Image searching apparatus.

摘要

An image searching apparatus comprises a still image memory (14) for storing still image data, selecting means (11, 16) for selecting a still image of one picture unit from a moving image signal constituted by image data outputted from a motion image memory (9), an index memory (13) for storing the image data corresponding to the still image selected by the selecting device and index data corresponding to the still image, a display control device (22, 23) for displaying, simultaneously within one display area (SCRN), a moving image represented by a motion video signal from the motion image memory (9) and a still image represented by a still video signal from the still image memory (14), a pointing device (16) for indicating a desired area on the display area, and control means (11) for reading out the index data corresponding to a still image indicated by the pointing device (16) on the display area (SCRN) and for reading out the image data corresponding to the still image indicated by the pointing device.