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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Tomoyuki Ohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuntaro Aratani, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyasu Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Ohno, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuntaro Aratani, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyasu Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To improve ease of operation with which a user selects an image when many images are simultaneously displayed on a screen, a frame, which divides many images into 12 areas, is superimposed and displayed on a screen displaying thumbnail exhibition thereon. For example, the press of a channel key allows selecting one of the areas and moving to the selected area a focus frame indicating a candidate image for selection, and then the presses of cursor keys allow moving the focus frame to a desired image to be selected. The number of areas can be changed and displayed according to the number of channel keys when a television remote control is used, or according to the number of numeric keys when a mobile telephone is used.