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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Yuichi Nakase, Tokyo, JP;
Yousuke Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Morita, Akiruno, JP;
Hiroshi Kondo, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuyuki Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Nakase, Tokyo, JP;
Yousuke Takagi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Morita, Akiruno, JP;
Hiroshi Kondo, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuyuki Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a display control apparatus comprising a read out unit configured to read out an image from a recording medium, a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a plurality of groups in accordance with attribute information of each image, a display control unit configured to control to display a representative image which represents each of the plurality of groups, a comparison unit configured to compare an image included in one of the plurality of groups classified by the classification unit with an image included in another group, and a determination unit configured to determine one of images included in the one group as a representative image of the one group based on comparison by the comparison unit, the image not overlapping a representative image of the other group.