JP2002152557A - Electronic camera device and picture processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic camera device having a selecting function for efficiently and accurately selecting a picture as the target of prescribed processing from a plurality of pictures recorded on a recording medium. SOLUTION: When erasing, a slide show processing part 34 successively continuously displays a plurality of pictures recorded on a recording medium 9 on the LCD panel 7 by each frame. Moreover, the slide show processing part 34 accepts a display picture designated according to the operation of a decision button 62 as a selected picture. The slide show processing part 34 informs an erasure/print reservation part 35 or a data transfer control unit 36 of the selected picture.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic camera device having an improved image selection function for selecting an image recorded on a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic cameras (also referred to as digital cameras), which convert a subject into image data by an electronic imaging function and record the image data on a recording medium, have become widespread. The electronic camera is configured to use a detachable recording medium to record photographed image data on the recording medium.

As a recording medium, for example, a memory card composed of a flash memory, a very small hard disk drive, a magneto-optical (MO) disk, and the like are frequently used. In recent years, the capacity of recording media has been increased, and the capacity of memory cards having relatively small capacities has been increased. For this reason, it is possible to record a large number of images (although it increases or decreases according to the number of pixels) on one recording medium.

[0004]

In recent years, electronic cameras have
Since a large number of images can be recorded on a recording medium, a large amount of images can be taken at one time.
However, on the other hand, when performing various processes on an image group obtained by a large amount of photographing, an image selection function capable of efficiently selecting an image to be processed is important. Various types of processing include, specifically, erasing processing for erasing a specified image from a recording medium, print reservation processing, and image data transfer processing using a mobile phone or the like. In these processes, the efficiency of selecting an image to be processed greatly affects the efficiency of the process execution.

[0005] Among various kinds of processing, the erasing processing will be described as a specific example. Among a large number of captured images, the number of images that need to be actually stored is not always large. For example, in photography photography, a large amount of photography is performed, but most of the photographs eventually become unnecessary. In addition, there are many cases where an unnecessary photograph can be determined even during shooting. In such a case, an erasing function for selecting an unnecessary image and efficiently erasing it from the recording medium is required. In particular, if unnecessary recording images can be erased when the free space of the recording medium being used becomes small, it becomes possible to reduce the exchange of the recording medium and save the use of the recording medium.

[0006] The erasing function provided in a conventional electronic camera is generally for erasing an image in units of one frame (one sheet),
Alternatively, all the images on the recording medium are collectively erased.
Erasing one sheet at a time is complicated and takes a long time if the number of sheets is not small. Naturally, batch erasure of all images can be applied only when it is confirmed that all images are unnecessary.

Further, as a problem related to the erasing function,
The following situation can be assumed. That is, among the captured images recorded on the recording medium, there are many images having relatively low importance. During the photographing operation, there may be a case where the free space of the recording medium is insufficient, but a shutter chance is not missed. In such a case, it is desirable that an image having relatively low importance can be erased from the recording medium in a short time, a photographing operation can be performed at a photo opportunity, and the photographed image can be recorded on the recording medium. On the other hand, if a photo opportunity does not occur, it is often desired to save even an image having relatively low importance for the time being. Such a situation always occurs when the remaining recordable capacity of the recording medium decreases, and cannot be solved only by increasing the capacity of the recording medium.

Further, for example, when a news reporter uses a mobile phone to quickly transmit a photographed image to a print shop, an image data transfer function is required. Also in this image data transfer function, it is desirable that an image to be transmitted can be efficiently selected.

Furthermore, in various processes, it is desirable to have a screen display that can be selected visually, so that the image can be efficiently selected and the image to be selected can be accurately specified.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic camera device having a selection function for efficiently and accurately selecting an image to be processed from a large number of images recorded on a recording medium. .

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electronic camera apparatus having a selection function of selecting an image to be subjected to a predetermined process from a large number of images recorded on a recording medium by utilizing a slide show function. .

