IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, SERVER, NON-TRANSITORY PHYSICAL COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20150134236A1
• Filed: 04/24/2013
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ukai, Hiroki
• Granted Patent: US 9,958,286 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/410
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3623 using a camera or code reader, e.g. for optical or magnetic codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• 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 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/10 Special adaptations of display systems for operation with variable images
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/36 characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory

Abstract

An image display system includes: a server having a storage device that stores images; and a mobile terminal having a display device that displays the images acquired from the server. The mobile terminal includes: an operation input device that input a refinement condition of images and selects a display image; and a control device that sets a location related to a selected image as a destination. The server includes an extraction device that extracts multiple images according to the refinement condition obtained from the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. An image display system comprising:

a server having a storage device that stores a plurality of images; and

a mobile terminal having a display device that displays the plurality of images acquired from the server,

wherein the mobile terminal includes;

an operation input device that performs an operation to input a refinement condition for specifying a type of images and an operation to select at least one image from the plurality of images displayed on the display device; and

a control device that sets a location related to the image selected by the operation input device as a destination, and

wherein the storage device stores;

an image connected with additional information to specify at least one of a location of a content of the image, a location of a provider of the content of the image, and a shooting location at which the image was taken; and

an image not connected with the additional information,

wherein the server includes an extraction device that extracts the plurality of images from the image connected with the additional information and the image not connected with the additional information according to the refinement condition obtained from the mobile terminal.

2. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the storage device stores, in connection with an image, at least one of a category of a content of the image, a keyword set for the image, a name of the content of the image, a user identification name of a provider of the image, a title set for the image, a shooting date when the image was taken, and a registration date when the image was registered, and

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input, as the refinement condition, at least one of the category, the keyword, the name, the user identification name, the title, the shooting date when the image was taken, and the registration date when the image was registered.

3. The image display system according to claim 1

wherein the server has a first server and a second server, and

wherein the control device acquires the plurality of images from the first server or the second server depending on the refinement condition.

4. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the display device displays a plurality of acquired images in at least one of a list format to display two or more images concurrently and a slide-show format to display one image by sequentially switching the images in such a manner that the image connected with the additional information and the image not connected with the additional information are distinguishable.

5. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the control device acquires the additional information in addition to the image, which is connected with the additional information, when the control device acquires the plurality of images, and specifies a location related to each image according to the additional information acquired together with the image.

7. The image display system according to claim 5,

wherein the mobile terminal further includes a current location acquisition device that acquires a current location,

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input, as the refinement condition, a distance from the current location acquired by the current location acquisition device or an expected time of arrival from the current position, and

wherein the extraction device specifies a location related to each image based on the additional information, and extracts an image according to the refinement condition.

8. The image display system according to claim 5,

wherein the control device performs a navigation function to provide a guidance on a route to the destination or utilizes the navigation function provided from an outside,

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input a predetermined range in reference to the destination or a route to the destination as the refinement condition, and

wherein the extraction device specifies a location related to each image according to the additional information, and extracts the image according to the refinement condition.

9. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the mobile terminal is a vehicle mobile terminal,

wherein the image display system further includes a vehicle information acquisition device that acquires vehicle information for specifying a traveling state of a vehicle, and

wherein the control device restricts at least a part of an input operation on the operation input device or a display operation by the display device when the control device determines based on the vehicle information that the vehicle is travelling.

10. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the mobile terminal is a vehicle mobile terminal, and

wherein the control device executes an application that functions in cooperation with a portable communication terminal, and acquires the plurality of images from the server via the portable communication terminal.

11. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input a sort condition, according to which images to be displayed on the display device are sorted, and

wherein the mobile terminal sorts images to be displayed on the display device according to the sort condition inputted from the operation input device, and displays sorted images on the display device.

12. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input a sort condition, according to which images to be displayed on the display device are sorted,

wherein the mobile terminal transmits the sort condition inputted from the operation input device to the server, and

wherein the server transmits the plurality of images, which are extracted according to the refinement condition, to the mobile terminal in a state where the images are preliminarily sorted according to received sort condition.

13. A mobile terminal utilized in the image display system according to claim 1.

14. A server utilized in the image display system according to claim 1.

6. (canceled)

15. A non-transitory physical computer-readable medium comprising instructions being executed by a computer, the instructions including a computer-implemented method for displaying images, the instructions including:

storing a plurality of images in a storage device of a server, the plurality of images including;

an image connected with additional information to specify at least one of a location of a content of the image, a location of a provider of the content of the image, and a shooting location at which the image was taken; and

an image not connected with the additional information;

displaying the plurality of images acquired from the server on a display device in a mobile terminal;

inputting a refinement condition for specifying a type of the images in the mobile terminal, and selecting at least one image from the plurality of images displayed on the display device;

setting a location related to selected at least one image as a destination; and

extracting the plurality of images in the server from the image connected with the additional information and the image not connected with the additional information according to the refinement condition obtained from the mobile terminal.