Display control apparatus, display control method, and recording medium

A display control apparatus comprising:

• a read out unit configured to read out an image from a recording medium;
• a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a plurality of groups in accordance with attribute information of each image;
• a display control unit configured to control to display a representative image which represents each of the plurality of groups;
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• a determination unit configured to determine one of images included in one of the plurality of groups classified by the classification unit as a representative image of the one group, the image having the minimum number of attribute information used for classification by the classification unit.

A display control method comprising:

• a read out step for reading out an image from a recording medium;
• a classification step for classifying a plurality of images into a plurality of groups in accordance with attribute information of each image;
• a display control step for controlling to display a representative image which represents each of the plurality of groups;
• a comparison step for comparing an image included in one of the plurality of groups classified in the classification step with an image included in another group;
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• a determination step for determining one of images included in the one group as a representative image of the one group based on comparison in the comparison step, the image not overlapping a representative image of the other group.

A display control method comprising:

• a read out step for reading out an image from a recording medium;
• a classification step for classifying a plurality of images into a plurality of groups in accordance with attribute information of each image;
• a display control step for controlling to display a representative image which represents each of the plurality of groups;
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• a determination step for determining one of images included in one of the plurality of groups classified in the classification step as a representative image of the one group, the image having the minimum number of attribute information used for classification in the classification step.

A computer readable recording medium which records a program for causing a computer to execute a display control method, the program causing the computer to execute:

• a read out step for reading out an image from a recording medium;
• a classification step for classifying a plurality of images into a plurality of groups in accordance with attribute information of each image;
• a display control step for controlling to display a representative image which represents each of the plurality of groups;
• a comparison step for comparing an image included in one of the plurality of groups classified in the classification step with an image included in another group;
• and
• a determination step for determining one of images included in the one group as a representative image of the one group based on comparison in the comparison step, the image not overlapping a representative image of the other group.

A computer readable recording medium which records a program for causing a computer to execute a display control method, the program causing the computer to execute:

• a read out step for reading out an image from a recording medium;
• a classification step for classifying a plurality of images into a plurality of groups in accordance with attribute information of each image;
• a display control step for controlling to display a representative image which represents each of the plurality of groups;
• and
• a determination step for determining one of images included in one of the plurality of groups classified in the classification step as a representative image of the one group, the image having the minimum number of attribute information used for classification in the classification step.