Slideshow display control for a display control apparatus

A display control method, in a display control device, comprising the steps of:

• accepting commands, by processing circuitry of the display control device, regarding display of still images and movie images, the still images being recorded on a recording medium in a first predetermined order and the movie images being recorded on the recording medium in a second predetermined order;
• and
• when a command for a slideshow display of the still images has been accepted for a specified selected still image, displaying both still images corresponding to still image data and movie images corresponding to movie image data read from the recording medium in a consecutive order of imaging with the selected still image being a starting point during the same slideshow display,
• displaying an input area, including each of the displayed still images, and including still buttons overlaid on each of the displayed still images that, when selected, perform operations with respect to viewing the displayed still images;
• displaying an input area, including each of the displayed movie images, and including movie buttons overlaid on each of the displayed movie images that, when selected, perform operations with respect to viewing the displayed movie images, the still buttons including a forward button that selects a next image that is located at the same position as a button that selects fast forwarding included in the movie buttons, a button that stops the slideshow that is located at the same position as a button that stops playback of one of the displayed movie images included in the movie buttons, a button that selects a previous image that is located at the same position as a button that rewinds the one of the displayed movie images included in the movie buttons, and a button that initiates the slideshow that is located at the same position as a button that plays and pauses the one of the displayed movie images included in the movie buttons, each of the still buttons and each of the movie buttons being displayed independently of selecting a menu button,
• wherein each of the still images are selectable as the starting point of the slideshow display.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program codes embodied in the computer readable storage medium that, when executed cause a computer to execute processing comprising the steps of:

• accepting commands, by the display control device, regarding display of still images and movie images, the still images being recorded on a recording medium in a first predetermined order and the movie images being recorded on the recording medium in a second predetermined order;
• and
• when a command for a slideshow display of the still images has been accepted for a specified selected still image, displaying both still images corresponding to still image data and movie images corresponding to movie image data read from the recording medium in a consecutive order of imaging with the selected still image being a starting point during the same slideshow display,
• displaying an input area, including each of the displayed still images, and including still buttons overlaid on each of the displayed still images that, when selected, perform operations with respect to viewing the displayed still images;
• displaying an input area, including each of the displayed movie images, and including movie buttons overlaid on each of the displayed movie images that, when selected, perform operations with respect to viewing the displayed movie images, the still buttons including a forward button that selects a next image that is located at the same position as a button that selects fast forwarding included in the movie buttons, a button that stops the slideshow that is located at the same position as a button that stops playback of one of the displayed movie images included in the movie buttons, a button that selects a previous image that is located at the same position as a button that rewinds the one of the displayed movie images included in the movie buttons, and a button that initiates the slideshow that is located at the same position as a button that plays and pauses the one of the displayed movie images included in the movie buttons, each of the still buttons and each of the movie buttons being displayed independently of selecting a menu button,
• wherein each of the still images are selectable as the starting point of the slideshow display.

A display control apparatus comprising:

• reading means for reading still image data from a recording medium on which the still image data, corresponding to still images, is recorded in a first predetermined order and on which movie image data, corresponding to movie images, is recorded in a second predetermined order;
• movie image accepting means for accepting commands regarding display of the movie images;
• display control means for displaying, on a display device, the still images corresponding to the still image data and the movie images corresponding to the movie image data read by the reading means;
• and
• still image accepting means for accepting commands regarding display of the still images, one of the commands specifying a selected still image,
• wherein when a command for a slideshow display of the still images has been accepted by the still image accepting means, the display control means displays both still images and movie images in a consecutive order of imaging, during the same slideshow display, with the selected still image being a starting point for the slideshow display,
• the display control means displaying an input area of the still image accepting means including each of the displayed still images, the input area including still buttons overlaid on each of the displayed still images that, when selected, perform operations with respect to viewing the displayed still images, and displaying an input area of the movie image accepting means including each of the displayed movie images, the input area including movie buttons overlaid on each of the displayed movie images that, when selected, perform operations with respect to viewing the displayed movie images, the still buttons including a forward button that selects a next image that is located at the same position as a button that selects fast forwarding included in the movie buttons, a button that stops the slideshow that is located at the same position as a button that stops playback of one of the displayed movie images included in the movie buttons, a button that selects a previous image that is located at the same position as a button that rewinds the one of the displayed movie images included in the movie buttons, and a button that initiates the slideshow that is located at the same position as a button that plays and pauses the one of the displayed movie images included in the movie buttons, each of the still buttons and each of the movie buttons being displayed independently of selecting a menu button, and
• each of the still images being selectable as the starting point of the slideshow display.