JP4650178B2 - Image display device, image display method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display device, an image display method, and a program. In particular, the present invention relates to an image display device that displays an image on a screen, an image display method, and a program.

When displaying imaging information such as the shutter speed at the time of imaging in addition to the previously captured image, the screen on which the captured image is displayed is switched to a setting screen for the user to specify the imaging information to be displayed. A camera that accepts the designation is known (for example, see Patent Document 1). There is also known an information display device that displays a tabular (lattice) screen and that can expand the display area of a display item specified by a user (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-338953 A JP 2004-21704 A

  However, in the camera of Patent Document 1, the user switches the screen on which the captured image is displayed to a screen for designating the imaging information, and confirms and sets items related to the imaging information to be displayed. Therefore, in the camera of Patent Document 1, there is a problem that the user cannot easily grasp items of imaging information that can be displayed in addition to the captured image in a state where the captured image is displayed. .

  Moreover, in the information display apparatus of patent document 2, there exists a malfunction that a user cannot grasp | ascertain the display item which can expand a display area at a glance. In particular, when there are many display items, the display items do not fit on one screen, and thus there is a problem that the display items cannot be grasped at a glance.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in a first embodiment of the present invention, an image display device displays an image on a screen, and an image information field storing image information and a plurality of related information related to the image information are displayed. Generate unit display information that combines image information and related information specified among multiple related information included in the related information field for multiple records that combine related information fields that are stored in association with item names. A list of a plurality of item names corresponding to a plurality of pieces of related information stored in the related information field is displayed on the same screen as the unit display information is displayed by the image display unit. And an item name display section to be displayed in the area. Thereby, the list of item names to be displayed in association with the image information can be displayed in an easy-to-view manner for the user without performing a special operation.

  The item name display unit may display a designation index visually indicating whether or not each of the plurality of related information is designated to be incorporated into the unit display information, added to the plurality of item names. This allows the user to easily specify items to be displayed in association with the image information.

  The image display device further includes a sort processing unit that sorts the plurality of records using the related information, and the sort processing unit displays the specified related information among the plurality of item names displayed by the item name display unit. The corresponding item name may be displayed as related information used for sorting. This allows the user to easily specify items used as sort keys.

  The image display device may further include a storage unit that stores a plurality of records. Even when the storage unit is provided, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

  The image display unit may display the unit display information larger as the number of designated related information is larger. As a result, even if there are a large number of items to be displayed in association with the image information, the items can be displayed in a list without reducing the size of the characters.

  In order to solve the above problems, in a second embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image display method for displaying an image on a screen, wherein an image information field storing image information and a plurality of related information related to the image information are displayed. Generate unit display information that combines image information and related information specified among multiple related information included in the related information field for multiple records that combine related information fields that are stored in association with item names. A procedure for displaying on the screen, and a procedure for displaying a list of a plurality of item names corresponding to a plurality of related information stored in the related information field in another area on the same screen as the unit display information is displayed. Is provided. Thereby, the same effect as 1st Embodiment can be acquired.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in a third embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a program for controlling an image display device that displays an image on a screen, the image information field storing image information in the image display device, and the image For a plurality of records in which a plurality of related information fields that store a plurality of related information related to information are associated with item names, the related information specified among the plurality of related information included in the image information and the related information field The unit display information is generated by combining the image display function that generates the unit display information that is combined with the image display function and the list of multiple item names corresponding to the plurality of related information stored in the related information field. An item name display function for displaying in another area on the same screen as the display is realized. Thereby, the same effect as 1st Embodiment can be acquired.

  The above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these feature groups can also be the invention.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the scope of claims, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are included. It is not necessarily essential for the solution of the invention.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows the structure of an image display apparatus 10 according to one embodiment. FIG. 2 schematically shows the data structure of the record 210. FIG. 3 shows a display image 30 displayed on the screen 300.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the image display apparatus 10 includes an information processing apparatus 100, a digital camera 112 that transmits and receives information to and from the information processing apparatus 100, a keyboard 122, a mouse 124, and a display 152. Further, the information processing apparatus 100 includes an item name display unit 130 and an image display unit 140.

