Information display system, information display method, and computer program product
First Claim
1. An information display system comprising:
- a thumbnail image generating unit that generates thumbnail images from a plurality of images having a sequential relation;
a thumbnail image displaying unit that displays the thumbnail images generated according to the sequential relation;
a thumbnail image designating unit that receives a designation of a thumbnail image from among the thumbnail images;
an enlarging unit that generates an enlarged image of a designated thumbnail image;
an enlarged image displaying unit that displays the enlarged image; and
a forward-advance designating unit that designates a forward advance of the enlarged image displayed by the enlarged image displaying unit according to the sequential relation,whereinthe thumbnail image designating unit takes a thumbnail image required to be enlarge as a result of a designation of the forward advance according to the sequential relation by the forward-advance designating unit as a designated thumbnail image.
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Abstract
A thumbnail image generating unit generates thumbnail images from a plurality of images having a sequential relation. A thumbnail image displaying unit displays the thumbnail images generated according to the sequential relation. A thumbnail image designating unit receives a designation of a thumbnail image from among the thumbnail images. An enlarging unit generates an enlarged image of a designated thumbnail image. An enlarged image displaying unit displays the enlarged image. A forward-advance designating unit designates a forward advance of the enlarged image displayed by the enlarged image displaying unit according to the sequential relation.
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19 Claims
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1. An information display system comprising:
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a thumbnail image generating unit that generates thumbnail images from a plurality of images having a sequential relation; a thumbnail image displaying unit that displays the thumbnail images generated according to the sequential relation; a thumbnail image designating unit that receives a designation of a thumbnail image from among the thumbnail images; an enlarging unit that generates an enlarged image of a designated thumbnail image; an enlarged image displaying unit that displays the enlarged image; and a forward-advance designating unit that designates a forward advance of the enlarged image displayed by the enlarged image displaying unit according to the sequential relation, wherein the thumbnail image designating unit takes a thumbnail image required to be enlarge as a result of a designation of the forward advance according to the sequential relation by the forward-advance designating unit as a designated thumbnail image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
wherein the thumbnail image displaying unit displays the thumbnail images in such a manner that classifications of the thumbnail images can be identified.
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4. The information display system according to claim 2, wherein the forward-advance designating unit assigns a long display time when displaying an enlarged image belonging to a same classification as a classification of the designated thumbnail image and a classification similar to the classification of the designated thumbnail image based on the classification information.
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5. The information display system according to claim 2, wherein the enlarging unit generates an enlarged image of other thumbnail image with lower image quality than an enlarged image belonging to a same classification as a classification of the designated thumbnail image and a classification similar to the classification of the designated thumbnail image based on the classification information.
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6. The information display system according to claim 2, wherein the enlarging unit generates an enlarged image of other thumbnail image with a smaller image size than an enlarged image belonging to a same classification as a classification of the designated thumbnail image and a classification similar to the classification of the designated thumbnail image based on the classification information.
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7. The information display system according to claim 1, further comprising:
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a magnification specifying unit that receives a specification of a display magnification of the thumbnail image, wherein the thumbnail image generating unit generates the thumbnail image by changing size or resolution based on the display magnification.
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8. The information display system according to claim 1,
wherein the enlarging unit further generates enlarged images of thumbnail images positioned before and after the designated thumbnail image based on the sequential relation, and the enlarged image displaying unit displays a predetermined number of thumbnail images from among the designated thumbnail image and the thumbnail images positioned before and after the designated thumbnail image according to the sequential relation. -
9. The information display system according to claim 1, further comprising:
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a client device, and a server device connected to the client device via an external communication path, the server device including an image database that stores therein the images and the thumbnail images, wherein the client device stores encoded data of the images and management information stating which portion of the encoded data is stored and which portion of the encoded data is not stored, generates information on the encoded data that is not stored based on the management information, and transmits a request for transmission of the images including the information on the encoded data, and the server device receiving the request for transmission transmits the encoded data based on the information on the encoded data included in the request for transmission to the client device.
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10. A method of displaying information in an information display system, the method comprising:
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thumbnail image generating including generating thumbnail images from a plurality of images having a sequential relation; thumbnail image displaying including displaying the thumbnail images generated according to the sequential relation; thumbnail image designating including receiving a designation of a thumbnail image from among the thumbnail images; enlarging including generating an enlarged image of a designated thumbnail image; enlarged image displaying including displaying the enlarged image; and forward-advance designating including designating a forward advance of the enlarged image displayed at the enlarged image displaying according to the sequential relation, wherein the thumbnail image designating further includes taking a thumbnail image required to be enlarge as a result of a designation of the forward advance according to the sequential relation at the forward-advance designating as a designated thumbnail image. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a computer-usable medium having computer-readable program codes embodied in the medium that when executed cause a computer to execute:
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thumbnail image generating including generating thumbnail images from a plurality of images having a sequential relation; thumbnail image displaying including displaying the thumbnail images generated according to the sequential relation; thumbnail image designating including receiving a designation of a thumbnail image from among the thumbnail images; enlarging including generating an enlarged image of a designated thumbnail image; enlarged image displaying including displaying the enlarged image; and forward-advance designating including designating a forward advance of the enlarged image displayed at the enlarged image displaying according to the sequential relation, wherein the thumbnail image designating further includes taking a thumbnail image required to be enlarge as a result of a designation of the forward advance according to the sequential relation at the forward-advance designating as a designated thumbnail image.
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