INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20070279438A1
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro, Takakura, Hiroki, Miyagi, Shiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,976,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that executes information display processing is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a display unit that executes information display; and a data processing unit that executes a control of the information display of the display unit and data processing based on a user input. The data processing unit displays an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executes display of a map at the position, which corresponds to position information included in attribute information of a selected image, on the basis of a user'"'"'s input of image selection information and map display request.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus that executes information display processing, comprising:

a display unit that executes information display; and

a data processing unit that executes a control of the information display of the display unit and data processing based on a user input,

wherein the data processing unit displays an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executes display of a map at the position, which corresponds to position information included in attribute information of a selected image, on the basis of a user'"'"'s input of image selection information and map display request.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the data processing unit executes display of a map at the position corresponding to position information included in attribution information of an image having newest or oldest date and time information included in attribute information of images selected by the user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the data processing unit executes display of a map in which a position marker corresponding to position information included in attribute information of a selected image is set.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the data processing unit executes processing for reading and displaying image data in which position information corresponding to the set position of the marker is set as attribute information on the basis of a user'"'"'s operation on the marker.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the data processing unit executes map information display processing for creating or acquiring an information display file, in which image reference information as access information corresponding to a selected image is set, on the basis of the user'"'"'s input of image selection information and map display request and displaying a map and the selected image together.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the data processing unit executes processing for displaying an image list, which is a list of images selected on the basis of the image selection information by the user, together with the map at the time of the map information display processing.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the data processing unit executes processing for displaying an identification icon indicating whether or not position information is recorded in attribution information corresponding to a display image on the image list.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the data processing unit executes processing for acquiring position information, which corresponds to the map position of a place where a display image of the image list is dragged and dropped, on the basis of user'"'"'s dragging and dropping of the display image of the image list onto a display map and then recording the acquired position information as position information corresponding to an image to be dragged and dropped.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the position information is recorded in an image file together with the dragged and dropped image data.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the data processing unit executes data saving processing for newly creating or updating selected image group information on images selected at the time of display of the map information and then saving the newly created or updated image group information, and

the image group information includes at least reference information of the selected image data.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the data processing unit executes processing for saving position information corresponding to an image as constituent data at the time of the data saving processing.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the data processing unit executes processing for saving a map, which is being displayed on the display unit, or access information of the map as constituent data at the time of the data saving processing.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the data processing unit executes processing for saving a display structure description file, which is applied for display of information being displayed on the display unit, as constituent data at the time of the data saving processing.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the display structure description file is an HTML file.

15. An information processing method executed in an information processing apparatus, comprising the step of:

data processing in which an information display control on a display unit and data processing based on a user input are executed in a data processing unit,

wherein the data processing includes processing for displaying an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executing display of a map at the position, which corresponds to position information included in attribute information of a selected image, on the basis of a user'"'"'s input of image selection information and map display request.

16. The information processing method according to claim 15,

wherein the data processing includes processing for executing display of a map at the position corresponding to position information included in attribution information of an image having newest or oldest date and time information included in attribute information of images selected by the user.

17. The information processing method according to claim 15,

wherein the data processing includes processing for executing display of a map in which a position marker corresponding to position information included in attribute information of a selected image is set.

18. The information processing method according to claim 15,

wherein the data processing includes processing for reading and displaying image data in which position information corresponding to the set position of the marker is set as attribute information on the basis of a user'"'"'s operation on the marker.

19. The information processing method according to claim 15,

wherein the data processing includes map information display processing for creating or acquiring an information display file, in which image reference information as access information corresponding to a selected image is set, on the basis of the user'"'"'s input of image selection information and map display request and displaying a map and the selected image together.

20. The information processing method according to claim 15,

wherein the data processing includes processing for displaying an image list, which is a list of images selected on the basis of the image selection information by the user, together with the map at the time of the map information display processing.

21. The information processing method according to claim 20,

wherein the data processing includes processing for displaying an identification icon indicating whether or not position information is recorded in attribution information corresponding to a display image on the image list.

22. The information processing method according to claim 21, further comprising the step of:

executing processing for acquiring position information, which corresponds to the map position of a place where a display image of the image list is dragged and dropped, on the basis of user'"'"'s dragging and dropping of the display image of the image list onto a display map and then recording the acquired position information as position information corresponding to an image to be dragged and dropped by means of the data processing unit.

23. The information processing method according to claim 22,

wherein the position information is recorded in an image file together with the dragged and dropped image data.

24. The information processing method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of:

executing data saving processing for newly creating or updating then saving, with respect to images selected at the time of display of the map information, selected image group information including at least reference information of the selected image data by means of the data processing unit.

25. The information processing method according to claim 24,

wherein the data saving processing is processing for saving data including position information corresponding to an image.

26. The information processing method according to claim 24,

wherein the data saving processing is processing for saving data including a map, which is being displayed on the display unit, or access information of the map.

27. The information processing method according to claim 24,

wherein the data saving processing is processing for saving data including a display structure description file applied for display of information being displayed on the display unit.

28. The information processing method according to claim 27,

wherein the display structure description file is an HTML file.

29. A computer program that causes an information processing apparatus to execute information processing, the computer program causing the information processing apparatus to execute:

data processing in which an information display control on a display unit and data processing based on a user input are executed in a data processing unit,

wherein in the data processing, processing for displaying an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and displaying a map at the position, which corresponds to position information included in attribute information of a selected image, on the basis of a user'"'"'s input of image selection information and map display request is included.