Patent ID: 7733520

Claim:
An image output apparatus comprising: a reading device for reading, from a recording medium on which image data representing subject images of a plurality of frames which have been obtained by imaging a subject under different imaging conditions, including exposure amount, the image data representing a specified frame of image; a display control device for controlling a display device such that the subject image represented by the image data read by said reading device is displayed on a display screen; a designation device for designating a desired image zone in the subject image displayed on said display screen; retrieval means for retrieving a frame of image data representing the most proper subject image out of the subject images of the plurality of frames with regard to the image in the zone designated by said designation device, wherein said retrieval means selects a frame of image data having the most proper brightness with regard to the image in the zone designated by said designation device; and an image data output device for outputting the image data found by said retrieval means.