DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20110032384A1
• Filed: 08/03/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ono, Tachio
• Granted Patent: US 8,451,296 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.2
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• 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 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00323 with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera

Abstract

An apparatus includes a display unit, a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image, a detection unit configured to detect whether the apparatus is in the landscape orientation or in the portrait orientation, and a control unit configured to display a plurality of images in one orientation of the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image on the display unit in response to an instruction, and thereafter display a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit. The control unit determines the orientation of the image to be displayed first based on a detection result upon receiving the instruction.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image;

a detection unit configured to detect whether the apparatus is in the landscape orientation or in the portrait orientation; and

a control unit configured to display a plurality of images in one orientation of the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image on the display unit in response to an instruction, and thereafter displays a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit,

wherein the control unit determines the orientation of the image to be displayed first based on a detection result when the control unit receives the instruction.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if the apparatus is in the landscape orientation, the control unit first displays the plurality of landscape-oriented images and thereafter displays the plurality of portrait-oriented images on the display unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, if the apparatus is in the landscape orientation and the classification unit does not classify the landscape-oriented image, the control unit does not display the landscape-oriented image but displays the plurality of the portrait-oriented images on the display unit.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if the apparatus is in the portrait orientation, the control unit displays the plurality of the portrait-oriented images, and thereafter displays the plurality of the landscape-oriented images on the display unit.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, if the apparatus is in the portrait orientation and the classification unit does not classify the portrait-oriented image, the control unit does not display the portrait-oriented image but displays the plurality of the landscape-oriented images on the display unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays information indicating a change in orientation of the image displayed on the display unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit does not display the image in the other orientation, until the control unit detects a change in orientation of the apparatus after displaying information indicating the change in orientation of the image.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the classification unit generates a list of images in the landscape orientation indicating the landscape-oriented images and a list of images in the portrait orientation indicating the portrait-oriented images, and the control unit selects an image to be displayed on the display unit based on the lists.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the classification unit classifies the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image based on additional information on the plurality of images.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the image from a recording medium that records a plurality of the images,

wherein the display unit displays the reproduced image, and

the classification unit classifies the plurality of images recorded on the recording medium into the landscape-oriented images and the portrait-oriented images, and the control unit controls the reproduction unit to reproduce a plurality of images in the one orientation in response to the instruction, and thereafter reproduce a plurality of images in the other orientation.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit includes a first mode for displaying a plurality of images in the one orientation and thereafter displaying a plurality of images in the other orientation, and a second mode for displaying the plurality of images in a predetermined order different from a classification result, and

wherein in the first mode, the control unit displays the image without changing the image in orientation and, in the second mode, the control unit displays the portrait-oriented image with change in orientation when the apparatus is in the landscape orientation, and further displays the landscape-oriented image with change in orientation when the apparatus is in the portrait orientation.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented images and a portrait-oriented images; and

a control unit configured to displays a plurality of images in one orientation of the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image on the display unit, and thereafter displays a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit,

wherein, if the apparatus is in the landscape orientation at display start time, the control unit first displays the plurality of the landscape-oriented images on the display unit, and thereafter displays the plurality of the portrait-oriented images on the display unit, and if the apparatus is in the portrait orientation at the display start time, the control unit first displays the plurality of the portrait-oriented images on the display unit, and thereafter displays the plurality of the landscape-oriented images on the display unit.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the display unit displays the image recorded on a recording medium, and

the classification unit classifies a plurality of images recorded on the recording medium into the landscape-oriented images and the portrait-oriented images.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein, if the landscape-oriented image is not recorded on the recording medium, the control unit displays the portrait-oriented image recorded on the recording medium on the display unit, and if the portrait-oriented image is not recorded in the recording medium, the control unit displays the landscape-oriented image recorded on the recording medium on the display unit.

15. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the control unit has a first mode for displaying a plurality of images in the one orientation and thereafter displaying a plurality of images in the other orientation, and a second mode for displaying the plurality of images in a predetermined order different from a classification result,

wherein, in the first mode, the control unit displays the image without changing the image in orientation, and in the second mode, the control unit displays the portrait-oriented image with change in orientation if the apparatus is in the landscape orientation, and further displays the landscape-oriented image with change in orientation if the apparatus is in the portrait orientation.

16. A method for controlling an apparatus that displays an image, the method comprising:

classifying a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image;

detecting whether the apparatus is in the landscape orientation or in the portrait orientation; and

displaying a plurality of images in one orientation of the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image in response to an instruction, and thereafter displaying a plurality of images in the other orientation,

wherein determining the orientation of the image to be displayed first based on a detection result when the instruction is received.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising displaying information indicating a change in orientation of the displayed image.

18. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

generating a list of images in the landscape orientation indicating the landscape-oriented images and a list of images in the portrait orientation indicating the portrait-oriented images;

selecting an image to be displayed based on the lists.

19. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

reproducing the image from a recording medium that records a plurality of the images,

displaying the reproduced image;

classifying the plurality of images recorded on the recording medium into the landscape-oriented images and the portrait-oriented images; and

controlling the reproducing to reproduce a plurality of images in the one orientation in response to the instruction, and thereafter reproduce a plurality of images in the other orientation.

20. A method of an apparatus that displays an image, the method comprising:

classifying a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image;

displaying the plurality of landscape-oriented images if the apparatus is in the landscape orientation at display start time, and thereafter displaying the plurality of portrait-oriented images; and

displaying the plurality of portrait-oriented images if the apparatus is in the portrait orientation at the display start time, and thereafter displaying the plurality of landscape-oriented images.