JP5247625B2 - Display control device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control apparatus for displaying an image.

  In recent years, the capacity of memory cards, which are often used as recording media for portable terminals such as digital cameras, has increased, and many users can easily carry a large amount of images. When searching for a desired image from a large number of images, means for shortening an image search time by a user by performing narrowed display using a condition such as a date is widely known. (For example, Patent Document 1)

JP 2001-229176 A

  However, when checking the already selected image with the narrowed down display, the selected image may not meet the current filtering conditions. In this case, the selected image can be displayed. There was no problem.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention can provide a display control device with good operability when selecting and confirming a plurality of images. An object is to provide a simple information processing apparatus.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the display control apparatus of the present invention selects a plurality of images from a display unit that displays an image recorded on a recording medium and a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium. And a selected image display for displaying the image already selected by the selection unit on the display unit in response to receiving an instruction to display the selected image from the user during the selection of the image by the selection unit. Means, and a narrowing display means for performing narrowing display for displaying on the display means an image satisfying a predetermined condition from a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium during selection of the image by the selection means, and narrowing down Whether or not an image to be displayed according to the selected image display instruction satisfies a predetermined condition when the selected image display is instructed during the narrowed display by the display means. And the selected image display means narrows down the image when the determination means determines that the image to be displayed in accordance with the selected image display instruction does not satisfy the predetermined condition. The narrowed-down display by the display means is canceled and the image already selected by the selection means is displayed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a display control device with good operability when selecting and confirming a plurality of images.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing apparatus according to the present invention. 3 is an operation unit of the printing apparatus according to the present invention. 4 is an example of a multi-layout setting screen of the printing apparatus according to the present invention. It is an example of the screen which displayed the edit menu of the printing apparatus which concerns on this invention. 4 is an example of a multi-layout setting screen of the printing apparatus according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow of the printing apparatus according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of image print region selection processing of the printing apparatus according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of image selection cancellation processing of the printing apparatus according to the present invention.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail below.

  The embodiment described below is an example as means for realizing the present invention, and should be appropriately modified or changed according to the configuration and various conditions of the apparatus to which the present invention is applied. It is not limited to the embodiment.

  The printing apparatus according to the present embodiment can designate and print a layout when printing an image acquired from a recording medium such as a memory card, a digital camera, or a PC. Furthermore, in a standard layout in which a plurality of image print areas are arranged, it has a multi-layout print function capable of assigning and setting an arbitrary image to each image print area. Further, in multi-layout printing, it is possible to specify an image print area in the layout and set a print image to be arranged in the image print area.

The printing apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a printing apparatus according to the present invention.
A bus 101 connects each block, and data exchange between the blocks is performed through the bus.

The memory card 102 is a recording medium such as a removable memory and is detachable from the printing apparatus. A plurality of image data is recorded on the memory card 102.
The IO control unit 103 controls reading / writing of data from / to the memory card 102. Since the memory card 102 cannot be directly connected to the bus 101, data is exchanged with each block through the IO control unit 103.

  The layout selection unit 104 holds a plurality of print layouts and supplies data for individual print layouts as required. The print layout has a plurality of layout patterns for each of card size / L size / postcard size.

  The icon display unit 105 holds various icon data to be displayed on the screen, transmits icon data to the display control unit 108 in response to a request, and displays an icon image on the screen.

  The image reproduction unit 106 reads the image data held in the memory card 102 through the IO control unit 103, performs a decoding process, converts the data into a format that can be displayed, and then displays the image on the display screen. Send data to.

  The display image selection unit 107 accesses the memory card 102 through the IO control unit 103 and creates and holds a list of images recorded on the memory card. At this time, a unique identification number (hereinafter referred to as “image ID”) is added to each image recorded in the memory card 102, and the image is managed and identified by the image ID in the display image selection unit 107.

  In response to a display request from each block, the display control unit 108 creates display screen data to be displayed on the LCD 207 and performs control for displaying the display screen on the LCD.

The data holding unit 109 temporarily holds various data. It is used as a work area for performing each process.
In response to the print request, the print data generation unit 110 generates print data based on the set print conditions. Specifically, the image data to be printed is read, and the read image data to be printed is converted into print data based on the set layout. The print data is composed of three colors of yellow (Y), magenta (M), and cyan (C), and Y / M / C color data of the size of one sheet is sequentially created, and the print data is sent to the printing unit 111 for each color. Send data.

