Patent ID: 7164432

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display screen; posture detecting means for detecting an angular component of a change of posture of the display screen; means for setting a first mode in which all of a plurality of separate images configured to be displayed on the display screen are to be rotated, a second mode in which a selected image of the plurality of separate images is to be rotated, and a third mode in which none of the plurality of separate images are to be rotated; means for selecting the selected image when the second mode is set; and displaying direction control means for displaying the plurality of separate images on said display screen, and for controlling a direction of display of the selected image by rotating the selected image according to the angular component of the change of posture of the display screen detected by the posture detecting means and not rotating at least one of the other of the plurality of images, said displaying direction control means controls the direction of display of said selected image by rotating said selected image when the angular component of the change of posture of the display screen detected by the posture detecting means remains unchanged for a predetermined time after the posture detecting means detects the angular component of the change of posture of the display screen.