IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20080218498A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Uzu, Tomoaki, Yoshioka, Seiji
• Application Number:
  US12/040,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20080218498A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect

Abstract

An image display control device, which can communicate with an image formation device having an authentication function, an imaging device for acquiring an image of an operator of the image formation device, and a recording management server for storing the acquired image respectively through a network, comprises: a first display unit to display an authentication history list of the image formation device; a selection unit to select an authentication history from the displayed authentication history list; a display condition setting unit to set a condition for displaying the stored image; and a second display unit to display the stored image from a display start position of the image determined based on an authentication hour specified from the selected authentication history and a pre-reproduction time included in the set condition and indicating a time for reproducing the image retroactively from the authentication hour.

Claims

1. An image display control device which can communicate with a terminal device having an authentication function, and an imaging device for acquiring an image of an operator of the terminal device, respectively through a network, the image display control device comprising:

a first display unit configured to display an authentication history list of the terminal device;

a selection unit configured to select an authentication history from the authentication history list displayed by the first display unit;

a pre-reproduction time setting unit configured to set a time for displaying the image retroactively from an authentication hour; and

a second display unit configured to display the image acquired by the imaging device, from a display start position of the image which is determined based on the authentication hour specified from the authentication history selected by the selection unit and a pre-reproduction time set by the pre-reproduction time setting unit.

2. An image display control device according to claim 1, further comprising a layout determination unit configured to determine a layout of the image to be displayed by the second display unit, based on the number of the authentication histories selected by the selection unit,

wherein the second display unit displays the image acquired by the imaging device, according to the layout determined by the layout determination unit.

3. An image display control device according to claim 1, further comprising an authentication history list display condition setting unit configured to set a display condition of the authentication history list,

wherein the first display unit displays the authentication history list based on the display condition set by the authentication history list display condition setting unit.

4. An image display control device according to claim 1, wherein

the image display control device executes an image display application for causing the second display unit to display the image,

the image display control device further comprises a request unit configured to request the image display application to display the image stored in the recording management server, and

the request unit requests the image display application to display the image, by using an application programming interface provided by a library prepared by the image display application.

5. An image display control method in an image display control device which can communicate with a terminal device having an authentication function, and an imaging device for acquiring an image of an operator of the terminal device respectively through a network, the image display control method comprising:

a first display step of displaying an authentication history list of the terminal device;

a selection step of selecting an authentication history from the authentication history list displayed in the first display step;

a pre-reproduction time setting step of setting a time for reproducing the image retroactively from an authentication hour; and

a second display step of displaying the image acquired by the imaging device, from a display start position of the image which is determined based on the authentication hour specified from the authentication history selected in the selection step and a pre-reproduction time set by the pre-reproduction time setting step.

6. A storage medium which stores therein a program for causing a computer to execute an image display control method in an image display control device which can communicate with a terminal device having an authentication function, and an imaging device for acquiring an image of an operator of the terminal device respectively through a network, the image display control method comprising:

a first display step of displaying an authentication history list of the terminal device;

a selection step of selecting an authentication history from the authentication history list displayed in the first display step;

a pre-reproduction time setting step of setting a time for reproducing the image retroactively from an authentication hour; and

a second display step of displaying the image acquired by the imaging device, from a display start position of the image which is determined based on the authentication hour specified from the authentication history selected in the selection step and a pre-reproduction time set by the pre-reproduction time setting step.