Patent ID: 6097431
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for reviewing and navigating through images in an image capture device, the image capture device including a display and a four-way navigation button having left, right, up and down buttons, comprising the steps of:a) displaying images on the image capture device in a predetermined number of group types, each of the group types indicating the number of images to be simultaneously displayed, the number of images to be simultaneously displayed being a page;b) allowing a user to select one group type from the predetermined number of group types;c) highlighting a selected image on a current page with a highlight area;d) allowing the user to scroll directly from the current page to a next page or a previous pare within the group type with a single button press byi) displaying the next page in response to the user pressing the down button when the highlighting area is located at a bottom of the current page, wherein the highlighting area is placed at the bottom of the next page, andii) displaying the previous page in response to the user pressing the up button when the highlighting area is located at a top of the current page, wherein the highlighting area is placed at the top of the previous page;e) allowing the user to scroll directly from the current page to the next page or the previous page within the group type with two button presses when the highlighting area is located at any position on the current page byi) displaying the next page in response to user double pressing the down button, andii) displaying the previous page in response to user double pressing the up button; andf) allowing the user to scroll directly from the current page to a first page or a last page within the group type with three button presses byi) displaying the last page in response to a user triple pressing the down button; andii) displaying the first page of images in response to a user triple pressing the up button.