Patent ID: 6871009
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image storage apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving images and thumbnail images for managing the images stored in a storage medium; storage means for storing the images and thumbnail images received through said receiving means from said storage medium; thumbnail image generating means for generating thumbnail images of a predetermined size; thumbnail image size detecting means for detecting a size of the thumbnail images stored in said storage medium: copy instruction means for giving an instruction to copy the images stored in said storage medium into said storage means; and control means for executing a control in such a manner as to receive the images from said storage medium through said receiving means and copy the images stored in said storage medium into said storage means when said copy instruction means gives the instruction to copy the images in said storage medium into said storage means; wherein if the size of the thumbnail images in said storage medium corresponds to the predetermined size, said control means executes a control in such a manner as to receive the thumbnail images from said storage medium through said receiving means and copy the received thumbnail images into said storage means as management thumbnail images for the images copied into said storage means.