Information managing device for displaying thumbnail files corresponding to electronic files and searching electronic files via thumbnail file

An information managing device, comprising:

• image storage means for storing a plurality of image files;
• input means for entering a command to display the plurality of image files;
• thumbnail storage means for storing thumbnail files each corresponding to one of the plurality of image files stored in the image storage means;
• thumbnail display means for displaying images of the thumbnail files stored in the thumbnail storage means on a display screen according to a command entered through the input means;
• image file display means for reading, from the image storage means, the image file corresponding to the thumbnail file selected through the input means from the thumbnail files displayed on the display screen, and displaying that image file on the display screen,
• wherein the thumbnail display means is specified to configure the images of the thumbnail files so as to partially overlap each other in a three-dimensional manner,
• first rewriting means for, when one or more of the thumbnail files are selected through the input means, counting and storing the number of times that each of the selected thumbnail files has ever been searched for, and rewriting the display order of the thumbnail files stored in the thumbnail storage means according to the number, and
• wherein the thumbnail display means includes a second arrangement specifying section for arranging the thumbnail files on the display screen sequentially from a front row to a far back row in the configuration in descending order of the number, with the thumbnail files other than the thumbnail file in the front row being arranged alternately on the left-hand side and on the right-hand side.

An information managing device, comprising:

• image storage means for storing a plurality of image files;
• input means for entering a command to display the plurality of image files;
• thumbnail storage means for storing thumbnail files each corresponding to one of the plurality of image files stored in the image storage means;
• thumbnail display means for displaying images of the thumbnail files stored in the thumbnail storage means on a display screen according to a command entered through the input means;
• image file display means for reading, from the image storage means, the image file corresponding to the thumbnail file selected through the input means from the thumbnail files displayed on the display screen, and displaying that image file on the display screen,
• wherein the thumbnail display means is specified to configure the images of the thumbnail files so as to partially overlap each other in a three-dimensional manner,
• wherein the thumbnail files each have display portion data for displaying differences between the image files on the display screen in order to distinguish between the individual image files, and
• first deleting means for searching for similar thumbnail files through the thumbnail files on the display screen, and deleting all but one of the similar thumbnail files from the display screen.

An information managing device, comprising:

• a memory for storing a plurality of image files;
• an input for entering a command to display the plurality of image files;
• wherein thumbnail files are stored, each thumbnail file corresponding to one of the plurality of image files stored;
• a thumbnail display for displaying images of the thumbnail files on a display screen according to a command entered through the input;
• and
• wherein the thumbnail display is specified to configure the thumbnail files so as to, as viewed from the front of the display, overlap each other partially in the form of a three-dimensional ring and sequentially from a front row to a back row that is higher in position than the front row in accordance with positions of the thumbnail files in the configuration, so that upper portions of the thumbnail files are visible.