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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Akira Hiroshige, Tokyo-to, JP;
Akira Hiroshige, Tokyo-to, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for displaying an image comprises, an access unit that accesses images stored in a recording medium; an image order management unit that orders a plurality of the images cyclically in such a manner that an end one of the images may be followed by a top one of the images; a first input unit that inputs a first command; a second input unit that inputs a second command; and a display unit that displays on one screen a display-subject area that corresponds to one portion of such a limitless two-dimensional array of the images that the images adjacent to each other in an x-direction may have consecutive order numbers and a difference in order number between the images adjacent to each other in a y-direction may be a first value of not less than two, and moves the display-subject area in the x-direction in accordance with the first command and in the y-direction in accordance with the second command.