Patent ID: 7689915
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image display apparatus including at least one processor, comprising: a display unit which displays a plurality of thumbnail images, in a form of a list; an acquisition unit which acquires attribute information related to a thumbnail image which is selected, on the basis of a user's instruction, from the plurality of thumbnail images; a first generation unit which reduces an original image which is a reduction source of the selected thumbnail image, to generate a first viewing thumbnail image whose size is a first size; a comparison unit which compares a size of the selected thumbnail image with the first size; a second generation unit which reduces, if the size of the selected thumbnail image is larger than the first size, the original image to generate a second viewing thumbnail image whose size is a second size larger than the size of the selected thumbnail image; and a display control unit which generates a window and displays the generated window near the selected thumbnail image, wherein said display control unit arranges the first viewing thumbnail image and the attribute information on the window if the size of the selected thumbnail image is equal to or less than the first size, and arranges the second viewing thumbnail image and the attribute information on the window if the size of the selected thumbnail image is larger than the first size, and wherein, said display control unit comprises a unit which determines whether or not the first or second viewing thumbnail image is arranged on the window, when it is determined that the first or second viewing thumbnail image is arranged on the window and if the size of the selected thumbnail image is larger the first size, said display control unit arranges the second viewing thumbnail image and the attribute information on the window, and when it is determined that neither of the first and second viewing thumbnail images is arranged on the window and if the size of the selected thumbnail image is larger the first size, said display control unit arranges only the attribute information on the window.