Patent ID: 8199241

Claim:
A data reproducing apparatus comprising: a selecting unit configured to select one of a first index display mode and a second index display mode; a display control unit configured to display, in response to the first index display mode being selected, a first type representative image representing first image data of a first type and a second type icon representing a set of image data of a second type including second image data, and to display, in response to the second index display mode being selected, a first type icon representing image data of the first type including the first image data instead of the first type representative image displayed in the first index display mode, and a second type representative image representing the second image data instead of the second type icon displayed in the first index display mode, wherein the first image data of the first type is moving image data and the set of image data of the second type includes still image data, and wherein each still image data is recorded outside of a sequence of the moving image data; and a designation unit configured to designate one of a displayed representative image and a displayed icon, wherein the selecting unit switches from the first index display mode to select the second index display mode in response to a displayed second type icon being designated, and wherein the selecting unit switches from the second index display mode to select the first index display mode in response to a displayed first type icon being designated.