Patent ID: 8018521
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing image information from a recording medium which stores image information and rotation information that shows whether an image represented by the image information is portrait-oriented or landscape-oriented, the image reproducing apparatus comprising: a reading section that reads image information from the recording medium; a rotation information reading section that reads rotation information of the image information from the recording medium; and a decoder that generates an image signal such that a cutout image which is less than the whole image represented by the read image information is displayed, when the rotation information shows that the image represented by the image information is portrait-oriented, and that generates the image signal such that the whole image represented by the read image information is displayed, when the rotation information shows that the image represented by the image information is landscape-oriented; wherein the decoder generates the image signal such that the whole image represented by the read image information is displayed concurrently with the cutout image when the rotation information shows that the image represented by the image information is portrait-oriented.