Patent ID: 8223170
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic album editing apparatus comprising: a retrieval unit that retrieves similar image data which are similar to each other, from a plurality of image data stored on a storage medium; a display control unit that controls a display to display a plurality of similar image data retrieved by the retrieval unit such that at least one of the plurality of similar image data is displayed as representative similar image data in an editing area corresponding to a page of a document and the plurality of similar image data other than the representative similar image data are displayed in an evacuation area which is provided independently of the editing area, the display control unit controlling the display such that in one of the editing area and the evacuation area, each non-similar image data which is not retrieved by the retrieval unit from among the plurality of image data stored on the storage medium is displayed; and an image designation unit that designates at least one of the plurality of image data displayed in the editing area, comprising the representative similar image data and the non-similar image data, wherein the display control unit controls the display to display similar image data related to the representative similar image data distinguishably from the non-similar image data in the evacuation area, if the representative similar image data is designated by the image designation unit in the editing area.