Patent ID: 8701006
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a first display control unit adapted to display one or more images on a display unit while changing a number of images to be displayed, wherein when the number of images to be displayed is more than one, the first display control unit displays the images as a first composite image arranged such that one image is overlaid with another image; a first acceptance unit adapted to accept an output instruction from a user during a period in which the one or more images are displayed by the first display control unit; a second display control unit adapted to, in response to the output instruction, display on the display unit a selection window for selecting a target image to be output; and an output unit adapted to output, to an external apparatus, an image selected by the user in the selection window as the target image to be output, wherein if the output instruction is accepted during a period in which a plurality of images are displayed as the first composite image by the first display control unit, the second display control unit displays the selection window such that it shows (a) a second composite image generated from the plurality of images composing the first composite image such that they are not overlaid with each other and (b) each of the plurality of images composing the first composite image, wherein if the output instruction is accepted during a period in which only one image is displayed by the first display control unit, the second display control unit displays the selection window such that it shows the only one image and it does not show the second composite image, and wherein if the selected image is one of the plurality of images composing the second composite image, then the selected image is output by the output unit in a form that the selected image is not composited with another image.