Patent ID: 6445412
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A high speed image selecting method for selecting an image photographed by a digital camera, comprising the steps of:taking one or more photographic images with said digital camera to produce corresponding image data; using said corresponding image data to produce and store; compressed image data for producing a corresponding one of said photographic images, and thumbnail image data for producing thumbnail images in correspondence to said photographic images, wherein each of said thumbnail images has a respective number of pixels less than a number of pixels for said image data of said corresponding one of said photographic images; after said producing of said thumbnail image data, entering a fast-forward/fast-backward mode comprising: enlarging said thumbnail images to provide enlarged thumbnail images, feeding said enlarged thumbnail images sequentially for sequential display, and in response to a selection operation with respect to one of said enlarged thumbnail images, extending said compressed image data corresponding to the selected one of said enlarged thumbnail images so as to acquire said corresponding image data.