FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A file management apparatus comprising:
- representative image storage means for storing representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file;
rendering means for rendering the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background;
display state maintaining means for maintaining, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and the position, the time-axis range being expressed in first units;
operation receiving means for receiving a change operation to change the display state, the change operation including a common scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range, a first clicking operation, and a second clicking operation, the operation receiving means including a first button and a second button, the first button implementing the first clicking operation, and the second button implementing the second clicking operation; and
control means for controlling, in response to the change operation, the rendering means to render the representative image data on the calendar on a basis of the display state,wherein when the operation receiving means receives the first clicking operation from the first button, the control means switches the time-axis range to be expressed in second units that are shorter in time than the first units, and thereafter when the operation receiving means receives the second clicking operation from the second button, the control means switches back the time-axis range to be expressed in the first units, andthe display state maintaining means maintains the position when switching the time-axis range.
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Abstract
A file management apparatus includes the following elements: a representative image storage device storing representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file; a rendering unit rendering the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; a display state maintaining unit maintaining, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and a position thereof; an operation receiving unit receiving a change operation to change the display state, the change operation commonly being a scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range; and a controller controlling, in response to the change operation, the rendering means to render the representative image data on the calendar on the basis of the display state.
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18 Claims
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1. A file management apparatus comprising:
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representative image storage means for storing representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file; rendering means for rendering the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; display state maintaining means for maintaining, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and the position, the time-axis range being expressed in first units; operation receiving means for receiving a change operation to change the display state, the change operation including a common scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range, a first clicking operation, and a second clicking operation, the operation receiving means including a first button and a second button, the first button implementing the first clicking operation, and the second button implementing the second clicking operation; and control means for controlling, in response to the change operation, the rendering means to render the representative image data on the calendar on a basis of the display state, wherein when the operation receiving means receives the first clicking operation from the first button, the control means switches the time-axis range to be expressed in second units that are shorter in time than the first units, and thereafter when the operation receiving means receives the second clicking operation from the second button, the control means switches back the time-axis range to be expressed in the first units, and the display state maintaining means maintains the position when switching the time-axis range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18)
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14. An image display apparatus comprising:
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representative image storage means for storing representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file; rendering means for rendering the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; display state maintaining means for maintaining, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and the position, the time-axis range being expressed in first units; operation receiving means for receiving a change operation to change the display state, the change operation including a common scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range, a first clicking operation, and a second clicking operation, the operation receiving means including a first button and a second button, the first button implementing the first clicking operation, and the second button implementing the second clicking operation; control means for controlling, in response to the change operation, the rendering means to render the representative image data on the calendar on a basis of the display state; and display means for displaying details rendered by the rendering means, wherein when the operation receiving means receives the first clicking operation from the first button, the control means switches the time-axis range to be expressed in second units that are shorter in time than the first units, and thereafter when the operation receiving means receives the second clicking operation from the second button, the control means switches back the time-axis range to be expressed in the first units, and the display state maintaining means maintains the position when switching the time-axis range.
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15. A file management method, implemented on a file management device, comprising:
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rendering, at the file management device, representative image data of each of a plurality of content files at a position corresponding to a creation time of the content file with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; receiving, at the file management device, a change operation to change a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and the position, the change operation including a common scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range, a first clicking operation, and a second clicking operation; switching, when the receiving receives the first clicking operation from a first button of an input device, the time-axis range from a time-axis range expressed at the position in first units to a time-axis range expressed at the position in second units that are shorter in time than the first units; and switching, after switching to the time-axis range expressed in the second units and when the second clicking operation is received from a second button of the input device, the time-axis range so that the time-axis range is expressed at the position in the first units.
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16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instruction which, when executed by a computer having a processor, cause the processor to execute a method, said method comprising:
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rendering representative image data of each of a plurality of content files at a position corresponding to a creation time of the content file with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; receiving a change operation to change a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and the position, the change operation including a common scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range, a first clicking operation, and a second clicking operation; switching, when the receiving receives the first clicking operation from a first button of an input device, the time-axis range from a time-axis range expressed at the position in first units to a time-axis range expressed at the position in second units that are shorter in time than the first units; and switching, after switching to the time-axis range expressed in the second units and when the second clicking operation is received from a second button of the input device, the time-axis range so that the time-axis range is expressed at the position in the first units.
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17. A file management apparatus comprising:
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a representative image storage device operable to store representative image data of each of a plurality of content files in association with a creation time of the content file; a rendering unit operable to render the representative image data at a position corresponding to the creation time with a calendar continuous over days, months, and years serving as a background; a display state maintaining unit operable to maintain, as a display state, a time-axis range of the calendar being displayed and the position, the time-axis range being expressed in first units; an operation receiving unit operable to receive a change operation to change the display state, the change operation including a common scrolling operation in a time-series direction in any time-axis range, a first clicking operation, and a second clicking operation, the operation receiving unit including a first button and a second button, the first button implementing the first clicking operation, and the second button implementing the second clicking operation; and a controller operable to control, in response to the change operation, the rendering unit to render the representative image data on the calendar on a basis of the display state, wherein when the operation receiving unit receives the first clicking operation from the first button, the controller switches the time-axis range to be expressed in second units that are shorter in time than the first units, and thereafter when the operation receiving unit receives the second clicking operation from the second button, the controller switches back the time-axis range to be expressed in the first units, and the display state maintaining unit maintains the position when switching the time-axis range.
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