Patent ID: 6867801
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic still camera comprising: photographing means for acquiring image data having an aspect ratio different from that of an image display unit and image data having an aspect ratio substantially equal to that of the image display unit; compression means for compressing the image data acquired by the photographing means; memory means for storing a plurality of the compressed image data compressed by the compression means; mode setting means for manually setting a play mode to display the compressed image data stored in the memory means on the image display unit; selection means for selecting at least one of the plurality of compressed image data stored in the memory means, if the play mode is set by the mode setting means; expansion means for expanding the compressed image data selected by the selection means; discrimination means for discriminating whether the aspect ratio of the compressed image data selected by the selection means is different from that of the image display unit or substantially equal to that of the image display unit; first display control means for, if the discrimination means discriminates that the aspect ratio of the compressed image data is different from that of the image display unit, displaying partial image data which is a part of said expanded image data expanded by the expansion means on the image display unit; second display control means for, if the discrimination means discriminates that the aspect ratio of the compressed image data is substantially equal to that of the image display unit, displaying an entirety of the expanded image data expanded by the expansion means on the image display unit; and third display control means for, when the partial image data displayed on the image display unit is displayed by the first display control means, performing notification that the displayed image is the partial image data of the image data having the aspect ratio different from that of the image display unit.