Patent Document ID: 8122379
Application ID: 12263335
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image display apparatus for displaying a plurality of images on a single screen, comprising: a monitor for displaying the plurality of images, wherein each of the plurality of images includes a centroid; an image selecting unit configured to allow a user to select a first group of images from the plurality of images a magnification unit configured to: in response to a zooming operation initiated by the user, magnify distances between the centroids of the selected first group of images, and magnify each image of the selected first group of images; and a display control unit configured to display in a blank space of the magnified distances one or more images different from the plurality of images, wherein a magnification rate of the distances between the centroids has a nonlinear relationship to a magnification rate of the selected first group of images, and within an extent of the nonlinear relationship, the magnification rate of the distances between the centroids has a predetermined range in which the magnification rate of the selected first of group images is larger than the magnification rate of the distances between the centroids.