Patent ID: 8180198

Claim:
A digital image recording and reproducing apparatus connectable to a display module, said apparatus comprising: an output module which displays a plurality of digital images and a plurality of related information concerning said digital images recorded in a recording medium on the display module, each digital image corresponding to one of said plurality of related information; and a control module which selects a digital image to add in a playlist, based on one of the plurality of information concerning the digital image recorded in said recording medium; wherein for a selected digital image selected by the user, said control module; retrieves other digital images whose related information is the same as the selected digital image, the other digital images being candidates for adding in said playlist, outputs a list identifying the other digital images retrieved based on their related information to select another digital image to add in said playlist when said another digital image is selected from other digital images as the candidates by the user, outputs said playlist including a plurality of said digital images added, wherein said plurality of digital images, said plurality of related information, said list identifying the other digital images, and said playlist are outputted in a same display, and outputs one of the other digital images to be positioned next to another one of the other digital images in said list identifying the other digital images.