Display device and image display method

1. An image display device for selecting and displaying priority images from a plurality of images, comprising:

a first determination section for monitoring information that identifies a subject respectively appended to the plurality of images, and detecting subject identification information that has been appended to the most images among the plurality of images as first information;

a second determination section for counting a number of items of subject identification information other than the first information, among the subject identification information at the time of shooting that has been respectively appended to the plurality of images, and detecting whether or not a number of the items of subject identification information other than the first information, is more than that of the other images, as auxiliary information; and

a third determination section for detecting an image to which the first information has been appended, and which is an image having the auxiliary information, as a priority image.

2. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein

the auxiliary information is a number, among numbers of information that has been appended to respective images of the plurality of images, that is the most common number.

3. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein

the auxiliary information is information, among images to which the first information has been appended, that is appended to the most images.

4. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first determination section, in the event that there are a plurality of items of information appended to the most images, among the plurality of images, performs weighting on the images, and carries out determination on the basis of information after weighting.

5. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein

the third determination section detects priority images until a predetermined plural number of the priority images have been reached.

6. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein

the third determination section, in the event that an image to which the first information is appended, and that has the auxiliary information, does not exist, makes images to which the first information has been appended and images having the auxiliary information, respective priority images.

7. An image display device, comprising:

a storage section for storing a plurality of images to which subject identification information has been respectively assigned;

a first determination section for detecting information that has been appended to the most images, among the subject identification information assigned to the plurality of images stored in the storage section, as first information;

a second determination section for counting a number of items of information other than the first information, among the subject identification information that has been respectively appended to the plurality of images stored in the storage section, and detecting whether or not a number of the items of subject identification information other than the first information, is more than that of the other images, as auxiliary information;

a third determination section for detecting images having the first information and the auxiliary information as priority images; and

a display section for displaying the priority images.

8. The image display device of claim 7 , wherein

the second determination section detects images to which the most information has been appended, among images stored in the storage section, as auxiliary information.

9. The image display device of claim 7 , wherein

the second determination section detects auxiliary information from remaining images after excluding images having the first information, among images stored in the storage section.

10. The image display device of claim 7 , wherein

the first determination section, in the event that there are a plurality of items of information appended to the most images, among the plurality of images, performs weighting on the images, and carries out determination on the basis of information after weighting.

11. An image display method for selecting and displaying priority images from a plurality of images, comprising:

monitoring subject identification information respectively appended to the plurality of images, and detecting information that has been appended to the most images among the plurality of images as first information;

counting a number of items of information other than the first information, among the subject identification information that has been respectively appended to the plurality of images, and detecting whether or not a number of the items of subject identification information other than the first information, is more than that of the other images, as auxiliary information;

detecting an images to which the first information has been appended, and that is an image having the auxiliary information, as a priority image; and

displaying the determined priority images.

12. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein:

information respectively appended to the plurality of images is acquired at the time of taking individual images.

13. The image display device of claim 7 , wherein:

information respectively appended to the plurality of images stored in the storage section is acquired at the time of taking individual images.

14. The image display method of claim 11 , wherein:

information respectively appended to the plurality of images is acquired at the time of taking individual images.