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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Eriko Matsumura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensaku Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A file management apparatus includes the following elements: a representative image storage device storing representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file; a rendering unit rendering the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; a display state maintaining unit maintaining, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and a position thereof; an operation receiving unit receiving a change operation to change the display state, the change operation commonly being a scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range; and a controller controlling, in response to the change operation, the rendering means to render the representative image data on the calendar on the basis of the display state.