IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20100094898A1
• Filed: 12/15/2009
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yoshino, Hiroaki, Nakase, Yuichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,949,209 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00384 Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3254 Orientation, e.g. landscape or portrait; Location or order of the image data, e.g. in memory
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99956 File allocation

Abstract

In this invention, when images, in image files managed according to photographing dates, which match a search condition are to be displayed, the images matching the search condition are sequentially displayed such that the positions or distribution of the image files, of all image files, which match the search condition can be checked. For this reason, when the search condition is changed by operating upper and lower keys provided on the back face of a digital camera, a search is made for images matching the condition after the change. Indicators indicating the relative positions of the images matching the search condition in the list of image files arranged in the order of photographing dates are displayed. When the left and right keys are operated, one of images matching the search condition is displayed in the image display area.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus which displays an image matching a set search condition from a storage device storing a plurality of image files associated with file order information, comprising:

indicator display means for displaying indicators indicating relative positions of images matching the search condition in a list of the plurality of image files specified by the file order information;

image display means for displaying one image matching the search condition; and

image switching means for displaying, in place of the displayed image, an image which is located at an ordinal position after or before the displayed image and matches the search condition in response to a predetermined instruction input.

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