Patent ID: 8149317

Claim:
A photographing apparatus, comprising: an imaging section that generates, in a form of image data, a sequence of one or more images each of which represents a subject, by photographing the subject continuously at definite time intervals corresponding to a photographing interval which is selected by a user from among different photographing intervals; a display screen; a multiple display section that extracts, from the one or more images generated by the imaging section, a plurality of images which are arranged in the sequence of the one or more images at intervals of a number of images determined according to the selected photographing interval, and that displays the plurality of images on the display screen in such a manner that the plurality of images are visually overlapped; an area analysis section that analyzes a feature area having a visual feature for each of the plurality of images, the visual feature distinguishing the each of the plurality of images from other images in the plurality of images; and a switching acceptance section that accepts switching manipulation from the user for switching images to be displayed on the display screen from the plurality of images to another plurality of images in the one or more images; wherein when the switching acceptance section accepts the switching manipulation, the multiple display section extracts, from the one or more images generated by the imaging section, a different plurality of images which are arranged in the sequence of the one or more images at the intervals of the number of images and whose positions in the sequence are shifted by a predetermined number of images from positions of the plurality of images in the sequence, and that displays, as the another plurality of images, the different plurality of images on the display screen instead of the plurality of images in such a manner that the different plurality of images are visually overlapped, the area analysis section analyzes a feature area having a visual feature for each of the different plurality of images, the visual feature distinguishing the each of the different plurality of images from other images in the different plurality of images, and the photographing apparatus further comprises: a point specifying acceptance section that accepts, while the multiple display section is displaying the plurality of images or the different plurality of images, specifying manipulation from the user for specifying a point on the display screen which is included in one feature area of the feature areas corresponding respectively to the plurality of images or the different plurality of images; and an image display section that displays, instead of the plurality of images or the different plurality of images, one image of the plurality of images or one image of the different plurality of images on the display screen corresponding to the one feature area including the point specified by the specifying manipulation, when the point specifying acceptance section accepts the specifying manipulation.