	US 7,542,183 B2
	Electronic imaging apparatus
Yoshiaki Satoh, Hachioji (Japan); Yawara Saitoh, Ohme (Japan); and Izuru Kiyokawa, Yokohama (Japan)
Assigned to Olympus Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/350,909.
Application 11/350909 is a division of application No. 10/818302, filed on Apr. 06, 2004.
Application 08/305776 is a division of application No. 08/154438, filed on Nov. 19, 1993, abandoned.
Application 10/818302 is a continuation of application No. 09/574455, filed on May 19, 2000, abandoned.
Application 09/574455 is a continuation of application No. 08/786222, filed on Jan. 21, 1997, granted, now 6,111,662.
Application 08/786222 is a continuation of application No. 08/305776, filed on Sep. 14, 1994, granted, now 5,717,496.
Claims priority of application No. 4-333707 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 1992; application No. 4-337007 (JP), filed on Dec. 17, 1992; application No. 5-007879 (JP), filed on Jan. 21, 1993; and application No. 5-040178 (JP), filed on Mar. 01, 1993.
Prior Publication US 2006/0227217 A1, Oct. 12, 2006
Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 9/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 358—484 [358/448; 348/211.13; 348/739]

54 Claims

1. An electronic image pick-up apparatus, comprising:

an image information storage and reproducing unit adapted to store an image information by using a directory structure on an applied storage medium and to reproduce a stored image information stored on the applied storage medium by using the directory structure for play-back:

a display unit adapted to display, in play-back, a first indication representing a directory in which the stored image information is registered, a second indication representing the stored image information, and a connection symbol disposed between the first indication and the second indication; and

a compression unit adapted to obtain the image information on which compression processing is executed, wherein the image information storage and reproducing unit registers the image information in a directory of the directory structure to store the image information and reads out the stored image information registered in the directory of a directory structure for play-back.