Image display device, image display program, and computer-readable recording media storing image display program
First Claim
1. An image display device which displays a plurality of images, comprising:
- a classification unit which classifies a plurality of images into a plurality of groups by period based on date information accompanying each image;
a group selection unit which selects one group classified by said classification unit corresponding to a date specified by the user;
a screen division unit which divides said display screen into a plurality of display areas;
a first display unit which displays index images of images belonging to a first group selected by said group selection unit in a first display area of the screen divided by said screen division unit; and
a second display unit which displays index images of images belonging to one or a plurality of second groups different from said first group in one or a plurality of respective second display areas different from said first display area.
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Abstract
An image display device of this invention has a display screen provided with a first thumbnail area, and second and third sub-thumbnail areas. Thumbnail images of images belonging to a group distant by a prescribed time period from the group displayed in the first thumbnail area are randomly extracted and displayed in the second and third sub-thumbnail areas. For example, when arranged by year of image capture, images of one year before and one year after the images displayed in the first thumbnail area are extracted at random and displayed in the second and third sub-thumbnail areas, respectively. In addition to images resulting from a search specified by the user, by also displaying on the same screen images not anticipated by the user, the user is presented with chance encounters with images.
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36 Claims
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1. An image display device which displays a plurality of images, comprising:
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a classification unit which classifies a plurality of images into a plurality of groups by period based on date information accompanying each image;
a group selection unit which selects one group classified by said classification unit corresponding to a date specified by the user;
a screen division unit which divides said display screen into a plurality of display areas;
a first display unit which displays index images of images belonging to a first group selected by said group selection unit in a first display area of the screen divided by said screen division unit; and
a second display unit which displays index images of images belonging to one or a plurality of second groups different from said first group in one or a plurality of respective second display areas different from said first display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image display program to display a plurality of images, comprising:
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a classification step of classifying a plurality of images into a plurality of groups by period based on date information accompanying each image;
a group selection step of selecting one group classified in said classification step corresponding to a date specified by a user;
a screen division step of dividing said display screen into a plurality of display areas;
a first display step of displaying index images of images belonging to a first group selected in said group selection step in a first display area of the screen divided in said screen division step; and
a second display step of displaying index images of images belonging to one or a plurality of second groups different from said first group in one or a plurality of respective second display areas different from said first display area. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. Computer-readable recording media on which is recorded an image display program to display a plurality of images, said display program comprising:
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a classification step of classifying a plurality of images into a plurality of groups by period based on date information accompanying each image;
a group selection step of selecting one group classified in said classification step corresponding to a date specified by a user;
a screen division step of dividing said display screen into a plurality of display areas;
a first display step of displaying index images of images belonging to a first group selected in said group selection step in a first display area of the screen divided in said screen division step; and
a second display step of displaying index images of images belonging to one or a plurality of second groups different from said first group in one or a plurality of respective second display areas different from said first display area. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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