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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2009
Satoshi Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A file management apparatus displays place images each of which is a unit for managing files on a display unit in a matrix manner. Files and thumbnail images are stored in association with one of the place images. When a place image is selected, thumbnail images associated with the selected place image are displayed on the display unit. When an instruction for shifting upward, downward, to the left, or to the right while thumbnail images are displayed, other thumbnail images associated with a place image arranged in a direction indicated by the instruction from a place image associated with the currently-displayed thumbnail images are displayed on the display unit.