The printing unit 111 receives Y / M / C color print data from the print data generation unit 110 and prints an image on a print sheet.
The layout generation unit 112 generates a data group necessary for the print data generation unit 110 to generate print data. The designated print layout data is acquired from the layout selecting unit 104, and the designated image is arranged in the print area for the image print area of the layout to generate data.

The print image selection unit 113 holds the image ID of the image designated by the user in association with the image print region designated by the region selection unit 114.
The area selection unit 114 holds an image print area of a print layout designated by the user.
The GUI control unit 115 determines the button operation of the GUI operation unit 116 by the user. Since the meaning of the button operation changes depending on the situation, the meaning of the button operation is interpreted according to the situation, and a necessary instruction is issued to each block.
The GUI operation unit 116 includes an operation member and a display device (LCD 207) as shown in FIG. The operation content is sent to the GUI control unit 115 and interpreted.

  Each of these blocks is controlled by a CPU (not shown) that controls the entire printing apparatus. The CPU reads a program code from a program memory (not shown) and performs control of each block and arithmetic processing based on the program to realize operations described later.

FIG. 2 shows an operation unit of the printing apparatus according to the present invention.
Each operation member and a display device (LCD) are arranged on the operation panel 201. A power button 202 is used to turn on / off the power of the system. A CREATE button 203 is used to select a print function. An EDIT button 204 is used for trimming printing and changing print settings. A DISP button 205 is used for switching the screen display. A MENU button 206 is used to display a menu. A display device (LCD) 207 is used for displaying images, displaying various icons, displaying print settings, and the like. An enlargement button 208 is used for enlarging the display image and switching the display mode. Reference numeral 209 denotes a reduction button which is used to lower the enlargement ratio of an image being enlarged and reproduced or to switch the display mode. A + button 210 is used to increase the number of printed sheets. A-button 211 is used to reduce the number of printed sheets. Reference numeral 212 is used for moving the trimming frame and moving the view during image enlargement display.

  A left button 213 is used for returning the display image to the previous one, moving the trimming frame, and moving the view during image enlargement display. Reference numeral 214 is used for moving the trimming frame and moving the view during image enlargement display. A right button 215 is used to move a display image forward by one, move a trimming frame, or move a view during image enlargement display. A SET button 216 is used for determining various selection items, switching to the next screen, and the like. Reference numeral 217 denotes a wheel that can be rotated in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions, and is used to display the next image or the previous image. A return button 218 is used to return to the previous screen. A PRINT button 219 is used to start printing.

FIG. 3A shows a multi-layout setting screen (single display).
Reference numeral 301 denotes an LCD of the display device, and the display control unit 108 creates display screen data in response to an instruction from each block in FIG. 1 and displays it on the LCD.
On the multi-layout setting screen, the image read from the memory card 102 is displayed within the frame of the image display area 302. Reference numeral 303 denotes an image return guidance icon, 304 denotes an image advance guidance icon, and icon data read from the icon display unit 105 is displayed. By pressing the left button 213 corresponding to the image return guidance icon 303, the image displayed in the image display area 302 can be returned to the previous one. Further, it is shown that an image displayed in the image display area 302 can be sent to the next one by pressing the right button 213 corresponding to the image advance guidance icon 304. At this time, the image displayed in the image display area 302 is determined by the display image selection unit 107. Normally, in response to pressing of the left and right buttons 213 and 215, images held in the memory card are displayed in order of shooting date and time.

  A print layout display area 305 displays a print layout selected by the user. In FIG. 3A, a 4up layout in which four images are arranged on one sheet is displayed. A layout designated in advance by the user is read from the layout selection unit 104, and the designated layout is displayed in the print layout display area. Reference numeral 306 denotes an image print area in the print layout. It shows that an image is arranged and printed in this area. In FIG. 3A, since a layout for arranging four images is selected, four image print areas in the print layout are also prepared. A number corresponding to the image print area number is displayed in each of the four image print areas 306 in the print layout. The image print area in the layout is distinguished by the image print area number. Reference numeral 307 denotes a different color from the other image print areas in order to distinguish an image print area to which an image has already been assigned from among the image print areas 307 in the print layout. Reference numeral 308 denotes a frame indicating the currently selected image print area among the image print areas in the print layout. The user selects an image in the image display area 302 for the image print area in the currently selected print layout, and assigns an image to be printed.

