Patent ID: 7900838

Claim:
A two-dimensional code display apparatus comprising: a generating unit configured to encode received data and generate a two-dimensional code image; a clipping unit configured to clip an image that fits in a two-dimensional code image display area from the two-dimensional code image generated by the generating unit; a display control unit configured to perform control to display the image clipped by the clipping unit in the two-dimensional code image display area; a changing unit configured to change, upon receipt of an instruction from a user after display is controlled by the display control unit, in accordance with the instruction, a size of the two-dimensional code image display area to be greater than or equal to a size of the two-dimensional code image generated by the generating unit; and a second display control unit configured to perform control to display the two-dimensional code image generated by the generating unit within the two-dimensional code image display area whose size has been changed by the changing unit, wherein the display control unit further performs control to display a sign indicating in which direction with respect to the two-dimensional code image display area a portion of the two-dimensional code image generated by the generating unit, which is not displayed in the two-dimensional code image display area, exists.