Image displaying device

• US 20080301584A1
• Filed: 05/30/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Sato, Tatsuya, Akagi, Koji, Matsuno, Tetsuro
• Granted Patent: US 8,910,080 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00442 Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00448 horizontally
• 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 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• 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 2201/325 Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

An image-displaying device includes a storing unit and a displaying unit. The storing unit stores correlation data between a plurality of thumbnails and a sequence of the plurality of thumbnails. The displaying unit is capable of displaying a predetermined maximum number of thumbnails based on the correlation data. If a displayed thumbnail is selected by a user, the displaying unit displays identification data identifying the selected thumbnail together with the selected thumbnail. If identification data is selected by a user, the displaying unit displays a thumbnail corresponding to the selected identification data.

Claims

1. An image-displaying device comprising:

a storing unit configured to store correlation data between a plurality of thumbnails and a sequence of the plurality of thumbnails; and

a displaying unit capable of displaying a predetermined maximum number of thumbnails based on the correlation data; and

wherein if a displayed thumbnail is selected by a user, the displaying unit displays identification data identifying the selected thumbnail together with the selected thumbnail,

wherein if identification data is selected by a user, the displaying unit displays a thumbnail corresponding to the selected identification data.

2. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a counting unit configured to count a number of times the thumbnails are selected,

wherein if a displayed thumbnail is selected by a user, the displaying unit displays, based on the number of times, the selected thumbnail together with a selected order in which the selected thumbnail is selected.

3. The image-displaying device according to claim 2, wherein if a thumbnail is selected a plurality of times, the displaying unit displays the selected thumbnail together with identification data of the selected thumbnail, the identification data including the number of times the thumbnail is selected.

4. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein if the identification data is selected by a user, the displaying unit changes thumbnails to be displayed from the displayed thumbnails to thumbnails including the selected thumbnail corresponding to the selected identification data.

5. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a group setting unit configured to set groups to which a prescribed number of selected thumbnails belong,

wherein the displaying unit displays the thumbnails in a different display format for every group.

6. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein the displaying unit further displays, based on the correlation data, a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of thumbnails respectively,

wherein if an icon is selected by a user, the displaying unit displays a thumbnail corresponding to the selected icon.

7. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein the displaying unit includes a plurality of first display regions corresponding to the plurality of thumbnails respectively,

wherein if one of the plurality of first regions is touched by a user, the displaying unit displays a thumbnail corresponding to the touched first region.

8. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein the displaying unit includes a plurality of second display regions corresponding to the plurality of pieces of identification data respectively,

wherein if one of the plurality of second regions is touched by a user, the displaying unit displays a thumbnail corresponding to the identification data corresponding to the touched second region.

9. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein the displaying unit sequentially displays the selected thumbnails in a selected order.

10. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a file creating unit configured to create a single file including images corresponding to the selected thumbnails.

11. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a printing unit configured to print images corresponding to the selected thumbnails.

12. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a facsimile transmitting unit configured to transmit images corresponding to the selected thumbnails as a facsimile.