Patent ID: 7228061
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image display system comprising: an image reproducing apparatus that captures and reproduces images recorded by a plurality of image recording apparatuses and additional information added to the images; a display device that displays each of the reproduced images; a detecting device that detects presence or absence of relevancy between the images recorded by the plurality of image recording apparatuses based on the additional information captured by the plurality of image recording apparatuses for reproduction; and a control device that controls said display device to display identification information that allows a viewer to recognize that relevancy exists between the images recorded by the plurality of image recording apparatuses when said detecting device detects presence of relevancy therebetween, wherein the identification information includes a connecting icon that connects a plurality of device icons corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of image recording apparatuses, and wherein said control device controls said display device to display the images recorded by one of the plurality of image recording apparatuses that corresponds to one of the plurality of icons when the one of the plurality of icons is selected by the viewer, and controls said display device to simultaneously display the images recorded by the plurality of image recording apparatuses when the connecting icon is selected by the viewer.