Patent ID: 7365782
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup device operable to have a first recording medium and a second recording medium mounted therein, said image pickup device comprising: a display unit having a display screen; and a control circuit operable to (i) cause a switching icon to be displayed on the display screen for enabling an operator to select a reproduction operation in which information from the second recording medium is reproduced and cause a reproducing icon to be displayed on the display screen simultaneously with the display of the switching icon for enabling the operator to select a reproduction operation in which information from the first recording medium is reproduced when the first recording medium is not involved in a reproduction operation and the second recording medium is mounted in the image pickup device, and (ii) cause the reproducing icon to be displayed on the display screen for enabling the operator to select the reproduction operation in which information from the first recording medium is reproduced and cause the switching icon to not be displayed on the display screen when the second recording medium is not mounted in the image pickup device.