IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. An image reproducing apparatus comprising:
- an image reading unit configured to read an image from a recording unit;
a display processing unit configured to cause a display unit to display the image read by the image reading unit;
a related image determination unit configured to determine whether the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in a plurality of related images, which are related to each other;
a representative image detection unit configured to detect a representative image from the plurality of related images; and
a group reproduction setting unit configured to set group reproduction for reproducing only a representative image among the plurality of related images,wherein, if the group reproduction is not set by the group reproduction setting unit, the display processing unit reproduces images read by the image reading unit, including images other than the representative image, andwherein, if the group reproduction is set by the group reproduction setting unit, the related image determination unit determines whether the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in the plurality of related images, the representative image detection unit detects, when it is determined by the related image determination unit that the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in the plurality of related images, a representative image from a plurality of images constituting the plurality of related images including the read image, and the display processing unit causes the display unit to display the representative image detected by the representative image detection unit.
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Abstract
In an image reproducing apparatus capable of performing group reproduction, a related image determination unit determines whether an image read by an image reading unit is an image included in a plurality of related images, which are related to each other, and if it is determined by the related image determination unit that the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in the plurality of related images, a representative image detection unit detects a representative image from a plurality of images constituting the plurality of related images including the read image, and a display processing unit causes a display unit to display the representative image detected by the representative image detection unit.
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8 Claims
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1. An image reproducing apparatus comprising:
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an image reading unit configured to read an image from a recording unit; a display processing unit configured to cause a display unit to display the image read by the image reading unit; a related image determination unit configured to determine whether the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in a plurality of related images, which are related to each other; a representative image detection unit configured to detect a representative image from the plurality of related images; and a group reproduction setting unit configured to set group reproduction for reproducing only a representative image among the plurality of related images, wherein, if the group reproduction is not set by the group reproduction setting unit, the display processing unit reproduces images read by the image reading unit, including images other than the representative image, and wherein, if the group reproduction is set by the group reproduction setting unit, the related image determination unit determines whether the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in the plurality of related images, the representative image detection unit detects, when it is determined by the related image determination unit that the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in the plurality of related images, a representative image from a plurality of images constituting the plurality of related images including the read image, and the display processing unit causes the display unit to display the representative image detected by the representative image detection unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image reproducing method for an image reproducing apparatus, the image reproducing apparatus including an image reading unit configured to read an image from a recording unit, a display processing unit configured to cause a display unit to display the image read by the image reading unit, a related image determination unit configured to determine whether the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in a plurality of related images, which are related to each other, a representative image detection unit configured to detect a representative image from the plurality of related images, and a group reproduction setting unit configured to set group reproduction for reproducing only a representative image among the plurality of related images, the image reproducing method comprising:
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reproducing images, if the group reproduction is not set by the group reproduction setting unit, read by the image reading unit, including images other than the representative image; determining, if the group reproduction is set by the group reproduction setting unit, whether the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in the plurality of related images; detecting, when it is determined by the related image determination unit that the image read by the image reading unit is an image included in the plurality of related images, a representative image from a plurality of images constituting the plurality of related images including the read image; and causing the display unit to display the representative image detected by the representative image detection unit.
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