Patent ID: 8558846

Claim:
An information processing device comprising: a storage unit configured to store first control information, the first control information being a plurality of synthetic patterns and whole mask image information identifying all clipping shapes and sizes of each of a plurality of images; a clipping unit configured to subject a plurality of images to clipping processing based on the first control information to clip a part of an image as a partial image in a shape designated by the first control information, the clipping processing clipping a partial image from each of said plurality of images; a size correcting unit configured to change an image size of each partial image based on the first control information after being clipped by said clipping unit; and a synthesizing unit configured to add, at predetermined intervals within a predetermined period of time and via a processor, said partial images of which the image sizes have been changed by said size correcting unit to a synthetic image in an order based on a synthetic pattern to generate after the predetermined period of time has elapsed a final synthetic image containing the plurality of images connected in an order based on the clipping shapes and sizes identified in the first control information; and a progress control instructions accepting unit configured to receive a progress control instruction for controlling progress of said synthetic pattern, wherein the progress control instruction is at least one of an instruction to increase or decrease a speed at which partial images are added to the synthetic image based on the synthetic pattern.