Patent ID: 8625180
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a display control unit configured to change over time a first image being displayed on a display screen to a second image that is different from the first image, wherein at least a part of the first image and at least a part of the second image are simultaneously displayed when the first image is being changed to the second image; a receiving unit configured to receive an output command instructing the image processing apparatus to output an image which is currently displayed on the display screen; a determination unit configured to determine a condition when the output command was received by the receiving unit while an image displayed on the display screen is being changed from the first image to the second image, wherein the determination unit determines the condition from among (i) a first condition where the first image is displayed and any part of the second image is not displayed, (ii) a second condition where at least a part of the first image and at least a part of the second image are being simultaneously displayed, and (iii) a third condition where the second image is displayed and any part of the first image is not displayed; a selection unit configured (i) to select, if the first condition is determined by the determination unit, the first image and not to select the second image, (ii) to select, if the second condition is determined by the determination unit, both the first image and the second image, and (iii) to select, if the third condition is determined by the determination unit, the second image and not to select the first image; and a decision unit configured to decide, if the second condition is determined by the determination unit, at least one of the first image and the second image as image(s) to be output.