Patent Document ID: 6069606
Application ID: 08857183
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for displaying a plurality of images in a computer system, comprising the steps of: determining a temporal order of said images representing a chronological order in which said images are obtained by said computer system; designating one of said images as a first image; displaying said images sequentially in said temporal order such that said images are displayed in different sizes in accordance with said temporal order, wherein said first image is displayed in the largest size among the displayed images; arraying the displayed images along a line such that the sizes of the displayed images progressively increase/decrease along said line in accordance with said temporal order whereby a temporal relationship among the displayed images is readily discernible, wherein said line forms two spiral chains which are temporally connected to each other such that said first image is located at a temporal connecting point of said two spiral chains, wherein said images which are older in said temporal order than said first image are arrayed according to said temporal order in one of said two spiral chains and wherein said images which are newer in said temporal order than said first image are arrayed according to said temporal order in the other of said two spiral chains; and wherein said steps of displaying and arraying are reiterated when another image is designated as said first image such that each successive image in said temporal order is displayed in a smaller size and arrayed such that said temporal order is maintained.