Display Control Apparatus and Display Control Method

1. A display control apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit; a shooting mode setting unit configured to set one shooting mode from a plurality of shooting modes; a recording unit configured to record a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium; a start image setting unit configured to set whether to set the associated moving image as a start image to be displayed first at a start of image reproduction; and a control unit configured to control to, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, display the associated moving image from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, and control to, when the start image setting unit does not set the associated moving image as the start image, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, wherein when the shooting mode setting unit has set a specific shooting mode and a still image is shot, the recording unit records the shot still image and a moving image associated with the still image on the recording medium, and wherein at the start of image reproduction, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image and the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode, the control unit controls to display the associated moving image, and when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image and the shooting mode setting unit has not set the specific shooting mode, display the image based on the other condition.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the start image setting unit can set, as the start image, one of the associated moving image, a latest image recorded on the recording medium, and a resume image serving as an image finally displayed at an end of previous reproduction, and when the start image setting unit has set the latest image as the start image, the control unit controls to display the latest image at the start of image reproduction, and when the start image setting unit has set the resume image as the start image, display the resume image at the start of image reproduction.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an operation mode setting unit configured to set one of a reproduction mode and another operation mode, wherein at a start of image reproduction in the reproduction mode, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image and a power supply is changed from OFF to ON in the reproduction mode, the control unit controls to display the associated moving image, and when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image and the other operation mode is switched to the reproduction mode upon power-on, display the image based on the other condition.

4. A display control apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit; a shooting mode setting unit configured to set one shooting mode from a plurality of shooting modes; an operation mode setting unit configured to set one of a reproduction mode and another operation mode; a recording unit configured to record a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium; a start image setting unit configured to set whether to set the associated moving image as a start image to be displayed first at a start of image reproduction; and a control unit configured to control to, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, display the associated moving image from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, and control to, when the start image setting unit does not set the associated moving image as the start image, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, wherein at a start of image reproduction in the reproduction mode, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode, and a power supply is changed from OFF to ON in the reproduction mode, the control unit controls to display the associated moving image, and even if the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, when the shooting mode setting unit has not set the specific shooting mode, and when the other operation mode is switched to the reproduction mode upon power-on, display the image based on the other condition.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether a remaining capacity of the recording medium at the start of image reproduction is different from a remaining capacity of the recording medium at an end of previous reproduction, wherein when the determination unit determines that the remaining capacities are different, the control unit controls to display a latest image recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction regardless of a setting of the start image setting unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image based on the other condition is a latest image recorded on the recording medium, or a resume image serving as an image finally displayed at an end of previous reproduction.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the associated moving image includes a moving image of a moving image file including a moving image recorded in accordance with an instruction to shoot the still image.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the associated moving image includes a moving image associated with a plurality of still images, and is recorded with a file number preceding file numbers of the associated still images.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the associated moving image includes a moving image obtained by concatenating moving images shot upon receiving instructions to shoot respective still images, which have been shot in a predetermined period.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at the start of image reproduction, when the associated moving image recorded in a predetermined period including a time point of the start does not exist, the control unit controls to display the image based on the other condition.

11. A display control apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit; a shooting mode setting unit configured to set one shooting mode from a plurality of shooting modes; a recording unit configured to record, on a recording medium, a still image shot when the shooting mode setting unit has set a specific shooting mode, and a moving image associated with the still image; and a control unit configured to control to, when the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode and the shooting mode shifts to a reproduction mode, display the associated moving image at a start of the reproduction mode, and control to, when the shooting mode setting unit has set a shooting mode different from the specific shooting mode and the shooting mode shifts to the reproduction mode, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of the reproduction mode.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising an operation mode setting unit configured to set one of the reproduction mode and another operation mode, wherein at a start of image reproduction in the reproduction mode, when the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode and a power supply is changed from OFF to ON in the reproduction mode, the control unit controls to display the associated moving image, and when the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode and the other operation mode is switched to the reproduction mode upon power-on, display the image based on the other condition.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether a remaining capacity of the recording medium at the start of image reproduction is different from a remaining capacity of the recording medium at an end of previous reproduction, wherein when the determination unit determines that the remaining capacities are different, the control unit controls to display a latest image recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction regardless of a setting of the shooting mode setting unit.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the image based on the other condition is a latest image recorded on the recording medium, or a resume image serving as an image finally displayed at an end of previous reproduction.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the associated moving image includes a moving image of a moving image file including a moving image recorded in accordance with an instruction to shoot the still image.

16. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the associated moving image includes a moving image associated with a plurality of still images, and is recorded with a file number preceding file numbers of the associated still images.

17. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the associated moving image includes a moving image obtained by concatenating moving images shot upon receiving instructions to shoot respective still images, which have been shot in a predetermined period.

18. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein at the start of image reproduction, when the associated moving image recorded in a predetermined period including a time point of the start does not exist, the control unit controls to display the image based on the other condition.

19. A display control apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium; an operation mode setting unit configured to set one of a reproduction mode and another operation mode; and a control unit configured to control to, when the operation mode setting unit has set the reproduction mode upon changing a power supply from OFF to ON, display the associated moving image at a start of the reproduction mode, and control to, when the other operation mode is changed to the reproduction mode upon power-on, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19 , further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether a remaining capacity of the recording medium at the start of image reproduction is different from a remaining capacity of the recording medium at an end of previous reproduction, wherein the control unit controls to display a latest image recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction regardless of a state from which the reproduction mode has started.

21. The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the image based on the other condition is a latest image recorded on the recording medium, or a resume image serving as an image finally displayed at an end of previous reproduction.

22. The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the associated moving image includes a moving image of a moving image file including a moving image recorded in accordance with an instruction to shoot the still image.

