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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
May. 23, 1994
Kamon Hasuo, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image filing system comprises a display section which can display a plurality of retrieval images indicative of retrieval information to retrieve images stored in a memory medium, a selecting section to select a desired one of the retrieval images displayed on the display section, a retrieving section to retrieve the image associated with the retrieval image from the memory medium on the basis of the retrieval image selected by the selecting section and means for making the image stored in the memory medium which was associated with the first retrieval image selected by the selecting section associate with the second retrieval image selected by the selecting section; and in this system the associating means erases the first retrieval image from the display section.