Patent ID: 7554561

Claim:
An apparatus for displaying an image comprising: an access unit that accesses images stored in a recording medium; an image order management unit that orders a plurality of the images cyclically such that an end one of the images may be followed by a top one of the images; a first input unit that inputs a first command; a second input unit that inputs a second command; and a display unit that displays on one screen a display-subject area that corresponds to one portion of such a two-dimensional array of the images such that images adjacent to each other in an x-direction have consecutive order numbers and a difference in order number between images adjacent to each other in a y-direction is a first value of not less than two, and moves the display-subject area in the x-direction in accordance with the first command and in the y-direction in accordance with the second command; a folder order management unit that cyclically orders a plurality of folders each of which stores the images such that an end folder of the folders may be followed by a top folder of the folders; a fourth input unit that inputs a folder select command; and a folder selection unit that sequentially selects the folders in accordance with the folder select command, wherein the display-subject area corresponds to one portion of the two-dimensional array of the images stored in the selected folder; and wherein the display unit continuously moves the display-subject area from a first image of the images adjacent to each other in an x-direction to a second image of the images adjacent to each other in an x-direction, or from a first image of the images adjacent to each other in a y-direction to a second image of the images adjacent to each other in a y-direction, and wherein the display unit moves the display-subject area to a position that includes an entirety of one of the images, each time the first, second, or third command is input.