DISPLAY PROCESSOR, METHOD OF DISPLAY PROCESSING, AND NONTRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

• US 20120317477A1
• Filed: 03/29/2012
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: KOTAKE, Kanako
• Granted Patent: US 9,645,716 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/243
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

A display processor for controlling a display to display thereon an operation screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged, the display processor including: a classifier configured to classify a plurality of image files stored in a storage medium accessible by the display processor, into a plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than a reference number that is the number of icons arrangeable on the operation screen and that is determined based on a size of the operation screen; and a display controller configured to control the display to display thereon the operation screen on which are arranged a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than the reference number.

Claims

1. A display processor for controlling a display to display thereon an operation screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged, the display processor comprising:

a classifier configured to classify a plurality of image files stored in a storage medium accessible by the display processor, into a plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than a reference number that is the number of icons arrangeable on the operation screen and that is determined based on a size of the operation screen; and

a display controller configured to control the display to display thereon the operation screen on which are arranged a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than the reference number.

2. The display processor according to claim 1, wherein the classifier is configured to classify the plurality of image files into the plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than the reference number, according to one of a plurality of predetermined classification conditions that are different from one another in relation to contents or a creation situation of the plurality of image files.

3. The display processor according to claim 2,

wherein the classifier is configured to classify the plurality of image files into a plurality of primary categories according to a first classification condition,

wherein, when the number of the plurality of primary categories is greater than the reference number, the classifier classifies the plurality of image files into a plurality of secondary categories according to a second classification condition that is different from the first classification condition,

wherein, when the number of the plurality of primary categories is equal to or less than the reference number, the display controller controls the display to display thereon the operation screen on which a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of primary categories are arranged, and

wherein, when the number of the plurality of secondary categories is equal to or less than the reference number, the display controller controls the display to display thereon the operation screen on which a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of secondary categories are arranged.

4. The display processor according to claim 3,

wherein the second classification condition is the same as the first classification condition in a basic concept and different from the first classification condition in a concrete concept, the basic concept and the concrete concept each being related to the contents or the creation situation of the plurality of image files, and

wherein the second classification condition is a superordinate of the first classification condition in the concrete concept

5. The display processor according to claim 3,

wherein the classifier is configured to classify the plurality of image files into the plurality of primary categories according to the first classification condition including a first element,

wherein, when the number of the plurality of primary categories is greater than the reference number, the classifier classifies the plurality of image files into the plurality of secondary categories according to the second classification condition including a second element that is different from the first element and is a superordinate concept of the first element,

wherein, when the number of the plurality of primary categories is equal to or less than the reference number, the display controller controls the display to display thereon the operation screen on which a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of primary categories are arranged, and

wherein, when the number of the plurality of secondary categories is equal to or less than the reference number, the display controller controls the display to display thereon the operation screen on which a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of secondary categories are arranged.

6. The display processor according to claim 3,

wherein each of the first classification condition and the second classification condition is a classification condition in which the plurality of image files are classified according to a shoot date thereof,

wherein the first classification condition is a classification condition in which the plurality of image files are classified on the basis of a first length of time, and

wherein the second classification condition is a classification condition in which the plurality of image files are classified on the basis of a second length of time that is greater than the first length of time.

7. The display processor according to claim 3,

wherein each of the first classification condition and the second classification condition is a classification condition in which the plurality of image files are classified according to a shoot location thereof,

wherein the first classification condition is a classification condition in which the plurality of image files are classified on the basis of a first area, and

wherein the second classification condition is a classification condition in which the plurality of image files are classified on the basis of a second area that is greater in size than the first area.

8. The display processor according to claim 3,

wherein each of the first classification condition and the second classification condition is a classification condition in which the plurality of image files are classified according to a person contained in the image files therein,

wherein the first classification condition is a classification condition in which the plurality of image files are classified on the basis of a first number of persons, and

wherein the second classification condition is a classification condition in which the plurality of image files are classified on the basis of a second number of persons that is greater than the first number of persons.

9. The display processor according to claim 1,

wherein the classifier is configured to classify the plurality of image files according to a classification condition of a first classification criterion into a plurality of categories of the first classification criterion and to classify the plurality of image files according to a classification condition of a second classification criterion into a plurality of categories of the second classification criterion that is different from the first classification criterion in a basic concept related to contents or a creation situation of the plurality of image files,

wherein, when the number of the plurality of categories of the first classification criterion is equal to or less than the reference number, the display controller controls the display to display thereon the operation screen on which a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of categories of the first classification criterion are arranged, and

wherein, when the number of the plurality of categories of the second classification criterion is equal to or less than the reference number, the display controller controls the display to display thereon the operation screen on which a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of categories of the second classification criterion are arranged.

10. The display processor according to claim 9,

wherein the classifier includes:

a criterion setting portion configured to set a specific classification criterion from a plurality of classification criteria including at least the first classification criterion and the second classification criterion; and

a classification-condition setting section configured to set, in a predetermined order, a plurality of predetermined classification conditions associated with the specific classification criterion set by the criterion setting portion, and

wherein the classifier is configured to use each of the plurality of predetermined classification conditions set in the predetermined order by the classification-condition setting section to classify the plurality of image files into a plurality of categories such that the number of the categories in each of at least one of the plurality of predetermined classification conditions is equal to or less than the reference number.

11. The display processor according to claim 10, wherein, after the classification-condition setting section sets a classification condition of the most subordinate concept among the plurality of predetermined classification conditions that are the same as one another in a basic concept related to contents or a creation situation of the plurality of image files and hierarchically different from one another in a concrete concept, the classification-condition setting section sets a classification condition of a concept that is a superordinate of the most subordinate concept.

12. The display processor according to claim 1, further comprising:

a selection portion configured to select a specific icon of the plurality of icons displayed on the operation screen; and

a processing portion configured to execute an image processing for at least one image file classified into a category represented by the specific icon selected by the selection portion,

wherein the display controller controls the display to display thereon the operation screen on which are arranged an icon representing the image processing and the plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than the reference number.

13. A method of a display processing to be executed in a display processor for controlling a display to display thereon an operation screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged, the method comprising:

classifying a plurality of image files stored in a storage medium accessible by the display processor, into a plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than a reference number that is the number of icons arrangeable on the operation screen and that is determined based on a size of the operation screen; and

controlling the display to display thereon the operation screen on which are arranged a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than the reference number.

14. A nontransitory storage medium storing a program to be executed by a computer of a display processor for controlling a display to display thereon an operation screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged, the program being designed to have the computer function as:

a classifier configured to classify a plurality of image files stored in a storage medium accessible by the display processor, into a plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than a reference number that is the number of icons arrangeable on the operation screen and that is determined based on a size of the operation screen; and

a display controller configured to control the display to display thereon the operation screen on which are arranged a plurality of icons respectively representing the plurality of categories whose number is equal to or less than the reference number.