Patent ID: 7315403

Claim:
An image sorting system storing a plurality of image data, comprising: a management apparatus for managing the plurality of image data using a management folder; and an image selecting device for selecting, from a print out, at least one of the plurality of image data in response to a detection of a corresponding at least one identifier, from a plurality of identifiers printed on the print out, which is selected by a user and which corresponds to at least one printed image of the at least one of the plurality of image data on the print out, the management apparatus moves or copies the at least one of the plurality of image data selected by the image selecting device to the management folder wherein when the user selects the identifier of the printed image, the management apparatus selects the corresponding image data in response to the detection by said image selecting device of the selection of the user, wherein the image selecting device is a pressure detecting device which is associated with the print out and enables the user to select the at least one identifier by detecting pressure against the at least one printed image.