DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20090303178A1
• Filed: 05/22/2009
• Published: 12/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: NARUKAWA, Yoshitaka, TAKEMURA, Hidenobu, SUZUKI, Yasufumi, KOIKE, Tatsunobu, KODA, Michitomo
• Granted Patent: US 8,436,929 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus comprising:

an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory;

a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other;

a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and

a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the database recognizing unit

outputs a first recognition result for setting the first display method if the database is stored in the external memory, and

outputs a second recognition result for setting the second display method if the database is not stored in the external memory.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the database recognizing unit

outputs the first recognition result if the database is stored in the external memory and the database is usable, and

outputs the second recognition result if the database is not usable.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the database recognizing unit

outputs the first recognition result if the database is stored in the external memory and number of images recorded in the database is greater than a predetermined number, and

outputs the second recognition result if the number of images recorded in the database is smaller than or equal to the predetermined number.

5. A display control apparatus comprising:

an internal memory capable of storing an image and a database recorded with information related to the image, the information being in correspondence with the image;

a database recognizing unit for recognizing the database stored in the internal memory;

a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the internal memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and

a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the internal memory by the display method based on the set display method.

6. The display control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the database recognizing unit

outputs a first recognition result for setting the first display method if the database is stored in the internal memory, and

outputs a second recognition result for setting the second display method if the database is not stored in the internal memory.

7. The display control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the database recognizing unit

outputs the first recognition result if the database is stored in the internal memory and the database is usable, and

outputs the second recognition result if the database is not usable.

8. The display control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the database recognizing unit

outputs the first recognition result if the database is stored in the internal memory and number of images recorded in the database is greater than a predetermined number, and

outputs the second recognition result if the number of images recorded in the database is smaller than or equal to the predetermined number.

9. A display control method comprising the steps of:

detecting an external memory accommodated in an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory;

recognizing a database stored in the external memory detected in the detecting step, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other;

setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result in the recognizing step; and

displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the display method set in the setting step.

10. A display control method comprising the steps of:

recognizing a database stored in an internal memory capable of storing an image and the database, the database being recorded with information related to the image, the information being in correspondence with the image;

setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the internal memory without using the database based on a recognition result in the recognizing step; and

displaying the image stored in the internal memory by the display method based on the display method set in the setting step.

11. A program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

detecting an external memory accommodated in an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory;

recognizing a database stored in the external memory detected in the detecting step, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other;

setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result in the recognizing step; and

displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the display method set in the setting step.

12. A program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

recognizing a database stored in an internal memory capable of storing an image and the database, the database being recorded with information related to the image, the information being in correspondence with the image;

setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the internal memory without using the database based on a recognition result in the recognizing step; and

displaying the image stored in the internal memory by the display method based on the display method set in the setting step.