  The image display device 10 displays a display image 30 shown in FIG. 3 on the display 152 as an example of a display image displayed on the display 152. As shown in FIG. 3, the display image 30 displays a display image 30 having a thumbnail display window 302 and an instruction window 308 on a screen 300.

  The image display unit 140 is a combination of an image information field 220 that stores the image information 222 shown in FIG. 2 and a related information field 230 that stores a plurality of related information related to the image information 222 in association with item names. For the record 210, unit display information 310 is generated by combining the image information 222 and the related information specified among the plurality of related information included in the related information field 230.

  Here, the related information refers to, for example, information added to an image file captured by the digital camera 112 in accordance with the EXIF standard. Specifically, the related information refers to information including, for example, photographing device information used for photographing, photographing resolution, image direction, photographing conditions, used color space, photographing date and time.

  The related information may be a file creation date and the like added by the file system of the information processing apparatus 100 used when the image information 222 is created using a scanner. Further, the related information may be file editing history information or the like in the image information 222 processed by the image processing software. The imaging equipment information 232, the imaging date information 234, the imaging location information 236, and the file name 238 shown in FIG. Note that the record 210 may be stored in the storage unit 110 described later.

  The image display unit 140 also displays the generated unit display information 310 in the thumbnail display window 302 shown in FIG. That is, the image display unit 140 displays a thumbnail image 320 which is a reduced image of the image information 222 and display related information 330 which is specified related information among a plurality of related information included in the related information field 230 in unit display. Information 310 is displayed in the thumbnail display window 302.

  The item name display unit 130 displays a list of a plurality of item names corresponding to a plurality of related information stored in the related information field 230 on the same screen 300 as the unit display information 310 is displayed by the image display unit 140. Display in the area. Specifically, the item name display unit 130 displays related information items 360 corresponding to a plurality of related information stored in the related information field 230 in the instruction window 308 of the display image 30. Accordingly, a list of item names to be displayed in association with the image information 222 can be displayed in an easy-to-view manner for the user without performing a special operation. That is, a list of item names can be confirmed on the same screen 300 on which the unit display information 310 is displayed without newly performing an operation such as displaying a window for displaying a list of item names. In this case, it is preferable that the image display unit 140 displays the thumbnail display window 302 and the instruction window 308 side by side within the currently displayed screen regardless of the size of the screen 300.

  Note that the thumbnail image 320 is an image obtained by reducing the image stored in the image information field 220 in FIG. 2, but FIG. 3 shows related information related to the image instead of the thumbnail image for convenience of explanation. It was. The thumbnail display window 302 includes a vertical scroll bar 304 and a horizontal scroll bar 306 on the right side and the lower side, respectively, and can display a larger number of unit display information 310 than the number shown in FIG.

  The instruction window 308 includes a vertical scroll bar 304 and a horizontal scroll bar 306 on the right side and the lower side, respectively, and can display a larger number of items than the number shown in FIG.

  The item name display unit 130 also displays a designation index visually indicating whether or not each of the plurality of related information is designated to be incorporated into the unit display information 310, by adding to the plurality of item names. This allows the user to easily specify items to be displayed in association with the image information 222.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the item name display unit 130 displays the display item designation unit 350 in association with the related information item 360 in the instruction window 308 as an example of an instruction index. Specifically, the item name display unit 130 displays the display item designation unit 350 as a check box on the left side of each related information item 360.

  The item name display unit 130 also specifies related information to be displayed as the display related information 330 in the thumbnail display window 302 among the related information items 360 displayed in the instruction window 308 via the display item specifying unit 350. An instruction from the user to that effect is accepted. Specifically, the item name display unit 130 specifies the related information to be displayed as the display related information 330 by attaching the selected display 352 to the display item specifying unit 350 via the mouse 124. Accept instructions from the user. When the selected display 352 is added to the plurality of display item designation units 350, the item name display unit 130 receives an instruction from the user to designate the plurality of related information. This allows the user to easily specify items used as sort keys.

