Facial image display apparatus, facial image display method, and facial image display program

A facial image display method executed on a computer comprising:

• detecting areas containing faces in a plurality of target images each displaying one or more faces, wherein each target image is a still image;
• automatically identifying one or more persons corresponding to the areas containing faces and creating, using the areas containing faces, a path through the plurality of target images connecting the detected areas containing faces according to the one or more identified persons;
• and creating a moving image in which a camera moves through the plurality of target images according to the path, wherein the moving image contains the areas containing faces from the plurality of target images,
• wherein a pattern from among specific moving image pattern options for the path based on the number of detected facial areas.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program comprising the steps of:

• detecting areas containing faces in a plurality of target images each displaying one or more faces, wherein each target image is a still image;
• automatically identifying one or more persons corresponding to the areas containing faces and creating, using the areas containing faces, a path through the plurality of target images connecting the detected areas containing faces according to the one or more identified persons;
• and
• creating a moving image in which a camera moves through the plurality of target images according to the path, wherein the moving image contains the areas containing faces from the plurality of target images,
• wherein a pattern from among specific moving image pattern options for the path based on the number of detected facial areas.