Patent ID: 6734909
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An electronic imaging device capable of selectively reading one of a thumbnail image and a full image from a recording medium, and reproducing said one of the thumbnail image and the full image, comprising:an index image generation section which generates an index image by using a thumbnail image stored as data in the recording medium; a display unit which displays at least the generated index image; a scene selection section which selects a desired one of thumbnail images in the index image displayed by the display unit, and sets an active state wherein said selected desired one of the thumbnail images is expandable to a full image; and an index image switching section which switches the index image displayed by the display unit to one of a first index image corresponding to an image picked up before each of thumbnail images in the displayed index image and a second index image corresponding to an image picked up after said each thumbnail image in the displayed index image; wherein when the index image switching section designates the first index image, the first index image is generated by the index image generation section, and displayed by the display unit, and a thumbnail image having the oldest scene number in the first index image is set in the active state, and when the index image switching section designates the second index image, the second index image is generated by the index image generation section and displayed by the display unit, and a thumbnail image having the newest number in the second index image is set in the active state.