23. The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the associated moving image includes a moving image associated with a plurality of still images, and is recorded with a file number preceding file numbers of the associated still images.

24. The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the associated moving image includes a moving image obtained by concatenating moving images shot upon receiving instructions to shoot respective still images, which have been shot in a predetermined period.

25. The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein at the start of image reproduction, when the associated moving image recorded in a predetermined period including a time point of the start does not exist, the control unit controls to display the image based on the other condition.

26. A display control method of an apparatus having an image capturing unit, a shooting mode setting unit configured to set one shooting mode from a plurality of shooting modes, a recording unit configured to record a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium, and a start image setting unit configured to set whether to set the associated moving image as a start image to be displayed first at a start of image reproduction, the method comprising: controlling to, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, display the associated moving image from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, and controlling to, when the start image setting unit does not set the associated moving image as the start image, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, wherein when the shooting mode setting unit has set a specific shooting mode and a still image is shot, the recording unit records the shot still image and a moving image associated with the still image on the recording medium, and wherein at the start of image reproduction, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image and the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode, controlling to display the associated moving image, and when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image and the shooting mode setting unit has not set the specific shooting mode, display the image based on the other condition.

27. A display control method of an apparatus having an image capturing unit, a shooting mode setting unit configured to set one shooting mode from a plurality of shooting modes, and a recording unit configured to record, on a recording medium, a still image shot when the shooting mode setting unit has set a specific shooting mode, and a moving image associated with the still image, the method comprising: controlling to, when the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode and the shooting mode shifts to a reproduction mode, display the associated moving image at a start of the reproduction mode, and controlling to, when the shooting mode setting unit has set a shooting mode different from the specific shooting mode and the shooting mode shifts to the reproduction mode, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of the reproduction mode.

28. A display control method of an apparatus having a recording unit configured to record a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium, and an operation mode setting unit configured to set one of a reproduction mode and another operation mode, the method comprising: controlling to, when the operation mode setting unit has set the reproduction mode upon changing a power supply from OFF to ON, display the associated moving image at a start of reproducing the image, and controlling to, when the other operation mode is changed to the reproduction mode upon power-on, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a display control method of an apparatus having an image capturing unit, a shooting mode setting unit configured to set one shooting mode from a plurality of shooting modes, a recording unit configured to record a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium, and a start image setting unit configured to set whether to set the associated moving image as a start image to be displayed first at a start of image reproduction, the method comprising: controlling to, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, display the associated moving image from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, and controlling to, when the start image setting unit does not set the associated moving image as the start image, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, wherein when the shooting mode setting unit has set a specific shooting mode and a still image is shot, the recording unit records the shot still image and a moving image associated with the still image on the recording medium, and at the start of image reproduction, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image and the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode, controlling to display the associated moving image, and when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image and the shooting mode setting unit has not set the specific shooting mode, display the image based on the other condition.

30. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a display control method of an apparatus having an image capturing unit, a shooting mode setting unit configured to set one shooting mode from a plurality of shooting modes, and a recording unit configured to record, on a recording medium, a still image shot when the shooting mode setting unit has set a specific shooting mode, and a moving image associated with the still image, the method comprising: controlling to, when the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode and the shooting mode shifts to a reproduction mode, display the associated moving image at a start of the reproduction mode, and controlling to, when the shooting mode setting unit has set a shooting mode different from the specific shooting mode and the shooting mode shifts to the reproduction mode, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of the reproduction mode.

31. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a display control method of an apparatus having a recording unit configured to record a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium, and an operation mode setting unit configured to set one of a reproduction mode and another operation mode, the method comprising: controlling to, when the operation mode setting unit has set the reproduction mode upon changing a power supply from OFF to ON, display the associated moving image at a start of reproducing the image, and controlling to, when the other operation mode is changed to the reproduction mode upon power-on, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium.

32. A display control method of an apparatus having an image capturing unit, a shooting mode setting unit configured to set one shooting mode from a plurality of shooting modes, an operation mode setting unit configured to set one of a reproduction mode and another operation mode, a recording unit configured to record a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium, a start image setting unit configured to set whether to set the associated moving image as a start image to be displayed first at a start of image reproduction, the method comprising: controlling to, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, display the associated moving image from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, and control to, when the start image setting unit does not set the associated moving image as the start image, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, and at a start of image reproduction in the reproduction mode, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode, and a power supply is changed from OFF to ON in the reproduction mode, controlling to display the associated moving image, and even if the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, when the shooting mode setting unit has not set the specific shooting mode, and when the other operation mode is switched to the reproduction mode upon power-on, display the image based on the other condition.

33. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a display control method of an apparatus having an image capturing unit, a shooting mode setting unit configured to set one shooting mode from a plurality of shooting modes, an operation mode setting unit configured to set one of a reproduction mode and another operation mode, a recording unit configured to record a still image and a moving image associated with the still image on a recording medium, a start image setting unit configured to set whether to set the associated moving image as a start image to be displayed first at a start of image reproduction, the method comprising: controlling to, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, display the associated moving image from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, and control to, when the start image setting unit does not set the associated moving image as the start image, display an image based on another condition irrelevant to whether the image is the associated moving image, from images recorded on the recording medium at the start of image reproduction, and at a start of image reproduction in the reproduction mode, when the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, the shooting mode setting unit has set the specific shooting mode, and a power supply is changed from OFF to ON in the reproduction mode, controlling to display the associated moving image, and even if the start image setting unit has set the associated moving image as the start image, when the shooting mode setting unit has not set the specific shooting mode, and when the other operation mode is switched to the reproduction mode upon power-on, display the image based on the other condition.