ELECTRONIC DEVICE, RELATED INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20150055004A1
• Filed: 02/25/2013
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xacti Corporation (Office Support KK)
• Original Assignee: Xacti Corporation (Office Support KK)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Shiro
• Application Number:
  US14/387,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20150055004A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.02
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/18 Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light indicating depth of field G03B13/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

When a subject image is displayed on a display screen, and when there is a touch panel operation of touching a corner of the display region or a touch panel operation of sliding a finger from a corner of the display region toward the center, a related information image that gives the impression that the back surface of the subject image was turned over is generated and displayed in the corner, and the related information (photography parameter information, etc.) of the subject image is displayed in the related information image.

Claims

1. An electronic device as an imaging device that acquires a target image by shooting or as a device that is fed with the target image, the electronic device comprising:

a display portion;

a related information control portion which acquires related information associated with the target image; and

an operation input portion which receives input of a predetermined operation,

wherein

when the predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in a specific display region, the display portion displays the related information in place of a partial image of the target image in a partial display region inside the specific display region, and

the partial display region is composed of a display region inside a first geometrical figure formed by connecting together a first point, a second point, and a third point and a display region inside a second geometrical figure formed by connecting together the second point, the third point, and a fourth point, the related information being displayed in the display region inside the first geometrical figure.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

of the first to fourth points, the first point is closest to a center of the specific display region,

the specific display region is a rectangular region including a first side and a second side which intersect each other,

the second and third points are located on the first and second sides respectively, and

the fourth point is located at a corner of the specific display region where the first and second sides intersect each other.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

when, as the predetermined operation, a first predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, the display portion displays, in a first partial display region as the partial display region, first related information as the related information in place of a first partial image as the partial image,

when a second predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, the display portion displays, in a second partial display region inside the specific display region, second related information in place of a second partial image of the target image, and

the second related information is information related to the target image but different from the first related information, and is acquired by the related information control portion.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein

the first related information includes information related to a shooting condition of the target image, and

the second related information includes information other than the information related to the shooting condition.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein

the operation input portion can also receive input of additional information, and

when the additional information is input to the electronic device via the operation input portion, the related information control portion adds the additional information to the second related information.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein

the second predetermined operation includes specification of a position on a display screen in the display portion,

when the second predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, the display portion displays the second related information in the second partial display region as a display region corresponding to the specified position,

when the input of the additional information is received, the input additional information is displayed on the display portion, the related information control portion holding a display position of the additional information in association with the additional information, and

after the input of the additional information, when the second predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion with a position corresponding to the held position specified while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, the display portion displays the additional information.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein

the second predetermined operation includes specification of a position on a display screen in the display portion,

when the second predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, the display portion displays the second related information in the second partial display region as a display region corresponding to the specified position,

when the input of the additional information is received, the input additional information is displayed on the display portion, and

after the input of the additional information, when the second predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, irrespective of a display position of the additional information at a time of receipt of the input of the additional information, the display portion displays the second related information including the additional information in the second partial display region.

8. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein

the display portion includes a touch panel which functions as the operation input portion,

the first predetermined operation is an operation involving contact between the first partial display region and an operating member, and

the second predetermined operation is an operation involving contact between the second partial display region and the operating member.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the operation input portion can also receive input of additional information, and

when the additional information is input to the electronic device via the operation input portion, the related information control portion adds the additional information to the related information.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein

the predetermined operation includes specification of a position on a display screen in the display portion,

when the predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, the display portion displays the related information in the partial display region as a display region corresponding to the specified position,

when the input of the additional information is received, the input additional information is displayed on the display portion, the related information control portion holding a display position of the additional information in association with the additional information, and

after the input of the additional information, when the predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion with a position corresponding to the held position specified while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, the display portion displays the additional information.

11. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein

the predetermined operation includes specification of a position on a display screen in the display portion,

when the predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, the display portion displays the related information in the partial display region as a display region corresponding to the specified position,

when the input of the additional information is received, the input additional information is displayed on the display portion, and

after the input of the additional information, when the predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in the specific display region, irrespective of a display position of the additional information at a time of receipt of the input of the additional information, the display portion displays the related information including the additional information in the partial display region.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the related information includes information related to a shooting condition of the target image.

13. A related information display method for use in an electronic device including a display portion operable to display a target image obtained by shooting and an operation input portion which receives input of a predetermined operation, the method comprising:

a related information acquiring step of acquiring related information associated with the target image; and

a displaying step of displaying, when the predetermined operation is input to the operation input portion while the target image is being displayed in a specific display region on the display portion, the related information in place of a partial image of the target image in a partial display region inside the specific display region,

wherein

the partial display region is composed of a display region inside a first geometrical figure formed by connecting together a first point, a second point, and a third point and a display region inside a second geometrical figure formed by connecting together the second point, the third point, and a fourth point, the related information being displayed in the display region inside the first geometrical figure.

14. A program for making a computer realize the related information display method according to claim 13.