IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC G06K15/00 G06F17/30 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: search key indicator module is configured to indicate the search key used for searching for images; the search module is configured to search for and select image data having information associated with the search key indicated by the search key indicator module from the storage module; and the display control module is configured to control the image corresponding to image data selected by the search module, meant for displaying at a position corresponding to the degree of association relative the search key on the display screen of the display device.

EFFECT: broader functionalities of image information search owing to associative links with respect to the given search key.

7 cl, 29 dwg