Information processing apparatus and method

An information processing method that has a touch-sensitive panel for processing a gesture input performed via the touch-sensitive panel, the information processing method comprising steps of:

• accepting an instruction from a user for transitioning from a first processing state to a second processing state;
• setting a number of operations in accordance with the instruction accepted by the accepting step;
• generating replicated images of an object in a number equivalent to the number of operations set in the setting step and replacing an original image of the object with the replicated images;
• and
• executing, after transitioning from the first processing state to the second processing state, processing on the replicated images in accordance with a gesture input, and executing, if the replicated images no longer exist, processing of the first processing state in accordance with the gesture input,
• wherein the first processing state is a state in which image advance processing for changing over displayed images in order to view images by gesture input is executed, and
• wherein the second processing state is a state in which processing for allocating images, in order to subsequently print grouped images collectively, by gesture input is executed.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that when executed causes a computer to perform an information processing method comprising steps of:

• accepting an instruction from a user for transitioning from a first processing state to a second processing state;
• setting a number of operations in accordance with the instruction accepted by the accepting step;
• generating replicated images of an object in a number equivalent to the number of operations set in the setting step and replacing an original image of the object with the replicated images;
• and
• executing, after transitioning from the first processing state to the second processing state, processing on the replicated images in accordance with a gesture input, and executing, if the replicated images no longer exist, processing of the first processing state in accordance with the gesture input,
• wherein the first processing state is a state in which image advance processing for changing over displayed images in order to view images by gesture input is executed, and
• wherein the second processing state is a state in which processing for allocating images, in order to subsequently print grouped images collectively, by gesture input is executed.

An information processing apparatus that has a touch-sensitive panel for processing a gesture input performed via the touch-sensitive panel, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• an acceptance unit configured to accept an instruction from a user for transitioning from a first processing state to a second processing state;
• a setting unit configured to set a number of operations in accordance with the instruction accepted by the acceptance unit;
• a replication unit configured to generate replicated images of an object in a number equivalent to the number of operations set by the setting unit and to replace an original image of the object with the replicated images;
• and
• a processing unit configured to execute, after transitioning from the first processing state to the second processing state, processing on the replicated images in accordance with a gesture input, and to execute, if the replicated images no longer exist, processing of the first processing state in accordance with the gesture input,
• wherein the processing unit displays the replicated images on a display screen while shifting the replicated images such that the replicated images are displayed in a different manner than a normal image, and
• wherein a prescribed gesture input in a canceling unit aligns one of the replicated images with an image other than the normal image.