Patent ID: 7253822

Claim:
A picture displaying apparatus comprising: a storing unit for storing a plurality of pictures having a visually same or almost same form; a displaying unit for displaying at least one picture among said plurality of pictures; an aimed region designating unit for designating a partial region on a picture as an aimed region; an image cutting-out unit for cutting out a same predetermined region corresponding to said aimed region on said picture designated by said aimed region designating unit as an aimed region picture from each of said plurality of pictures; a display controlling unit for displaying said aimed region pictures of said plurality of pictures cut out by said image cutting-out unit on said displaying unit; said display controlling unit comprising: a superposed picture forming unit for forming a superposed picture by successively superposing a plurality of said aimed region pictures of each of said plurality of pictures cut out by said image cutting-out unit; and a visual effect controlling unit for displaying, on said displaying unit, each of said aimed region pictures forming said superposed picture at a predetermined transparency and as each of said aimed region pictures are successively superposed in layers from rearmost to foremost, so that the successively superposed aimed region pictures are displayed on the display unit as successively changing aimed region pictures, wherein said plurality of pictures includes at least three pictures, and the predetermined transparencies of the aimed region pictures increases, respectively, as the aimed region pictures are in layers from rearmost to foremost, respectively.