Patent ID: 8581936

Claim:
An apparatus for generating display data for displaying an image on a display unit, the apparatus comprising: an image constructing unit that constructs an image of an image list including a plurality of images each corresponding to an image data file arranged in a form of a list; a data output unit that outputs first display data for displaying a first display of the image list on the display unit, and then, when a switching command for switching at least one of a display area and a display magnification is received from a user, outputs second display data for displaying a second display of the image list in response to the switching command; a confirmation calculating unit that calculates a degree of confirmation for each of the images in the image list based on a calculated distance between a center of a screen area of the display unit and a location of each of the images in the image list, when a pointer on the display unit is not moving, that calculates the degree of confirmation for each of the images in the image list based on a calculated distance between a location of the pointer and the location of each of the images in the image list, when the pointer on the display unit is moving, and that calculates the degree of confirmation for each of the images in the image list based on a calculated distance between an edge of the screen area and the location of each of the images in the image list, when the pointer on the display unit is moving and a scrolling operation in performed, each of the images being at a different location, the degree of confirmation indicating whether a user confirmation is performed for each of the images in the image list; and an image modifying unit that modifies the images in the image list based on the corresponding degree of confirmation, wherein the display unit displays the modified images that are modified based on the corresponding degree of confirmation.