Patent ID: 6542192
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A method for using a digital camera to capture and display images on an image display device of the digital camera, comprising the steps of:(a) capturing a plurality of images; (b) storing in a memory, primary image data and secondary image data, the primary image data providing accurate reproduction of the captured image, and the secondary image data providing an index image which can be used by an external device to display the plurality of images in a corresponding plurality of regions on a display screen of the external device; (c) retrieving the secondary image data from the memory for a first image; (d) processing the secondary image data for the first image to produce a processed secondary image having additional pixel data; (e) displaying the processed secondary image on the image display device; (f) retrieving the primary image data from the memory for the first image; (g) processing the primary image data for the first image to produce a processed primary image having a reduced picture size; and (h) replacing the display of the processed secondary image for the first image on the image display device with a display of the processed primary image for the first image automatically after the completion of step (g).