Image processing apparatus, image displaying method, and image displaying program

An image displaying method comprising the steps of:

• causing at least one search key to be selectively displayed on a display screen of a display device by search-key display controlling means;
• receiving an instruction operation by a user through instructed-position detecting means for receiving an instruction operation by the user on the display screen of the display device, detecting a position where the instruction operation is performed, and outputting the detected position;
• searching, if the displayed search key is instructed in the instruction operation receiving step, storing means in which a plurality of image data items each including information corresponding to the search key is stored for the image data corresponding to the instructed search key to extract the image data by searching means;
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• collectively displaying images corresponding to the image data extracted in the searching step in a certain part on the display screen by display controlling means.

An image displaying program executed by a computer in an image displaying apparatus, the program comprising the steps of:

• causing at least one search key to be selectively displayed on a display screen of a display device by search-key display controlling means;
• receiving an instruction operation by a user through instructed-position detecting means for receiving an instruction operation by the user on the display screen of the display device, detecting a position where the instruction operation is performed, and outputting the detected position;
• searching, if the displayed search key is instructed in the instruction operation receiving step, storing means in which a plurality of image data items each including information corresponding to the search key is stored for the image data corresponding to the instructed search key to extract the image data by searching means;
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• collectively displaying images corresponding to the image data extracted in the searching step in a certain part on the display screen by display controlling means.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• an instructed-position detecting unit configured to receive an instruction operation by a user on a display screen of a display device, detect a position where the instruction operation is performed, and output the detected position;
• a storing unit configured to store a plurality of image data items each including information corresponding to a search key;
• a search-key display controlling unit configured to cause at least one search key to be selectively displayed on the display screen of the display device;
• a searching unit configured to, if the search key displayed on the display screen of the display device is instructed by the search-key display controlling unit through the instructed-position detecting unit, search the storing unit for the image data corresponding to the instructed search key to extract the image data;
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• a display controlling unit configured to collectively display images corresponding to the image data extracted by the searching unit in a certain part on the display screen.