Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program

Abstract

An information processing apparatus displays in order multiple pages of the same electronic album in each of a first display area and a second display area arranged in parallel on a screen of a display device. A user selects one image from each display area. The information processing apparatus edits the selected images and display the results on the display device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus that arranges and displays on a display device a plurality of images arranged in multiple pages of an electronic album, comprising:
 a detection unit that detects a switch to a predetermined editing mode for exchanging the plurality of images arranged in the electronic album;   a display controller that, when the switch is detected, displays in each of a first display area and a second display area of the display device one or more pages of the electronic album, the first display area and the second display area being arranged next to each other;   a selection unit that selects an first image from the electronic album displayed in the first display area and an second image from the electronic album displayed in the second display area;   an exchange designation unit that designates exchange of the images selected by the selection unit; and   an exchange unit that, in response to an instruction from the exchange designation unit, exchanges a position of the first image and a position of the second image in the electronic album,   wherein the display controller, in response to an instruction from the exchange designation unit, displays a result of the exchange of the first and second images on the display device.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein each image is associated with editorial attribute information. 
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein when the exchange unit exchanges the position of the first image and the position of the second image, the exchange unit does not exchange editorial attribute information of the first image and editorial attribute information of the second image. 
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the editorial attribute information includes at least one of image size and rotation information. 
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display controller displays the exchanged images differently from images which are not exchanged. 
     
     
         6 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the display controller arranges the first and second display areas on a preset orientation of a paper on which each page of the electronic album is to be printed. 
     
     
         7 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein the display controller displays the first and second display areas aligned next to each other in a vertical direction of the display device when the orientation of the paper is portrait, and displays the first and second display areas next to each other in a horizontal direction of the display device when the orientation of the paper is landscape. 
     
     
         8 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a second detection unit that detects a number of pages included in the electronic album,   wherein the display controller displays in each of the first and second display areas the one or more pages of the electronic album when the number of pages detected by the second detection unit is greater than a predetermined number.   
     
     
         9 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a scroll bar is provided for each of the first and the second display areas, and a page or pages of the electronic album displayed in each of the first and second display areas are changed in accordance with a movement of a scroll bar. 
     
     
         10 . An information processing method of arranging and displaying on a display device a plurality of images arranged in multiple pages of an electronic album, comprising:
 detecting a switch to a predetermined editing mode for exchanging the plurality of images arranged in the electronic album;   displaying, when the switch is detected, in each of a first display area and a second display area of the display device one or more pages of the electronic album, the first display area and the second display area being arranged next to each other;   selecting an first image from the electronic album displayed in the first display area and an second image from the electronic album displayed in the second display area;   designating exchange of the selected images;   exchanging, in response to an instruction in the designating step, a position of the first image and a position of the second image in the electronic album; and   displaying, in response to an instruction in the designating step, a result of the exchange of the first and second images on the display device.   
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program which is executable by an information processing apparatus, the program having a program code for realizing an information processing method according to  claim 10 .