More specifically, the electronic camera device of the present invention comprises:
A display device for displaying images recorded on the recording medium, a slide show display means for executing a slide show display for sequentially displaying images read from the recording medium on a display device in frame units, When a selection input is performed on an image displayed on the display device, the image processing apparatus includes a selection unit for selecting and setting the image, and a processing unit for executing a predetermined process on the image selected and set by the selection unit.

With such a configuration, for example, when executing predetermined processing such as print reservation, image transfer, image deletion, etc., the image to be processed is selected from the images read out from the recording medium and displayed in the slide show on the display screen. You can select an image. Since many images recorded on the recording medium can be confirmed in a short time by the slide show display, efficient image selection can be performed. Also, in the slide show display, since the screen display is performed in units of one frame, each image can be easily checked on the screen, and a desired image can be selected accurately. For example, compared to the method of displaying multiple images on the screen at the same time as in the case of the index screen display, there is no need to reduce the display size of images in the slide show display, so that it is easy to visually check. is there.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Configuration of Electronic Camera) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of an electronic camera according to the embodiment. The electronic camera is assumed to be an electronic still camera (digital camera), but can be applied to a digital video camera having a still image photographing function. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic camera roughly includes a photographing system 1 and a control / operation system.

The photographing system 1 includes an optical lens unit (including a zoom lens, a diaphragm, an autofocus lens, and the like).
10, an imaging element 11, an imaging circuit 12, and an A / D converter 13. The imaging element 11 usually has a CCD (charge coupled device) of several million pixels, and photoelectrically converts a subject image incident through the optical lens unit 10. The imaging circuit 12 has an imaging process unit, and controls the exposure, the element shutter, the gain adjustment (ISO setting), the power supply, and the like to the imaging device 11 by the imaging process unit. Further, the imaging element 11 outputs an image signal according to a timing signal from the timing generation circuit 15.

The image pickup circuit 12 receives an image pickup signal from the image pickup device 11 and performs AGC (automatic gain adjustment) processing and C
Various signal processing such as DS (correlated double sampling) processing is performed. The A / D converter 13 converts an imaging signal (an analog signal corresponding to the number of pixels) obtained from the imaging circuit 12 into a digital signal (image data) and outputs the digital signal to the data bus 2.

The control / operation system has a main control unit 3, an operation control unit 4, a memory 5, and an operation input unit 6. The main control unit 3 and the operation control unit 4 each have a first microprocessor (CPU) and a second CPU as main components. The main control unit 3 is an element that controls the entire camera, and executes various controls such as recording, reproducing, erasing, and data transfer of an image. Specifically, the main control unit 3 includes an image processing unit 30, a compression / decompression processing unit 31,
It includes functional elements (actually realized by a CPU and a program) such as a display control unit 32, an AE / AF processing unit 33, a slide show processing unit 34, an erasure / print reservation processing unit 35, and a data transfer control unit 36. Also, the main control unit 3
The control of the photographing system 1, the control of the memory 5 via the memory controller 50, and the recording / reproducing interface 91
Of the recording medium via the PC.

The image processing section 30 has a white balance (W
B) Various image processing such as processing, color processing, gamma correction processing, and sharpness adjustment processing are performed. Compression / decompression processing unit 3
1 executes, for example, JPEG image compression and image decompression processes on image data obtained by a shooting operation. The display control unit 32 is an LCD (liquid crystal display).
splay) The LCD driver of the panel 7 is controlled to execute processing for displaying various menu screens, reproduced images, slide shows, and the like on the panel 7. The camera body has a display / output system other than the LCD panel 7,
An external output terminal for outputting a display image to an external monitor (external device such as a television device) is also provided.
The AE / AF processing unit 33 controls the lens driver 14 and the timing generation circuit 15 to execute AE (automatic exposure) processing and AF (automatic focus adjustment) processing.

The slide show processing section 34 sequentially displays a large number of images recorded on the recording medium 9 on the LCD panel 7 via the display control section 32. Further, the slide show processing unit 34 accepts an image selection input on the slide show screen, and designates the selected image to the erasure / print reservation processing unit 35 and the data transfer control unit 36. The erasure / print reservation processing unit 35 stores the recording medium 9
Then, an erasing process for erasing an image or a print reservation process is executed. The erasure / print reservation processing unit 35 also has a function of executing temporary erasure designation processing (details will be described later). Further, the data transfer control unit 36 executes control for transferring the selected image to the outside via the data transfer interface 20. Data transfer interface 2
0 is a mobile information communication device 20 such as a mobile phone, for example.
0 is an interface for connection.

