INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20180181281A1
• Filed: 05/31/2016
• Published: 06/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SUKI, Yasuyuki
• Application Number:
  US15/738,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20180181281A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/003 Maps
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/10 Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids optical projection apparatus per se G03B
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor

Abstract

[Object] To make it possible to further improve user-friendliness.

[Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a display pattern determining unit configured to determine a display pattern of a plurality of images. The display pattern determining unit determines, on the basis of scattering of a plurality of pieces of position information including position information associated with each of the plurality of images, a display pattern in which the plurality of images are arranged along with a map including a location corresponding to the position information.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a display pattern determining unit configured to determine a display pattern of a plurality of images,

wherein the display pattern determining unit determines, on the basis of scattering of a plurality of pieces of position information including position information associated with each of the plurality of images, a display pattern in which the plurality of images are arranged along with a map including a location corresponding to the position information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display pattern determining unit determines a display pattern in which the plurality of images are arranged along with a map including a location corresponding to the position information on the basis of scattering of the plurality of pieces of position information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the display pattern determining unit determines a display pattern in which the plurality of images are arranged along with a map in accordance with judgment that variation of scattering of the position information is larger than a predetermined criterion.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the position information respectively associated with the plurality of images is position information indicating locations where the plurality of images are acquired, and

the display pattern determining unit determines the predetermined criterion on the basis of action history of a user who creates the plurality of images.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the display pattern determining unit determines the predetermined criterion so that a display pattern in which the plurality of images are arranged along with the map is determined for the plurality of images acquired at a location which the user less frequently visits, in accordance with frequency of the user visiting the location where the plurality of images are created within a predetermined period, the frequency being obtained on the basis of the action history.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the predetermined period for obtaining frequency of the user visiting the location where the plurality of images are created is a predetermined period going back from a current time point and is updated as needed.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the display pattern determining unit determines a value corresponding to an activity range in daily life of the user estimated on the basis of the action history as the predetermined criterion.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in the display pattern in which the plurality of images are arranged along with the map, the plurality of images are arranged in association with locations corresponding to the respective pieces of position information of the plurality of images on the map.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the plurality of images are respectively arranged on locations corresponding to the position information on the map.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein the plurality of images are displayed by being respectively connected with lines to locations corresponding to the position information on the map.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, when display relating to the display pattern in which the plurality of images are arranged along with the map is scrolled, the plurality of images are sequentially displayed in chronological order in accordance with scrolling on the basis of time information associated with each of the plurality of images.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein, when the plurality of images are sequentially displayed in accordance with scrolling, display of the map changes so that a location corresponding to the position information of the image displayed most recently is located at substantially the center of a display region browsed by the user.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein an indicator indicating a degree of progress of the scrolling is displayed together.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the position information respectively associated with the plurality of images is position information indicating locations where the plurality of images are created, and

a migration path of the user when the plurality of images are created is displayed on the map.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the plurality of images are photographs, position information respectively associated with the plurality of images is position information indicating photographing locations of the photographs, and time information respectively associated with the plurality of images is time information indicating photographing time of the photographs.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the plurality of images are classified into categories in accordance with a predetermined criterion, and

the display pattern determining unit determines the display pattern for each of the categories.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

a display screen generating unit configured to generate a display screen in which the plurality of images are arranged for each of the categories in chronological order by combining the display patterns for each of the categories determined by the display pattern determining unit.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 16,

wherein classification into the categories is performed through event clustering.

19. An information processing method comprising:

determining a display pattern of a plurality of images by a processor,

wherein, on the basis of scattering of a plurality of pieces of position information including position information associated with each of the plurality of images, a display pattern in which the plurality of images are arranged along with a map including a location corresponding to the position information is determined.

20. A program causing a computer to implement:

a function of determining a display pattern of a plurality of images,

wherein, on the basis of scattering of a plurality of pieces of position information including position information associated with each of the plurality of images, a display pattern in which the plurality of images are arranged along with a map including a location corresponding to the position information is determined.