Patent ID: 8963868
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image editing apparatus having editing functions for editing at least one still image on a display screen, the image editing apparatus comprising: a touch panel provided over the display screen, the touch panel detecting a position of a touch operation when the position over the display screen is pressed by the touch operation; a judgment section for determining which of the editing functions is requested to be executed, in accordance with how a second touch operation is performed after a first touch operation is performed on the still image; and a display controller for controlling a display on the display screen, the display controller executing the editing function determined by the judgment section, wherein one of the editing functions comprises a cropping function for removing a part of the still image, and the judgment section determines that execution of the cropping function is requested when the second touch operation is performed outside of the still image after the first touch operation on the still image, and the display controller removes the part of the still image along a boundary when a position of the second touch operation is moved to traverse the still image after the judgment section determines that the execution of the cropping function is requested, and the boundary is set based on a trajectory of the second touch operation.