Patent ID: 6462761
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A control method for an image filing apparatus that includes a display unit for displaying a plurality of icons representing retrieval information used to retrieve images stored in a memory medium, a selection unit for selecting a desired icon from the displayed plurality of icons, and a retrieval unit for retrieving an image from the memory medium associated with the desired icon selected by the selection unit, said method comprising:a display step of displaying the plurality of icons in an array on a display of the display unit; a first designation step of designating a first icon from the plurality of icons displayed by the display unit, the first icon representing a first retrieval data corresponding to a first image; a second designation step of designating a second icon from the plurality of icons displayed by the display unit, the second icon representing a second retrieval data corresponding to a second image; and an icon replacement step of replacing the first icon with the second icon in the plurality of icons displayed by the display unit, such that the second icon represents both the first retrieval data corresponding to the first image and the second retrieval data corresponding to the second image, wherein, when a user selects the second icon from the plurality of icons using the selection unit, the retrieval unit retrieves both the first image and the second image from the memory medium.