Image display and recording apparatus and a recording medium on which a category contol program is recorded
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorAkira Ezawa
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Abstract
An image display and recording apparatus displays at least one image which belongs to a category as a heading image which shows that category. The heading images are selected from a plurality of images recorded in memory. The display of the heading images allows the content of each category to be grasped at one glance when selecting the category. The heading images may be used when displaying the categories of the images in various types of displays. Such displays include an index screen, a cartridge list screen, a category list screen, a category index screen, a story list screen, and a story index screen.
Claims34
An image display apparatus for displaying a plurality of images, comprising:
- a memory that stores images;
- a display;
- and
- a controller that retrieves images from the memory and displays the images on the display, the controller storing the images in the memory in categories of images, and at least one image stored in the memory, which belongs to a category, being displayed on the display as a heading image for the category to which the image belongs.
A method of storing images, comprising:
- categorizing a plurality of images into at least one of a plurality of selectable categories;
- and
- storing the categorized images in memory based on the categorizing step, wherein for each category, at least one image that belongs to the category is designated as a heading image for the category to which the image belongs.
A carrier wave encoded to transmit a computer readable control program for use by a controller of an image display device, the control program including instructions for:
- categorizing each of a plurality of images, stored in memory, into at least one of a plurality of selectable categories;
- designating at least one of the images for each category as a heading image for the category;
- and
- displaying the heading image for the category.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.