Apparatus and method for displaying icon

摘要

An apparatus and method of displaying an icon displayed on a desktop or a file explorer by assigning a transparency to the icon and changing the transparency of the icon according to a date when a program linked to the icon was last accessed. The apparatus includes a scanning unit to scan an icon, a detection unit to detect predetermined date information given to the scanned icon, an icon conversion unit to convert the scanned icon into an icon corresponding to the difference between the detected date information and a current date, and a display unit to display the converted icon thereon.