Information display apparatus and information display method

• US 20050138561A1
• Filed: 12/06/2004
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Aratani, Shuntaro, Ohno, Tomoyuki, Fukuda, Tetsu
• Granted Patent: US 7,908,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00129 with a display device, e.g. CRT or LCD monitor with a television apparatus H04N1/00283; arrangements for control of display devices G09G
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0049 By wire, cable or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3212 of data relating to a job, e.g. communication, capture or filing of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3219 of a job status, e.g. successful execution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission

Abstract

When the same image is pleasantly viewed by information display apparatuses connected to each other through a network, each of the information display apparatuses has a unit for acquiring display format information of an image displayed by a destination information display apparatus, so that information representing a display format of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus is displayed on the displayed image in a multiplex mode to make it possible know a viewing state of the destination information display apparatus.

Claims

1. An information display apparatus which is connected to a destination information display apparatus through a network and receives image information shared with the destination information display apparatus to make it possible to display an image, comprising means for acquiring display format information of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus, and wherein information representing a display format of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus is displayed on the basis of the acquired display format information.

2. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a display of information representing a display format of an image displayed by the destination information display apparatus, the display format being displayed by the information display apparatus, is determined by a display format of the image displayed by the information display apparatus, and the display format is displayed on the image displayed by the information display apparatus in a multiplex mode.

3. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

means for receiving moving image information of a user of the destination information display apparatus; and

a display control unit for displaying a moving image icon based on the moving image information on the image displayed by the information display apparatus in a multiplex mode.

4. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display format is a format in which an index of the image information is displayed.

5. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display format is a format in which one entire image of the image information is displayed.

6. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display format is a slide show format in which images of the image information are sequentially displayed such that the images are switched with time.

7. An information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display format is a format in which a part of the image information is displayed such that the part is enlarged.

8. An information processing apparatus which is connected to a destination information display apparatus through a network and receives image information shared with the destination information display apparatus to make it possible to display an image, comprising means for acquiring display format information of an image displayed by the destination information display apparatus, and wherein a video signal for displaying information representing the display format of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus is outputted on the basis of the acquired display format information.

9. An information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the video signal, output from the information processing apparatus, for displaying the information representing the display format of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus is determined by the display format of the image output from the information processing apparatus and displayed on the image output from the information processing apparatus in a multiplex mode.

10. An information processing apparatus according to claim 8, comprising:

means for receiving moving image information of a user of the destination information display apparatus; and

a display control unit for outputting a video signal for displaying a moving image icon based on the moving image information on the image outputted by the information processing apparatus in a multiplex mode.

11. An information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display format is a format in which an index of the image information is displayed.

12. An information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display format is a format in which one entire image of the image information is displayed.

13. An information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display format is a slide show format in which images of the image information are sequentially displayed such that the images are switched with time.

14. An information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display format is a format in which a part of the image information is displayed such that the part is enlarged.

15. An information display method for receiving image information shared by at least two information display apparatuses connected through a network to make it possible to display an image, comprising:

the step of causing each of the information display apparatuses to acquire display format information of an image displayed on a destination information display apparatus; and

the step of displaying information representing a display format of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus on the basis of the acquired display format information.

16. An information display method according to claim 15, wherein a display of information of a display format of an image displayed by the destination information display apparatus, the display format being displayed by the information display apparatus, is determined by a display format of the image displayed by the information display apparatus, and the display format is displayed on the image displayed by the information display apparatus in a multiplex mode.

19. A computer program for causing a computer to execute the information display method according to claim 15.

17. An information processing method for receiving image information shared by an information processing apparatus and an information display apparatus connected to each other through a network to make it possible to display an image, comprising:

the step of causing the information processing apparatus to acquire display format information of an image displayed by the destination information display apparatus; and

the step of outputting a video signal for displaying information representing a display format of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus on the basis of the acquired display format information.

18. An information processing method according to claim 17, wherein a video signal for displaying information representing the display format of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus is determined by the display format of the image output from the information processing apparatus, the video signal being output from the information processing apparatus, and the video signal is displayed on the image output from the information display apparatus in a multiple mode.

20. A computer program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 17.