DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A display control apparatus for displaying images of a plurality of files as a list on a display unit, the apparatus comprising:
- a setup unit adapted to set a specific file type among a plurality of file types as a reference file type;
a reference file retrieval unit adapted to retrieve a file of the type set by the setup unit from among the plurality of files as the reference file;
an associated file retrieval unit adapted to retrieve, from among the plurality of files, an associated file having a predetermined association with the reference file retrieved by the reference file retrieval unit; and
a control unit adapted to control the display unit such that, along with displaying a list of the images of a plurality of reference files retrieved by the reference file retrieval unit arranged in a first direction, the images of the associated files associated with the reference files indicated by the images displayed as a list, are displayed as a list arranged in a second direction intersecting with the arrangement oriented in the first direction at the location of the image of each reference file.
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Abstract
A display control apparatus for displaying images of a plurality of files as a list on a display unit, comprises: a setup unit which sets a specific file type among a plurality of file types as a reference file type; a reference file retrieval unit which retrieves a file of the type set among the plurality of files as the reference file; an associated file retrieval unit which retrieves an associated file from among the plurality of files; and a control unit which controls the display unit such that a list of the images of a plurality of reference files arranged in a first direction and the images of the associated files arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction at the location of the image of each reference file.
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18 Claims
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1. A display control apparatus for displaying images of a plurality of files as a list on a display unit, the apparatus comprising:
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a setup unit adapted to set a specific file type among a plurality of file types as a reference file type; a reference file retrieval unit adapted to retrieve a file of the type set by the setup unit from among the plurality of files as the reference file; an associated file retrieval unit adapted to retrieve, from among the plurality of files, an associated file having a predetermined association with the reference file retrieved by the reference file retrieval unit; and a control unit adapted to control the display unit such that, along with displaying a list of the images of a plurality of reference files retrieved by the reference file retrieval unit arranged in a first direction, the images of the associated files associated with the reference files indicated by the images displayed as a list, are displayed as a list arranged in a second direction intersecting with the arrangement oriented in the first direction at the location of the image of each reference file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An imaging apparatus having an image sensing unit and displaying images of a plurality of files containing at least image files of images captured by the image sensing unit as a list on a display unit, the apparatus comprising:
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a setup unit adapted to set a specific file type among a plurality of file types as a reference file type; a reference file retrieval unit adapted to retrieve a file of the type set by the setup unit from among the plurality of files as the reference file; an associated file retrieval unit adapted to retrieve, from among the plurality of files, an associated file having a predetermined association with the reference file retrieved by the retrieval unit; and a control unit adapted to control the display unit such that, along with displaying a list of the images of a plurality of reference files retrieved by the reference file retrieval unit arranged in a first direction, the images of the associated files associated with the reference files indicated by the images displayed as a list, are displayed as a list arranged in a second direction intersecting with the arrangement oriented in the first direction at the location of the image of each reference file.
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17. A display control method for displaying images of a plurality of files as a list on a display unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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setting a specific file type among a plurality of file types as a reference file type; retrieving a file of the type set in the setup step from among the plurality of files as the reference file; retrieving, from among the plurality of files, an associated file having a predetermined association with the reference file retrieved in the reference file retrieval step; and controlling the display unit such that, along with displaying a list of the images of a plurality of reference files retrieved in the reference file retrieval step arranged in a first direction, the images of the associated files associated with the reference files indicated by the images displayed as a list, are displayed as a list arranged in a second direction intersecting with the arrangement oriented in the first direction at the location of the image of each reference file. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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