Patent ID: 7248299

Claim:
An image reproducing apparatus comprising: an attacher to be attached with a recording medium in which a plurality of folders for managing a plurality of image files are formed; a folder number detector for detecting folder identification numbers which respectively represent the folders formed in said recording medium; a folder number displayer for displaying on a screen the folder identification numbers detected by said folder number detector; a selector for accepting a selecting operation to select any one of the folder identification numbers displayed by said folder number displayer in parallel with a display process of said folder number displayer; a file number detector for detecting only a count value obtained by counting the number of image files managed by a folder holding the folder identification number selected by the selecting operation out of count values obtained by counting for each folder the number of image files managed by the folders formed in said recording medium; a total file number detector for detecting a total number of the image files recorded in said recording medium; a file number displayer for displaying the count value detected by said file number detector and the total number of image files detected by said total file number detector on the screen on which the folder identification numbers are displayed by said folder number displayer; and an information search mode selector to set an information search mode, wherein folder identification numbers, the total number of image files recorded in the recording medium and a count value of the number of image files managed by a currently selected folder are detected and concurrently displayed in response to setting of the information search mode.