Patent ID: 7430008

Claim:
A digital camera, comprising: a photographing unit which converts an optical image into an electrical image signal; a recording unit which records the image signal obtained from the photographing unit in an information recorder; a display unit which displays an image corresponding to one of the image signal obtained from the photographing unit and the image signal recorded in the information recorder; a touch panel to input user instructions; a pattern detection unit which detects tracing operations on the touch panel and detects traced patterns; and a control unit which controls each unit to execute operations corresponding to the traced patterns detected by the pattern detection unit, wherein: when the pattern detection unit detects the traced pattern as a horizontal linear pattern, the control unit executes one of advancing or backing the image displayed in the display unit according to a tracing direction; when the pattern detection unit detects the traced pattern as a vertical linear pattern having an upward tracing direction, the control unit executes magnifying the image displayed in the display unit; and when the pattern detection unit detects the traced pattern as a vertical linear pattern having a downward tracing direction, the control unit displays a plurality of thumbnail images in the display unit.