Patent ID: 7218422

Claim:
An image reproduction control apparatus, comprising: an access unit for accessing a detachable memory, the detachable memory storing a plurality of reproducible images and a reproduction instruction file, the reproduction instruction file including one or more file names specifying one or more images to be reproduced, the one or more file names in an order; a reading section for reading the reproduction instruction file to determine the one or more file names specifying one or more images to be reproduced; a reproduction control section for controlling reproduction of the one or more images to be reproduced by reading, in order, the one or more images to be reproduced specified by the reproduction instruction file; a display control section for controlling display, in a display unit, so that a user may confirm whether or not reproduction of the one or more images is to be performed, the display unit displaying thumbnail images corresponding to the images stored in the detachable memory, wherein the displayed thumbnail images include at least one indicium to distinguish between images that have been designated by the reproduction instruction file for reproduction and images that have not been designated by the reproduction instruction file for reproduction; and an operation section for starting the reproduction in accordance with input from a user and for performing the reproduction of the one or more images to be reproduced after confirmation by the user that the one or more images specified by the reproduction instruction file and which display the at least one indicium are to be reproduced, wherein, in the confirmation, the one or more thumbnail images are reproduced as image data to be displayed.