Patent ID: 8312374
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display an image; an operation-input receiving unit configured to receive an operation input of a user; and a display control unit configured to perform, when the operation-input receiving unit receives a predetermined operation for a root image displayed on the display unit, display control for causing the display unit to display one or more related images related to the root image, wherein the display control unit calculates degrees of relation between all images that could be the root image or one of the related images on the basis of one or more classification items, the display control unit retrieves the one or more related images on the basis of the degrees of relation between the root image and the related images and causes the display unit to display the retrieved one or more related images, and when the operation-input receiving unit receives a contact operation for the root image by a finger of the user, the display control unit analyzes the root image based on a position in the root image where the contact operation is performed, specifies the classification item on the basis of a result of the analysis, and retrieves the one or more related images on the basis of a degree of relation calculated on the basis of the specified classification item.