Ex Parte Suzuki et al - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2006-2648                                                                Page 2                
              Application No. 09/788,387                                                                                


              name, a recordation date, etc., thereby causing a newly photographed image to be                          
              inserted at the end of the display order.  (App. Br. at 2-3.)  The appellants opine, "This                
              requires a user who desires to display a particular digital image data recorded on the                    
              imaging device to have knowledge of the display order and/or search through digital                       
              images using the key or characteristics defining the display order."  (Id. at 3.)                         


                     In contrast, an understanding of the appellants' invention can be achieved by                      
              reading the following claims:                                                                             
                     12. An image photographing method, comprising:                                                     
                            detecting a photographing instruction;                                                      
                            displaying a screen configured by a first display area displaying an                        
                     image from an image acquisition device, and a second display area                                  
                     displaying a sequence of image data;                                                               
                            generating image data from the image when detecting the                                     
                     photographing instruction; and                                                                     
                            inserting the image data in a desirable position of said sequence                           
                     listing of image data.                                                                             

                     16. A computer readable storage medium storing a program executable by                             
                     a computer connected with an image acquisition device to perform                                   
                     operations, comprising:                                                                            
                            providing a first display area displaying an image from the image                           
                     acquisition device and providing a second display area displaying a                                
                     sequence of stored image data; and                                                                 








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