Electronic Apparatus and Image Processing Method

• US 20110304779A1
• Filed: 03/14/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Wada, Kouetsu, Momosaki, Kohei, Tabe, Kenichi, Sakaguchi, Tomonori
• Application Number:
  US13/047,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20110304779A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/215 Recording a sequence of still pictures, e.g. burst mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexing module, an image select module, an image extraction module, and an image display module. The indexing module generates index information of a plurality of still images. The image select module selects a still image from the plurality of still images. The image extraction module extracts still images which are relevant to the selected still image from the plurality of still images by using the index information. The image display module displays a moving picture using the extracted still images.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an indexing module configured to generate index information of a plurality of still images;

an image select module configured to select a still image from the plurality of still images;

an image extraction module configured to extract still images which are relevant to the selected still image from the plurality of still images by using the index information; and

an image display module configured to display a moving picture using the extracted still images.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the selected still image is a still image selected from the still images used for the moving picture displayed by the image display module.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the index information comprises information indicative of a date and time of generation of each of the plurality of still images,

the electronic apparatus further comprises a calendar display module configured to display the plurality of still images by arranging the plurality of still images in an order of the date and time of generation on a screen, and

the selected still image is a still image selected from the plurality of still images displayed by the calendar display module.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indexing module is configured to detect face images included in the plurality of still images, to classify the detected face images on a person-by-person basis, and to generate the index information including information of the face images, and

the extracted still images relevant to the selected still image comprise a still image including a face image of a person identical to a person corresponding to a face image included in the selected still image.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a face image select module configured to select, when the selected still image includes a plurality of face images, one or more face images from the plurality of face images based on the index information, and

the extracted still images relevant to the selected still image comprise a still image including a face image of a person identical to a person corresponding to the one or more face images.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 4, wherein the image display module is configured to display a moving picture using at least either the extracted still images to which an effect is applied, or face images included in the extracted still images to which an effect is applied.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the index information comprises information indicative of a date and time of generation of each of the plurality of still images, and

the extracted still images relevant to the selected still image comprise at least either a still image generated during a predetermined period including a date and time of generation of the selected still image, or a still image generated on a date and time relevant to the date and time of generation of the selected still image.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the index information comprises information indicative of a location of generation of each of the plurality of still images, and

the extracted still images relevant to the selected still image comprise at least either a still image generated at a location of generation of the selected still image, or a still image generated at a location relevant to the location of generation of the selected still image.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the index information comprises information indicative of an event in which each of the plurality of still images is generated, and

the extracted still images relevant to the selected still image comprise at least either a still image generated in an event in which the selected still image is generated, or a still image generated in an event relevant to the event in which the selected still image is generated.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image display module is configured to display a moving picture using the extracted still images to which an effect is applied.

11. An image processing method comprising:

generating index information of a plurality of still images;

selecting a still image from the plurality of still images;

extracting still images which are relevant to the selected still image from the plurality of still images by using the index information; and

displaying a moving picture using the extracted still images.