The main controller 3 controls the operation of storing an image in the memory 5 and reading the image from the memory 5 via the memory controller 50, in addition to the above functions. The memory 5 temporarily stores the image data obtained by the A / D converter 13 after being compressed by the compression / expansion processing unit 31 or uses a work area used for various control processes of the main control unit 3. 51A. Further, the memory 5 has an image area 51B for temporarily storing a reproduced image (an image after decompression processing) read from the recording medium 9.
Having.

The main control unit 3 performs the recording and
Through the reproduction interface 91, the memory slot 9
It controls the recording, reproduction (reading), and erasing of an image on a recording medium (here, a memory card) 9 mounted on the recording medium 9. The recording medium 9 may be an ultra-small hard disk drive, a magneto-optical disk (MO), or the like, other than a memory card formed of a flash memory.

The operation control unit 4 receives various operation inputs from the operation input unit 6, notifies the main control unit 3 of the operation inputs, and various information (for example, photographing) related to the photographing operation and the reproducing operation. It has a function of displaying on the control panel (comprising an LCD panel) 8 the mode, photographing conditions, remaining photographable number, emergency photographable number (reserve number) and the like. The operation input unit 6 includes a group of operation buttons required for various operation inputs, such as a release button 60, a mode setting dial 61, a decision button 62, and right and left and up and down cross buttons 63.

(Image Selection Operation) The image selection operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and FIGS.

First, in the embodiment, the recording medium 9 includes
It is assumed that a large number of images photographed by the photographing system 1 are recorded. The slide show processing unit 34 automatically reproduces and displays all images or images in a specified range recorded on the recording medium 9 sequentially from the beginning to the end via the display control unit 32. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the slide show processing unit 34 displays the first image of the first frame shown in FIG. Are continuously displayed at the time intervals of, and are continued until the image of the last frame (see FIGS. 3B to 3D).

A description will be given of a case of an erasing process as a predetermined process in the image selecting operation using the slide show display.

The operation of the mode setting dial 61 of the operation input unit 6 causes the LCD panel 7 to operate as shown in FIG.
A menu screen for function selection is displayed at the top. When an erasing process (erasing mode) is selected by operating the cross button 63 from the menu screen, the main control unit 3 displays an erasing process selection screen as shown in FIG. Here, three erasing modes of erasing one frame (one sheet), erasing a slide show, and erasing all are prepared as erasing processing. The all erasure mode is an operation for erasing all images recorded on the recording medium 9.

Here, by operating the cross button 63,
When the slide show erasing mode is selected, the main control unit 3 sets an erasing process and a slide show selection method as an image selection method (YES in steps S1 to S3). As another image selection method, for example, there is a selection method using an index screen (step S1).
1).

As shown in FIG. 5, the slide show processing section 34 starts the slide show display from the first image of the image group recorded on the recording medium 9 (FIG. 5A) (step S4). . Images on a frame-by-frame basis are automatically and continuously displayed on the LCD panel 7 (see FIG. 5).
(B)-(D)). During this slide show display period,
When the confirm button 62 of the operation unit 6 is operated, the slide show processing unit 34 accepts as an input for selecting an image displayed at the time of the operation (YES in step S5).
Here, it is assumed that the image shown in FIG. 5C is selected.

The slide show processing section 34 adds information (flag) to the selected image, and displays a mark 500 corresponding to the information 2 on the screen (in this case, an erased character indicating that the image is to be erased). Is displayed (step S6).
Then, the slide show processing unit 34 notifies the erase / print reservation processing unit 35 of the selected image. The slide show processing unit 34 displays the last image and accepts an image selection input until the slide show ends (NO in steps S7 and S8). Therefore, a plurality of images can be selected according to the operation of the confirm button 62.