  Reference numeral 309 denotes a DISP guidance icon indicating that the selected image print area is switched when the DISP button 205 is pressed. The selected image print area is switched in the order of image print area numbers. That is, when the DISP button 205 is operated in the state of FIG. 3A, the selection of the image print area is switched from the image print area 2 to the image print area 3, and the selection frame 308 is also changed from the image print area 2 to the image print area 3. Moving. When an image is assigned to the switched image print area, the display of the image display area 302 is also switched to display the assigned image. Therefore, by pressing the DISP button, it is possible to check the image assigned to the image print area. A numeral display unit 310 indicates whether an image displayed in the 302 image display area is an image assigned to the image print area in the print layout. If a number is displayed, it indicates that the currently displayed image is assigned to the image print area. This number indicates which image print area the image being displayed is assigned to. The image displayed in the image display area 302 is the image print area in the print layout corresponding to the number in the number display portion. It is shown that it is assigned to. That is, in the case of FIG. 3A, the image being displayed in the image display area 302 is displayed as “1” in the number display unit 310, so the image displayed as “1” in the layout 305. It is assigned to the print area (number 1 image print area) and set for printing.

  In the printer of this embodiment, when a number is assigned to each image print area in the print layout and an image assigned to the image print area is displayed in the image display area, the assigned image print area A number corresponding to is displayed on the number display unit 310.

  Reference numeral 311 denotes an EDIT guidance icon for displaying an edit menu. An edit menu is displayed by pressing the EDIT key 204. Details will be described later.

  Reference numeral 313 denotes a SET guidance icon for proceeding to the next screen. By pressing the SET key 216, the setting is determined by the setting of the multi-layout currently being set, and it is possible to proceed to the next screen after the screen currently displayed in FIG. In this embodiment, it is possible to proceed to a print confirmation screen displayed after the GUI screen of FIG. Reference numeral 312 denotes a return guidance icon for returning to the previous screen. By pressing the return key 218, FIG. 3A shows that it is possible to return to the previous screen. In this embodiment, since images are assigned in order from the image print area 1, by depressing the return key 218, the image assignment to the image print areas in the previously set print layout is released one by one. You can cancel the image selection. Therefore, the image assignment setting can be canceled by a single operation of pressing the return button without switching the image print area and canceling the print designation. When the return button is pressed, the image assignment is canceled and the cursor 308 indicating the selected image print area is moved to the released image print area to change the selected image print area. The image in the image display area 302 is also switched to the canceled image and displayed. By performing such display, the canceled image and the image print area can be confirmed.

  The guidance icons 303, 304, 309, 311, 312, 313, the number display unit 310, and the assigned print layout 307 are icon data and areas read from the icon display unit 105. The display control unit creates display screen data based on these icons and images read from the memory card 102, and displays a GUI screen on the LCD.

FIG. 3B is a multi-layout setting screen (multi-display).
Although it is basically the same as the multi-layout setting screen of FIG. 3A, a plurality of images are displayed in the image display area 302 on the setting screen of FIG. In FIG. 3B, since a layout in which four images can be designated is designated on the previous layout setting screen (not shown), the print layout display unit 305 has a print layout having four image print areas 306. Is displayed.

By pressing the reduction button 209 in the single display mode in which one image is displayed in the image display area as shown in FIG. 3A, a plurality of images are displayed in the image display area as shown in FIG. The multi-layout setting screen can be switched to the multi-image display mode. In addition, when the enlarge button 208 is pressed from the multi-layout setting screen in the multi-image display mode, the screen can be switched to the multi-layout setting screen in the single display mode.
When the mode is switched to the multiple image display mode, an image is displayed in the image display area as follows.

  First, the image ID of the image assigned to the image print area where the focus frame 307 is currently displayed is acquired. Then, a plurality of image IDs including the image ID are acquired from the image list.

Furthermore, an image selection frame 314 is added to the image assigned to the currently focused image print area 307 among the plurality of displayed images, and is displayed separately from other images. The image selection frame 314 indicates which image is currently selected from the plurality of images.
If no image is assigned to the currently selected image print area, images before and after the image displayed in the image display area 302 before the image display mode switching are displayed and displayed before the switching. An image selection frame 314 is displayed on the selected image.

FIG. 4A shows an edit menu screen (single display).
This is displayed when the EDIT button 204 is pressed in the single display of FIG. Similarly, in the multi-display in FIG. 3B, when the EDIT button 204 is pressed, an edit menu screen (FIG. 4B) is displayed.