  Here, FIG. 3 shows that the selected display 352 is added to the display item designation section 350 corresponding to the related information item 360 “file name” at the bottom of the instruction window 308.

  The information processing apparatus 100 further includes a sort processing unit 120 that sorts the plurality of records 210 using related information. The image display unit 140 regenerates the unit display information 310 based on the plurality of records 210 sorted by the sort processing unit 120 and redisplays it in the thumbnail display window 302.

  The sort processing unit 120 also displays the item name corresponding to the specified related information among the plurality of item names displayed by the item name display unit 130 as the related information used for sorting. The sort processing unit 120 supplies the corresponding item name to the item name display unit 130 as shown in FIG. 1 instead of displaying the corresponding item name as related information used for sorting. It may be displayed by the item name display unit 130.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the sort processing unit 120 receives a user's instruction to specify items to be sorted by the sort processing unit 120 among the related information items 360 displayed by the item name display unit 130. The sort key designation unit 340 that accepts the instruction is displayed by the item name display unit 130 in association with the related information item 360. For example, the sort processing unit 120 causes the item name display unit 130 to display the sort key designation unit 340 as a radio button.

  However, the sort processing unit 120 associates with the related information item 360 to which the selected display 352 is added to the display item designation unit 350, and can accept an instruction from the user (hereinafter referred to as “active”). The sort key designation unit 340 ") is displayed by the item name display unit 130. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the sort processing unit 120 adds an active sort key designation unit 340 (indicated by a bold radio button) to the related information item 360 “file name” to which the selected display 352 is attached. It is displayed by the item name display unit 130.

  On the other hand, the sort processing unit 120 associates with the related information item 360 to which the selected display 352 is not attached to the display item specification unit 350, and cannot accept the instruction from the user (hereinafter referred to as “non-display”). The active sort key designation unit 340 ") is displayed by the item name display unit 130. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the sort processing unit 120 displays an inactive sort key designation unit 340 (indicated by a thin radio button) in the related information item 360 “photographing model” or the like to which the selected display 352 is not attached. Is displayed by the item name display unit 130.

  In other words, the sort processing unit 120 displays the active sort key designation unit 340 in association with the related information item 360 for the item displayed as the display related information 330 in the thumbnail display window 302 in the thumbnail display window 302. The item name display unit 130 displays an inactive sort key designation unit 340 in association with the related information item 360 for an item not displayed as 330. This makes it possible for the user to easily recognize items that can be used as sort keys.

  The item name display unit 130 also receives an instruction from the user to specify an item to be sorted by the sort processing unit 120 via the active sort key specifying unit 340. Specifically, the item name display unit 130 gives an instruction from the user to specify an item to be sorted by attaching the specified display 342 to the active sort key specifying unit 340 via the mouse 124. Accept. When the item name display unit 130 receives an instruction from the user to specify an item to be sorted, the item name display unit 130 notifies the sort processing unit 120 of the specified item.

  The sort processing unit 120 may accept an instruction from the user to specify items to be sorted by the sort processing unit 120 instead of the item name display unit 130.

  The information processing apparatus 100 further includes a storage unit 110 that stores a plurality of records 210. The storage unit 110 stores image information 222 supplied from a digital camera 112, a scanner, or the like connected to the information processing apparatus 100 together with related information. In the storage unit 110, a plurality of records 210 are stored for each image. In other words, the storage unit 110 stores a plurality of records 210 corresponding to the number of stored image information 222. Even when the storage unit 110 is provided, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

  The image display unit 140 displays the unit display information 310 larger as the number of related information items 360 specified by the user via the display item specifying unit 350 increases. That is, the image display unit 140 displays the unit display information 310 larger as the number of the display related information 330 displayed in the thumbnail display window 302 as the unit display information 310 is larger. As a result, even if the number of items to be displayed in association with the image information 222 is large, it can be displayed in a list without reducing the size of characters.

