Patent ID: 8310687

Claim:
An image information storage device, comprising: an image data storage unit which stores first image data; a registration information storage unit which stores prescribed registration information while associating the registration information with the first image data stored in the image data storage unit, the registration information storage unit storing registration information for area information representing an area selected from one or more areas set in a drawing area of a piece of first image data stored in the image data storage unit; a search unit which conducts a search, when an input for specifying an area represented by area information is made while an image represented by a piece of first image data stored in the image data storage unit is displayed on a display screen, for second image data associated with registration information based on the registration information associated with the area information representing the specified area; and an output control unit which controls output of a menu image to the display screen while outputting an image represented by the second image data, which is searched by the search unit, to the display screen, wherein: when the search by the search unit finds that multiple pieces of second image data associated with the registration information have been stored in the image data storage unit, the output control unit outputs an image represented by one of the multiple pieces of second image data to the display screen while also outputting the menu image, for letting a user select one of a plurality of images represented by the multiple pieces of second image data, to the display screen, and when an input for selecting one of the plurality of images is made by the user via the display screen, the output control unit switches the image outputted to the display screen to the selected image.