IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140081976A1
• Filed: 09/11/2013
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Mikawa, Chiaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,588,993 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• 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

Abstract

An image display apparatus which displays a list of image data, comprises a selection unit configured to select a classification condition of image data; a designation unit configured to designate a sort condition associated with a sorting order of image data; a grouping unit configured to execute grouping of image data according to the classification condition selected by the selection unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to execute the grouping according to the classification condition selected by the selection unit and the sort condition designated by the designation unit; and a control unit configured to control whether or not image data are grouped and displayed in accordance with a determination result of the determination unit.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus which displays a list of image data, comprising;

a selection unit configured to select a classification condition of image data;

a designation unit configured to designate a sort condition associated with a sorting order of image data;

a grouping unit configured to execute grouping of image data according to she classification condition selected by said selection unit;

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to execute the grouping according to the classification condition selected by said selection unit and the sort condition designated by said designation unit; and

a control unit configured to control whether or not image data are grouped and displayed in accordance with a determination result of said determination unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a specifying unit configured to specify a plurality of image data to be displayed based on the classification condition selected by said selection unit,

wherein when image data are grouped and displayed, said control unit further groups the plurality of image data specified by said specifying unit into a plurality of groups, sorts the plurality of image data according to the sort condition designated by said designation unit, and displays the plurality of image data, and when image data are displayed without the grouping, said control unit sorts she plurality of image data specified by said specifying unit according to the sort condition designated by said designation unit without grouping the plurality of image data into groups, and displays the plurality of image data.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the classification condition is any of a shooting year-month-day, a folder, a rating, a file type, and a shooting location, and

the sort condition is any of a shooting date and time, a file name, a rating, an extension, and a place-name of image data.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a sort condition corresponding to the classification condition is the shooting date and time when the classification condition is the shooting year-month-day, is the file name when the classification condition is the folder, is the rating when the classification condition is the rating, is the extension when the classification condition is the file type, and is the place-name when the classification condition is the shooting location.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said grouping unit sorts the grouped image data according to a sort condition corresponding to the classification condition, and displays reduced images corresponding to image data to be processed.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the classification condition has a hierarchical tree structure.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a sort condition corresponding to the classification condition is not designated, said determination unit determines that the grouping is not executed.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein when grouping information corresponding to the classification condition is not available, said determination unit determines that the grouping is not executed.

9. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein grouping information corresponding to the classification condition is a month when the classification condition is a year of a shooting year-month-day, is a day when the classification condition is a month of the shooting year-month-day, is a day when the classification condition is a month of the shooting year-month-day, is a time when the classification condition is a day of the shooting year-month-day, is a folder immediately under which an image file to be processed is included when the classification condition is the folder, is a rating value when the classification condition is the rating, is a still image type when the classification condition is a still image as the file type, is a moving image type when the classification condition is a moving image as the file type, is a prefecture when the classification condition is a country as the shooting location, and is a city when the classification condition is a prefecture as the shooting location.

10. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when The classification condition is a shooting date and the sort condition is a shooting date and time, said determination unit determines that the grouping is executed, and when the sort condition is not a shooting date and time, said determination unit determines that the grouping is not executed.

11. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when the classification condition is a folder and the sort condition is a file name, said determination unit determines that the grouping is executed, and when the sort condition is not a file name, said determination unit determines that the grouping is not executed.

12. A control method of an image display apparatus which displays a list of image data, the method comprising;

a selection step of selecting a classification condition of image data;

a designation step of designating a sort condition associated with a sorting order of image data;

a grouping step of executing grouping of image data according to the selected classification condition;

a determination step of determining whether or not to execute the grouping according to the selected classification condition and the designated sort condition; and

a control step of controlling whether or not image data are grouped and displayed in accordance with the determination result.

13. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 12.