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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Oneda, Tokyo, JP;
Chihiro Hamatani, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Maiko Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tamon Sadasue, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirohisa Inamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuka Kihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Oneda, Tokyo, JP;
Chihiro Hamatani, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Maiko Takenaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tamon Sadasue, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirohisa Inamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuka Kihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed image display apparatus for displaying multiple images on a single screen includes a magnification unit configured to, in response to a zooming operation on the screen, magnify distances between centroids of first group images included in the multiple images and magnify the first group images; and a display control unit configured to display in a space of the magnified distances one or more images different from the multiple images. A magnification rate of the distances between the centroids has a nonlinear relationship to a magnification rate of the first group images, and within an extent of the nonlinear relationship, the magnification rate of the distances between the centroids has a predetermined range in which the magnification rate of the first group images is larger than the magnification rate of the distances between the centroids.