extracted moving image identification information;
• and
• generating a structured document in which said acquired moving image is associated with said read still image in such a manner that said moving image is displayed at a position, in said still image, that is specified by said extracted positional information.