Patent ID: 8839151
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image folder transmission/playing device which displays an image file or a character stored in an image folder, comprising: an image display unit which displays the image file or the character; an input unit to which the character or an operation command is inputted by a user; a control unit which controls the image folder transmission/playing device; a memory unit which stores a control program to operate the control unit; a storage device connection unit to which a storage device, which stores the image folder, is connected; and a communication unit which transmits and receives the image folder via a wire communication or a wireless communication, wherein the memory unit stores a display program which displays the image file stored in the image folder and an attribute information of the image file on the image display unit, the attribute information is FAT (File Allocation Table) data or Exif (Exchangeable Image File Format) data of the image file, and when the storage device is connected to the storage device connection unit, when the communication unit receives the image folder and the image file and stores them in the memory unit, or when the image folder and the image file are copied from the storage device to another device, the control unit performs processings of: determining whether or not there is an album setting folder file which displays the image file or the attribute information of the image file on the image display unit for each image folder as an electronic album, wherein the image file is stored in the image folder, in the memory unit, or in the other device; creating the album setting folder file in the image folder, in the memory unit, or in the other device when there is no album setting folder file in the image folder, in the memory unit, or in the other device; displaying the electronic album on the image display unit in accordance with information included in the album setting folder file when there is the album setting folder file in the image folder, in the memory unit, or in the other device; creating an album title file used for creating an album title of the electronic album in the album setting folder file when the album setting folder file is created in the image folder, in the memory unit, or in the other device; selecting one image file from the one or plural image files stored in the image folder, in the memory unit, or in the other device and referring to the FAT data or the Exif data of the image file; converting date information, time information, or GPS (Global Positioning System) information included in the FAT data or the Exif data as a numerical value into a predetermined character string and storing the character string in the album title file as an album title candidate or storing image title information, shooting person information, or an equipment information included in the FAT data or the Exif data as a text data without change as the album title candidate in the album title file; storing a selected album title candidate in the album title file as the album title when at least one album title candidate is selected via the input unit; and displaying the electronic album on the image display unit in accordance with the album title file.