INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20120313965A1
• Filed: 06/01/2012
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Mochizuki, Daisuke, Sato, Tatsuhito
• Granted Patent: US 8,994,745 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/287 Visualization; Browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• 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: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/787 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

Provided is an information processor, including a selection section that selects a set of content data satisfying a predetermined condition from a group of content data each associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata, and a display format selection control section that selects a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and the set of the content data selected by the selection section in accordance with a display screen. The display format selection control section is configured to display an object which includes a direction indicator indicating a direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data within the display screen, and further integrate the relevant plurality of direction indicators into a new direction indicator to display the new direction indicator on the display screen.

Claims

1. An information processor, comprising:

a selection section that selects a set of content data satisfying a predetermined condition from a group of content data each associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata; and

a display format selection control section that selects a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and the set of the content data selected by the selection section in accordance with a display screen,

wherein the display format selection control section is configured to;

with respect to a set of the content data located outside the displayed feature space as the feature space to be displayed on the display screen, display an object which includes a direction indicator indicating a direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data within the display screen, and

when each of a plurality of the direction indicators indicates a similar direction to each other, further integrate the relevant plurality of direction indicators into a new direction indicator to display the new direction indicator on the display screen.

2. The information processor according to claim 1, wherein the selection section selects the set of content data corresponding to the direction indicator so as to have a size of the set in the feature space corresponding to a separation distance from the displayed feature space.

3. The information processor according to claim 2, wherein, when the new direction indicator is selected by a user operation, the display format selection control section controls to display a piece of information on the set of the content data included in the new direction indicator while reflecting the separation distance to the set of the relevant content data.

4. The information processor according to claim 3, wherein the display format selection control section further controls to display an object which reflects a shape and a size of the feature space corresponding to the set of the relevant content data as a piece of information on the set of the content data included in the new direction indicator.

5. The information processor according to claim 3, wherein, when the new direction indicator is selected by a user operation, the display format selection control section controls to move the selected new direction indicator to an end opposite to an end of the display screen which intersects with a direction indicated by the selected new direction indicator, and then controls to display the information on the set of the content data.

6. The information processor according to claim 1, wherein the feature space is a space representing a position on the earth surface prescribed by degrees of latitude and longitude.

7. The information processor according to claim 1, wherein the feature space is a space prescribed by a feature amount that specifies a position on a plane or space.

8. An information processing method, comprising:

selecting a set of content data which satisfies a predetermined condition from a group of content data associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata; and

selecting a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and a set of the selected content data in accordance with a display screen,

wherein, when selecting the display format, with respect to the set of the content data located outside a displayed feature space as the feature space to be displayed on the display screen, an object including a direction indicator indicating a direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data is displayed within the display screen, and when indicating a direction in which a plurality of the direction indicators indicate a similar direction to each other, the relevant plurality of direction indicators are further integrated into a new direction indicator so as to be displayed on the display screen.

9. A program for causing a computer to achieve:

a selection function to select a set of content data satisfying a predetermined condition from a group of content data each associated with a piece of positional information representing a position in a feature space prescribed based on a predetermined feature amount as metadata; and

a display format selection control function to select a display format for displaying at least a part of the feature space and the set of the content data selected by the selection function in accordance with a display screen,

wherein the display format selection control function is configured to, with respect to a set of the content data located outside a displayed feature space as the feature space to be displayed on the display screen, to display an object which includes a direction indicator indicating a direction of existence of the set of the relevant content data within the display screen, and when each of a plurality of the direction indicators indicates a similar direction to each other, to further integrate the relevant plurality of direction indicators into a new direction indicator to display the new direction indicator on the display screen.