Patent ID: 8655863

Claim:
A search device comprising: a first search section for searching, for second image data sharing a common image attribute with first image data being processed by a multi-function printer, a storage section in which image data processed by the multi-function printer is stored; a second search section for setting a reference time as a point of time at which the second image data was processed by the multi-function printer, searching the storage section for third image data processed by the multi-function printer within a time period from a predetermined time before the reference time to a predetermined time after the reference time; and a display control section for causing a display section to display, as a related image related to an image based on the first image data, (i) an image based on the second image data searched for by the first search section, and (ii) an image based on the third image data searched for by the second search section; wherein when plural pieces of second image data are retrieved as a result of a search performed by the first search section, the second search section searches the storage section for the third image data, the third image data being image data processed by the multi-function printer (i) within a time period from a predetermined time before a first reference time to a predetermined time after the first reference time and (ii) within a time period from a predetermined time before a second reference time to a predetermined time after the second reference time, the first reference time being a point of time at which one of the pieces of second image data was processed by the multi-function printer, and the second reference time being a point of time at which another one of the pieces of second image data was processed by the multi-function printer.