Image-information recording device and image-information display device

An image-information recording device, comprising:

• image-data identifying means for identifying image data based on predetermined image data units and an image data unit group including the image data units;
• image-information obtaining means for obtaining image information regarding the image data from the identified image data;
• and
• image-information recoding means for recording, as an image-information file group, the obtained image information onto a storage medium,
• wherein the image-information file group is managed for each data unit on the storage medium.

An image-information display device, comprising:

• attribute obtaining means for obtaining, with respect to image data identified with predetermined image data units and an image data unit group including the image data units, attributes of image information for the image data from image information data in which the image information is recorded on a storage medium for each image data unit;
• condition inputting means for prompting input of a search condition regarding an attribute of the image information and receiving the input;
• condition searching means for searching the attributes of the image information in accordance with the input search condition;
• representative-image obtaining means for obtaining representative images of the image data for the respective image data units from the image information data in accordance with a result of the searching performed by the condition searching means;
• and
• displaying means for displaying a list of the obtained representative images for the respective image data units.

An image-information display device, comprising:

• attribute obtaining means for obtaining, with respect to image data identified with predetermined image data units and an image data unit group including the image data units, attributes of image information for the image data from image information data in which the image information is recorded on a storage medium for each image data unit;
• condition inputting means for prompting input of a search condition regarding an attribute of the image information and receiving the input;
• condition searching means for searching the attributes of the image information in accordance with the input search condition;
• representative-image obtaining means for obtaining representative images of the image data for the respective image data units from the image information file group in accordance with a result of the searching performed by the condition searching means;
• and
• displaying means for displaying a list of the obtained representative images for the respective image data units.

An image-information recording method for an image-information recording device including an image information memory for holding image information for image data and means for recording, as an image-information file group, the image information onto a storage medium, the recording method comprising:

• a step of identifying image data based on predetermined image data units and an image data unit group including the image data units;
• a step of obtaining image information regarding the image data from the identified image data of the image data unit;
• a step of storing the obtained image information in the image information memory;
• and
• a step of recording, as an image information file group, image information in the image information stored in the image information memory onto the storage medium for each image data unit.

An image-information displaying method for an image-information display device including an image information memory for holding image information, the method comprising:

• a step of obtaining, with respect to image data identified with predetermined image data units and an image data unit group including the image data units, attributes of image information for the image data from an image-information file group in which the image information is recorded on a storage medium for each image data unit and of holding the attributes in the image information memory;
• a step of prompting input of a search condition regarding an attribute of the image information and receiving the input;
• a step of searching the attributes held in the image information memory in accordance with the input search condition;
• a step of obtaining representative images of the image data for the respective image data units from the image-information file group in accordance with a result of the searching and of holding the representative images in the image information memory;
• and
• a step of displaying a list of the representative images for the respective image data units, the representative images being held in the image information memory.

A program for an image-information recording device including an image information memory for holding image information for image data and means for recording, as an image-information file group, the image information onto a storage medium, the program causing a computer to execute:

• a step of identifying image data based on predetermined image data units and an image data unit group including the image data units;
• a step of obtaining image information regarding the image data from the identified image data of the image data unit;
• a step of storing the obtained image information in the image information memory;
• and
• a step of recording, as an image information file group, image information in the image information stored in the image information memory onto the storage medium for each image data unit.

A program for an image-information display device including an image information memory for holding image information, the program causing a computer to execute:

• a step of obtaining, with respect to image data identified with predetermined image data units and an image data unit group including the image data units, attributes of image information for the image data from an image-information file group in which the image information is recorded on a storage medium for each image data unit and of holding the attributes in the image information memory;
• a step of prompting input of a search condition regarding an attribute of the image information and receiving the input;
• a step of searching the attributes held in the image information memory in accordance with the input search condition;
• a step of obtaining representative images of the image data for the respective image data units from the image-information file group in accordance with a result of the searching and of holding the representative images in the image information memory;
• and
• a step of displaying a list of the representative images for the respective image data units, the representative images being held in the image information memory.