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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Tetsuo Minai, Hachioji, JP;
Akio Uchiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuo Minai, Hachioji, JP;
Akio Uchiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a storage unit which stores an image group including a same number of first and second images which have a coincident positional relationship with respect to a subject and are respectively obtained through different image processes; a display unit which displays at least the first image in a display area; an input unit which indicates a display switching area of the first image displayed in the display area; and a display controller which controls the display unit to keep displaying the first image in an image part outside the display switching area and to switch an image part inside the display switching area of the first image to an image part, having a coincident positional relationship with the image part inside the display switching area of the first image with respect to the subject, of the second image.