  The storage medium 102 stores a program for causing the storage unit 110, the sort processing unit 120, the item name display unit 130, and the image display unit 140 to operate. The information processing apparatus 100 may cause the storage unit 110 or the like to operate by installing the program stored in the storage medium 102. Furthermore, as another method, the information processing apparatus 100 may acquire such a program via a communication line.

  4 to 8 show other display images 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 displayed on the screen 300. FIG. 4 shows the display image 30 shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the display item designation unit 350 displayed in association with the related information item 360 “file name”, and further includes related information items 360 “shooting model”, “shooting”. A display image 31 when the selected display 352 is also attached to the display item designation unit 350 displayed in association with “day” and “photographing place” is shown.

  The number of display related information 330 included in the unit display information 310 of the display image 31 (four related information items 360 “shooting model”, “shooting date”, “shooting location”, and “file name”) The number of display related information 330 included in the unit display information 310 (one of the display related information 330 “file name”). Therefore, the unit display information 310 of the display image 31 is displayed larger than the unit display information 310 of the display image 30.

  That is, the image display unit 140 displays the unit display information 310 larger as the number of related information items 360 specified by the user via the display item specifying unit 350 increases. As a result, even if the number of items to be displayed in association with the image information 222 is large, it can be displayed in a list without reducing the size of characters.

  FIG. 5 shows the display image 32 when the specified display 342 is added to the sort key specification unit 340 displayed in association with the related information item 360 “shooting model” in the display image 31 shown in FIG. 4.

  As shown in the display images 31 and 32, the sort processing unit 120 corresponds to the related information items 360 “shooting model”, “shooting date”, “shooting location”, and “file name” to which the selected display 352 is attached. In addition, the active sort key designation unit 340 is displayed on the instruction window 308 by the item name display unit 130. This allows the user to easily specify items used as sort keys.

  Note that the sort processing unit 120 may display the active sort key designation unit 340 by itself instead of being displayed by the item name display unit 130.

  6 and 7 show display images 33 and 34 having a different style from the display images 30, 31 and 32. Specifically, the instruction window 308 of the display images 33 and 34 is different in format from the instruction window 308 of the display images 30, 31 and 32. The thumbnail display window 302 (including unit display information 310) of the display images 33 and 34 is the same as the thumbnail display window 302 (including unit display information 310) of the display images 31 and 32, respectively.

  The instruction window 308 of the display images 33 and 34 has tabs 440 and 442 that can be switched by the user's selection. As shown in the display image 33, the tab 440 has a display item designation unit 350 associated with the related information item 360 (the sort key designation unit 340 is not provided). On the other hand, as shown in the display image 34, the tab 442 has a sort key designation unit 340 associated with the related information item 360 (the display item designation unit 350 is not provided).

  The item name display unit 130 displays the related information item 360 of the tab 440, the display item specifying unit 350 of the tab 440, the related information item 360 of the tab 442, and the sort key specifying unit 340 of the tab 442.

  The sort processing unit 120 causes the item name display unit 130 to display the related information item 360 of the tab 442 and the sort key designation unit 340 of the tab 442. The sort processing unit 120 may display the related information item 360 on the tab 442 and the sort key designation unit 340 on the tab 442 instead of being displayed by the item name display unit 130.

  FIG. 8 shows a display image 35 having a different style from the display images 30 to 34. Specifically, the thumbnail display window 302 of the display image 35 has a different format from the thumbnail display window 302 of the display images 30 to 34. The instruction window 308 for the display image 35 is the same as the instruction window 308 for the display image 32.

  A thumbnail display window 302 of the display image 35 is formed by unit display information 310 divided by a horizontal line. The height of the unit display information 310 is close to the height of the thumbnail image 320, and the remaining area extends to the right side. Therefore, a large number of display related information 330 can be displayed. Further, it is possible to display the long display related information 330 such as a sentence in an easy-to-see manner.

