DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20110022982A1
• Filed: 07/23/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takaoka, Ryo, Terayama, Akiko, Wang, Qihong, Arai, Koji, Akagawa, Satoshi, Kasahara, Shunichi
• Application Number:
  US12/842,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20110022982A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/532 Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7335 Graphical querying, e.g. query-by-region, query-by-sketch, query-by-trajectory, GUIs for designating a person/face/object as a query predicate end-user interface involving hot spots associated with the video H04N21/4725; end-user interface for selecting a Region of Interest H04N21/4728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/784 the detected or recognised objects being people
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04807 Pen manipulated menu
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

A display processing device includes a display element, a grouping mechanism configured to group such that each of a plurality of selectable items belongs to one or more groups based on information which each item has, an assigning mechanism configured to generate and assign display objects corresponding to related items to the respective groups generated by the grouping of the plurality of selectable items by the grouping mechanism, and a display processing mechanism configured to display the display objects assigned to the groups by the assigning mechanism on a display screen of the display element.

Claims

1. A display processing device comprising:

a display element;

a grouping means for grouping such that each of a plurality of selectable items belongs to one or more groups based on information which each item has;

an assigning means for generating and assigning display objects corresponding to related items to the respective groups generated by the grouping of the plurality of selectable items by the grouping means; and

a display processing means for displaying the display objects assigned to the groups by the assigning means on a display screen of the display element.

2. The display processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a selection input reception means for receiving a selection input of the display objects displayed on the display screen of the display element; and

an item display processing means for performing display regarding the selectable items belonging to the group corresponding to the selected display object, when the display object displayed on the display screen of the display element is selected for a constant time via the selection input reception means.

3. The display processing device according to claim 2, wherein the item display processing means changes the number of the selectable items which are display targets, in accordance with an aspect of the selection input received from a user via the selection input reception means.

4. The display processing device according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising:

a list display processing means for displaying a list regarding the selectable items displayed by the item display processing means, when the selection input of the display objects performed via the selection input reception means is completed.

5. The display processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a selection input reception means for receiving a selection input of one or more display objects among the display objects displayed on the display screen of the display element; and

a first display control means for controlling such that, when the selection input of display objects displayed on the display screen of the display element is received via the selection input means, only the selected display object, and the display object are displayed which include selectable items having information the same as information which selectable items assigned to the selected corresponding display object.

6. The display processing device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a second display control means for displaying, on the display screen of the display element, the selectable items having the same information among the selectable items assigned to two or more selected display objects, when the two or more display objects are selected via the selection input reception means and are joined together.

7. The display processing device according to claim 6, wherein the second display control means changes the number of the selectable items which are display targets, in accordance with an aspect of the selection input received from a user via the selection input reception means.

8. The display processing device according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising:

a list display processing means for displaying a list regarding the selectable items displayed by the second display control means, when the selection input of the display objects performed via the selection input reception means is completed.

9. The display processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the selectable items are image data stored in a storage means.

10. The display processing device according to claim 1, wherein the selectable items are image data stored in a storage means, and

wherein the information which each item has, which is a reference of the grouping, is one or more of information for a time, information for a person, and information for a place.

11. The display processing device according to claim 1, wherein the selectable items are image data stored in a storage means,

wherein the display object is provided with a display area of images, and

wherein the display processing device further comprises an object display control means for sequentially displaying images by image data belonging to the corresponding group in the corresponding display area.

12. The display processing device according to claim 1, wherein the selectable items are image data stored in a storage means, and

wherein the display processing device further comprises:

a selection means for selecting the display objects; and

an image information display control means for sequentially displaying images by image data belonging to the group corresponding to the display object selected via the selection means on the display screen of the display element.

13. The display processing device according to claim 3, wherein the selectable items are image data stored in a storage means, and

wherein the item display processing means controls a display order of the displayed items based on any one of information for a time, information for a person, and information for a place.

14. The display processing device according to claim 5, wherein the selectable items are image data stored in a storage means, and

wherein the display object is provided with a display area of images, and

wherein the display processing device further comprises an object display control means for displaying images by image data belonging to the group corresponding to the display object selected via the selection input reception means in the corresponding display area.

15. The display processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the selectable items are items corresponding to each of executable functions.

16. A display processing method comprising the steps of:

grouping such that a plurality of selectable items each of which belongs to one or more groups based on information which each item has, by a grouping means;

generating and assigning display objects corresponding to related items to the respective groups generated by the grouping of the plurality of selectable items in the step of grouping, by an assigning means; and

displaying the display objects assigned to the groups in the step of assigning on a display screen of a display element, by a display processing means.

17. A computer readable display processing program enabling a computer mounted on a display processing device to execute the steps of:

grouping such that a plurality of selectable items each of which belongs to one or more groups based on information which each item has;

generating and assigning display objects corresponding to related items to the respective groups generated by the grouping of the plurality of selectable items in the step of grouping; and

displaying the display objects assigned to the groups in the step of assigning, on a display screen of a display element.

18. A display processing device comprising:

a display element;

a grouping mechanism configured to group such that each of a plurality of selectable items belongs to one or more groups based on information which each item has;

an assigning mechanism configured to generate and assign display objects corresponding to related items to the respective groups generated by the grouping of the plurality of selectable items by the grouping mechanism; and

a display processing mechanism configured to display the display objects assigned to the groups by the assigning mechanism on a display screen of the display element.