Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• an operation receiving unit;
• a control unit configured to perform:
• a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit, and
• an icon description display process of
• displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit, and
• displaying a description image for the icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit;
• and
• an imaging unit,
• wherein an image captured by the imaging unit is displayed as a background of the display and the icon images are displayed with the captured image, in the normal mode display process, and
• in the display of the icon selection image in the icon description mode, a background is displayed differently from that in the normal mode display process, while still including the captured image.