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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2010
Shigeyuki Miyazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeyuki Miyazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to searching for image files based on shooting times thereof from among image files which are managed in each of folders and preventing a user from misunderstanding search results due to displayed contents when the search results are displayed for each of the folders. An image management apparatus according to the present invention searches an image file that satisfies a search condition in which a shooting time thereof is set by a user operation from among a plurality of image files, reads the shooting time of the searched image file, acquires a range of the shooting times for each of folders, and updates and displays thumbnail images indicating the searched image files together with acquired range of the shooting times for each of the folders.
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