Display device having album display function

• US 20080049148A1
• Filed: 08/13/2007
• Published: 02/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Hosoda, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 8,294,787 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/739
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00129 with a display device, e.g. CRT or LCD monitor with a television apparatus H04N1/00283; arrangements for control of display devices G09G
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32112 in a separate computer file, document page or paper sheet, e.g. a fax cover sheet H04N1/32122 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3247 Data linking a set of images to one another, e.g. sequence, burst or continuous capture mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

Disclosed is a digital camera 2 including: a communication control unit 24 that receives album information A transmitted from a display control device and formed of a plurality of JPEG image files and a play list indicating a linkage among the files; a recording medium 25 that records the album information; an image display unit 222 that displays images of the plurality of recorded JPEG image files; and a CPU 261 that performs processing for displaying, on the image display unit, images of JPEG image files associated with one another by image linkage information of the play list among the plurality of JPEG image files based on an input of an image switching instruction from the operation input unit 231.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

an information recording unit to record plural pieces of image information and image linkage information indicating a linkage among the plural pieces of image information;

an image display unit to display images of the plural pieces of image information recorded in the information recording unit;

an image switching instruction input unit to receive an input of an image switching instruction for switching the images displayed on the image display unit; and

an image switching display control unit to allow the image display unit to display images of image information associated with one another by the image linkage information among the plural pieces of image information recorded in the information recording unit, based on the input of the image switching instruction from the image switching instruction input unit.

2. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the information recording unit records the image linkage information in association with all of the plural pieces of image information.

3. The display device according to claim 2,

wherein the information recording unit records the image linkage information in one data file.

4. The display device according to claim 3,

wherein the information recording unit records the image linkage information as an XML file.

5. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the information recording unit records plural pieces of the image linkage information respectively in association with the plural pieces of image information.

6. The display device according to claim 5,

wherein the information recording unit records the image linkage information individually as a part of EXIF information of the images of the image information.

7. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the information recording unit records an image of a table of contents, the image being associated with the image linkage information,

the image switching instruction input unit is capable of receiving a selection of a predetermined spot of the image of the table of contents, and

the image switching display control unit displays, on the image display unit, an image of image information corresponding to the predetermined spot among the plural pieces of image information, when the predetermined spot of the image of the table of contents is selected by the image switching instruction input unit.

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

an album information display control unit to allow the image display unit to display a list of album information including the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information; and

an album information selection unit to receive a selection of a desired piece of the album information from the list of the album information, the list being displayed on the image display unit.

9. The display device according to claim 8,

wherein the information recording unit records thumbnail images associated with the image linkage information,

the album information display control unit displays a list of the thumbnail images, so as to display the list of the album information, and

the album information selection unit receives a selection of a desired thumbnail image from the list of the thumbnail images to select the desired piece of album information.

10. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the information recording unit records at least one of URI information, title information, author information, creation date information, thumbnail information, and page attribute information in association with the image linkage information.

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

a document information display control unit to allow the image display unit to display, at least one of the image linkage information, the URI information, the title information, the author information, the creation date information, the thumbnail information and the page attribute information.

12. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the image information is at least one of still image information, sound-added still image information having sound information, and moving picture information.

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

an imaging unit to image a subject.

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

a receiving unit to receive the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information indicating the linkage among the plural pieces of image information,

wherein the information recording unit records the image information and image linkage information received by the receiving unit.

15. A transmission device, comprising:

a recording unit to record document information;

an information generating unit to generate plural pieces of image information and image linkage information indicating a linkage among the plural pieces of image information from the document information stored in the recording unit; and

an information transmission unit to transmit the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information, which are generated by the information creation unit, to a predetermined external device.

16. The transmission device according to claim 15, further comprising:

a determination unit to determine whether or not it is possible to transmit the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information to the external device by the information transmission unit,

wherein the information transmission unit transmits the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information to the external device when the determination unit determines that it is possible to transmit the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information to the external device.