When the slide show ends, the erasure / print reservation processing unit 35 executes an erasure process for erasing the selected image from the recording medium 9 (steps S9 and S1).
0). At this time, the erasure / print reservation processing unit 35 causes the display control unit 32 to display a confirmation screen for confirming the execution of the erasure process, as shown in FIG. On this confirmation screen, by operating the cross button 63, “YE
If “S” is selected, the erasure / print reservation processing unit 35 executes the erasure processing on the image selected as described above. On the other hand, if "NO" is selected,
The erasure / print reservation processing unit 35 stops the erasure processing (NO in step S9).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the user can determine the image to be erased from the display image while watching the slide show on the LCD panel 7, and can operate the enter button 62 to select the image. In the slide show display, a large number of images recorded on the recording medium 9 are continuously displayed on the screen. Therefore, the user can select an image to be erased in a shorter time as compared with the method of selecting for each frame. Further, in the slide show display, since images displayed at a time are in units of one frame, the user can check each image on a full screen. Therefore, a desired image can be easily confirmed and can be accurately selected as compared with, for example, an index screen method for simultaneously displaying a plurality of images.

Here, in this embodiment, the erasing process is assumed as the specific processing content. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is also applicable to print reservation processing, image data transfer processing, or erasure prohibition processing (image protection processing). it can. The print reservation process is a process of generating a print reservation file 9A in the recording medium 9 and specifying an image to be printed. The image data transfer process is a process of generating a transfer image reservation file 9B in the recording medium 9, controlling the data transfer interface 20, and executing data transfer of the selected image, as described above. The erasure prohibition process is a process for setting protection (erasure prohibition) for an image selected in response to the operation of the enter button 62 in the selection operation in the slide show display. The image for which the erasure prohibition is set is excluded from the erasure target even when the erasure process is executed. Of course, it is also possible to cancel the erasure prohibition for the image.

(Temporary Erase Setting Process) As a predetermined process of the embodiment, a case of a temporary erase setting process will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 6 and FIGS.

As described above, when the temporary deletion setting mode is selected by operating the cross button 63 from the function selection menu screen shown in FIG. 4A, the main control unit 3 executes the slide show temporary deletion ( Step S21, S2
2). On the other hand, when the release mode of the temporary deletion setting is selected,
The main control unit 3 executes a slide show temporary erasure canceling process (steps S23 and S24).

The temporary erasure setting mode is not necessary at the present time among the group of images recorded on the recording medium 9, but the free space of the recording medium 9 is insufficient, and the photographed image at the photo opportunity is prioritized. This is a process for specifying an image to be erased in a situation where recording is desired. On the other hand, the cancellation process is a process of canceling the temporary erasure, even if the temporary erasure is designated once and the image is still considered to be stored (steps S23 and S24).

Based on the above, it is assumed that a photographing mode is set and a photographing operation is performed (steps S25 and S26). Here, the main control unit 3 detects the free space of the recording medium 9 and displays it on the control panel 8 (Step S27). As shown in FIG. 9A, the main control unit 3 displays the free space that can be actually recorded on the recording medium 9 with the remaining number (here, five) on the control panel 8. Further, the number of images corresponding to the temporarily erased image designated by the erase / print reservation processing unit 35 is displayed as a reserve. The main control unit 3 records the photographed image on the recording medium 9 as long as the free space is secured (YES in step S27, S28).

Here, assuming that temporary erasure has been designated for ten images, the main control unit 3 displays the remaining number of images (control number) on the control panel 8 as shown in FIG. 5) and reserve (10) are displayed. When the photographing operation of the two images is performed, the main control unit 3 displays the remaining number (3 images) and the reserve (10 images) on the control panel 8 as shown in FIG. Here, for example, when temporary erasure is canceled for four images, the main control unit 3 displays the remaining number (three) and the reserve (6) on the control panel 8 as shown in FIG. Display).

