Information processing apparatus for searching according to groups
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- circuitry configured toread, from a data storage medium, a plurality of data items with date and time information related to when the data items were acquired;
determine, based on a slide operation by a user, a granularity indicating a size of a time period spanning the date and time information and based upon the date and time information, wherein a coarser level of granularity represents a longer time period and a finer level of granularity represents a shorter time period, the slide operation serving to adjust the granularity;
divide the plurality of read data items into groups based on (a) the granularity of the time period determined by the slide operation by the user and (b) the date and time information related to when the read data items were acquired; and
control a display portion to display on a screen of the display portion, based on the determined granularity, a list of representative pictures, each representative picture representing a respective group of data items, andan output portion configured to print an image corresponding to the data items on recording paper;
wherein each representative picture is based upon the date and time information of a respective group and is a reference picture in a respective group defined by the determined granularity.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a read section configured to read a plurality of data items as well as date and time information related to the data items; a slider configured to generate a first operation signal on accepting the input of an operation of a movable knob part of the slider by a user to a position corresponding to the length of a time period; a grouping section configured to divide the plurality of data items into groups based on the time period determined from the first operation signal as well as on the read date and time information; and a display control section configured to display a list of representative pictures representing the data items in each of the groups, on a screen of a display portion.
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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circuitry configured to read, from a data storage medium, a plurality of data items with date and time information related to when the data items were acquired; determine, based on a slide operation by a user, a granularity indicating a size of a time period spanning the date and time information and based upon the date and time information, wherein a coarser level of granularity represents a longer time period and a finer level of granularity represents a shorter time period, the slide operation serving to adjust the granularity; divide the plurality of read data items into groups based on (a) the granularity of the time period determined by the slide operation by the user and (b) the date and time information related to when the read data items were acquired; and control a display portion to display on a screen of the display portion, based on the determined granularity, a list of representative pictures, each representative picture representing a respective group of data items, and an output portion configured to print an image corresponding to the data items on recording paper; wherein each representative picture is based upon the date and time information of a respective group and is a reference picture in a respective group defined by the determined granularity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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