Patent ID: 6851093

Claim:
An image reproducing apparatus which has a function of a screen saver and reproduces an image on the basis of the image data read out from a storage medium or the image data contained in a video signal, said image reproducing apparatus comprising: a first field memory capable of storing image data corresponding to a plurality of images; a second field memory which previously stores an image data of an opening image; an input unit for selectively inputting a screen saver image from reproduced images; and a screen saver control unit which stores the image data of the pertinent image in said first field memory whenever the screen saver image is selectively inputted through the input unit, wherein said screen saver control unit is configured so that where a single screen saver image is selectively inputted through said input unit, in starting said screen saver, the image data stored in said first field memory and stored in said second field memory are reproduced and images of both image data are alternately reproduced; and where two or more screen saver images are selectively inputted through said input unit, in starting said screen saver, the respective image data stored in said first field memory are successively read out and reproduced.