Patent ID: 8106964

Claim:
An image reproduction controlling apparatus for controlling a reproduction of an image, comprising: a reading unit configured to read out, from a layout information storage device, layout information that associates position information of a region in a screen, identification information of an image capturing apparatus which captures an image to be reproduced on the region, and image capturing time information of the image to be reproduced; an acquiring unit configured to acquire a first image which had been captured at a first time and is to be reproduced on a first region in the screen from an image recording apparatus to record the image to be reproduced on the first region, a second image which had been captured at a second time and is to be reproduced on a second region in the screen from the image recording apparatus to record the image to be reproduced on the second region, and a third image to be reproduced on a third region in the screen from the image capturing apparatus capturing the image to be reproduced on the third region, in a case where the layout information read out by the reading unit indicates that a first capturing time of the first image to be reproduced on the first region is the first time, a second capturing time of the second image to be reproduced on the second region is the second time and a third capturing time of the third image to be reproduced on the third region is the current time; and a control unit configured to control the reproduction of the image based on the layout information read out by the reading unit such that the first image captured at the first time and acquired from the image recording apparatus is reproduced on the first region, the second image captured at the second time and acquired from the image recording apparatus is reproduced on the second region, and the third image captured by the image capturing apparatus is reproduced on the third region, wherein the control unit controls the reproduction such that the image of the first, second, and third region are reproduced concurrently.