Claims
- 1. A moving image processing apparatus for expanding a compressed moving image data and displaying the expanded data in display means, comprising:
- a first storage medium for storing the compressed moving image data which includes interframes and intraframes;
- a second storage medium for storing administrative information of the compressed moving image data; and
- supplying means for supplying the compressed moving image data to expansion means which expands the compressed moving image data and supplies the expanded data to said display means,
- wherein the first storage medium and the second storage medium are independent of each other and are respectively accessible.
- 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the compressed moving image data stored in the first storage medium and the administrative information stored in the second storage medium are logically regarded as one moving image file.
- 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first storage medium has a large capacity and a fast access speed, while the second storage medium has a relatively small capacity and a slow access speed.
- 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
- instructions means for instructing reproduction of the compressed moving image data;
- retrieval means for retrieving the second storage medium in accordance with the instruction by said instruction means and reading out the administrative information; and
- read-out means for accessing the first storage medium in accordance with the administrative information and reading out the compressed moving image data.
- 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the administrative information includes a file name to logically combine the compressed moving image data and the administrative information as one data and address information of the first storage medium which stores the compressed moving image data.
- 6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the address information includes a storage address of a plurality of moving image frames at predetermined intervals in the compressed moving image data.
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/784,267, filed Jan. 15, 1997, now abandoned, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/589,474, filed Jan. 22, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,646,685 allowed, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/448,192, filed May 23, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,489,941, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/277,106, filed Jul. 20, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,428,393, which is a division of application Ser. No. 07/885,870, filed May 20, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,359,365.
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