Electronic Apparatus and Image Processing Method

• US 20120106917A1
• Filed: 06/16/2011
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Momosaki, Kohei, Wada, Kouetsu, Tabe, Kenichi, Sakaguchi, Tomonori
• Application Number:
  US13/162,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20120106917A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/230
• 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: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an anniversary setting module, an image setting module, an image extraction module, and an image extraction module. The anniversary setting module sets an input date to be an anniversary. The image setting module associates one still image of a plurality of still images with the anniversary, the associated still image being designated by a user. The image extraction module extracts still images from the plurality of still images when a present date is within a predetermined time period including the anniversary, the extracted still images being relevant to the associated still image. The image display module displays a moving picture using the associated still image and the extracted still images.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an anniversary setting module configured to set an input date to be an anniversary;

an image setting module configured to associate one still image of a plurality of still images with the anniversary, the associated still image being designated by a user;

an image extraction module configured to extract still images from the plurality of still images when a present date is within a predetermined time period including the anniversary, the extracted still images being relevant to the associated still image; and

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

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a person setting module configured to associate a person with the anniversary, the associated person being selected from persons appearing in the associated still image by the user,

wherein the image extraction module is configured to extract another still images from the plurality of still images, the extracted another still images being relevant to the associated person.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image display module is configured to display a moving picture which differs with respect to at least one of a length of the moving picture, a combination of still images used in the moving picture, and an effect used in the moving picture, on a day-by-day basis within the predetermined time period.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image setting module is configured to display a list of still images of the plurality of still images, which have date information corresponding to the anniversary, the associated still image being selected from the still images in the list by the user.

5. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an anniversary setting module configured to set an input date to be an anniversary;

a person setting module configured to associate one person with the anniversary, the associated person being designated by a user;

an image extraction module configured to extract still images from a plurality of still images when a present date is within a predetermined time period including the anniversary, the extracted still images being relevant to the associated person; and

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

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the image display module is configured to display a moving picture which differs with respect to at least one of a length of the moving picture, a combination of still images used in the moving picture, and an effect used in the moving picture, on a day-by-day basis within the predetermined time period.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the person setting module is configured to display a list of face images corresponding to persons which appear in the plurality of still images, the associated person corresponding to a face image selected from the face images in the list by the user.

8. An image processing method of displaying a moving image, the method comprising:

setting an input date to be an anniversary;

associating one still image of a plurality of still images with the anniversary, the associated still image being designated by a user;

extracting still images from the plurality of still images when a present date is within a predetermined time period including the anniversary, the extracted still images being relevant to the associated still image; and

displaying a moving picture using the associated still image and the extracted still images.

9. The image processing method of claim 8, further comprising associating a person with the anniversary, the associated person being selected from persons appearing in the associated still image by the user,

wherein the extracting comprises extracting another still images from the plurality of still images, the extracted another still images being relevant to the associated person.

10. The image processing method of claim 8, wherein the displaying comprises displaying a moving picture which differs with respect to at least one of a length of the moving picture, a combination of still images used in the moving picture, and an effect used in the moving picture, on a day-by-day basis within the predetermined time period.

11. The image processing method of claim 8, wherein the setting comprises displaying a list of still images of the plurality of still images, which have date information corresponding to the anniversary, the associated still image being selected from the still images in the list by the user.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program for displaying a moving picture, the program being configured to cause the computer to:

set an input date to be an anniversary;

associate one still image of a plurality of still images with the anniversary, the associated still image being designated by a user;

extract still images from the plurality of still images when a present date is within a predetermined time period including the anniversary, the extracted still images being relevant to the associated still image; and

display a moving picture using the associated still image and the extracted still images.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the program is configured to cause the computer to further associate a person with the anniversary, the associated person being selected from persons appearing in the associated still image by the user, and

wherein causing the computer to extract still images comprises causing the computer to extract another still images from the plurality of still images, the extracted another still images being relevant to the associated person.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein causing the computer to display the moving picture comprises causing the computer to display a moving picture which differs with respect to at least one of a length of the moving picture, a combination of still images used in the moving picture, and an effect used in the moving picture, on a day-by-day basis within the predetermined time period.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein causing the computer to associate the one still image comprises causing the computer to display a list of still images of the plurality of still images, which have date information corresponding to the anniversary, the associated still image being selected from the still images in the list by the user.