Patent ID: 7752573

Claim:
A display controller comprising: a control unit configured to control a display; an operating unit configured to receive input commands; an electronic memory configured to store information including a plurality of images; and an electronic display configured to simultaneously display a first display area and a second display area on a display screen, said first display area including a time axis responsive to an input to select a unit of time and a single thumbnail image corresponding to each unit of time on the time axis, and said second display area including a plurality of images received from the electronic memory corresponding to the selected unit of time in the time axis of the first display area, wherein said unit of time on the time axis includes a series of days, weeks, months or years, the single thumbnail image is the latest thumbnail image of the plurality of images corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis, and said second display area is configured to display only the plurality of images corresponding to the single thumbnail image corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis.