JP2002158948A - Image display system, image playback device, image display method, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide an image display system capable of displaying images recorded by a plurality of image recording devices in association with each other. SOLUTION: A TV device 1 connects a DVC device 3 via a 1394 I / F unit 130 and a memory card I / F unit 17.
0, the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5 is mounted. The TV device 1 compares the recording start / end date and time in the memory unit 402 of the video cassette 4 of the DVC device 3 with the shooting date and time of each image file in the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5 and performs DVC. If an image captured by the digital camera 5 is stored in the memory card 6 within the recording time of the device 3, a process for displaying each image of the memory card 6 and the DVC device 3 in cooperation is executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display system, an image reproducing apparatus, an image display method, and a storage medium for displaying each of images recorded by a plurality of image recording devices on display means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, photographing apparatuses such as digital cameras and digital video camera recording apparatuses (hereinafter referred to as DVCs) have been reduced in size and cost, and have become widespread before they can be easily obtained. Have begun to do. And
An image can be taken using this imaging device. Opportunities for photographing the same scene using a plurality of photographing devices are increasing.

In such a situation, the same scene photographed by each photographing device is often connected to one television receiver (hereinafter, referred to as a TV) so that the scene can be viewed and viewed. Of users have requested. As described above, it is convenient and enjoyable to be able to simultaneously view and view the same scene shot by different devices.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, DVC
And not only digital cameras, but also multiple devices and media
Few systems can connect to one TV and view each image. Also, if any, there is only a system that can display, operate, and view independent screens.

On the other hand, the content recorded on the DVC is detected,
As a method of displaying what is recorded in the DVC and assisting the DVC viewing, there is a method of displaying a thumbnail of the first frame of each recorded scene as a representative image of the scene. It is hard to say that the scene will always be representative.

[0006] There is also a moving image search tool that searches recorded images and changes some of the images so that some images are used as representative images. However, such a tool is intended for a computer. , Cost increases and is not common.

Although the above tools are effective for simply detecting what is recorded on the DVC, they do not allow the same scene to be viewed in association with another device that has photographed the same scene. .

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2000-22 discloses an indication that a plurality of contents are associated with each other.
Japanese Patent No. 2417 discloses an icon display indicating the presence or absence of audio recorded by after-recording on a moving image video initially shot, and an icon display indicating the presence or absence of a still image stored in association therewith. Is added to the moving image window to make it possible to recognize the presence or absence of related information, but it does not make it possible to view the same scene in association with another device that has taken the same scene.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image display system, an image reproducing device, an image display method, and a storage medium which can display images recorded by a plurality of image recording devices in association with each other.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Image reproducing means capable of capturing and reproducing images recorded by a plurality of image recording devices and additional information added thereto, display means for displaying each of the reproduced images, Detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of relevance between the respective images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the additional information respectively captured and reproduced from the image recording device; and Control means for controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for the viewer to recognize.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the first aspect, the plurality of image recording devices include:
It is characterized by including at least one still image recording device and at least one moving image recording device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the second aspect, the still image recording device is a digital camera, and the moving image recording device is a video camera.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the first aspect, the image reproducing means, the display means, the detecting means, and the control means are incorporated in a television receiver. Features.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the first aspect, the related screen associates the relevant images among the images respectively recorded by the plurality of image recording devices. It is a screen to be displayed on the screen.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the first aspect, the additional information includes date information when the image is recorded, and the detecting means includes the date information. The method is characterized in that, in each of the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices, an image having a time difference of year, month and date information within a predetermined range is detected as the relevant image.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the second aspect, the moving image recording apparatus transmits date and time information indicating a period from a recording start to a recording end of a continuously recorded moving image. The still image recording apparatus additionally records the date and time information indicating the date and time when the still image was recorded as the additional information, and the detecting means includes: Among the still images recorded by the recording device, the still image to which the date and time information included in the period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device is added is represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device. It is characterized in that it is detected as an image related to a moving image recorded during the period.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the seventh aspect, the related image display screen includes a period represented by date and time information of the moving image recording device, and the moving image recorded by the still image recording device. The screen is characterized in that the screen is displayed in association with a still image thumbnail image recorded during the period represented by the date and time information of the recording device.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the first aspect, a connection means capable of connecting the plurality of image recording apparatuses, and the plurality of image recording apparatuses are connected to the connection means. And selecting means for selecting display of the related image display screen.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the ninth aspect, when one of the plurality of image recording apparatuses is connected to the connection means, The image recorded by the image recording device is reproduced.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the ninth aspect, when the plurality of image recording apparatuses are connected to the connection means, It is characterized in that it is possible to select one of the image recording devices and select a process of reproducing an image recorded by the selected one image recording device.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the ninth aspect, the plurality of image recording devices include: at least one still image recording device that records a still image on a portable recording medium; And at least one moving image recording / reproducing device for recording a moving image recorded on the recording medium and reproducing the moving image recorded on the recording medium, wherein the connection means records on a portable recording medium of the at least one still image recording device. Mounting means for mounting the portable recording medium so that the read image can be read, and the moving image recording / reproducing device connected to the moving image recording / reproducing device so that the image reproduced from the recording medium of the at least one moving image recording / reproducing device can be captured Moving image recording / reproducing device connecting means.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image display system according to the twelfth aspect, the reproducing means can control a reproducing function of the moving image recording / reproducing apparatus via the moving image recording / reproducing apparatus connecting means. It is characterized by being.

According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, images recorded by a plurality of image recording apparatuses and additional information added thereto can be taken in and reproduced, and each of the reproduced images can be displayed on a display means. Detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of relevance between the respective images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the additional information captured and reproduced from the plurality of image recording devices, respectively. And control means for controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for causing a viewer to recognize the detected relevant image.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect, the plurality of image recording devices are:
It is characterized by including at least one still image recording device and at least one moving image recording device.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the fifteenth aspect, the still image recording device is a digital camera, and the moving image recording device is a video camera.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect, the invention is incorporated in a television receiver.

According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect, the related screen associates the relevant images among the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices, respectively. It is a screen to be displayed on the screen.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect, the additional information includes date information when the image is recorded, and the detecting means includes the date information. The method is characterized in that, in each of the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices, an image having a time difference of year, month and date information within a predetermined range is detected as the relevant image.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the fifteenth aspect, the moving picture recording apparatus stores date and time information indicating a period from a recording start to a recording end of a continuously recorded moving image. The still image recording apparatus additionally records the date and time information indicating the date and time when the still image was recorded as the additional information, and the detecting means includes: Among the still images recorded by the recording device, the still image to which the date and time information included in the period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device is added is represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device. It is characterized in that it is detected as an image related to a moving image recorded during the period.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the twentieth aspect, the related image display screen includes a period represented by date and time information of the moving image recording device, and the moving image recorded by the still image recording device. The screen is characterized in that the screen is displayed in association with a still image thumbnail image recorded during the period represented by the date and time information of the recording device.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus of the fourteenth aspect, a connecting means capable of connecting the plurality of image recording devices, and the plurality of image recording devices are connected to the connecting means. And selecting means for selecting display of the related image display screen.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the twenty-second aspect, when one of the plurality of image recording apparatuses is connected to the connection means, the recording is performed by the one image recording apparatus. The reproduced image is reproduced.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the twenty-second aspect, when the plurality of image recording apparatuses are connected to the connection means, Select one of the image recording devices,
It is characterized in that it is possible to select a process of reproducing an image recorded by the selected one image recording device.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the twenty-second aspect, the plurality of image recording apparatuses are:
At least one still image recording device that records a still image on a portable recording medium, and at least one moving image recording and reproducing device that records a moving image on a recording medium and reproduces the moving image recorded on the recording medium A connection means for mounting the portable recording medium so that an image recorded on the portable recording medium of the at least one still image recording device can be read; and a recording means of the at least one moving image recording / reproducing device. A moving image recording / reproducing device connecting means for connecting the moving image recording / reproducing device so as to capture an image reproduced from a medium.

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the twenty-fifth aspect, it is possible to control a reproducing function of the moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus via the moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus connecting means. And

According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image for capturing and reproducing images recorded by a plurality of image recording apparatuses and additional information added thereto, and displaying each of the reproduced images on display means. A display method, comprising the steps of: detecting presence or absence of relevance between respective images recorded by the plurality of image recording apparatuses based on additional information captured and reproduced from the plurality of image recording apparatuses; and Controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for causing the viewer to recognize the related image thus obtained.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the twenty-seventh aspect, the plurality of image recording devices include:
It is characterized by including at least one still image recording device and at least one moving image recording device.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the twenty-eighth aspect, the still image recording device is a digital camera, and the moving image recording device is a video camera.

According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the twenty-seventh aspect, the related screen associates the relevant images among the images respectively recorded by the plurality of image recording devices. It is a screen to be displayed on the screen.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the twenty-seventh aspect, the additional information includes date information when the image is recorded, and the plurality of images are displayed based on the date information. In each of the images recorded by the recording device, an image having a time difference of year, month, and date information within a predetermined range is detected as the relevant image.

According to a thirty-second aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the thirty-eighth aspect, the moving image recording apparatus transmits year-month date and time information indicating a period from a recording start to a recording end of a continuously recorded moving image. The still image recording device additionally records the date and time information indicating the date and time when the still image was recorded as the additional information, and is recorded by the still image recording device. Among the still images, the still image to which the date and time information included in the period indicated by the date and time information of the moving image recording apparatus is recorded within the period and indicated by the date and time information of the moving image recording apparatus. The image is detected as an image related to the moving image.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the thirty-second aspect, the related image display screen includes a period represented by date and time information of the moving image recording device, and the moving image recorded by the still image recording device. The screen is characterized in that the screen is displayed in association with a still image thumbnail image recorded during the period represented by the date and time information of the recording device.

According to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the twenty-seventh aspect, the step of connecting the plurality of image recording devices, and the step of connecting the plurality of image recording devices, Selecting the display of the display screen.

According to a thirty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the thirty-fourth aspect, when one of the plurality of image recording devices is connected, an image recorded by the one image recording device is displayed. It is characterized by reproducing.

According to a thirty-sixth aspect of the present invention, in the image display method according to the thirty-fourth aspect, when one of the plurality of image recording devices is connected to the connection means, one of the plurality of image recording devices is displayed. Selecting a recording device and selecting a process of reproducing an image recorded by the selected one image recording device.

According to a thirty-seventh aspect, in the image display method according to the thirty-fourth aspect, the plurality of image recording devices are:
At least one still image recording device that records a still image on a portable recording medium, and at least one moving image recording and reproducing device that records a moving image on a recording medium and reproduces the moving image recorded on the recording medium The portable recording medium of the at least one still image recording device can be mounted so that the image recorded thereon can be read, and the image reproduced from the recording medium of the at least one moving image recording and reproducing device can be captured. The moving image recording / reproducing apparatus is connected as described above.

According to a thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the image display method of the thirty-seventh aspect, the method further comprises a step of controlling a reproduction function of the connected moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus.

An image display system according to claim 39, wherein an image recorded by a plurality of image recording apparatuses and additional information added thereto are taken in and reproduced, and each of the reproduced images is displayed on a display means. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for constructing the plurality of image recording devices, wherein the program is recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on additional information captured and reproduced from the plurality of image recording devices, respectively. A detection module for detecting the presence or absence of relevance between the respective images, and a control module for controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for causing the viewer to recognize the detected relevant images on the display unit And having the following.

The invention according to claim 40 is the storage medium according to claim 39, wherein the plurality of image recording devices include at least one still image recording device and at least one moving image recording device. .

The invention according to claim 41 is characterized in that, in the storage medium according to claim 40, the still image recording device is a digital camera, and the moving image recording device is a video camera.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the thirty-ninth aspect, the related screen associates the relevant images among the images respectively recorded by the plurality of image recording devices. It is a screen to be displayed.

The invention according to claim 43 is the storage medium according to claim 39, wherein the additional information includes date information when the image is recorded, and the detection module is configured to execute the processing based on the date information. In each of the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices, an image having a time difference of year, month, and date information within a predetermined range is detected as the relevant image.

According to a forty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the forty-fourth aspect, the moving image recording apparatus stores the date and time information indicating a period from a recording start to a recording end of a continuously recorded moving image. The still image recording apparatus records the still image by adding the date and time information indicating the date and time when the still image was recorded as the additional information. Among the still images recorded by the device, a still image to which the date and time information included in the period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device is added, and the still image to which the date and time information of the moving image recording device represents Is detected as an image having relevance to a moving image recorded in the inside.

According to a forty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the forty-fourth aspect, the related image display screen includes a period represented by date and time information of the moving image recording device, and the moving image recording by the still image recording device. The screen is characterized in that the screen is displayed in association with a thumbnail image of a still image recorded within a period represented by the date and time information of the apparatus.

The invention according to claim 46 is the storage medium according to claim 39, wherein the program includes a connection module for connecting the plurality of image recording devices, and the plurality of image recording devices in the connection module. A selection module for selecting display of the related image display screen when connected.

According to a 47th aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the 46th aspect, said program is stored in said one image recording device when one of said plurality of image recording devices is connected by said connection module. It has a single reproduction module for reproducing an image recorded by the device.

According to a 48th aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the 46th aspect, when the plurality of image recording apparatuses are connected by the connection module, the selection module is provided in the plurality of image recording apparatuses. Is characterized in that it is possible to select one image recording device and select a process of reproducing an image recorded by the selected one image recording device.

According to a forty-ninth aspect, in the storage medium according to the forty-sixth aspect, the plurality of image recording devices include: at least one still image recording device for recording a still image on a portable recording medium; At least one moving image recording / reproducing device for recording on a recording medium and reproducing a moving image recorded on the recording medium, wherein the program is stored in the portable recording medium of the at least one still image recording device by the connection module And a module for reading an image recorded on the portable recording medium when connected, and a recording medium for the moving image recording and reproducing apparatus when the at least one moving image recording and reproducing apparatus is connected by the connection module. And a module for taking in an image reproduced from the device.

The invention according to claim 50 is the storage medium according to claim 49, characterized in that the program has a playback control module for controlling a playback function of the connected moving picture recording / playback apparatus.

[0060]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image display system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The image display system, as shown in FIG.
A television receiver that can receive digital broadcasts (hereinafter referred to as
TV device 1). The TV device 1 receives a television broadcast (hereinafter, referred to as a TV broadcast) via the antenna 101, transmits and receives data to and from the remote control device 2, transmits and receives data to and from a device connected to a network, Controls the main body of the device,
It displays device image data, various icon data, control information, and the like.

The TV device 1 has a 1394 I / F unit 1 to be described later.
An AV device such as a digital video camera recording device (hereinafter, referred to as a DVC device) 3, a computer, and the like can be connected via a digital camera 30 (shown in FIG. 2). A memory card 6 on which an image taken at 5 is recorded can be inserted.

The remote control device 2 has a plurality of keys that can be operated by a viewer of the TV broadcast, and controls the TV device 1 and inputs data according to the operation of each key.

The DVC device 3 captures a moving image and records it on a video cassette 4 which is a magnetic tape medium.
The image recorded on the video cassette 4 can be reproduced.
Also, the DVC device 3 is a 1394 I / F unit 13 of the TV device 1.
0 has an IEEE 1394 terminal (not shown) connected via a 1394 bus 11, reproduces an image recorded on the video cassette 4 by the DVC device 3, and outputs the reproduced image.
By transmitting the video to the TV device 1 via the 1394 bus 11, the TV device 1 can view the recorded image in the video cassette 4.

The digital camera 5 captures a still image and records it on the memory card 6. The memory card 6 stores a still image captured by the digital camera 5.
It is a rewritable nonvolatile memory. This memory card 6 is, as described above, a memory card I /
The TV device 1 can be inserted into the F section 170, and can read and view a still image recorded from the attached memory card 6.

Next, the internal structure of the TV device 1 is shown in FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the TV device of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the TV apparatus 1 is connected to an antenna 101, receives an external TV radio wave by the antenna 101, converts this TV radio wave into a high-frequency TV signal, and guides it to the tuner section 102. . Tuner unit 1
02 amplifies the high-frequency TV signal from the antenna 101,
In addition to channel selection, a high frequency TV signal modulated by a carrier wave is demodulated, and this demodulated signal is
03 is output.

The decoder section 103 separates the signal obtained by the tuner section 102 into image data and audio data and additional data such as other data broadcast data and electronic program guide data, decodes the signal, and decodes the image data. Is output to the image control unit 121, audio data is output to the audio control unit 123, and other data is output to the bus 111.

The image control unit 121 includes the image data from the decoder unit 103, the decoder unit 131, and the bus 111.
The image data obtained through the above is switched or synthesized, and the obtained RGB image data and horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals are displayed on a display 1 comprising a CRT, a liquid crystal display device and the like.
22.

The display 122 is provided by the image control unit 121.
Input and display RGB image data and horizontal and vertical sync signals.

The audio control section 123 includes a decoder section 103,
The audio data from the decoder unit 131 and the bus 111 are switched or synthesized, and the volume, sound quality, presence, and the like are controlled, and the obtained audio signal is output to the audio output unit 124.

The sound output section 124 amplifies the sound signal input from the sound control section 123 and outputs sound from a speaker.

The bus 111 includes a tuner 102, a decoder 103, a decoder 131, an image controller 121,
Along with the audio control unit 123, the 1394 I / F unit 130, the memory unit 150, the data ROM unit 160, the memory card I / F
The F section 170, the modem section 180, and the control section 190 are connected.

The 1394 I / F section 130 is an IEEE (Institute of
Electrical and Electronics, Engineers) IEEE 1394
An interface that conforms to the standard and is IEC (Intern
ational Electrotechanical Commission), 1394TA (1394
Trade Association) IEC61883 standard,
Control is performed based on subunit standards such as VCR and Panel. Specifically, the TV devices 1 and 13 are connected via the 1394 bus 11.
94 Controls data transmission / reception with devices connected to the bus 11, for example, various AV devices such as the DVC device 3 or personal computers.

As for the connection of the DVC device 3, image and audio data are separated from control data, and the image and audio data are output to the decoder 131 via the data bus 112. Control data other than image and audio data, INDEX,
Information data such as track number, shooting start date and time,
Operation data and the like for a DVC viewer (a viewer of an image captured by the DVC device 3) to operate the DVC device 3 such as reproduction and fast-forward are input and output via the bus 111.

The memory section 150 has a memory card I / F
Data from the unit 170, various data input through the 1394 I / F unit 130, various data transmitted from the remote control device 2, EPG data output from the decoder unit 103, various TV broadcast additional data, and the like are stored. Is done.

The data ROM section 160 stores TV channel information, display fonts, icons, operation panels, message texts, key codes such as a remote controller, and various tables necessary for the operation of the TV apparatus 1.

A memory card I / F section 170 is connected via a bus 111 with a connector for inserting a memory card 6 on which a still image taken by the digital camera 5 is recorded.
And a control unit for reading and writing data.

The modem unit 180 is used for the TV device 1 to exchange data with the outside via the telephone line 12. For example, via the modem unit 180, the T
By connecting to a V device and making a network connection with another AV device, an AV device in another house is connected to the TV device 1 that the user is watching, such as transmission and reception of image data and control of the AV device. You can also get the same environment. In addition, the modem unit 180 is used for transmitting viewing information to a management server for charging for viewing of pay-broadcasting in TV reception, and for connecting to a provider for Internet connection.

The control unit 190 individually and collectively controls the above units connected to the bus 111. A remote control control unit 140 is connected to the control unit 190. The remote control control unit 140 receives various data transmitted when the TV viewer operates the remote control device 2, and transfers the data to the control unit 190. I do.

The control unit 190 controls the tuner unit 102 and the decoder unit 103 for TV reception, and performs setting and control such as channel switching, data broadcast data, and storage of electronic program guide data.

Regarding the viewing of the image photographed by the DVC device 3, the 1394 I / F unit 130 is controlled to detect the connection / non-connection of the DVC device 3, control the transmission / reception of the DVC data, INDEX information, the track number, and the photographing start It reads information such as date and time, generates an operation panel from the operation panel data of the DVC device 3, and controls the operation of the DVC device 3.

Regarding the viewing of the image photographed by the digital camera 5, the detection of the presence or absence of the memory card 6, the reading of the photographing information data and the image data from the memory card 6, and the decoding process when the image data is compressed. Generating a thumbnail screen based on the shooting information data;
Further, it compares the date and time information and the like from the photographing information of the DVC device 3 and the digital camera 5, and further controls each process such as generation of a memory card DVC cooperation thumbnail screen based on the information.

Then, the control unit 190 controls the image control unit 12
1 and TV broadcast image data, data broadcast data, electronic program data,
DVC image data from 31, digital camera image data from bus 111, DVC device 3, digital camera 5
Switching of various types of image data such as device icons, operation panels, etc., and display setting and control such as synthesis.

The control unit 190 similarly controls the voice control unit 123 to perform synthesis and output control of voice data from each unit. These controls are performed based on the internal state of the TV device 1, broadcast data information, information from an externally connected device, operation data information such as a remote control operation of a TV viewer, and the like.

Further, the control unit 190 receives the result of the data received by the remote control control unit 140 or the TV device 1
Changes in internal conditions, broadcast reception data, 1394 I / F unit 13
0, according to the data from the memory card I / F unit 170, the remote control unit 140 transmits control data, display data, and the like to the remote control device 2.

Further, in the control unit 190, a memory such as a RAM for providing a work area necessary for each of the above operations is provided. The control unit 190 has a clock function for measuring the date, day, and time, similarly to the remote control device 2, and can manage and display the day and time.

Next, details of the remote control device 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the remote controller of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a top view showing a configuration of an operation panel including various buttons of the remote controller of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the remote controller 2 has a key button unit 201, a key code storage unit 202, a data transmission / reception unit 204, a display unit 206, a battery unit 207, and a clock unit 2.
08 and a remote control unit 210.

Here, the key button unit 201 determines a key pressed by the user of the remote control device 2 among a plurality of keys, and generates a key signal corresponding to the pressed key. The key code storage unit 202 is a ROM in which key codes for TV operation and setting are stored in advance.

The data transmission / reception unit 204 transmits various data such as a key code corresponding to a pressed key to the TV device 1.
Of the remote control section 140, and various data transmitted from the remote control section 140.

The display unit 206 comprises a liquid crystal display panel, and is used for various settings of the TV device 1, various menu displays for operation, operation panel display, clock display, and the like. Further, the display unit 206 displays information such as a keyboard panel, an operation panel, an icon image, and a message transmitted from the TV device 1.

The battery section 207 has a battery for supplying power for operating the remote controller 2, and supplies power to each section from the battery. The clock unit 208 measures the date, the day of the week, and the time, and displays the day of the week and the time on the display unit 206.

[0095] The remote controller control section 210 has a key button section 2
A process corresponding to the key signal from 01 is performed, and control is performed so that the key code is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 204 as necessary.

[0096] As shown in FIG.
A plurality of keys are provided. In the present embodiment, a power key 251, a TV key 252, a BS key 253, and an external key 2 for turning on / off the power of the TV device 1 are provided on the upper surface of the device.
54, menu key 256, up / down / left / right cursor keys 2
57, select key 258, return key 259, volume key 26
0, a rewind key 261, a play key 262, a fast forward key 263, a recording key 264, a stop key 265, a pause key 266, and a channel selection key 267 are provided.

Here, the TV key 252 and the BS key 25
3. The external key 254 is a key for selecting an input source. When the TV key 252 is pressed, VHF, U
When HF and BS broadcasts are received and BS key 253 is pressed, BS digital broadcast is selected as an input source. When an external device such as the DVC device 3 or the memory card 6 is connected to the TV device 1 and the external key 254 is pressed, the device icon of the external device is focused (to be selectable) as described later. ), These are selected, and the input source to the TV device 1 is determined. If multiple device icons are displayed, press the external key 2
Each time the user presses the button 54, the focus moves, so that a desired device icon can be selected.

The menu key 256 is a key for displaying various settings of the TV device 1 and an operation screen. Up / down / left / right cursor keys 257, select key 258, return key 2
Reference numeral 59 denotes a key used for setting and changing the above various settings and operation screens. When an external device is selected by pressing the external key 254, the focus can be moved by the up, down, left, and right cursor keys 257. After the focus is moved, the input key switching process is performed by the selection key 258. Be executed. Volume key 2
Reference numeral 60 denotes a key for setting the volume level. Rewind key 261, play key 262, fast forward key 263,
Record key 264, stop key 265, pause key 266
Are keys used when operating a VTR device, and are function keys corresponding to VTR control functions of rewind, playback, fast forward, recording, stop, and pause. The channel key 267 is normally used for setting a TV channel, but is also used for inputting a numeral or the like in the menu operation.

Further, on the upper surface of the remote controller 2, a display unit 255 (corresponding to the display unit 206 shown in FIG. 3) is provided. Here, as described above, a screen for menu operation, display of date and time, and information data transmitted from the TV device 1 are displayed.

Next, details of the DVC device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the DVC device 3 in FIG.

The DVC device 3 is configured based on the one defined by IEC 61884 of IEC. In the present embodiment, the connection interface between the DVC device 3 and the TV device 1 is defined by IEC61883.

As shown in FIG. 5, the DVC device 3 includes a video camera and a recorder (hereinafter, referred to as a VCR) 3.
01, clock section 303, data ROM section 304, 13
It has a 94 I / F unit 305 and a control unit 309, which are connected to each other via a control bus 302. The VCR section 301 and the 1394 I / F section 305 are connected via a data bus 306.

The VCR unit 301 includes a camera optical system unit, an image pickup device unit, a video tape traveling system mechanism unit, a control unit of the tape traveling system mechanism unit, a video signal recording unit, a reproduction unit thereof,
It comprises a modulation / demodulation section, a recording section for additional information, a reproduction section, a finder section and the like. Here, the additional information is called attribute information or metadata. In the case of a video recording device or the like, the additional information includes a track number indicating a recording position of a tape, a recording start index ID, a recording date and time, and a recording date. Mode, copyright information, etc.

The clock unit 303 measures the date and time, and the clock information is written to the video cassette 4 (shown in FIG. 1) as one of the above-mentioned additional information when the DVC device 3 records, and is used for reproduction. Used when

The data ROM 304 stores data such as display data (operation panel) and device icons to be displayed on the display 122 for remote control.

The 1394 I / F unit 305 is a 1394 interface of the TV device 1.
It has the same configuration as the I / F unit 130, and transmits data from the control bus 302 and data from the data bus 306 to the 1394 bus 1
1 to control and manage data transmission / reception in the DVC device 3 such as transfer to the TV device 1 via the PC 1.

The control unit 309 transmits information necessary for control, various data such as device icons and operation panel to the TV device 1 through the 1394 I / F unit 305. Further, the control unit 309 receives commands such as playback, stop, pause, recording, fast forward, rewind, track No search, and picture search transmitted from the 1394 I / F unit 130 of the TV device 1, and The VCR unit 301 is controlled based on the. Further, the control unit 309 reads / reads the memory.
The write command is used to read and write data in the memory unit 402 of the video cassette 4 described later.

The control bus 302 is a bus for transferring the above various data, and the control unit 309 is connected via the bus.
Is performed on the VCR unit 301. Also,
The data bus 306 records on the video cassette 4,
The image, audio, and additional information data to be reproduced
/ F is a data bus for transferring to the / F unit 305.

Next, the details of the video cassette 4 used in the DVC device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a video cassette used in the DVC device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data structure of a memory unit in the video cassette of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, the video tape cassette 4 has a tape section 401 for recording images, audio, and additional information.
And a memory unit 402 in which a part of the additional information and other information relating to the recording of the tape unit 401 are written. Recording / reproduction and reading / writing to / from the video tape cassette 4 are controlled by the control unit 309.

As shown in FIG. 7, the memory unit 402 stores track numbers (tape positions) at the start and end of recording, index marks such as start, end and pause of recording, and date and time. The shooting information is written.
In this example, a total of six scenes are photographed. Reading and writing of information in the memory unit 402 is performed by the
This is performed according to the read / write command sent from the / F section 130.

Next, details of the digital camera 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the digital camera shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure in a memory card used in the digital camera of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, the digital camera 5
An imaging unit 501, a clock unit 503, a data ROM unit 504,
It has a memory card I / F unit 505 and a control unit 509, and each unit is connected via a control bus 510.
The imaging unit 501 includes a camera optical system unit, an imaging element unit, an image signal processing unit, a finder unit, and a display unit, and each unit executes a process under the control of the control unit 509.
The clock unit 503 measures the date and time, and the clock information is
When the digital camera 5 takes a picture, it is written to the memory card 6 together with the image as one of the additional information.

The memory card I / F unit 505 is the same as the memory card I / F unit 170 of the TV device 1,
The image data and the additional information data from the control bus 510 are written to the memory card 6. The control unit 509 controls the imaging unit 50
Information such as date and time of shooting, location, condition, image size, mode of image processing, format information, etc. is added as additional data to all images and thumbnail images (images for display) shot and processed by image processing in step 1. Add control bus 510
And the like, for example, the data is transferred to the memory card I / F unit 505 via the.

Here, in the memory card 6 in which a still image taken by the digital camera 5 is written, as shown in FIG. 9, there is additional information as a whole configuration, followed by a data structure in which an image file is stored. (See the left diagram in FIG. 9). As the additional information, first, there is format information of a file, and subsequently, information indicating that the file is an image file is stored. Subsequently, the number of images (the number of shots) is stored, followed by other additional information.
Each image file for the number of shots is stored.

Similarly, a configuration is adopted in which each image file has additional information, and the image file is stored after that (see the right diagram in FIG. 9). As the additional information, there is first format information of the main image file, followed by the size of the image, the image processing mode, the shooting date and time, and the like. There are some other additional information, but the contents are omitted. Subsequent to this additional information, thumbnail image data and image data of all sizes are stored. Thumbnail image data is
This is obtained by reducing image data of all sizes to a certain fixed size.

Next, the case where the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5 is inserted into the TV apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
4 will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of the TV device when a memory card of a digital camera is inserted into the TV device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 11 shows an icon in which a memory card icon is focused on the screen of the TV device of FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying a thumbnail image in a memory card by the TV device of FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a list of shooting dates of each image stored in the memory card by the TV device of FIG. 14. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying images of all sizes in the memory card by the TV device of FIG. It is.

When the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5 is inserted into the TV device 1, as shown in FIG. 10, the TV device 1 makes the TV viewer recognize that the memory card 6 has been inserted. A digital camera icon 1001 so-called device icon is automatically displayed at the lower left position on the screen of the display unit 122. The device icon data is stored in the data ROM unit 160, and the device icon is displayed using the data. When a device icon exists in the memory card 6, the device icon may be used.

Here, when the next process for the memory card 6 is selected on the screen, as shown in FIG. 11, the digital camera icon 1001 is focused on the screen, and the focused icon 1002 is displayed. You. The focus indicates that the next process is to be executed by the selection key, and the user is made aware of the selection by changing the frame and color of the device icon. This focus display is performed by using the external key 254 (shown in FIG. 4) of the remote control device 2.
When the selection key 258 (FIG. 4) of the remote control device 2 is pressed in this focused state, the next process for the icon is executed. In the case of a digital camera icon, a thumbnail image is displayed as the next process.

In this thumbnail image display, as shown in FIG. 12, all the thumbnail images stored in the inserted memory card 6 are displayed on the screen of the display unit 122 in a list format. In this example, the contents of the memory card 6 are images of each scene of the athletic meet, and the number of images is 24. Here, as shown in FIG. 13, information indicating the shooting date and time is stored as additional information in each image stored in the memory card 6 as described above (see FIG. 9). . The images of No. 1 to No. 5 are raccoon races, the images of No. 6 and No. 7 are ball games, the images of No. 8 to No. 10 are dances, and the images of No. 11 to No. 14 are Image is lunch, No. The images from No. 15 to No. 19 are tug-of-war and the images from No. 20 to No. 24 are images of the closing ceremony. When the thumbnail image display screen of each image is displayed, first, the focus display is performed on the No. 1 thumbnail image. This focus display is performed by the cursor keys 257
(FIG. 4), it is possible to move, and when the selection key 258 is pressed, the display shifts to the display of all size images described later.

When the transition to the display of the full size image is performed, the full size image of the selected image in the memory card 6 is displayed as shown in FIG. This example is a screen on which a full-size image of No. 4 in the memory card 6 is displayed. The display is shifted by operating the up / down / left / right cursor keys 257 and the return key 259 of the remote control device 2 on this screen.

Next, a case where the DVC device 3 is connected to the TV device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 15 is a view showing an example of a screen of the TV device when a DVC device is connected to the TV device of FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a playback screen of an image played by a DVC device on a screen of the device.

When the DVC device 3 is connected to the TV device 1,
As shown in FIG. 15, the connection of the DVC device 3 is detected,
A video camera icon is displayed on the screen of the display 122 of the TV device 1. This video camera icon is a DV
When the connection of the C device 3 is detected, the connection is transferred from the DVC device 3 to the TV device 1. Here, when the external key 254 of the remote control device 2 is pressed, the focus of the digital video camera is performed similarly to the case of the memory card, and the next process for the digital video icon is executed by pressing the selection key 258. The next step is to
A playback screen display of the image played back by the DVC device 3 is performed.

When the playback screen is displayed, as shown in FIG. 16, an operation panel is displayed on the display 1 of the TV apparatus 1 at the lower right position of the screen, and the TV viewer can move the remote controller 2 up and down. Left and right cursor keys 257 and select key 258
By operating the operation panel (by moving the focus and executing it), the DVC device 3
Operations such as play, stop, and fast forward can be performed. Thereby, image reproduction, stop, rewind, fast forward, and the like are performed by the DVC device 3, and an image is displayed according to each operation. Also, by operating the operation keys (the keys 261 to 266 in FIG. 4) for the DVC device 3 of the remote control device 2, operations such as reproduction, stop, and fast forward can be performed. In FIG. 16, the icons and characters displayed at the lower left of the screen indicate that the input source of the screen is the DVC device 3.

Next, a case where the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5 and the DVC device 3 are connected to the TV device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 17 shows a digital camera memory card and a DV in the TV device of FIG.
FIG. 18 is a view showing an example of a screen of the TV apparatus when the C apparatus 3 is connected. FIG. 18 is a view showing an icon in which icons including a digital camera and a digital video camera are focused on the screen of the TV apparatus in FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for simultaneously selecting a memory card and a DVC device displayed on the TV device in FIG. 1, and FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of the screen example in FIG. 19.

When the two devices, the DVC device 3 and the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5, are connected to the TV device 1, the connection between the two devices is detected as shown in FIG. The icon including the icon is displayed on the screen of the display unit 122. Here, it is assumed that images taken at the same athletic meet are recorded on the memory card 6 and the DVC device 3, respectively, and in each image, several scenes are taken at the same time. Assume that there is an image. If there is a related scene shot in the same time,
As a device icon, a device icon of a digital camera and a digital video camera, and a “tied string icon” indicating that the two are related to each other are displayed between the two device icons. 2
It is possible to recognize that the contents of the two connection devices are related. When there is no relation between the content recorded in the memory card 6 and the content recorded in the DVC device 3, the “tied string icon” is not displayed.

The three icons, namely, the digital camera icon, the digital video camera icon, and the digital camera and digital video camera simultaneous connection icon can be focused by the external key 254 of the remote control device 2, and any one of them can be selected. it can. When the digital camera and digital video camera simultaneous connection icon is selected, as shown in FIG. 18, the focus is set and the icon 1003 changes to the icon 1004.

Here, when the digital camera icon is selected, the thumbnail image display screen shown in FIG. 12 is displayed as described above, and when the digital video camera icon is selected, the DVC shown in FIG. Device 3
The processing for shifting to the playback screen is performed. When the digital camera and digital video camera simultaneous connection icon is selected, the screen shifts to the cooperation thumbnail screen 1005 of the memory card 6 and the DVC device 3 as shown in FIGS.

The linked thumbnail screen 1005 between the memory card 6 and the DVC device 3 is a screen displaying a linked thumbnail when the DVC device 3 and the memory card 6 are temporally related. Here, based on the shooting date and time of each image in the memory unit 402 of the DVC device 3 and the shooting date and time of each image in the memory card 6, the recorded image of the DVC device 3 and the memory card 6 Are displayed in cooperation with the recorded image.

[0130] In the linked thumbnail screen, a numeric display icon located below the video mark (upper left of the screen) is a video scene icon of the DVC device 3, and indicates a continuously shot scene and its time. This DVC
A “black triangle” mark located below the video scene icon of the device 3 indicates that an image captured by the digital camera 5 at a time corresponding to the video scene exists in the memory card 6.

The display located below the camera mark at the upper right of the screen is a thumbnail screen in the memory card 6 displayed in time correspondence with each scene of the video.
Here, if there is no thumbnail image to the right of the video scene icon of the DVC device 3, it indicates that there is no image captured by the digital camera 5 while the scene is being captured. No video scene icon indicates that no video has been shot at the time of shooting by the digital camera 5.

Next, the operation of the present image display system will be described with reference to FIGS. FIGS. 21 and 22 are flowcharts showing an operation procedure in the TV apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when the TV apparatus of FIG. 1 displays an image of a memory card of a digital camera alone. FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when displaying the full size image of the memory card of the digital camera by the TV device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 25 is an operation when displaying the image of the DVC device alone by the TV device of FIG. Flowchart showing the procedure,
FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when displaying images of the memory card and the DVC device in cooperation with each other by the TV device of FIG. The operations shown in each figure are executed by the control unit 190 of the TV device 1.

[0133] A TV viewer compares an image captured by the DVC device 3 and an image captured by the digital camera 5 with a TV.
In the case of viewing each on the device 1, the TV viewer is
The device 3 is connected to the 1394 I / F unit 130, and the memory card 6 is inserted into the memory card I / F unit 130.

In the TV device 1, as shown in FIG. 21, first, in step S101, the presence or absence of connection of an external device is monitored. Here, when an existing external device is in a connected state, it is monitored whether or not another external device is connected. When the connection of the external device is detected, step S
Proceeding to 102, it is determined whether the connected external device is the DVC device 3. Here, the connected external device is D
If it is not the VC device 3, the process proceeds to step S103,
It is determined whether or not the connected external device is the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5, and if the connected external device is not the memory card 6, the process proceeds to step S104, where the connected external device (DVC device 3, memory Other processing corresponding to the external device other than the card 6) is executed.

If it is determined in step S102 that the connected external device is the DVC device 3, the flow advances to step S114 shown in FIG. 22 to determine whether or not the memory card 6 is already connected. If No. 6 is not already connected, it is determined that only the DVC device 3 is connected, and the flow advances to step S116 to display a digital video camera icon (see FIG. 15). Then, in step S117, the selection of the digital video camera icon is waited. When this icon is selected by the external key 254 and the selection key 258 of the remote control device 2, the process proceeds to step S118, and the image of the DVC device 3 is displayed alone. Execute the process for Details of this processing will be described later.

If it is determined in step S114 that the memory card 6 is already connected, the flow advances to step S115 to determine whether or not there is an image captured simultaneously in each of the DVC device 3 and the memory card 6. judge. Here, the recording start / end date and time in the memory unit 402 of the video cassette 4 of the DVC device 3 are compared with the shooting date and time of each image file in the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5. Is determined by the digital camera 5 during the recording time. DV
When there is no image captured simultaneously in each of the C device 3 and the memory card 6, the process proceeds to step S116, and thereafter, the same processing as when the DVC device 3 is connected alone is executed.

If there is an image shot at the same time in each of the DVC device 3 and the memory card 6, the flow advances to step S110 in FIG. 21 to check that the two icons of the digital camera and the digital video camera are related to each other. Is displayed. Then, in step S111, selection of an icon is awaited. When a desired icon is selected by the external key 254 and the selection key 258 of the remote control device 2, in step S112, the selected icon is determined. If the selected icon is a digital camera icon, the process advances to step S108 to execute processing for displaying the image of the digital camera 5 alone. Details of this processing will be described later. When the digital video icon is selected, the process proceeds to step S118, and a process for displaying the image of the DVC device 3 alone is executed. If the simultaneous connection icon is selected, the process proceeds to step S113,
A process for displaying images of the memory card and the DVC device in cooperation with each other is executed. Details of this processing will be described later.

If it is determined in step S103 that the connected external device is the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5, the process proceeds to step S105, and the DVC is performed.
It is determined whether or not the device 3 is already connected. If the DVC device 3 is not already connected,
It is determined that only one is connected, and the process proceeds to step S106 to display a digital camera icon (see FIG. 10). Then, in step S107, selection of the digital camera icon is waited. When this icon is selected by the external key 254 and the selection key 258 of the remote control device 2, the process proceeds to step S108 to display the image of the memory card 6 alone. Execute the processing of

If it is determined in step S105 that the DVC device 3 is already connected, the flow advances to step S109 to determine whether or not there is an image photographed simultaneously in each of the DVC device 3 and the memory card 6. judge. Here, the recording start / end date and time in the memory unit 402 of the video cassette 4 of the DVC device 3 are compared with the shooting date and time of each image file in the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5. It is determined whether or not an image captured by the digital camera 5 is in the memory card 6 within the recording time. If there is no image captured at the same time in each of the DVC device 3 and the memory card 6, the process proceeds to step S106, and thereafter, the same processing as when the memory card 6 is connected alone is executed.

If there is an image shot at the same time in each of the DVC device 3 and the memory card 6, step S
Proceeding to 110, a “tied string icon” indicating that the two icons of the digital camera and the digital video camera are related to each other is displayed. Then, step S11
In step S1, the process waits for an icon to be selected, and then proceeds to step S1.
At 12, the selected icon is determined. Here, when the selected icon is a digital camera icon, the process proceeds to step S108, and processing for displaying the image of the memory card 6 alone is executed. If the digital video icon is selected, step S118
Then, a process for displaying the image of the DVC device 3 alone is executed, and when the simultaneous connection icon is selected, in step S113, the image for displaying each image of the memory card and the DVC device in cooperation is displayed. Execute the process.

Next, the processing for displaying the image of the digital camera 5 alone in step S108 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In this process, as shown in FIG. 23, first, a list of thumbnail images of the images in the memory card 6 is displayed in step S201. In the thumbnail image list display, the thumbnail image of No. 1 is displayed in a focused state. Then, in step S202,
The process waits for the key of the remote controller 2 to be pressed. When the key is pressed, the process proceeds to step S203.

In step S203, it is determined whether or not the pressed key is the up, down, left, or right cursor key 257.
When the up / down / left / right cursor keys 257 are pressed,
Proceeding to step S207, the up, down, left and right cursor keys 25
The focus of the thumbnail image is moved up, down, left, and right in accordance with step 7. Then, the process returns to step S202.

If it is determined in step S203 that the pressed key is not the up, down, left, or right cursor key 257, the flow advances to step S204 to select the selected key 256.
Is determined, and the pressed key is the selection key 25.
If the number is 6, the flow advances to step S208 to perform a full-size image display process for the focused thumbnail image number.

If it is determined in step S204 that the pressed key is not the selection key 256, the flow advances to step S205 to determine whether the pressed key is the return key 259, and determines that the pressed key is the return key 259. Then, the process proceeds to step S209 to return to the camera icon display screen.

If it is determined in step S205 that the pressed key is not the return key 259, it is determined that the pressed key is another key, and the flow advances to step S206 to shift to a process corresponding to the other key.

Next, the display processing of the full-size image of the selected thumbnail image in step S208 will be described with reference to FIG.
4 will be described.

In this processing, as shown in FIG. 24, first, in step S301, an image corresponding to the thumbnail image of focus and selected No. is displayed in full size in the thumbnail image display, and in step S302, the remote control device is displayed. Waiting for the press of the second key, and when this key is pressed, the process proceeds to step S303.

In step S303, it is determined whether or not the pressed key is the left cursor key 257. If the pressed key is the left cursor key, the flow advances to step S308 to select the No. before the currently displayed No. The entire size of the image corresponding to the thumbnail image is displayed. Then, the process returns to step S301. The pressed key is the left cursor key 25
If not, the flow advances to step S304 to determine whether or not the pressed key is the right cursor key 257.
If it is the right cursor key, the process proceeds to step S309, and the No. after the No. currently displayed is displayed. The entire size of the image corresponding to the thumbnail image is displayed. Then, the process returns to step S301.

If the pressed key is not the right cursor key 257, the flow advances to step S305 to determine whether or not the pressed key is the selection key 256. If the pressed key is the selection key 256, the flow advances to step S305. S31
The process proceeds to 0, and it is determined whether or not the current full size display screen has shifted from the display of the linked thumbnail image. Here, if the current full size display screen has shifted from the linked thumbnail image display, the process proceeds to step S311 and the DVC
The screen shifts to a screen for independently displaying the image of the device 3. On the other hand, if the current full size display screen has not shifted from the linked thumbnail image display, it is determined that the current full size display screen has shifted from the single thumbnail image display of the memory card 6 and no processing is performed. Then, the process proceeds to step 306 without performing. If it is determined in step S305 that the pressed key is not the selection key 256, the process proceeds to step S306.

In step S306, it is determined whether or not the pressed key is the return key 259. If the pressed key is the return key, the process proceeds to step S312.
It is determined whether or not the current full size display screen has shifted from the linked thumbnail image display. If the current full size display screen has shifted from the linked thumbnail image display, the process proceeds to step S314, and the linked thumbnail image is displayed. Return to the image display screen. On the other hand, when the current full-size display screen has not shifted from the linked thumbnail image display, it is determined that the current full-size display screen has shifted from the single display of the thumbnail images of the memory card 6 and step 313 is executed. To return to the icon display screen of the memory card 6. If it is determined in step S306 that the pressed key is not the return key 259, the flow advances to step S307 to determine that the pressed key is another key, and the flow advances to step S206.
The processing shifts to processing corresponding to the other keys.

Next, the process of displaying the image of the DVC device 3 alone in step S118 will be described with reference to FIG.

In this processing, as shown in FIG. 25, first, in step S401, a display screen and an operation panel for operating the DVC device 3 are displayed. At this time, the playback button on the operation panel is in a focused state. And
Proceeding to step S402, it is determined whether or not the above-described operation has shifted from the display of the linked thumbnail image. Here, when the above-mentioned operation is the case where the operation is shifted from the linked thumbnail image display screen, the process proceeds to step S409, and the focus and the selected D are selected on the linked thumbnail image display screen.
The recording start track number corresponding to the scene shot by the VC device 3 is searched from the memory unit 402 of the video cassette 4, and the TV device 1 sends the track number to the DVC device 3.
Issue a track No. search command to move to No.

Then, the flow advances to step S410 to wait for completion of the track No. search. When the search for the track No. is completed, the flow advances to step S411, where the TV apparatus 1 transmits the DVC.
A playback command is issued to the device 3 to start playback of the selected scene. Then, the process proceeds to step S403. If it is determined in step S402 that the operation has not shifted from the display of the coordinated thumbnail image, it is determined that the operation has shifted from the display of the thumbnail image of the memory card 6 alone, and the process proceeds to step S403.
Proceed to.

In step S403, the process waits for the key of the remote controller 2 to be pressed.
Proceed to 4.

In step S404, it is determined whether the pressed key is the up, down, left, or right cursor key 257.
When the up / down / left / right cursor keys 257 are pressed,
Proceeding to step S412, the cursor keys 25 for up, down, left and right
The focus of the operation button on the operation panel is moved up, down, left, and right in accordance with 7. Then, the process returns to step S403.

If it is determined in step S404 that the pressed key is not the up, down, left, or right cursor key 257, the flow advances to step S405 to change the pressed key to the selection key 256.
Is determined, and the pressed key is the selection key 25.
If it is 6, the process proceeds to step S413, where the DVC operation (playback, playback,
Rewind, fast forward, pause, etc.). Then, the process returns to step S403.

If it is determined in step S405 that the pressed key is not the selection key 256, the flow advances to step S406 to determine whether the pressed key is a VTR-related key (261 to 26).
6) is determined, and if the pressed key is a VTR-related key (261 to 266), step S
Proceeding to 414, a DVC operation (playback, rewind, fast forward, pause, etc.) corresponding to the pressed key is performed. Then, the process returns to step S403.

If it is determined in step S406 that the pressed key is not a VTR-related key, the flow advances to step S407 to determine whether the pressed key is the return key 259, and determines that the pressed key is the return key 259. Proceeding to step S415, it is determined whether or not the current DVC selection display screen has shifted from the linked thumbnail image display. If the current DVC selection display screen has shifted from the linked thumbnail image display, the process proceeds to step S415. S4
Proceed to 17 to return to the linked thumbnail image display screen. On the other hand, when the current DVC selection display screen has not shifted from the linked thumbnail image display, the current DVC selection display screen is displayed.
It is determined that the selection display screen has shifted from the digital video camera icon display screen, and the process proceeds to step 416 to return to the digital video camera icon display screen. If it is determined in step S407 that the pressed key is not the return key 259, the process proceeds to step S40.
In step S408, it is determined that the pressed key is another key, and the flow advances to step S408 to shift to a process corresponding to the other key.

Next, the processing for displaying the images of the DVC device 3 and the memory card 6 in cooperation with each other in step S113 will be described with reference to FIG.

This processing is started by selecting the memo digital camera and digital video camera simultaneous connection icon (FIG. 18). In this processing, as shown in FIG. 26, first, a linked thumbnail screen is displayed in step S501. At this time, the display is made in a state where the first DVC scene is focused. Then, step S502
In step S5, the process waits for a key to be pressed on the remote control device 2. When the key is pressed, the process advances to step S502 to determine whether the pressed key is the up, down, left, or right cursor key 257. The pressed keys are the up, down, left and right cursor keys 25
If it is 7, the flow advances to step S507 to move the focus to a corresponding position between the thumbnail image of the memory card 6 and the DVC scene icon according to the cursor key 257. Then, the process returns to step S502.

If it is determined in step S503 that the pressed key is not the cursor key 257, the flow advances to step S504 to determine whether the pressed key is the selection key 258, and the pressed key is selected. If it is the key 258, the process proceeds to step S508.
In step S508, it is determined whether the focus position is on the thumbnail image of the memory card 6 or on the DVC scene icon. If the focus position is on the thumbnail image of the memory card 6, step S5
Go to 09. In step S509, all size images corresponding to the thumbnail image at the focus position are displayed. On the other hand, when the focus position is on the DVC scene icon, the process proceeds to step S510, and the DVC
The display shifts to the image selection display of the device 3.

If the key pressed in step S504 is not the select key 258, the flow advances to step S50.
The process advances to step S511 to determine whether or not the pressed key is the return key 259. If the pressed key is the return key 259, the process advances to step S511 to shift to the linked thumbnail image display screen. On the other hand, when it is determined that the pressed key is not the return key 259, it is determined that the pressed key is another key, the process proceeds to step S506, and the process shifts to a process corresponding to the other key.

As described above, in this embodiment, the photographing date and time of the digital camera are as shown in FIG.
By comparing the photographing information in 02 with the photographing information, if there is an image photographed at the same time, a linked thumbnail image display screen shown in FIG. 19 is displayed. Here, for example, when the focus is on the digital camera icon or the digital video camera icon and the selection key 258 is pressed, the memory card 6 shown in FIG.
Of displaying the image of FIG.
The process shifts to the process of displaying the image of the VC device 3 alone, and the thumbnail image display of the memory card 6 and the operation of the DVC device 3 become possible.

On the other hand, when the select key 258 is pressed after the simultaneous connection icon of FIG. 18 is focused, a linked thumbnail image display screen shown in FIG. 19 is displayed. In this state, the DVC scene icon for recording from 9:33 to 9:41 on the upper left is focused. Here, when the selection key 258 is pressed, the processing shifts to the processing of independently displaying the image of the DVC device 3 shown in FIG. 25, and the memory unit 40 of the video cassette 4 in FIG.
The control unit 190 of the TV apparatus 1 controls the DV device 1 to move from the information of No. 2 to the track number corresponding to the recording start time.
A search command is issued to the C device 3, and when the search is completed, a reproduction command is issued. In response to this playback command, a video playback screen is automatically displayed as shown in FIG. After that, the remote controller and the operation panel on the screen
It becomes possible to operate the C device 3. Then, when the return key 259 is pressed, the screen returns to the linked thumbnail image display screen of FIG.

On the linked thumbnail image display screen, press the left cursor key 257 four times to
Move the focus to the thumbnail image of
When the user presses the button 58, the process shifts to the process of displaying the full size image shown in FIG. 24, and the image of the full size as shown in FIG. 14 can be displayed. Looking at the previous and next images by pressing the cursor key 257, shifting to the process of displaying the image of the DVC device 3 alone shown in FIG. 25 by pressing the selection key 258, and cooperating thumbnails in FIG. 19 by pressing the return key 259 It is possible to return to the image display screen.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the image recorded on the memory card 6 of the digital camera 5 and the DVC
The image recorded by the device 3 can be easily viewed in association with the image.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 27 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image display system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of information in a memory unit provided in a video cassette of one of the DVC apparatuses in FIG. FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a list of shooting dates of each image stored in one memory card of FIG. 27, and FIG. 30 is a TV device of FIG. 27 in which two memory cards and two DVC devices are used. FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of the TV device when connected, FIG. 31 is a diagram showing icons focused on icons including a digital camera and a digital video camera on the screen of the TV device of FIG. 27, and FIG. It is a figure showing the example of a cooperation thumbnail image display screen displayed on a TV device.

The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the TV device is composed of two memory cards and two DV cards.
The difference is that the device C is configured to be connectable.

More specifically, the image display system shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a TV device 1 and a remote control device 2 are provided, and two DVC devices 3 and 3a are connected to the TV device 1 via a 1394 I / F unit 130 (shown in FIG. 2). Two memory card I / F units 17 to which the memory cards 6 and 6a of the cameras 5 and 5a can be respectively mounted.
0, 170a are provided.

Here, as described above, the DVC device 3a
As shown in FIG. 28, the memory section of the video cassette 4a has recording start and end track numbers (tape positions), index information such as recording start, end and pause, and shooting information such as date and time. Is written. In this example, a total of five scenes are recorded on the video cassette 4a.

As shown in FIG. 29, the shooting date and time of each image shot and recorded by the digital camera 5a are recorded on the memory card 6a of the digital camera 5a.

In this embodiment, two DVC devices 3,
When the 3a and the two memory cards 6, 6a are connected to the TV device 1, the control unit 190 controls the DVC devices 3, 3a and the memory card 6, 6a between the images, as in the first embodiment. If the presence or absence of the relationship of time is detected, and if the presence of the relationship of time is detected, as shown in FIG. 30, two digital camera icons, two digital video camera icons, and a relationship between these icons Group 100 including “tied string icon” indicating that
6 is displayed, thereby allowing the TV viewer to recognize that there is a temporal relationship between the images of the DVC devices 3, 3a and the memory cards 6, 6a.

Then, the external key 254 of the remote control device 2
When the four simultaneous selection icons 1007 shown in FIG. 31 are focused and selected with the selection key 258, the linked thumbnail image display shown in FIG. 32 is displayed based on the date and time information of each video cassette 4, 4a and memory card 6, 6a. The screen is displayed. Here, the image of each memory card 6, 6a and each DVC device 3, 3a can be independently viewed by operating the remote control device 2.

In each of the above embodiments, the 1394 I / F unit 1
An example is shown in which the TV apparatus 1 having the H.30 and the DVC apparatus 3 or 3a are connected. In this case, a dedicated control line is provided in a conventional analog video camera apparatus, and a control signal is overlapped with an image / audio signal line. By controlling the analog video camera device by such a method, an image recorded by the analog video camera device and an image recorded on the memory card can be displayed in association with each other.

When the digital camera has an I / F such as IEEE 1394, the digital camera is connected to the I / F.
By using a method of connecting to and controlling the TV device 1 via / F, the image recorded in the digital camera and the image recorded by the video camera device can be exchanged without inserting a memory card into the TV device 1. They can be displayed in association with each other.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the video cassette 4 having the built-in memory unit 402 is used to search the recorded contents of the DVC device 3. It is also possible to search the recorded contents by fast-forwarding, directly detecting the index ID, and searching for the recording date and time and the track number at the start of recording.

[0178] DVC, V
Although a tape recording device such as a CM is used, a recording device using a recording medium such as a hard disk and a DVD, and a device using a memory as a recording medium can also be used.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the DVC
Although the device and the memory card are directly connected to the TV device, the device and the memory card can be connected to a device at another location via the modem 180 to transmit / receive image data and operate the AV device via the modem.

Further, according to the present invention, a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions (including the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 21 to 26) of the above-described embodiment is supplied to a system or an apparatus. Or the computer of the device (or CPU or MP
It goes without saying that U) is also achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM,
A DVD-ROM or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program codes, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instructions of the program codes. ) Performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

[0185]

As described above, according to the image display system of the present invention, a reproduction means capable of taking in and reproducing images recorded by a plurality of image recording apparatuses and additional information added thereto. Display means for displaying each of the reproduced images, and presence or absence of association between the respective images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the additional information fetched and reproduced from the plurality of image recording devices, respectively. And a control unit for controlling the display unit to display a related image display screen for causing the viewer to recognize the detected relevant image. The recorded images can be displayed in association with each other.

According to the image reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the presence or absence of relevance between the respective images recorded by the plurality of image recording apparatuses is detected based on the additional information fetched from the plurality of image recording apparatuses and reproduced. Since the detecting means and the controlling means for controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for causing the viewer to recognize the detected relevant image are provided, so that a plurality of images are recorded by a plurality of image recording devices. Images can be displayed in association with each other.

According to the image display method of the present invention, the presence or absence of the relevance between the images recorded by the plurality of image recording apparatuses is detected based on the additional information which is fetched and reproduced from the plurality of image recording apparatuses. And a step of controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for causing the viewer to recognize the detected relevant image, so that the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices can be displayed. They can be displayed in association with each other.

According to the storage medium of the present invention, the program determines whether or not there is a relevance between the respective images recorded by the plurality of image recording apparatuses based on the additional information fetched and reproduced from the plurality of image recording apparatuses. Since it has a detection module for detecting and a control module for controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for causing a viewer to recognize the detected relevant image, recording is performed by a plurality of image recording devices. The displayed images can be displayed in association with each other.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image display system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the TV device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the remote controller of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top view showing a configuration of an operation panel including various buttons of the remote control device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the DVC device 3 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a video cassette used in the DVC device of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data structure of a memory unit in the video cassette of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the digital camera shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data structure in a memory card used in the digital camera of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of the TV device when a memory card of a digital camera is inserted into the TV device of FIG. 1;

11 is a diagram showing an icon in which a memory card icon is focused on the screen of the TV device of FIG. 1;

12 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which a thumbnail image in a memory card is displayed by the TV device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a list of shooting dates and times of images stored in a memory card in the TV device of FIG. 1;

14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen on which images of all sizes in the memory card are displayed by the TV device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of the TV device when a DVC device is connected to the TV device of FIG. 1;

16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a playback screen of an image played back by the DVC device on the screen of the TV device in FIG. 1;

17 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of the TV device when a memory card of a digital camera and a DVC device 3 are connected to the TV device of FIG. 1;

18 is a diagram showing an icon in which an icon including a digital camera and a digital video camera is focused on the screen of the TV device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for simultaneously selecting a memory card and a DVC device displayed on the TV device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of the screen example of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a view showing a flowchart showing an operation procedure in the TV device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 22 is a view showing a flowchart showing an operation procedure in the TV device of FIG. 1;

23 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when the TV device of FIG. 1 displays an image of a memory card of a digital camera alone.

24 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when the TV device of FIG. 1 displays an image of all sizes of a memory card of a digital camera.

25 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure in the case where the image of the DVC device is independently displayed by the TV device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 26 shows a memory card and a DVC by the TV device of FIG. 1;
9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure when each image of the device is displayed in cooperation with each other.

FIG. 27 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image display system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of information in a memory unit provided in a video cassette of one of the DVC devices in FIG. 27;

29 is a diagram showing a list of shooting dates and times of each image stored in one memory card of FIG. 27;

FIG. 30 shows a TV device of FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of a TV device when the TV device is connected to two DVC devices.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an icon in which an icon including a digital camera and a digital video camera is focused on the screen of the TV device in FIG. 27;

32 is a diagram showing an example of a linked thumbnail image display screen displayed on the TV device of FIG. 27.

[Explanation of symbols]

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Claims (50)

[Claims] 1. An image reproducing means capable of capturing and reproducing images recorded by a plurality of image recording apparatuses and additional information added thereto, and a display means for displaying each of the reproduced images. Detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of relevance between the respective images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the additional information fetched and reproduced from the plurality of image recording devices, respectively; Control means for controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for causing a viewer to recognize a potential image. 2. The image display system according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of image recording devices include at least one still image recording device and at least one moving image recording device. 3. The image display system according to claim 2, wherein said still image recording device is a digital camera, and said moving image recording device is a video camera. 4. The image display system according to claim 1, wherein said image reproduction means, said display means, said detection means and said control means are incorporated in a television receiver. 5. The related screen according to claim 1, wherein the related screen is a screen that displays the related images in association with each other among the images recorded by the plurality of image recording apparatuses. Image display system. 6. The additional information includes date and time information when the image is recorded, and the detecting unit is configured to detect, in each of the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the date and time information, 2. The image display system according to claim 1, wherein an image in which the time difference of the date information is within a predetermined range is detected as the relevant image. 7. The moving image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the date and time information indicating a period from the start of recording to the end of recording of the continuously recorded moving image is added and recorded as the additional information. The date and time information representing the date and time when the still image was recorded is added and recorded as the additional information, and the detecting unit detects, among the still images recorded by the still image recording device, the moving image recording device. The still image to which the date and time information included in the period indicated by the date and time information is added is detected as an image related to the moving image recorded within the period and indicated by the date and time information of the moving image recording apparatus. The image display system according to claim 2, wherein 8. The related image display screen includes a period represented by date and time information of the moving image recording device, and a still image recorded by the still image recording device within a period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device. 8. The image display system according to claim 7, wherein the screen is a screen for displaying images in association with thumbnail images. 9. A connection means capable of connecting the plurality of image recording apparatuses, and a selection means for selecting display of the related image display screen when the plurality of image recording apparatuses are connected to the connection means. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
Image display system as described. 10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reproduction unit reproduces an image recorded by the one image recording device when one of the plurality of image recording devices is connected to the connection unit. The image display system according to claim 9. 11. The selecting means, when the plurality of image recording apparatuses are connected to the connection means, selects one of the plurality of image recording apparatuses, and selects the selected one of the plurality of image recording apparatuses. The image display system according to claim 9, wherein a process of reproducing an image recorded by one of the image recording devices can be selected. 12. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one still image recording device records a still image on a portable recording medium, and the moving image is recorded on the recording medium. And at least one moving image recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing the image, wherein the connection means mounts the portable recording medium so that the image recorded on the portable recording medium of the at least one still image recording apparatus can be read out. And means for connecting a moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus to connect the moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus so that an image reproduced from a recording medium of the at least one moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus can be captured. Item 10. The image display system according to Item 9. 13. The moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said reproducing means is capable of controlling a reproducing function of said moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus via said moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus connecting means.
Image display system as described. 14. An image reproducing apparatus capable of capturing and reproducing images recorded by a plurality of image recording apparatuses and additional information added thereto, and displaying each of the reproduced images on a display unit. Detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of relevance between the respective images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the additional information captured and reproduced from the plurality of image recording devices, respectively; Control means for controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for causing a viewer to recognize a potential image. 15. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said plurality of image recording apparatuses include at least one still image recording apparatus and at least one moving image recording apparatus. 16. The image reproducing device according to claim 15, wherein said still image recording device is a digital camera, and said moving image recording device is a video camera. 17. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the image reproducing apparatus is incorporated in a television receiver. 18. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the related screen is a screen that displays the related images in association with each other among images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices. Image playback device. 19. The additional information includes date and time information when the image is recorded, and the detecting unit is configured to detect, in each of the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the date and time information, 15. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein an image in which the time difference of the date information is within a predetermined range is detected as the relevant image. 20. The moving image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the date and time information indicating a period from a recording start to a recording end of a continuously recorded moving image is added as the additional information and recorded. The date and time information representing the date and time when the still image was recorded is added and recorded as the additional information, and the detecting unit detects, among the still images recorded by the still image recording device, the moving image recording device. The still image to which the date and time information included in the period indicated by the date and time information is added is detected as an image related to the moving image recorded within the period and indicated by the date and time information of the moving image recording apparatus. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein 21. The related image display screen, wherein a still image recorded by the still image recording device during a period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device and a still image recorded within the period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device. 21. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the screen is a screen for displaying images in association with thumbnail images. 22. Connecting means capable of connecting the plurality of image recording devices, and selecting means for selecting display of the related image display screen when the plurality of image recording devices are connected to the connecting means. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 14, comprising: 23. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein when one of said plurality of image recording apparatuses is connected to said connection means, an image recorded by said one image recording apparatus is reproduced. Image playback device. 24. When the plurality of image recording devices are connected to the connection unit, the selection unit selects one of the plurality of image recording devices, and selects the selected one of the plurality of image recording devices. 23. The image reproducing device according to claim 22, wherein a process of reproducing an image recorded by one image recording device can be selected. 25. The plurality of image recording devices, at least one still image recording device for recording a still image on a portable recording medium, a moving image recorded on a recording medium, and a moving image recorded on the recording medium. And at least one moving image recording / reproducing apparatus for reproducing the image, wherein the connection means mounts the portable recording medium so that the image recorded on the portable recording medium of the at least one still image recording apparatus can be read out. And means for connecting a moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus to connect the moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus so that an image reproduced from a recording medium of the at least one moving picture recording / reproducing apparatus can be captured. Item 23. The image reproducing apparatus according to Item 22, 26. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein a reproducing function of said moving image recording and reproducing apparatus can be controlled via said moving image recording and reproducing apparatus connecting means. 27. An image display method for capturing and playing back images recorded by a plurality of image recording devices and additional information added thereto, and displaying each of the reproduced images on a display means, Detecting the presence or absence of relevance between the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the additional information captured and reproduced from the plurality of image recording devices, respectively; Controlling the display means to display a related image display screen for causing the viewer to recognize the image on the display means. 28. The image display method according to claim 27, wherein said plurality of image recording devices include at least one still image recording device and at least one moving image recording device. 29. The image display method according to claim 28, wherein said still image recording device is a digital camera, and said moving image recording device is a video camera. 30. The screen according to claim 27, wherein the related screen is a screen that displays the related images in association with each other among the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices. Image display method. 31. The additional information includes date and time information when the image was recorded, and in each image recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the date and time information, The image display method according to claim 27, wherein an image having a time difference of information within a predetermined range is detected as the relevant image. 32. The moving image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the date and time information indicating a period from a recording start to a recording end of a continuously recorded moving image is added and recorded as the additional information. The date and time information indicating the date and time when the still image was recorded is added and recorded as the additional information, and among the still images recorded by the still image recording device, the date and time information of the moving image recording device is Detecting the still image to which the date and time information included in the period represented by the date and time information is added as an image related to the moving image recorded in the period and the date and time information represented by the moving image recording apparatus. 29. The image display method according to claim 28, wherein: 33. The related image display screen, wherein a still image recorded in the period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device and a still image recorded in the period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device by the still image recording device. 33. The image display method according to claim 32, wherein the screen is a screen for displaying images in association with thumbnail images. 34. A method comprising the steps of: connecting each of the plurality of image recording devices; and selecting the display of the related image display screen when the plurality of image recording devices are connected. The image display method according to claim 27. 35. The image display method according to claim 34, wherein when one of said plurality of image recording devices is connected, an image recorded by said one image recording device is reproduced. 36. One of the plurality of image recording devices when the plurality of image recording devices are connected to the connection means.
35. The image display method according to claim 34, further comprising a step of selecting one image recording device and selecting a process of reproducing an image recorded by the selected one image recording device. 37. The plurality of image recording devices, at least one still image recording device for recording a still image on a portable recording medium, and a moving image recorded on a recording medium, recording a moving image on the recording medium. And at least one moving image recording / reproducing device for reproducing the image, wherein the portable recording medium of the at least one still image recording device is mounted so that the image recorded thereon can be read, and the at least one moving image recording / reproducing device 35. The image display method according to claim 34, wherein the moving image recording / reproducing device is connected so that an image reproduced from a recording medium can be captured. 38. The image display method according to claim 37, further comprising a step of controlling a playback function of the connected moving picture recording / playback apparatus. 39. A program for constructing an image display system for capturing and reproducing images recorded by a plurality of image recording apparatuses and additional information added thereto, and displaying each of the reproduced images on a display unit. Is a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the program stores the relation between the respective images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the additional information captured and reproduced from the plurality of image recording devices. A detection module for detecting the presence or absence of sex, and a control module for controlling the display unit to display a related image display screen for causing the viewer to recognize the detected related image. Storage media. 40. The storage medium according to claim 39, wherein said plurality of image recording devices include at least one still image recording device and at least one moving image recording device. 41. The storage medium according to claim 40, wherein said still image recording device is a digital camera, and said moving image recording device is a video camera. 42. The related screen according to claim 39, wherein the related screen is a screen that displays the related images in association with each other among images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices. Storage medium. 43. The additional information includes date and time information when the image is recorded, and the detection module is configured to detect, within each of the images recorded by the plurality of image recording devices based on the date and time information, 40. The storage medium according to claim 39, wherein an image in which the time difference of the date information is within a predetermined range is detected as the relevant image. 44. The moving image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the date and time information indicating a period from a recording start to a recording end of a continuously recorded moving image is added as the additional information and recorded. The date and time information indicating the date and time when the still image was recorded is added and recorded as the additional information, and the detection module detects the still image recorded by the still image recording device, A still image with date and time information included within the period represented by the date and time information
41. The storage medium according to claim 40, wherein the moving image is detected as an image related to a moving image recorded within a period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording apparatus. 45. The related image display screen, wherein a still image recorded in the period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device and a still image recorded in the period represented by the date and time information of the moving image recording device The storage medium according to claim 44, wherein the storage medium is a screen for displaying a thumbnail image of an image in association with the image. 46. The program selects a connection module for connecting the plurality of image recording devices and a display of the related image display screen when the plurality of image recording devices are connected to the connection module. The storage medium according to claim 39, further comprising a selection module. 47. The program, when one of the plurality of image recording devices is connected by the connection module, has a single reproduction module that reproduces an image recorded by the one image recording device. 47. The storage medium according to claim 46, wherein: 48. The selection module, when the plurality of image recording devices are connected by the connection module, selects one of the plurality of image recording devices, and selects the selected one of the plurality of image recording devices. 47. The storage medium according to claim 46, wherein a process of reproducing an image recorded by one image recording device can be selected. 49. At least one still image recording device for recording a still image on a portable recording medium, and a plurality of image recording devices for recording a moving image on a recording medium, and the moving image recorded on the recording medium. And at least one moving image recording / reproducing device for reproducing the program, wherein the program is recorded on the portable recording medium when the portable recording medium of the at least one still image recording device is connected by the connection module. A module for reading the reproduced image, and a module for capturing an image reproduced from a recording medium of the moving image recording / reproducing device when the at least one moving image recording / reproducing device is connected by the connection module. 47. The storage medium according to claim 46, wherein: 50. The storage medium according to claim 49, wherein said program has a playback control module for controlling a playback function of said connected moving picture recording / playback apparatus.