DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A display control apparatus comprising:
- image-frame allocating means for allocating, when allocating images to be displayed to a predetermined number of image-frame objects, a plurality of images to at least some of the image-frame objects when the number of the images to be allocated to the individual image-frame objects exceeds the number of the image-frame objects; and
display control means for controlling display of the images allocated to the individual image-frame objects,wherein the display control means controls, when the plurality of images are allocated to the image-frame objects, display of the images so that all the images to be displayed are displayed within a certain time by switching the images to be displayed at predetermined time intervals.
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Abstract
A display control apparatus which realizes display capable of providing an overview of a group of thumbnail images and which includes an object controller (52a) for performing control to, when a viewer (52) allocates images to be displayed to a predetermined number of image-frame objects (52g), in the case where the number of the images to be allocated to the individual image-frame objects exceeds the number of the image-frame objects (52g), allocate a plurality of images to at least some of the image-frame objects (52g) and, when the plurality of images are allocated to each image-frame object (52g), display all the images to be displayed within a certain time by switching the images to be displayed at predetermined time intervals.
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14 Claims
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1. A display control apparatus comprising:
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image-frame allocating means for allocating, when allocating images to be displayed to a predetermined number of image-frame objects, a plurality of images to at least some of the image-frame objects when the number of the images to be allocated to the individual image-frame objects exceeds the number of the image-frame objects; and display control means for controlling display of the images allocated to the individual image-frame objects, wherein the display control means controls, when the plurality of images are allocated to the image-frame objects, display of the images so that all the images to be displayed are displayed within a certain time by switching the images to be displayed at predetermined time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A display control method comprising:
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a step of allocating, when allocating images to be displayed to a predetermined number of image-frame objects, a plurality of images to at least some of the image-frame objects when the number of the images to be allocated to the individual image-frame objects exceeds the number of the image-frame objects; and a step of controlling display of the images allocated to the individual image-frame objects, wherein, in the display controlling step, when the plurality of images are allocated to the image-frame objects, display of the images is controlled so that all the images to be displayed are displayed within a certain time by switching the images to be displayed at predetermined time intervals.
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13. A display control program for executing, with a computer, a display control method, the display control method comprising the steps of:
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(a) a step of allocating, when allocating images to be displayed to a predetermined number of image-frame objects, a plurality of images to at least some of the image-frame objects when the number of the images to be allocated to the individual image-frame objects exceeds the number of the image-frame objects; and (b) a step of controlling display of the images allocated to the individual image-frame objects, wherein, in the display controlling step, when the plurality of images are allocated to the image-frame objects, display of all the images to be displayed is controlled within a certain time by switching the images to be displayed at predetermined time intervals.
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14. A display system comprising:
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image-frame allocating means for allocating, when allocating images to be displayed to a predetermined number of image-frame objects, a plurality of images to at least some of the image-frame objects when the number of the images to be allocated to the individual image-frame objects exceeds the number of the image-frame objects; display control means for controlling display of the images allocated to the individual image-frame objects; and display means for displaying the images on the basis of control performed by the display control means, wherein the display control means controls, when the plurality of images are allocated to the image-frame objects, display of all the images to be displayed within a certain time by switching the images to be displayed at predetermined time intervals.
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