Image reproducing apparatus and control method therefor

Abstract

An image reproducing apparatus which reproduces image files stored in a recording medium, characterized by comprising: retrieving means for separately retrieving for a first image group recorded in accordance with a first file rule and a second image group nonconforming to the first file rule; determination means for determining a reproducing order for an image group which has been completely retrieved by the retrieving means upon discriminating the first image group and the second image group; and reproducing means for reproducing an image group for which the reproducing order is determined, characterized in that the retrieving means starts retrieving for the second image group when finishing retrieving for the first image group, and the reproducing means reproduces an image group, which has completely been retrieved by the retrieving means, in a reproducing order determined by the determination means.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to an image reproducing device and a control method of the image reproducing device, and more particularly relates to a technique for reproducing an image stored in a recording medium. Background technique [0002] In general, as an image reproduction technique for reproducing images stored in a recording medium, there is a method of reproducing images stored in a recording medium in accordance with predetermined file system rules, that is, in file order or time order, with a directory structure in the recording medium irrelevant technology. In addition, there is also a technique programmed to recognize a predetermined directory structure in advance, and to reproduce only images matching the predetermined directory structure. Furthermore, there is also a technology that allows the directory structure of files to be reproduced to be changed as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-049634. ...

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Problems solved by technology

This makes it difficult to specify a specific image

[0005] Also, when the user wants to rearrange the images, the user cannot specify the image to be reproduced first unless the file system information of all the images is obtained

[0006] In addition, an image processing device designed to recognize only a specific directory structure cannot reproduce an image copied arbitrarily by a user or an image recorded based on another directory structure

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