  Note that, as shown in the display image 35, the image display unit 140 may keep the size of the unit display information 310 constant regardless of the number of display related information 330.

  According to the present embodiment, a list of item names to be displayed in association with the image information 222 can be displayed in an easy-to-view manner for the user without performing a special operation.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 schematically shows the structure of an image display apparatus 10 according to one embodiment. The data structure of record 210 is shown typically. The display image 30 displayed on the screen 300 is shown. The other display image 31 displayed on the screen 300 is shown. The other display image 32 displayed on the screen 300 is shown. The other display image 33 displayed on the screen 300 is shown. The other display image 34 displayed on the screen 300 is shown. The other display image 35 displayed on the screen 300 is shown.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Image display apparatus, 30 Display image, 31 Display image, 32 Display image, 33 Display image, 34 Display image, 35 Display image, 100 Information processing apparatus, 102 Storage medium, 110 Storage part, 112 Digital camera, 120 Sort process part , 122 keyboard, 124 mouse, 130 item name display section, 140 image display section, 152 display, 210 record, 220 image information field, 222 image information, 230 related information field, 232 shooting equipment information, 234 shooting date information, 236 shooting Location information, 238 File name, 300 screen, 302 Thumbnail display window, 304 Vertical scroll bar, 306 Horizontal scroll bar, 308 Instruction window, 310 Unit display information 320 Thumbnail image, 330 Display related information, 40 sort key specifying unit, 342 the designated display, 350 display item specifying unit, 352 a selected display, 360 related information item, 440 tabs 442 tabs

Claims (6)

An image display device for displaying an image,
An image display unit for displaying unit display information combining image information and related information related to the image information on a screen;
An item name display unit for displaying a list of item names corresponding to the related information in another area on the same screen as the unit display information is displayed;
A display item designation unit that accepts designation of the item name to be displayed in association with the image information as the related information on the item name display unit ;
A sort processing unit that sorts the unit display information using the related information ,
The item name display unit displays the designated item name as a selection candidate of a sort key used for sorting the unit display information among the plurality of item names to be displayed, and the item name displayed as the selection candidate A sort key selection unit that accepts selection of a sort key used for sorting the unit display information,
The sort processing unit sorts the unit display information based on the related information corresponding to the selected sort key .   The item name display unit adds and displays a designation index visually indicating whether or not the related information is designated to be incorporated into the unit display information to the plurality of item names. Image display device.   The image display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that stores the unit display information.   The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the image display unit displays the unit display information larger as the number of designated related information increases. An image display method for displaying an image,
A procedure for displaying unit display information combining image information and related information related to the image information on the screen;
An item name display procedure for displaying a list of item names corresponding to the related information in another area on the same screen as the unit display information is displayed;
The item name display procedure includes a procedure of accepting designation of the item name to be displayed in association with the image information as the unit display information ;
Sorting procedure for sorting the unit display information using the related information,
The item name display procedure displays the specified item name as a selection candidate of a sort key used for sorting the unit display information among the plurality of item names to be displayed, and the item name displayed as the selection candidate A procedure for accepting selection of a sort key used for sorting the unit display information,
The sort processing procedure sorts the unit display information based on the related information corresponding to the selected sort key . A program for controlling an image display device that displays an image, the image display device,
A function for displaying on the screen unit display information combining image information and related information related to the image information;
An item name display function for displaying a list of item names corresponding to the related information in another area on the same screen as the unit display information is displayed;
A function of accepting designation of the item name to be displayed in association with the image information as the unit display information in the item name display function ;
A sorting function that sorts the unit display information using the related information,
The item name display function displays the specified item name among the plurality of item names to be displayed as a sort key selection candidate used for sorting the unit display information, and displays the item name displayed as the selection candidate. Among them, it has a function of accepting selection of a sort key used for sorting the unit display information,
The sort processing function is a program that realizes sorting the unit display information based on the related information corresponding to the selected sort key .

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