  The focus frame 404 is displayed on any of the items 401, 402, and 403 displayed on the edit menu, and the user moves the focus frame 404 by pressing the up / down button. If the SET button 216 is pressed while the focus frame 404 is displayed on a desired item, the screen transitions to the screen for each item. In the edit menu, trimming, print settings, and date narrowing can be selected. When trimming is selected, a trimming setting screen is displayed, and trimming can be set for the currently displayed image. When the print setting is selected, a print setting change screen is displayed, and the print setting can be changed. When the date narrowing is selected, a date selection screen as shown in FIG. 4C is displayed.

FIG. 4C is a date selection screen.
On the date selection screen, the dates 405 of the images on the memory card are displayed in order, the focus frame 406 is displayed on any of the displayed dates 401, and the user can select the date by moving the focus frame with the up and down buttons. The date and time when the shooting date or image file was created is the same as the date selected on the date selection screen.

  When the left / right (213, 215) button is pressed, the image of the date on which the focus frame is displayed is displayed. When the SET button 216 is pressed, a focus frame is displayed, and a date narrowing-down state in which only the image of the selected date is displayed.

  As described above, in the printing apparatus according to the present embodiment, when the multi-layout is set, the normal display mode in which all the images recorded on the memory card can be displayed, and the narrowed-down display that displays only those satisfying the predetermined condition. There is a mode. In addition, when a specific button is pressed during multi-layout setting, the selected image already assigned to the image print area can be displayed on the setting screen. Therefore, when displaying in the narrowed-down display mode and an operation to display an image assigned to the image print area is performed, the image to be displayed according to the operation satisfies the conditions for narrowing down There is no problem, but if it does not meet, there will be a contradiction. Therefore, the printing apparatus according to the present embodiment performs the following operation.

FIG. 5A shows a layout setting screen in a date narrowed-down state (single display).
Reference numeral 501 denotes a narrowed date. When the left or right button (213, 215) is pressed, the previous or next image in the narrowed-down date is displayed in the image display area 302.

  When the edit menu as shown in FIG. 4A is displayed in the narrowed-down state, an item for canceling date narrowing is added to the item of the edit menu instead of narrowing down the date. When the user selects to cancel the narrowing down and presses the SET button 216, the narrowed-down state is canceled and the normal display mode is set.

  When the DISP button 205 is pressed to switch the image print area or the return button 218 is pressed to cancel the setting in the narrowed-down state, the image already assigned to the image print area or the image to which the assignment is cast is displayed in the image display area. 302 is displayed. At this time, if the image to be displayed does not satisfy the current narrowing condition, the narrowing is automatically canceled and the normal display mode is set to display the image. When the narrowing is canceled, a message 701 indicating that the narrowing has been canceled is displayed as shown in FIG. 5B. On the other hand, when the image to be displayed satisfies the narrowing condition, the narrowing mode is not canceled and the image is displayed in the narrowing mode as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing for setting the multi-layout of the printing apparatus according to the present invention. These processes are performed under the control of a CPU (not shown). The CPU executes these processes based on a program read from a program memory (not shown).

  When the power button 202 is pressed, the printing apparatus is activated, and the IO control unit 103 searches the contents of the memory card 102. Then, the display image selection unit 107 creates an image list from a plurality of image data stored in the memory card 102, assigns an image ID to each image, and manages the images. The image list is sorted in the order in which the image data is created, and a young ID is assigned in the oldest order. When the printing apparatus is activated, the latest image with a new date is displayed on the LCD 207.

When the CREATE button 203 is pressed while an image is displayed on the LCD 207, a layout selection screen (not shown) is displayed on the LCD 207.
In step 601, a desired layout is selected from a layout pattern list displayed on the LCD 207 on a layout selection screen (not shown). On the layout selection screen, a list of layout patterns held in the layout selection unit is displayed. Since the focus frame is displayed in one of the layout pattern list displays, the user presses the up / down / left / right buttons (212 to 215) to move the focus frame. When the focus frame is displayed in a desired layout, the layout can be selected by pressing the SET button 216. When the SET button 216 is pressed on the layout selection screen, the layout is confirmed and the process proceeds to the next step. A multi-layout setting screen as shown in FIG. 3A is created by the display control means and displayed on the LCD 207.

