Patent ID: 7496859
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling display of folder icons, comprising: an icon image data generating device for generating, for each of one or more folders, a plurality of frames of icon images from a plurality of frames of original images represented by a plurality of image files that are contained in each folder, each of said plurality of frames of icon images corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of frames of original images and having such a size that each of the icon images can be displayed on a folder icon corresponding to said each folder; and a display control device for controlling a display device in such a manner that, in response to an icon-image display command corresponding to any one folder, each of the plurality of frames of icon images corresponding to the any one folder and generated by said icon image data generating device will be individually displayed in order on the folder icon of the any one folder in the form of a slide show.