Patent ID: 8957899
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F,G06T,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus having a slide show function of displaying a plurality of images on a display unit while sequentially automatically switching the images, comprising: an adding unit, when switching display from a first image being displayed on the display unit to a second image to be displayed next to the first image, of adding a first predetermined transition effect which gradually changes a displayed image from the first image to the second image; an obtaining unit which obtains characteristic values indicative of luminance of the first and second images displayed on the display unit; a determining unit which determines whether difference between a characteristic value of the first image and a characteristic value of the second image obtained by the obtaining unit is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold; and a control unit which controls the adding unit so that: in a case where the determining unit determines that the difference is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold, the first predetermined transition effect is added when switching display from the first image to the second image, and in a case where the determining unit determines that the difference is less than the predetermined threshold;