Metainformation add-on apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, methods of controlling same and programs for controlling same
First Claim
1. An apparatus for adding on metainformation, comprising:
- a first display control device for controlling a display device in such a manner that a color image represented by color image data is displayed on a display screen;
a second display control device responsive to a metainformation registration command for controlling the display device in such a manner that a color bar in which multiple colors are arrayed is displayed on the color image displayed under control of said first display control device;
a color designating device for designating one color from the color bar displayed under control of said second display control device;
a third display control device for controlling the display device in such a manner that an image portion within the color image being displayed on the display screen and that corresponds to the color designated by said color designating device is displayed distinct from other portions of the color image, and in such a manner that keywords corresponding to the designated color are displayed;
a keyword selecting device for selecting a desired keyword from among the keywords displayed under control of said third display control device; and
a recording control device for recording data representing the keyword selected by said keyword selecting device and data representing the color corresponding to the color designated by said color designating device on a recording medium in association with color image data representing the color image displayed under control of said first control device.
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Abstract
Keywords are appended to an image portion in one portion of a color image. In order to achieve this, a color bar is displayed on the color image, a color is designated by the position of a mark in the color bar, an image portion having the designated color is detected, a keyword table having keywords corresponding to the detected image portion is displayed, a desired keyword is selected from the displayed keyword table, and characters representing the selected keyword are displayed. Items of data representing the detected image portion, data representing the designated color and data representing the keyword are stored as metainformation in the image file of the color image.
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10 Claims
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1. An apparatus for adding on metainformation, comprising:
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a first display control device for controlling a display device in such a manner that a color image represented by color image data is displayed on a display screen; a second display control device responsive to a metainformation registration command for controlling the display device in such a manner that a color bar in which multiple colors are arrayed is displayed on the color image displayed under control of said first display control device; a color designating device for designating one color from the color bar displayed under control of said second display control device; a third display control device for controlling the display device in such a manner that an image portion within the color image being displayed on the display screen and that corresponds to the color designated by said color designating device is displayed distinct from other portions of the color image, and in such a manner that keywords corresponding to the designated color are displayed; a keyword selecting device for selecting a desired keyword from among the keywords displayed under control of said third display control device; and a recording control device for recording data representing the keyword selected by said keyword selecting device and data representing the color corresponding to the color designated by said color designating device on a recording medium in association with color image data representing the color image displayed under control of said first control device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An image reproducing apparatus comprising:
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a first display control device for controlling a display device so as to display a color image on a display screen, the color image being represented by color image data with which are associated data representing image portions having specific colors in the color image represented by the color image data, data representing the specific colors and data representing keywords of the image portions; a second display control device responsive to a metainformation call command for controlling the display device so as to display a color bar in which colors represented by the specific color data associated with the color image data are arrayed; a color designating device for designating one color from the color bar displayed under control of said second display control device; and a third display control device for controlling the display device so as to a display a keyword on the display screen based upon data representing the keyword of an image portion, which has the color designated by said color designating device, in the color image being displayed on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A method of controlling an apparatus for adding on metainformation, comprising the steps of:
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controlling a display device by a first display control device in such a manner that color information represented by the color image data is displayed on a display screen; controlling the display device by a second display control device in response to a metainformation registration command for controlling the display device in such a manner that a color bar in which multiple colors are arrayed is displayed on the color image displayed under control of the first display control device; designating, by a color designating device, one color from the color bar displayed under control of the second display control device; controlling the display device by a third display control device in such a manner that an image portion within the color image being displayed on the display screen and that corresponds to the color designated by the color designating device is displayed distinct from other portions of the color image, and in such a manner that keywords corresponding to the designated color are displayed; selecting a desired keyword by a keyword selecting device from among keywords displayed under control of the third display control device; and recording, by a recording control device, data representing the keyword selected by the keyword selecting device and data representing the color corresponding to the color designated by the color designating device on a recording medium in association with color image data representing the color image displayed under control of the first control device.
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8. A method of controlling an image reproducing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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controlling a display device by a first display control device so as to display a color image on a display screen, the color image being represented by color image data with which are associated data representing image portions having specific colors in the color image represented by the color image data, data representing the specific colors and data representing keywords of the image portions; controlling the display device by a second display control device in response to a metainformation call command so as to display a color bar in which colors represented by the specific color data associated with the color image data are arrayed; designating, by a color designating device, one color from the color bar displayed under control of the second display control device; and controlling the display device by a third display control device so as to display a keyword on the display screen based upon data representing the keyword of an image portion, which has the color designated by the color designating device, in the color image being displayed on the display screen.
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9. A program for causing a computer of an apparatus for adding on metainformation to execute the following steps:
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performing first display control for controlling a display device in such a manner that a color image represented by color image data is displayed on a display screen; performing second display control responsive to a metainformation registration command for controlling the display device in such a manner that a color bar in which multiple colors are arrayed is displayed on the color image displayed under control of said first display control; designating one color from the color bar displayed under control of said second display control; performing third display control for controlling the display device in such a manner that an image portion within the color image being displayed on the display screen and that corresponds to the color designated is displayed distinct from other portions of the color image, and in such a manner that keywords corresponding to the designated color are displayed; selecting a desired keyword from among the keywords displayed under control of said third display control; and recording data representing the keyword selected and data representing the color corresponding to the color designated on a recording medium in association with color image data representing the color image displayed under control of said first control.
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10. A program for causing a computer of an image reproducing apparatus to execute the following steps:
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performing first display control for controlling a display device so as to display a color image on a display screen, the color image being represented by color image data with which are associated data representing image portions having specific colors in the color image represented by the color image data, data representing the specific colors and data representing keywords of the image portions; performing second display control responsive to a metainformation call command for controlling the display device so as to display a color bar in which colors represented by the specific color data associated with the color image data are arrayed; designating one color from the color bar displayed under control of said second display control; and performing third display control for controlling the display device so as to a display a keyword on the display screen based upon data representing the keyword of an image portion, which has the color designated, in the color image being displayed on the display screen.
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