In step 602, single display or multiple display of the image selection screen is performed.
It is determined whether or not the key pressed in step 603 is the right button 213 or the left button 213 that is a button corresponding to the image advance (return) instruction. When the pressed key is the right button 213 or the left button 213, it is an instruction for image advancement (return), so the process advances to step 604 to perform image advancement processing. If the pressed key is not the right button 213 or the left button 213, the process proceeds to step 605.

  It is determined whether or not the key pressed in step 605 is the DISP button 205 corresponding to the image print area selection instruction. When the pressed key is the DISP button 205, it is an instruction to select an image print area, so the process proceeds to step 606, where an image print area selection process is performed. Details of the processing will be described later. If the pressed key is not the DISP button 205, the process proceeds to step 607.

It is determined whether or not the key pressed in step 607 is the return button 218 corresponding to image selection cancellation. When the pressed key is the return button 218, it is an instruction to cancel the image selection, and the process proceeds to step 608.
If at least one image print area has already been assigned in step 608, image selection cancellation processing is performed. Details of the processing will be described later.
If none of the selected areas has been assigned, the process returns to step 601.

On the other hand, if the pressed key is not the return button 218, the process proceeds to step 610.
In step 610, it is determined whether the user has instructed date narrowing. In the case of the date narrowing instruction, the process proceeds to step 611, and the date is selected as shown in FIG. 4C. When the date is selected, the process proceeds to step 612, and the date narrowing is performed to display only the image of the selected date. If it is not a date narrowing instruction, the process proceeds to step 613.

  It is determined whether or not the key pressed in step 613 is the SET button 216 corresponding to the image selection instruction. When the pressed key is the SET button 216, it is an instruction to select an image, and the process proceeds to step 614. In step 614, the image currently displayed in the image display area 302 is assigned as the image to be printed to the currently selected image print area, and the print image is associated with the image ID of the selected image and the image print area. The image selection process held in the selection unit is performed. If the pressed key is not the SET button 216, it returns to the key input waiting state.

After image selection, it is determined in step 615 whether all image print areas have been allocated. If all the image print areas have been assigned, the layout setting process on the multi-layout setting screen is terminated and the process proceeds to the next print confirmation screen (not shown).
If it has not been assigned, it will return to the key input waiting state.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of image print area selection processing.
If it is determined in step 605 in FIG. 6 that the user's operation is area selection, the process proceeds to the image print area selection process in step 606. The details of the image print area selection process are shown in the flowchart in FIG.
In step 701, information about where the currently selected image print area is is acquired from the area selection unit 114.

  In step 702, the image print area ID of the print layout data being selected is changed to the ID of the next image print area. The image print area obtained by adding 1 to the image print area acquired in step 701 becomes the next image print area. If the number of the next image print area is larger than the number of image print areas in the layout of the print layout data, the next The number of the image print area is 1. This means that when the selection proceeds to the end of the image print area in the layout, the next operation returns to the first image print area.

If the selected image print area is changed, it is next determined in step 703 whether there is an image assigned to the newly selected image print area.
If it is determined that there is an image assigned to the newly selected image print area, the image ID of the image assigned to the image print area is acquired from the print image selection unit 113 in step 704.

  After obtaining the image ID of the selected image print area, it is determined in step 705 whether the current date is being narrowed down. If it is not currently narrowed down, the process proceeds to step 708, and if it is being narrowed down, the process proceeds to step 706.

  If the image is being narrowed down, it is determined in step 706 whether or not the image assigned to the image printing area newly selected in step 702 satisfies the current filtering condition. If the condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step 708. If the condition is not satisfied, the narrowing is canceled in step 707.

  Thereafter, in step 708, the image assigned to the image printing area being selected is displayed, and the cursor 308 indicating the image printing area being selected is also moved to the image printing area of the ID acquired in step 702 and displayed.

  If it is determined that there is no image assigned to the newly selected image print area, the processing of S604 to S608 is skipped, and the image displayed in the image display area is not changed.

  If the narrowing is automatically canceled in S707, it is preferable to display the image assigned to the newly selected image printing area in S708 and to display that the narrowing of the image has been automatically canceled.

  When the processing up to step 708 is completed, in step 709, the image print area selection processing is ended, and the process returns to the caller. Since the calling source is step 606 in FIG. 6, the process returns to the key input waiting state.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of image selection cancellation processing.
If it is determined in step 608 in FIG. 6 that at least one image print area has been assigned, the process proceeds to the image selection release process in step 609. The details of the image print area selection process are shown in the flowchart in FIG. .
In step 801, information about where the currently selected image print area is is acquired from the area selection unit 114.