When the three photographing operations are performed,
As shown in FIG. 3E, the main control unit 3 displays the remaining number (0) and the reserve (6) on the control panel 8.
Is displayed. In other words, there is no free space in the recording medium 9, and it is in a state where an image by a new photographing cannot be recorded. In a situation where such a shooting mode is continued and the free space of the recording medium 9 is not ensured, the erasing / printing reservation processing unit 35 executes the main erasing operation in a predetermined procedure from the six temporarily erased images. Then, two designated images are deleted from the recording medium 9 (NO in step S27, S29). The predetermined procedure means the minimum number of images (two in this case) required for recording a new photographed image in the order of oldest recording date and time among images for which temporary erasure is specified.

When the two photographing operations are performed, the main control unit 3 displays the remaining number (0) and the reserve (4) on the control panel 8 as shown in FIG. . Then, when the photographing operation for four more images is executed, the main controller 3 displays the remaining number (0) and the reserve (0) on the control panel 8 as shown in FIG.
Display). That is, the main erasure of all the images for which the provisional erasure is designated is executed, and six newly captured images are recorded on the recording medium 9 instead of the respective images. In this state, the photographing operation becomes impossible, and the main control unit 3 displays the fact on the control panel 8.
Here, when the setting process of the temporary erasure is performed again or a new recording medium is exchanged, the photographing operation can be continued (NO in step S30).

Here, as a method of managing the temporary erasure setting, for example, as shown in FIG. 7A, in the storage area 100 in the recording medium 9, the temporary erasure flag which is the temporary erasure information is stored in the OS management area 101. May be registered. In this case, the user area storing the image file including the image body remains in use. As another method, as shown in FIG. 3B, a method of providing a temporary deletion management file in the user area 102 and managing the setting of temporary deletion for each image may be used. As another method, FIG.
As shown in (1), a method of recording the temporary deletion flag 131A in the header information area 131 of the nuclear image file 130 may be used. In any of the methods, the setting of the temporary deletion can be canceled (clearing the temporary deletion flag) by a predetermined operation.

As described above, when the temporary erase setting mode is selected as the predetermined processing, the temporary erase setting can be performed on the image selected during the lower slide show display period. When this temporary deletion setting process is executed, FIG.
As shown in (A), the temporary erasure information is added to the selected image in the image group 120 recorded on the recording medium 9. In this case, in the slide show display, a temporary deletion mark (character temporary) 122 is added to the selected image.
Is displayed. As in the case of the erasing mode, the setting of the temporary erasure is prohibited for the protected image 121 (the image to which the mark P is added).

In such a state, as described above,
When the erasure / print reservation processing unit 35 executes the main erasure operation according to a predetermined procedure from the temporarily-erased image, two designated images are erased from the recording medium 9 (step S2).
7 NO, S29). Therefore, in the recording medium 9, FIG.
As shown in (B), two images for which temporary deletion is set in the image group 120 are permanently deleted, and two newly captured images 123 are recorded.

In this embodiment, the case where the temporary erasure information is recorded on the recording medium 9 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the RAM or flash EE of the camera body may be used.
The temporary erasure information may be stored in a PROM or the like.

(Modification) FIGS. 10 and 11 show a modification of the embodiment.

In this modification, before executing the selection of the processing contents (here, selection of the erasing processing) of the embodiment, FIG.
As shown in (A), the slide show method is selected on the image selection method designation screen (corresponding to the processing of step S2 in FIG. 2). Thus, the slide show processing unit 34
As shown in FIG. 11, the slide show display is started from the first image of the image group recorded on the recording medium 9 (FIG. 11A) (corresponding to the processing in step S4). LC
On the D panel 7, images in frame units are sequentially and automatically and continuously displayed (FIGS. 11B to 11D). During this slide show display period, the enter button 62 of the operation unit 6
Is operated, the slide show processing unit 34 accepts the selection input of the image displayed at the time of the operation. Here, it is assumed that the image shown in FIG. 11C is selected.

The slide show processing section 34 adds information (flag) to the selected image, and displays a mark 110 (corresponding to a mark 500 indicating that the image is to be deleted) corresponding to the information 2 on the screen. indicate. The slide show processing unit 34 displays the last image and accepts an image selection input until the slide show ends.

