Electronic Apparatus and Image Processing Method

• US 20140050422A1
• Filed: 10/24/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• 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:
  US14/062,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20140050422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/305
• 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 comprises a specific date setting module configured to set an input date along with an image setting module, an image extraction module and an image display module. The image setting module associates a still image with the specific date. The image extraction module extracts still images when a present date is within a first time period comprising the specific date, the extracted still images comprising at least a still image which is relevant to the date and time. The image display module displays a moving picture using the extracted still images, where the moving picture being different 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 first time period.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a specific date setting module configured to set an input date to be a specific date;

an image setting module configured to associate one still image with the specific date, the associated still image 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 first time period comprising the specific date, the extracted still images comprising at least a still image which is relevant to the date and time when the associated still image is generated and a place where the associated still image is generated; and

an image display module configured to display a moving picture using the extracted still images, the moving picture being different 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 first time period.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a person setting module configured to associate a person with the specific date, 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 image from the plurality of still images, the extracted another still image being relevant to the associated person.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image display module is configured to display the moving picture using the extracted still images according to whether the present date is the specific date, a day preceding the specific date within the first time period, or a day following the specific date within the first 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 specific date, the associated still image being selected from the still images in the list by the user.

5. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a specific date setting module configured to set an input date to be a specific date;

a person setting module configured to display a list of face images corresponding to persons which appear in a plurality of still images and to associate one person with the specific date, the associated person corresponding to a face image selected from the face images in the list 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 first time period including the specific date, 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, the moving picture being different 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 first time period.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5, wherein the image display module is configured to display the moving picture using the extracted still images according to whether the present date is the specific date, a day preceding the specific date within the first time period, or a day following the specific date within the first time period.

7. An image processing method comprising:

setting an input date to be a specific date by a specific date setting module;

associating one still image with the specific date by an image setting module, the associated still image being designated by a user;

extracting still images from a plurality of still images by an image extraction module when a present date is within a first time period comprising the specific date, the extracted still images comprising at least a still image which is relevant to the date and time when the associated still image is generated and a place where the associated still image is generated; and

displaying a moving picture using the extracted still images, the moving picture being different 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 first time period by an image display module.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium implemented within a computer and having stored thereon a program that, when executed by a processor within the computer, causes the computer to:

set an input date to be a specific date;

associate one still image with the specific date, the associated still image being designated by a user;

extract still images from a plurality of still images when a present date is within a first time period comprising the specific date, the extracted still images comprising at least a still image which is relevant to the date and time when the associated still image is generated and a place where the associated still image is generated; and

display a moving picture using the extracted still images, the moving picture being different 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 first time period.