17. The transmission device according to claim 16, further comprising:

a temporary storage unit to store temporarily the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information when the determination unit determines that it is impossible to transmit the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information to the external device,

wherein, when the determination unit determines that it is possible to transmit the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information to the external device after the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information are recorded in the temporal storage unit, the information transmission unit transmits, to the external device, the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information, which are stored in the temporary storage unit.

18. The transmission device according to claim 15,

wherein the information generating unit generates the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information from the document information with a predetermined printer driver.

19. A display system, comprising:

a display device to display an image based on image information; and

a transmission device to transmit data to the display device,

wherein the transmission device includes;

a recording unit to record document information;

an information generating unit to generate plural pieces of image information and image linkage information indicating a linkage among the plural pieces of image information from the document information recorded in the recording unit; and

an information transmission unit to transmit the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information, which are generated by the information creation unit, to the display device, and

the display device includes;

an information receiving unit to receive the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information, which are transmitted from the information transmission unit;

an information recording unit to record the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information, which are received by the information receiving unit;

an image display unit to display images of the plural pieces of image information recorded in the information recording unit;

an image switching instruction input unit to receive an input of an image switching instruction to switch the images displayed on the image display unit; and

an image switching display control unit to allow the image display unit to display the images of the image information associated with one another by the image linkage information among the plural pieces of image information recorded in the information recording unit, based on the input of the image switching instruction from the image switching instruction input unit.

20. A display method for displaying an image by using a display device including an image recording unit to record plural pieces of image information and image linkage information indicating a linkage among the plural pieces of image information, and including an image display unit to display an image of the plural pieces of image information recorded in the information recording unit, the method comprising the steps of:

recording the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information in the information recording unit;

displaying the images on the image display unit;

receiving an input of an image switching instruction to switch the images displayed on the image display unit; and

displaying images of image information associated with one another by the image linkage information among the plural pieces of image information recorded in the information recording unit based on the input of the image switching instruction.

21. A transmission method for transmitting document information to a predetermined external device by using a transmission device including a storage unit to store the document information, a conversion unit to convert the document information into information displayable on a predetermined external device, and a transmission unit to transmit predetermined information to the external device, the method comprising the steps of:

generating plural pieces of image information and image linkage information indicating a linkage among the plural pieces of image information from the document information by the conversion unit; and

transmitting the created plural pieces of image information and image linkage information to the external device by the transmission unit.

22. A display method for displaying an image by using a display system including a display device to display an image based on image information, and including a transmission device to transmit data to the display device,

wherein the transmission device performs the steps of:

generating plural pieces of image information and image linkage information indicating a linkage among the plural pieces of image information based on document information; and

transmitting the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information from an information transmission unit to the display device,

the display device includes;

an information receiving unit to receive the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information, which are transmitted from the information transmission unit;

an information recording unit to record the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information, which are received by the information receiving unit; and

an image display unit to display images of the plural pieces of image information recorded in the information recording unit, and

the display device performs the steps of;

recording the plural pieces of image information and the image linkage information in the information recording unit;

displaying the images on the image display unit;

receiving an input of an image switching instruction to switch the images displayed on the image display unit; and

displaying images of image information associated with one another by the image linkage information among the plural pieces of image information recorded in the information recording unit based on the input of the image switching instruction.

23. A computer-readable medium embodying a program for causing a display device which includes an information recording unit to record image information, and an image display unit to display images of the image information recorded in the information recording unit, to realize the functions of:

recording plural pieces of the image information and image linkage information indicating a linkage among the plural pieces of image information in the information recording unit;

displaying the images on the image display unit; and

allowing the image display unit to display images of image information associated with one another by the image linkage information among the plural pieces of image information recorded in the information recording unit, based on an input of an image switching instruction to switch the images displayed on the image display unit.

24. A computer-readable medium embodying a program for causing a transmission device which transmits data to a display device to display images based on image information, to realize the functions of:

generating plural pieces of image information and image linkage information indicating a linkage among the plural pieces of information based on document information;

determining whether or not a connection unit of the transmission device and the display device are connected to each other; and

transmitting, to the display device, the generated plural pieces of image information and image linkage information when it is determined that the connection device and the display device are connected to each other.