Electronic apparatus having a communication function and an image pickup function, and image display method and program
First Claim
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
- an image pickup device;
a first thumbnail-creating unit that creates a thumbnail of an image picked up by the image pickup device;
a storage unit that stores in a predetermined file form the thumbnail created by the first thumbnail creating unit along with the image picked up by the image pickup device;
a communication unit;
a reception unit that receives an image file from a network outside the electronic apparatus, using the communication unit;
a storage control unit that stores in the storage unit the image file received from the reception unit;
a display unit;
a command unit that gives the display unit a command to simultaneously display the images stored in the storage unit;
a second thumbnail creating unit, responsive to the command from the command unit, for creating a thumbnail from the image file received by the reception unit; and
a first display control unit that simultaneously displays the thumbnails created by the first and second thumbnail creating units on the display unit.
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Abstract
A controller creates a file of image data picked up, downloaded by a communication function, or annexed to a received mail and stores it in a RAM. When an album mode is selected, the controller creates a thumbnail(s) of the image(s) file stored in the RAM and stores them on an album management table. The controller then develops the thumbnails in a display buffer according to the content of the album management table. When the controller receives an image of an image file with copyright protection information, it creates thumbnail data from the image of the received image file. Then, the controller also develops this thumbnail data in the display buffer. The controller then simultaneously displays the thumbnails developed in the display buffer on a main display unit such that sources of the thumbnails can be recognized at a glance. When the album mode ends, the display buffer is then cleared.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
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an image pickup device;
a first thumbnail-creating unit that creates a thumbnail of an image picked up by the image pickup device;
a storage unit that stores in a predetermined file form the thumbnail created by the first thumbnail creating unit along with the image picked up by the image pickup device;
a communication unit;
a reception unit that receives an image file from a network outside the electronic apparatus, using the communication unit;
a storage control unit that stores in the storage unit the image file received from the reception unit;
a display unit;
a command unit that gives the display unit a command to simultaneously display the images stored in the storage unit;
a second thumbnail creating unit, responsive to the command from the command unit, for creating a thumbnail from the image file received by the reception unit; and
a first display control unit that simultaneously displays the thumbnails created by the first and second thumbnail creating units on the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image display method in an electronic apparatus comprising an image pickup device, a communications unit and a display unit, the method comprising the steps of creating a thumbnail of an image picked up by the image pickup unit;
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storing in a memory in a predetermined file form the thumbnail created in the thumbnail creating step along with the image picked up by the image pickup device;
receiving an image file containing an image from a network outside the electronic apparatus, using the communication unit;
storing in the memory the image file received in the receiving step;
giving the display unit a command to simultaneously display the images stored in the memory;
responsive to the command, creating a thumbnail of the image contained in the image file received in the receiving step; and
simultaneously displaying on the display unit the thumbnails created in both the creating steps. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 20)
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16. An image display program for causing a computer with an image pickup device, a communications unit and a display unit to perform the functions of:
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creating a thumbnail of an image picked up by the image pickup unit;
storing in a memory in a predetermined file form the thumbnail created by the thumbnail creating function along with the image picked up by the image pickup device;
receiving an image file containing an image from a network outside the computer, using the communication unit;
storing the image file received by the receiving function in the memory;
giving the display unit a command to simultaneously display the images stored in the memory;
responsive to the command, creating a thumbnail of the image contained in the image file received by the receiving function; and
simultaneously displaying on the display unit the thumbnails created by both the creating functions. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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