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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2005
Yoshinobu Kitamaru, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Kumagai, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Hatori, Yokohama, JP;
Keiichiro Yuasa, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Yoshinobu Kitamaru, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Kumagai, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Hatori, Yokohama, JP;
Keiichiro Yuasa, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information management apparatus includes a determination unit which determines the type of information designated by an input unit, and a display control unit which controls, in accordance with the type of information determined by the determination unit, the display form of an information presentation portion presenting explanatory information on the designated information. When the information designated by the input unit is an image in a folder, the explanatory information contains explanatory information on the image, and when the input unit designates an object other than an image in a folder, contains explanatory information on the folder.