Image display controlling method, image display controlling apparatus and image display controlling program

• US 20050183038A1
• Filed: 01/14/2005
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ohno, Tomoyuki, Yamamoto, Takashi, Yoshikawa, Tomoyasu
• Granted Patent: US 7,239,347 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/162 User input
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/17 the unit being an image region, e.g. an object

Abstract

An image display controlling apparatus comprises a memory means for storing an attention area information and a date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images to be displayed on an image display means, an evaluation means for evaluating the attention area information based on a standard date and time information and the date and time information and producing a protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and an adjusting means for listing and displaying the plurality of the images with a superimposition controlled based on the protection area information, the plurality of the images are listed and displayed.

Claims

1. An image display controlling apparatus comprising:

a memory means for storing an attention area information and a date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images to be displayed on an image display means,

an evaluation means for evaluating the attention area information based on a standard date and time information and the date and time information and producing a protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and

an adjusting means for listing and displaying the plurality of the images with a superimposition controlled based on the protection area information,

the plurality of the images are listed and displayed.

2. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the standard date and time information is the date and time information at the time of the listing and displaying the plurality of the images.

3. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the standard date and time information is selected from the date and time information included each in the plurality of the image data.

4. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation means is provided for comparing the standard date and time information and the date and time information for setting smaller the protection area of the image with a longer passed time of the date and time.

5. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attention area information is the information having a distribution in the attention degree, and

the evaluation means is provided for setting the protection area of the image data with a longer passed time of the date and time information compared with the standard date and time information in an area with a high attention degree.

6. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting means is provided for adjusting the display position such that the image with the date and time information at a prior time are disposed on the rear side with respect to the image with the date and time information at a later time.

7. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting means is provided for adjusting the display of images such that only limited images with the date and time information prior to the standard date and time information are displayed.

8. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attention area information is obtained based on a focus position information or a photographing information.

9. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attention area information is a face area information.

10. An image display controlling method comprising:

a step of storing the attention area information and the date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images data,

a step of evaluating the attention area information based on the standard date and time information and the date and time information,

a step of producing protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and

a step of listing and displaying the plurality of the images with the superimposition of the display of the plurality of the images controlled based on the protection area information.

11. An image display controlling program for having a display controlling means for controlling an image display means execute:

a step of storing the attention area information and the date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images,

a step of evaluating the attention area information based on the standard date and time information and the date and time information,

a step of producing protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and

a step of listing and displaying the plurality of the images with the superimposition of the display of the plurality of the images controlled based on the protection area information.