Patent ID: 6819356
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
An image search apparatus comprising:means for storing a plurality of pieces of image information; means for displaying the pieces of image information stored in said storing means; first display control means for causing the pieces of image information stored in said storing means to be successively displayed by said displaying means in a predetermined order; means for searching the pieces of image information for a piece of image information in which a distance between image pick-up positions where the pieces of image information are picked up satisfies a predetermined condition; first display switch instructing means for giving an instruction for switching the piece of image information being displayed by said displaying means; and second display control means for switching in a skipping manner the piece of image information being displayed by said displaying means, from the piece of image information which is caused by said first display control means to be displayed by said displaying means, to a piece of image information designated based on a result of searching by said searching means, when the instruction for switching the piece of image information being displayed by said displaying means is given by said first display switch instructing means.