Patent ID: 7683909

Claim:
An image management device, comprising: an attribute judgment unit judging whether each of the images is a processed image generated by performing image processing of a taken image or whether each of the images is a taken image based on attribute information of the image, wherein the attribute information includes test information; switching instruction unit instructing switching of first classification way to classifying a plurality of the processed images into one group, second classification way to classifying the processed image and the taken image in the same test into one group, and third classification way to classifying the processed image and the taken image in accordance with the order of the test dates; a classification unit classifying the images based on a judgment result of said attribute judgment unit and the instruction of said switching instruction unit; an image display unit displaying the classified images with the order of the test dates when said switching instruction unit instructs the third classification way, displaying one image in the group by the group when said switching instruction unit instructs the first classification way or the second classification way, omitting the display of the processed image when the test date is the latest, and omitting the display of the images of the test when the images do not include the processed image; and a switching unit switching the display of the image displayed by said display unit to the display of the other image in the same group when the classified images are displayed by the group.