Image reproduction apparatus and image reproduction program product

• US 20060069999A1
• Filed: 09/27/2005
• Published: 03/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Inventors: Mitsuhashi, Setsu
• Granted Patent: US 8,176,426 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show

Abstract

An image reproduction apparatus that sequentially reproduces and displays a plurality of images, includes: a display effect setting unit that sets a display effect for each image based upon image data of the image stored in a storage means; and a display unit that reproduces and displays the image with the display effect set by the display effect setting unit when sequentially reproducing and displaying the plurality of images.

Claims

1. An image reproduction apparatus that sequentially reproduces and displays a plurality of images, comprising:

a display effect setting unit that sets a display effect for each image based upon image data of the image stored in a storage means; and

a display unit that reproduces and displays the image with the display effect set by the display effect setting unit when sequentially reproducing and displaying the plurality of images.

2. An image reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display effect setting unit comprises a directionality judging unit that judges directionality of a subject present in the image, and a shifting direction setting unit that sets a shifting direction along which the image is to be shifted for reproduced image display based upon the directionality of the subject present in the image judged by the directionality judging means; and

the display effect setting unit selects as the display effect for the image a shifting image display achieved by shifting the image along the shifting direction set by the shifting direction setting means.

3. An image reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display effect setting unit comprises a focus position ascertaining unit that ascertains a focus position in the image; and

the display effect setting unit selects as the display effect for the image zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to a subject present at the focus position ascertained by the focus position ascertaining means.

4. An image reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display effect setting unit comprises a main subject identifying unit that detects a person'"'"'s face present in the image and identifies the person'"'"'s face as a main subject; and

the display effect setting unit selects as the display effect for the image zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject identified by the main subject identifying means.

5. An image reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display effect setting unit comprises a main subject identifying unit that identifies a subject at closest range in the image as the main subject; and

the display effect setting unit selects as the display effect for the image zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject identified by the main subject identifying means.

6. An image reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display effect setting unit comprises a focus distance ascertaining unit that ascertains a focus distance of the image, and a main subject identifying unit that identifies a subject present at a distance closest to the focus distance ascertained by the focus distance ascertaining unit as the main subject; and

the display effect setting unit selects as the display effect for the image zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject identified by the main subject identifying means.

7. An image reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display effect setting unit comprises a main subject identifying unit that detects a character present in the image and identifying the character as a main subject; and

the display effect setting unit selects as the display effect for the image zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject identified by the main subject identifying means.

8. An image reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display effect setting unit comprises a main subject identifying unit that identifies a main subject in correspondence to an image photographing mode; and

the display effect setting unit selects as the display effect for the image zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject identified by the main subject identifying means.

9. An image reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display effect setting unit comprises a main subject identifying unit that identifies a main subject based upon an image title; and

the display effect setting unit selects as the display effect for the image zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject identified by the main subject identifying means.

19. An image reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display effect setting unit selects zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to a predetermined subject present in the image as the display effect for the image.

10. A computer-readable computer program product containing an image reproduction program for sequentially reproducing and displaying a plurality of images, the image reproduction program comprising:

display effect setting processing for setting a display effect for each image based upon image data of the image; and

display processing for reproducing and displaying the image with the display effect decided upon through the display effect setting processing when sequentially reproducing and displaying the plurality of images.

11. A computer-readable computer program product according to claim 10, wherein:

the display effect setting processing comprises directionality judging processing for judging the directionality of a subject present in the image, and shifting direction setting processing for setting a shifting direction along which the image is to be shifted for reproduced image display based upon the directionality of the subject present in the image having been judged through the directionality judging processing; and

a shifting display achieved by shifting the image along the shifting direction set through the shifting direction setting processing is selected as the display effect for the image in the display effect setting processing.

12. A computer-readable computer program product according to claim 10, wherein:

the display effect setting processing comprises focus position ascertaining processing for ascertaining a focus position in the image; and

zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to a subject present at the focus position ascertained through the focus position ascertaining processing is selected as the display effect for the image in the display effect setting processing.

13. A computer-readable computer program product according to claim 10, wherein:

the display effect setting processing comprises main subject identification processing for detecting a person'"'"'s face present in the image and ascertaining the person'"'"'s face as the main subject; and

zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject ascertained through the main subject identification processing is selected as the display effect for the image in the display effect setting processing.

14. A computer-readable computer program product according to claim 10, wherein:

the display effect setting processing comprises main subject identification processing for identifying a closest subject in the image as a main subject; and

zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject ascertained through the main subject identification processing is selected as the display effect for the image in the display effect setting processing.

15. A computer-readable computer program product according to claim 10, wherein:

the display effect setting processing comprises focus distance ascertaining processing for ascertaining focus distance of an image and main subject identification processing for identifying a subject present at a distance closest to the focus distance ascertained through the focus distance ascertaining processing as the main subject; and

zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject ascertained through the main subject identification processing is selected as the display effect for the image in the display effect setting processing.

16. A computer-readable computer program product according to claim 10, wherein:

the display effect setting processing comprises main subject identification processing for detecting a character present in the image and identifying the character as a main subject; and

zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject ascertained through the main subject identification processing is selected as the display effect for the image in the display effect setting processing.

17. A computer-readable computer program product according to claim 10, wherein:

the display effect setting processing comprises main subject identification processing for identifying a main subject in correspondence to an image photographing mode; and

zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject ascertained through the main subject identification processing is selected as the display effect for the image in the display effect setting processing.

18. A computer-readable computer program product according to claim 10, wherein:

the display effect setting processing comprises main subject identification processing for identifying a main subject based upon an image title; and

zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to the main subject ascertained through the main subject identification processing is selected as the display effect for the image in the display effect setting processing.

20. A computer-readable computer program product according to claim 10, wherein:

the display effect setting processing selects zoom-in and/or zoom-out relative to a predetermined subject present in the image as the display effect for the image.