Image data sorting system and method thereof

An image sorting method for sorting a plurality of image data, comprising:

• temporarily printing out the plurality of image data by arranging the plurality of image data on a first print out;
• temporarily selecting a part of the plurality of image data by detecting an identifier, which corresponds to a printed image representing said part of the plurality of image data, using said first print out on which the printed image is printed in a form that the correspondence to said identifier is detected;
• temporarily sorting the plurality of image data by sending to a first management folder the part of the plurality of image data temporarily selected;
• printing out at least one of the part of the plurality of image data sent to the management folder by newly arranging the part of the plurality of image data on a second print out;
• selecting at least one image from the part of the plurality of image data by detecting a corresponding identifier using the second print out;
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• sorting the plurality of image data by sending the one image to a second management folder.

An image sorting system for sorting a plurality of image data, comprising:

• a data holding section for holding data of the plurality of image data;
• an identifier generating section for connecting with said data holding section and generating identifiers corresponding to the plurality of image data;
• an output unit which connects with said identifier generating section and for outputting a print out of the plurality of image data, said print out having printed images corresponding to the plurality of image data in a form such that the correspondence to said identifiers is detected;
• an image selecting device for selecting one of the plurality of image data by detecting an identifier corresponding to the printed image of said one of the plurality of image data;
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• a management processing section which connects with said data holding section for sending the selected one of the plurality of image data to said data holding section based on said identifier corresponding to the printed image which is detected by said image selecting device.

A sheet like member for sorting a plurality of image data, comprising;

• a plurality of identifiers, each of said plurality of identifiers arranged in a predetermined unique position on the sheet like member,
• said position of each of the plurality of identifiers corresponds to a relative position of one of a plurality of images on a print out on which the plurality of images are printed in a form such that correspondence to said identifiers is detected, the plurality of images represents the plurality of image data, wherein:
• the plurality of image data is sorted by sending a selected one of the plurality of image data to a management folder;
• said selected one of the plurality of image data being selected by an image selecting device detecting one of said identifiers corresponding to one of the plurality of image data.