Here, in this modification, a menu screen for function selection is displayed on the LCD panel 7 by operating the mode setting dial 61 of the operation input unit 6 as shown in FIG. 10B. . When the delete process (erase mode) is selected by operating the cross button 63 from the menu screen, the slide show processing unit 34 notifies the selected image to the delete / print reservation processing unit 35. When “YES” is selected by operating the cross button 63 on the confirmation screen shown in FIG. 10C, the deletion / print reservation processing unit 35 executes the deletion processing for the selected image ( (Corresponds to the processing in steps S9 and S10). Also,
If “NO” is selected, the erasure / print reservation processing unit 35 stops the erasure processing (N in step S9).
O).

In short, this modification is different from the first embodiment in that the image selection method (slide show method) is first selected, and after the image selection by the slide show is executed, the processing contents are selected (for example, erasing processing). ).

Although the embodiment and the modified examples have been described as being provided in the main control unit 3 of the electronic camera, the present invention is not limited to this. It can also be applied to an image processing device. Specifically, the device is, for example, an electronic album device for managing images captured by an electronic camera.

[0051]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, an electronic camera device or an image processing device realizes an image selection function using a slide show display function, thereby enabling a large number of images to be recorded on a recording medium. It is possible to efficiently and accurately select a predetermined processing target image from the images. Therefore, as a result, for the image selected from the recording medium,
It is possible to increase the efficiency of predetermined processing such as erasing processing, print reservation processing, and image data transfer processing. Specifically, for example, when performing predetermined processing such as print reservation, image transfer, and image deletion, the image to be processed is read out of the images read out from the recording medium and displayed in a slide show on the display screen for a short time. Thus, efficient image selection can be performed. Also, in the slide show display, since the screen display is performed in units of one frame, each image can be easily checked on the screen, and a desired image can be selected accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of an electronic camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an image selection operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view for explaining slide show display processing according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view for explaining an operation method of an erasing process according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary view for explaining a slide show erasing process according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary flowchart for explaining temporary erasure setting processing according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view for explaining a temporary erasure management method in the temporary erasure setting process.

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining the temporary deletion setting process.

FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of a display screen of a control panel for explaining a situation in a shooting operation related to the temporary deletion setting process.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary view for explaining an operation method of an erasing process according to a modification of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an exemplary view for explaining a slide show display process according to the modification.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 shooting system 2 data bus 3 main control unit 4 operation control unit 5 memory 6 operation input unit 7 LCD panel 8 control panel 9 recording medium 10 optical lens unit 11 imaging device (CCD) DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 ... Image pick-up circuit 13 ... A / D converter 14 ... Lens driver 15 ... Timing generation circuit 20 ... Data transfer interface 32 ... Display control part 34 ... Slide show processing part 35 ... Erase / print reservation processing part 36 ... Data transfer control part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An electronic camera device having electronic image pickup means, wherein: a display device for displaying an image recorded on a recording medium; and an image read from the recording medium is sequentially displayed on the display device in frame units. A slide show display unit for executing a slide show display to be displayed; a selection unit for selecting and setting an image displayed on the display device when a selection input is performed on the display device during the execution of the slide show display; An electronic camera device comprising: processing means for executing a predetermined process on the image selected and set. 2. The electronic camera apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined processing is any one of print reservation, image transfer, image deletion, and image deletion prohibition designation. 3. A temporary erasure setting unit for executing a temporary erasure setting for each image selected and set by the selection unit, and a recording unit for recording the photographed image when the electronic imaging unit performs a photographing operation. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising: an image erasing control unit for erasing an image specified by the temporary erasure setting unit from the recording medium when the free space of the recording medium is insufficient. Camera device. 4. A display device for displaying an image recorded on a recording medium, and a slide show display means for executing a slide show display for sequentially displaying the images read from the recording medium on a frame-by-frame basis on the display device. When a selection input is performed on an image displayed on the display device during execution of the slide show display, a selection unit for selecting and setting the image, and performing a predetermined process on the image selected and set by the selection unit An image processing apparatus comprising: 5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined processing is any one of print reservation, image transfer, image deletion, and image deletion prohibition designation.