In step 802, the ID of the previous image print area is obtained for the current image print area, and the previous image print area is selected. Here, the image print area obtained by subtracting 1 from the image print area acquired in step 801 becomes the previous image print area. If the number of the current image print area is 1, the number of the next image print area is within the layout. Is the number of the last image print area. Next, in step 803, it is determined whether the image selection area acquired in step 802 has already been assigned an image. Steps 802 and 8703 are performed until an image assigned image print area is found. If there is no image assigned image print area, this process is terminated, and the caller returns to step 609 in FIG.
If it has been allocated, the process proceeds to step 804, but if it has not been allocated, the process returns to step 802.
In step 804, the image ID of the image assigned to the image print area is acquired from the print image selection unit 113.

Thereafter, in step 805, the print setting of the image ID acquired in step 804 is canceled for the image selection area acquired in step 802, and the data in the print image selection unit 113 is updated.
In step 806, it is determined whether the current date is being narrowed down.
If it is not currently narrowed down, the process proceeds to step 809, and if it is being narrowed down, the process proceeds to step 807.

If the image is being narrowed down, it is determined in step 807 whether or not the image assigned to the image printing area newly selected in step 802 satisfies the current filtering condition. If the condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step 809. If the condition is not satisfied, the narrowing is automatically canceled in step 808.
Thereafter, in step 810, the image assigned to the selected image print area is displayed, and the cursor 308 is moved and displayed in the image print area acquired in step S802.

When the processing up to step 809 is completed, the image print area selection processing is ended in step 810, and the process returns to the caller. Since the calling source is step 609 in FIG. 6, the process returns to the key input waiting state.
When the narrowing is automatically canceled in S808, it is preferable to display the image assigned to the newly selected image printing area in S809 and to display that the narrowing of the image has been automatically canceled.

  As mentioned above, although preferable embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various deformation | transformation and change are possible within the range of the summary.

  In the above-described embodiments, the printing apparatus has been described as an example of the display control apparatus of the present invention. However, the present invention may be applied to an imaging apparatus such as a digital camera or a video camera, a personal computer, a PDA, a DVD player, or the like. The present invention can be realized by any device that displays an image recorded on a recording medium or can select an image.

  Also, when a software program that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied from a recording medium directly to a system or apparatus having a computer that can execute the program using wired / wireless communication, and the program is executed Are also included in the present invention.

  Accordingly, the program code itself supplied and installed in the computer in order to implement the functional processing of the present invention by the computer also realizes the present invention. That is, the computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention is also included in the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk or a magnetic tape, an optical / magneto-optical storage medium, or a nonvolatile semiconductor memory may be used.

Claims (5)

Display means for displaying an image recorded on a recording medium;
Selecting means for selecting a plurality of images from a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
A selected image display unit for displaying an image already selected by the selection unit on the display unit in response to receiving an instruction to display the selected image from the user during the selection of the image by the selection unit; ,
During the selection of the image by the selection means, a narrowed display means for performing a narrowed display for causing the display means to display an image satisfying a predetermined condition from among a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium;
When the selected image display is instructed during the narrowed-down display by the narrowed-down display means, it is determined whether or not the image to be displayed satisfies the predetermined condition in accordance with the selected image display instruction. Determination means,
The selected image display means, when it is determined by the determination means that the image to be displayed in response to the instruction for displaying the selected image does not satisfy the predetermined condition, A display control apparatus for canceling display and displaying an image already selected by the selection means. In accordance with a user's instruction to cancel the refinement, refinement release means for releasing the refinement display by the refinement display means,
When the determination unit determines that the image to be displayed in response to the selected image display instruction does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the selected image display unit instructs the cancellation of the narrowing down by a user. 2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the narrowed-down display is automatically canceled even if no is input.   2. The selection unit is capable of selecting a plurality of images to be printed from a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium, and selecting the images corresponding to a print layout. Or the display control apparatus of 2.   4. The narrowing-down display unit displays only images having the same shooting date / time or creation date / time on the display unit in accordance with a narrowing-down display instruction from a user. The display control device according to item. A second determination unit that determines whether an image has already been selected by the selection unit;
5. The selected image is displayed by the selected image display unit when the second determination unit determines that an image is selected. 5. The display control apparatus according to 1.

Images