Image display device

• US 20060156254A1
• Filed: 12/23/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Satake, Masaomi
• Application Number:
  US11/318,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20060156254A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/346 for systems having a bit-mapped display memory

Abstract

An image display device has a detecting section which detects whether there is a reduced image corresponding to a landscape image (panoramic image) or not, in the plurality of reduced images which are to be index-displayed on a display section; and a display section and a thumbnail displaying section which index-display the plurality of the reduced images in a display area group (thumbnail display frames) of a display screen. When the detecting section detects the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image, thumbnail displaying section scroll-displays the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image, in the longitudinal direction in a display area (thumbnail display frame FR) where the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image is to be displayed.

Claims

1. An image display device, comprising:

a displaying section which index-displays a plurality of reduced images; and

an image determining section which determines whether there is a reduced image corresponding to a landscape image or not, in the plurality of the reduced images which are to be index-displayed on the displaying section,

wherein when the image determining section determines the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image, the displaying section scroll-displays the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image, on a display area where the reduced image is to be displayed.

2. The image display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a moving reduced image producing section which produces a moving reduced image in which the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image is scrolled; and

a storage section which stores the moving reduced image produced by the moving reduced image producing section,

wherein the displaying section displays the moving reduced image corresponding to the landscape image stored in the storage section, on the display area.

3. The image display device according to claim 1,

wherein the landscape image is a panoramic image.

4. An image display device, comprising:

a displaying section which index-displays a plurality of reduced images; and

an image determining section which determines whether there is a reduced image corresponding to a landscape image or not, in the plurality of reduced images which are to be index-displayed on the displaying section,

wherein when the image determining section determines the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image, the displaying section displays the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image while the reduced image is gradually enlarged, or while an image obtained by enlarging the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image is gradually reduced, on a display area where the reduced image is to be displayed.

5. The image display device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a moving reduced image producing section which produces a moving reduced image in which the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image is gradually enlarged, or in which the image obtained by enlarging the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image is gradually reduced; and

a storage section which stores the moving reduced image produced by the moving reduced image producing section,

wherein the displaying section displays the moving reduced image corresponding to the landscape image stored in the storage section, on the display area.

6. The image display device according to claim 4,

wherein the landscape image is a panoramic image.

7. An image display device, comprising:

a displaying section which index-displays a plurality of reduced images; and

an image determining section which determines whether there is a reduced image corresponding to a landscape image or not, in the plurality of the reduced images which are to be index-displayed on the displaying section, and

wherein when the image determining section determines the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image, the displaying section displays the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image and an image obtained by enlarging the reduced image, by switching and/or by rotating the determined image and the enlarged image on a display area where the reduced image is to be displayed at a predetermined timing.

8. The image display device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a moving reduced image producing section which produces a moving reduced image in which the reduced image corresponding to the landscape image and the image obtained by enlarging the reduced image are displayed by switching and/or rotating at the predetermined timing; and

a storage section which stores the moving reduced image produced by the moving reduced image producing section,

wherein the displaying section displays the moving reduced image corresponding to the landscape image stored in the storage section, on the display area.

9. The image display device according to claim 7,

wherein the landscape image is a panoramic image.

10. An image display device, comprising:

a displaying section which index-displays a plurality of reduced images; and

a high-resolution image determining section which determines whether there is a reduced image corresponding to a high-resolution image having pixels in number equal to or larger than a predetermined number or not, in the plurality of the reduced images which are to be index-displayed on the displaying section,

wherein when the high-resolution image determining section determines the reduced image corresponding to the high-resolution image, the displaying section scroll-displays the reduced image corresponding to the high-resolution image, on a display area where the reduced image is to be displayed.

11. The image display device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a moving reduced image producing section which produces a moving reduced image in which the reduced image corresponding to the high-resolution image is scrolled; and

a storage section which stores the moving reduced image produced by the moving reduced image producing section,

wherein the displaying section displays the moving reduced image corresponding to the high-resolution image stored in the storage section, on the display area.