Patent ID: 8994813
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to: allocate each of a plurality of picture display areas on a display to each of a plurality of picture groups each made up of a plurality of pictures, said picture display areas being arrayed in a first direction on a screen for displaying pictures; display at least a portion of image contents of each of the pictures of each of said picture groups in screen locations of the display which correspond to said picture display areas allocated to said picture groups, the screen locations arrayed in a second direction different from said first direction and determined by a chronological timing associated with said pictures; and control a range of said chronological timing for displaying the pictures, wherein the range of said chronological timing for displaying the pictures in each of the picture display areas allocated to each of the picture groups spans a same predetermined time interval, the circuitry is configured to display a first photographer name in an area of the display along with a first picture group among the plurality of picture groups corresponding to the first photographer name and to display a second photographer name in another area of the display along with a second picture group among the plurality of picture groups corresponding to the second photographer name, and the first picture group corresponding to the first photographer name and the second picture group corresponding to the second photographer name are arrayed on the display in the second direction in a chronological order corresponding to a photographed date and time of pictures in the first picture group and the second picture group.