Image processing apparatus, image capture device, server and computer program, where captured movie image is written in the storage medium based on the shooting condition

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image processor configured to generate movie data based on an image capturing signal that has been generated by an image capturing section; and

a controller configured to determine, by reference to information concerning a shooting condition, whether or not to write the generated movie data on a storage medium in accordance with a shooting instruction,

wherein the generated movie data includes at least one of first movie data and second movie data;

when the generated movie data includes the first movie data, the image processor generates the first movie data before the shooting instruction is issued;

when the generated movie data includes the second movie data, the image processor generates the second movie data after the shooting instruction has been issued;

the information concerning the shooting condition concerns a shooting condition to be satisfied during shooting with respect to the first movie data and/or a shooting condition to be satisfied during shooting with respect to the second movie data; and

the controller calculates an evaluation value based on the information concerning the shooting condition by performing a weighting process according to a shooting time, and determines, based on the evaluation value, whether or not to write at least one of the first and second movie data on the storage medium.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the shooting instruction is given by a user, and

wherein the image processor further generates still picture data in accordance with the shooting instruction, and

wherein the information concerning the shooting condition concerns at least one of a shooting condition to be satisfied during shooting with respect to the first movie data, a shooting condition to be satisfied during shooting with respect to the second movie data, and a shooting condition to be satisfied during shooting with respect to the still picture data.

3. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller performs the weighting process to add an increased weight to a point in time when the shooting instruction is issued.

4. The image processing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the controller performs the weighting process to add a zero weight to at least one of two periods that respectively precede and follow the point in time when the shooting instruction is issued.

5. An image capture device comprising:

an image capturing section configured to generate an image capturing signal; and

the image processing apparatus of claim 1 .

6. A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and to be used by an image processing apparatus, the program being executed to make a computer built in the image processing apparatus perform the steps of:

generating movie data based on an image capturing signal that has been generated by an image capturing section, the generated movie data including at least one of first movie data and second movie data, the first movie data being generated before a shooting instruction is issued and the second movie data being generated after the shooting instruction has been issued;

calculating an evaluation value based on information concerning the shooting condition by performing a weighting process according to a shooting time, and

determining, based on the evaluation value, whether or not to write at least one of the first and second movie data on the storage medium, wherein the information concerning the shooting condition concerns a shooting condition to be satisfied during shooting with respect to the first movie data and/or a shooting condition to be satisfied during shooting with respect to the second movie data.