Image display device and control method of the same

• US 20060070000A1
• Filed: 09/20/2005
• Published: 03/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Ichikawa, Tatsuya
• Application Number:
  US11/229,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20060070000A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00384 Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device

Abstract

An image display device disclosed herein includes an image data storage in which plural image data are stored; a slide show displayer which performs a slide show display in which the image data are sequentially read from the image data storage and the image data are continuously displayed according to previously set slide show setting information; a temporary stopper which temporarily stops the slide show display of the image data by the slide show displayer based on an instruction from a user; an image data specifying information storage which stores image data specifying information which specifies image data displayed when the slide show display of the image data is temporarily stopped by the temporary stopper; and a slide show restarter which reads the image data specifying information from the image data specifying information storage and restarts the slide show display from the image data specified by the image data specifying information.

Claims

1. An image display device, comprising:

an image data storage in which plural image data are stored;

a slide show displayer which performs a slide show display in which the image data are sequentially read from the image data storage and the image data are continuously displayed according to previously set slide show setting information;

a temporary stopper which temporarily stops the slide show display of the image data by the slide show displayer based on an instruction from a user;

an image data specifying information storage which stores image data specifying information which specifies image data displayed when the slide show display of the image data is temporarily stopped by the temporary stopper; and

a slide show restarter which reads the image data specifying information from the image data specifying information storage and restarts the slide show display from the image data specified by the image data specifying information.

2. The image display device according to claim 1, further comprising a menu screen displayer which displays a menu screen to allow the user to change a setting of the slide show setting information after the temporary stopper temporarily stops the slide show display.

3. The image display device according to claim 2, wherein, when the user changes the slide show setting information based on the menu screen displayed by the menu screen displayer, the slide show restarter restarts the slide show display according to the changed slide show setting information.

4. The image display device according to claim 1, further comprising a display order storage which stores an order in which the image data are displayed in the slide show display, wherein image date being displayed now and image data displayed next are held in a one-to-one correspondence in the display order storage.

5. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the slide show setting information includes information about setting a time interval at which switching between images is performed.

6. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the slide show setting information includes information about setting by what display method the switching between images is performed.

7. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the slide show setting information includes information about a setting on BGM played during the slide show display.

8. The image display device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a slide show setting information holder which holds the slide show setting information; and

a changed information storage which, when the user changes the slide show setting information based on the menu screen displayed by the menu screen displayer, stores the changed slide show setting information in the slide show setting information holder in association with a slide show.

9. A control method of an image display device including an image data storage in which plural image data are stored, comprising the steps of:

performing a slide show display in which the image data are sequentially read from the image data storage and the image data are continuously displayed according to previously set slide show setting information;

temporarily stopping the slide show display based on an instruction from a user;

storing image data specifying information which specifies image data displayed when the slide show display is temporarily stopped; and

restarting the slide show display from the image data specified by the stored image data specifying information.

10. The control method of the image display according to claim 9, further comprising the step of displaying a menu screen to allow the user to change a setting of the slide show setting information after the slide show display is temporarily stopped.

11. The control method of the image display device according to claim 10, wherein, when the user changes the slide show setting information based on the displayed menu screen, the slide show display is restarted according to the changed slide show setting information in the step of the restarting the slide show display.

12. The control method of the image display device according to claim 9, further comprising the step of storing order information in a display order storage, the order information including an order of displaying the image data in the slide show display, wherein image date being displayed now and image data displayed next are held in a one-to-one correspondence in the display order storage.

13. The control method of the image display device according to claim 9, wherein the slide show setting information includes information about setting a time interval at which switching between images is performed.

14. The control method of the image display device according to claim 9, wherein the slide show setting information includes information about setting by what display method the switching between images is performed.

15. The control method of the image display device according to claim 9, wherein the slide show setting information includes information about a setting on BGM played during the slide show display.

16. The control method of the image display device according to claim 11, further comprising the step of, when the user changes the slide show setting information based on the displayed menu screen, storing the changed slide show setting information in a slide show setting information holder in association with a slide show.

17. The control method of the image display device according to claim 16, wherein the slide show setting information holder holds one piece of slide show setting information in association with one slide show.

18. The control method of the image display device according to claim 16, wherein the slide show setting information holder holds one or plural pieces of slide show setting information in association with one slide show.

19. The control method of the image display device according to claim 18, further comprising the step of allowing the user to select one piece of slide show setting information from the slide show setting information held in the slide show setting information holder for the slide show display to be performed before the slide show display is started.

20. A recording medium, comprising a program to control an image display device including an image data storage in which plural image data are stored, the program being recorded on the recording medium, wherein the program causes the image display device to execute the steps of:

performing a slide show display in which the image data are sequentially read from the image data storage and the image data are continuously displayed according to previously set slide show setting information;

temporarily stopping the slide show display based on an instruction from a user;

storing image data specifying information which specifies image data displayed when the slide show display is temporarily stopped; and

restarting the slide show display from the image data specified by the stored image data specifying information.