Patent ID: 6990293
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus including display means for holding a plurality of stacked image prints and for displaying the image prints successively in a viewing aperture, and advance means for sequentially advancing the image prints one at a time to said viewing aperture, comprising: scanning means adapted for scanning a machine-readable data on a back surface of a bottom-most one of the plurality of stacked image prints, wherein said machine-readable data is a two-dimensional encodement integral to said back surface of said bottom-most image print and comprises narrative information descriptive of said bottom-most image print; decoding means adapted for decoding said machine-readable data wherein said machine-readable data comprises at least one of audio data, machine data and text data; storage means adapted for storing decoded machine-readable data, said storage means comprising a first storage area for storing a decoded machine-readable data corresponding to said bottom-most scanned image print and a second storage area; data moving means for moving said decoded machine-readable data corresponding to said bottom-most scanned image print from said first storage area into said second storage area when said bottom-most scanned image print is advanced for display at said viewing aperture; and playback means adapted for playing back from said second storage area said decoded machine-readable data stored therein, whereby said display apparatus is convenient for both displaying image prints and for playing back said corresponding decoded machine-readable data.