Patent ID: 7206017

Claim:
An electronic camera comprising: a recording medium removable from the camera, in which a plurality of images are recorded; a display panel configured to display an image selected from the recording medium; an image discrimination circuit configured to determine whether the selected image represents a panoramic image, the determination being based on an aspect ratio of the selected image; a display-mode setting circuit configured to set a display-mode based on the result of the determination by the image discrimination circuit, a display circuit configured to cause the selected image to be displayed on the display panel according to the display-mode set in the display-mode setting circuit, wherein when the image discrimination circuit determines the selected image as representing a panoramic image, the display-mode setting circuit sets a panoramic display-mode, and the display circuit displays on the display panel a selected frame of the panoramic image; a frame-advance button for advancing the plurality of frames of the panoramic image into the display panel; and a superimpose circuit configured to superimpose an indicator on the display panel to indicate which of said plurality of frames of the panoramic images is being displayed, the indicator being movable on a representation of the panoramic image on the display panel.