File list display apparatus capable of successively displaying sub-list
First Claim
1. A file list display apparatus, comprising:
- an input unit for inputting a display command for displaying a sub-list having a predetermined number of files selected in an entire list of the files recorded in a recording medium;
a display unit for displaying the sub-list; and
a controller for creating one or more sub-lists from the entire list, each sub-list being different from the other sub-lists, and controlling the display unit to successively display each of the sub-lists different from each other through the display unit whenever the display command is input through the input unit;
wherein the controller groups the files successively listed in the entire file list by the predetermined number of files, and selects one file from each of the grouped files to create the one or more sub-lists having the selected files, andif the display command is again input while a predetermined one of the currently displayed files is selected, generating a new sub-list by changing the predetermined one of the currently displayed files with an adjacent preceding or succeeding file and continuing to display the remaining currently displayed files.
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Abstract
A file list display apparatus having a plurality of files of data recorded on a vast-capacity recording medium, comprising: a detection unit for detecting all the files recorded on the vast-capacity recording medium; a controller for storing a list of the files, detected by the detection unit, in a storage unit separate from the vast-capacity recording medium; a display unit for displaying a sub-list of the list stored in the storage unit, the controller creating the sub-list; and an input unit for inputting a command used by the controller for creating the sub-list, for inputting a display command to the controller for controlling the display unit to display a next sub-list or a previous sub-list, and for inputting a skip command to the controller for controlling the display unit to display the list in a forward or backward sequential one-by-one scrolling manner having no more than a predetermined number of files in the list displayed at any one time.
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1. A file list display apparatus, comprising:
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an input unit for inputting a display command for displaying a sub-list having a predetermined number of files selected in an entire list of the files recorded in a recording medium; a display unit for displaying the sub-list; and a controller for creating one or more sub-lists from the entire list, each sub-list being different from the other sub-lists, and controlling the display unit to successively display each of the sub-lists different from each other through the display unit whenever the display command is input through the input unit; wherein the controller groups the files successively listed in the entire file list by the predetermined number of files, and selects one file from each of the grouped files to create the one or more sub-lists having the selected files, and if the display command is again input while a predetermined one of the currently displayed files is selected, generating a new sub-list by changing the predetermined one of the currently displayed files with an adjacent preceding or succeeding file and continuing to display the remaining currently displayed files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A file list display method, comprising the steps of:
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reading an entire list of files recorded in a recording medium; creating one or more sub-lists having a predetermined number of files selected in the entire list, each sub-list being different from the other sub-lists, whenever a display command is input; and successively displaying each of the sub-lists created in the creating step whenever the display command is input, wherein the creating comprises; grouping the files successively listed in the entire file list by the predetermined number of files, and selecting one file from each of the grouped files, to create one or more sub-lists having the selected files, and if the display command is again input while a predetermined one of the currently displayed files is selected, generating a new sub-list by changing the predetermined one of the currently displayed files with an adjacent preceding or succeeding file and continuing to display the remaining currently displayed files. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method of controlling a file list display apparatus having a plurality of files of data recorded on a vast-capacity recording medium, said method comprising:
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detecting all the files recorded on said vast-capacity recording medium; storing a list of said detected files in a storage unit separate from the vast-capacity recording medium; creating one or more sub-lists of said list of said detected files stored in said storage unit by grouping the files successively listed in the detected files by a predetermined number of files, and selecting one file from each of the grouped files, to create one or more sub-lists having the selected files; displaying one of said sub-lists; detecting an input of a display command or a skip command; displaying a next sub-list or a previous sub-list, when said display command is detected; displaying, when said skip command is detected, said list in a forward or backward sequential one-by-one scrolling manner having no more than a predetermined number of files in said list displayed at any one time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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