IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20140104478A1
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Nihei, Michihiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,247,145 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.05
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00442 Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00448 horizontally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a position specifying unit, a first display control unit, and a second display control unit. The position specifying unit specifies a retrieval start position indicating an arbitrary place within a predetermined order of images based on a user operation. The first display control unit controls displaying an image corresponding to the retrieval start position. The second display control unit changes the displayed image in the predetermined order.

Claims

1. An image display controlling apparatus comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images;

a position specifying unit configured to specify a first display start position and a second display start position for displaying images on a first area and a second area of a display;

a first display controller configured to control the display to display a first image on the first area and a second image on the second area, wherein the first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images among the plurality of images; and

a second display controller configured to control the display to display the first image on the second area and the second image on the first area so as to exchange the position of the first image and the position of the second image, wherein the exchanged first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images among the plurality of images.

2. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the acquisition unit configured to acquire the plurality of images which have uniquely allocated numbers;

the first display controller configured to control the display to display a first image on the first area and a second image on the second area, wherein the first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images in increasing order and a decreasing order of the allocated numbers; and

the second display controller configured to control the display to display the first image on the second area and the second image on the first area so as to exchange the position of the first image and the position of the second image, wherein the exchanged first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images in increasing order and a decreasing order of the allocated numbers.

3. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a detection unit configured to detect an instruction for exchanging the position of the first image and the position of the second image;

wherein

the second display controller exchanges the position of the first image and the position of the second image when the instruction is detected.

4. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a selection unit configured to select at least one specific image from images on the first area and the second area;

and

an enlargement unit configured to enlarge the selected specific image when the selected image is displayed.

5. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second area is smaller than the first area.

6. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second display controller, in response to an user operation, exchanges the display position of the first image and the display position of the second image.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the position specifying unit specifies a first display start position and a second display start position in response to an user operation,

the second display control unit simultaneously changes the position of the first image and the position of the second image in response to an user operation.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising,

an information display control unit configured to display indicators each of which indicates one of the increasing order and the decreasing order with the first image and the second image.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the first display controller controls the display to display the first image on the first area and to display the second image and third images preceding and succeeding the second image on the second area and third areas preceding and succeeding the second area, respectively, wherein the first image and the second image and the third images are able to be scrolled to respective next images in increasing order and a decreasing order of the allocated numbers

10. An image display method corresponding to claim 1.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium corresponding to claim 1.