Patent ID: 7847851
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, the method comprising: displaying an image stored in a storage medium on a display of the digital photographing apparatus; and simultaneously displaying a lattice-shaped index on a portion of the display, the index having a plurality of regions, each region representing a captured image stored in the storage medium, wherein: some captured images consecutively photographed and stored in the storage medium are related to one another in a first group, the first group being related further based on at least one of file size, orientation, and quality of the image, some other captured images consecutively photographed and stored in the storage medium are related to one another in a second group, but are not related to the images in the first group, the second group being related further based on at least one of file size, orientation, and quality of the image, the regions representing related images in the first group have a first common distinguishing visual characteristic, and the regions representing related images in the second group have a second common distinguishing visual characteristic that differs from the first common distinguishing visual characteristic, and the index is superimposed in a transparent or semi-transparent manner on the currently displayed image so that the currently displayed image can be seen through the index.