Patent ID: 8780212

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to: receive a release notification from an imaging apparatus connected to the image display apparatus via a network, wherein the release notification indicates that the imaging apparatus detects an imaging instruction for capturing an image; receive a plurality of live view images from the imaging apparatus, wherein the plurality of live view images are imaged by the imaging apparatus regardless of the imaging instruction; and receive the captured image from the imaging apparatus after the release notification has been received, wherein the image is captured by the imaging apparatus in accordance with the imaging instruction; a processor configured to determine a period to display a live view image following receipt of the release notification by the release notification receiving unit; and a display controller configured to control a display unit to display a live view image from the plurality of live view images during the period to confirm reception of the captured image before the reception of the captured image is completed, and display the captured image on the display unit, after the live view image is displayed, once the captured image has been completely received, wherein, in a case that no live view image is received after the release notification has been received, the display controller controls the display unit to display the last live view image received before the release notification has been received, and in a case that a live view image is received after the release notification has been received, the display controller controls the display unit to display the received live view image.