Patent ID: 8456491

Claim:
An image processing system, comprising a memory adapted to store images, a processor, operative programming adapted to compare images and to prepare a difference image, a selector configured to select an image among a plurality of images as a selected image, a comparator configured to compare the selected image with at least one other image to identify at least one generally corresponding part of the images that differentiate the images from each other, and an output configured to provide from the identified part of the selected image the difference image that is smaller in image size than the selected image, and includes the identified differentiating part of the selected image to facilitate showing a difference between the selected image and the at least one other image with which the selected image is compared by the comparator, wherein the output is configured to provide for showing on a display or projecting simultaneously the plurality of images in thumbnail form including the selected image, the difference image enlarged relative to the size of a thumbnail representation of the selected image, and the thumbnail representation of the selected image with a mark-up of the part that is used for the difference image to facilitate identifying the approximate location in the selected image of the difference image, wherein the comparator is adapted to carry out the comparison on a pixel by pixel basis of respective images or thumbnails or a group of pixels by group of pixels basis of respective images or thumbnails.