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

An image display method comprising the steps of:

• specifying of a search key used for image search via search key specifying means;
• searching and extracting, in the case that a search key is specified in said specifying, of image data having information relating to the specified search key from storage means for storing a plurality of image data having information corresponding to the search key;
• and
• executing of control such that display control means display the image corresponding to the image data extracted in said searching on the position corresponding to the degree of association as to said search key on the display screen of a display device.

An image display program to be executed by a computer implemented in an image processing apparatus, comprising:

• specifying of a search key used for image search via search key specifying means;
• searching and extracting, in the case that a search key is specified in said specifying, of image data having information relating to the specified search key from storage means for storing a plurality of image data having information corresponding to the search key;
• and
• executing control such that display control means display the image corresponding to the image data extracted in said searching on the position corresponding to the degree of association as to said search key on the display screen of a display device.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a display device;
• a storage unit configured to store a plurality of image data having information corresponding to a search key;
• a search key specifying unit configured to specify a search key used for image search;
• a search unit configured to search and extract image data having information relating to the search key specified by said search key specifying unit from said storage unit;
• and
• a display control unit configured to control the image corresponding to image data extracted by said search unit to be displayed on the position corresponding to the degree of association as to said search key on the display screen of said display device.

An image display method comprising:

• specifying of a search key used for image search via a search key specifying unit;
• searching and extracting, in the case that a search key is specified in said specifying, image data having information relating to the specified search key from a storage unit for storing a plurality of image data having information corresponding to the search key;
• and
• executing of control such that a display control unit displays the image corresponding to the image data extracted in said searching on the position corresponding to the degree of association as to said search key on the display screen of a display device.

An image display program to be executed by a computer implemented in an image processing apparatus, comprising:

• specifying of a search key used for image search via a search key specifying unit;
• searching and extracting, in the case that a search key is specified in said specifying, of image data having information relating to the specified search key from a storage unit for storing a plurality of image data having information corresponding to the search key;
• and
• executing of control such that a display control unit displays the image corresponding to the image data extracted in said searching on the position corresponding to the degree of association as to said search key on the display screen of a display device.