Apparatus, method and program for determining the smoothness of motion in video data

An information processing apparatus for calculating an evaluation value representing quality of a moving image, comprising:

• a first acquisition unit configured to acquire data of an input moving image that includes a chart image in each frame image;
• a second acquisition unit configured to acquire position information representing a position of the chart image in each frame image of the input moving image;
• a cutout unit configured to cut out, from each frame image of the input moving image, a partial image including the chart image based on the position information and generate a converted moving image having the cutout partial image as a frame image;
• a third acquisition unit configured to acquire a frequency component value obtained by frequency-converting the chart image in a spatial direction;
• a conversion unit configured to frequency-convert the converted moving image at least in a temporal direction and the spatial direction;
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• a calculation unit configured to calculate the evaluation value based on a frequency component value in the spatial direction obtained by said conversion unit, a frequency component value in the temporal direction obtained by said conversion unit, and the frequency component value obtained by said third acquisition unit.