Patent ID: 8730259

Claim:
An image grouping device comprising: a first classifying means for classifying a plurality of items of image data in a first predetermined unit; a second classifying means for breaking the plurality of the items of image data classified by the first classifying means into smaller groups in a second predetermined unit; and a control means for controlling the plurality of the items of image data classified by the second classifying means to be displayed on a display; wherein the control means automatically selects a background image according to background music during a slide show, wherein a first cover screen is provided for displaying information indicative of the first predetermined unit, a plurality of subevent cover screens, accessible from the first cover screen, are provided for displaying information indicative of respective second predetermined units, at least one of the subevent cover screens including a plurality of images of the corresponding second predetermined unit displayed in an overlapped fashion, and an image included in a particular second predetermined unit being accessible through the subevent cover screen corresponding to the particular second predetermined unit, wherein the first cover screen includes (i) a plurality of images of the corresponding first predetermined unit displayed in an overlapped fashion and (ii) text, the text being superimposed on the plurality of images of the corresponding first predetermined unit and being indicative of a date and subject related to the first predetermined unit, and wherein the first cover screen is displayed for each of (i) an event being selected from a screen displaying a listing of events, and (ii) a scrapbook mode being exited.