Patent ID: 9335908
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for causing a display device to display an image, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a server connected with the apparatus via a network, first image data representing a first image to be displayed on the display device and to which first time data representing a first time is added, and second image data representing a second image to be displayed on the display device and to which second time data representing a second time is added; a selection unit configured to select a time period according to a difference between the first time and the second time in a case where the difference between the first time and the second time is smaller than a predetermined time, and to select a predetermined time period in a case where the difference is not smaller than the predetermined time; and a processing unit configured to perform a display processing operation to display on the display device the second image after the first image is displayed for one of the time periods selected by the selection unit.