Image displaying apparatus, image generating apparatus, image providing server, image displaying method, image generating method, and computer programs for executing the image displaying method and the image generating method

An image generating apparatus comprising:

• an input unit configured to receive a plurality of separate images including an initial image and a final image, and receive an image changing method;
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• a generator configured to generate a first image group from the plurality of separate images in which an image displayed on a display of an image displaying apparatus is changed from the initial image displayed on a display window of the display to the final image, based on at least one of a degree to which the initial image is scrolled on the display and an elapsed time from when the initial image is displayed on the display, according to the image changing method,
• wherein the image changing method is determined to be a first method or a second method according to a selection between the first method and the second method which is determined by a user input, and
• the generator is configured to
• generate the first image group in which the image displayed on a display of an image displaying apparatus is changed from the initial image to the final image and move the display window, based on the degree to which the display window is scrolled on the display, if the image changing method is determined to be the first method, and
• generate the first image group in which the image displayed on a display of an image displaying apparatus is sequentially changed from the initial image to the final image and remove the initial image from the display window after the initial image is displayed in the display window, based on the elapsed time from when the initial image is displayed on the display window, the display window being in a fixed location in the display during said changing of the image, if the image changing method is determined to be the second method.

An image providing server comprising:

• a communication unit configured to receive a first image group including a plurality of separate images that comprises an initial image and a final image, and transmit the first image group or a first modified image group;
• a selector configured to select an image changing method of the first image group to a first method or a second method according to a selection between the first method and the second method which is determined by a user input;
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• a generator configured to generate the first modified image group in which an image displayed on a display of an image displaying apparatus is changed from the initial image displayed on a display window of the display to the final image, based on at least one of a degree to which the initial image is scrolled on the display and an elapsed time from when the initial image is displayed on the display, according to the image changing method,
• wherein the image displayed on the display of the image displaying apparatus is changed from the initial image to the final image and the display window is moved based on the degree to which the initial image is scrolled on the display, if the image changing method is selected to the first method, and
• the image displayed on the display of the image displaying apparatus is sequentially changed from the initial image to the final image and the initial image is removed from the display window after the initial image is displayed in the display window based on the elapsed time from when the initial image is displayed on the display, the display window being in a fixed location in the display during said changing of the image, if the image changing method is selected to the second method.