Apparatus and method for image/position display

• US 7,096,211 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2000
• Issued: 08/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fujihara, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Khatri, Anil
• Application Number:
  US09/727,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20020054162A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,091 Days
• Field of Search: 706 57- 59, 345/638, 345/133, 345/619, 345700-867, 345961-978, 345/621, 345/625, 345/650, 715/500, 715540-542
• US Class Current: 706/58
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation 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 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts

Abstract

An information processing apparatus and an information processing method as well as a program storage medium by which a large amount of image data is managed readily and displayed plainly are disclosed. A film window and a map window are displayed on a display screen. Thumbnail icons corresponding to photograph image data are arranged in a time series, and thumbnail icons corresponding to image data picked up before and after image pickup of the photograph image data can be referred to by an operation of an upward scroll button or a downward scroll button. When a user clicks one of the thumbnail icons, a position representative of a place at which the photograph was taken is displayed at the center of the map window. When the user clicks one of the position icons, a thumbnail icon representative of the image data picked up at the place is displayed at the top of the film window.

Claims

1. An image displaying apparatus, comprising:

image information displaying means for displaying icons of a first type representative of image information in an image information displaying area; and

position information displaying means for displaying icons of a second type representative of position information relative to a point on a geographical map displayed in a position information displaying area;

wherein

said image information displaying means changes display of an icon of the first type if the icon of the first type corresponds to a selected icon of the second type, and

said position information displaying means changes display of an icon of the second type if the icon of the second type corresponds to a selected icon of the first type.

2. An image displaying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

both said image information and said position information each of which has attribute data of time, and both said image information displaying means and said position information displaying means specify a corresponding relationship between said icons of the first type and said icons of the second type using said attribute data of time as a parameter.

3. A method for displaying image information, comprising steps of:

displaying icons of a first type representative of image information in an image information displaying area;

displaying icons of a second type representative of position information relative to a point on a geographical map displayed in a position information displaying area;

changing display of an icon of the first type if the icon of the first type corresponds to a selected icon of the second type; and

changing display of an icon of the second type if the icon of the second type corresponds to a selected icon of the first type.

4. A computer program product having computer readable instructions contained therein that when executed by a processor are configured to implements steps of:

displaying icons of a first type representative of image information in an image information displaying area;

displaying icons of a second type representative of position information relative to a point on a geographical map displayed in a position information displaying area;

changing display of an icon of the first type if the icon of the first type corresponds to a selected icon of the second type; and

changing display of an icon of the second type if the icon of the second type corresponds to a selected icon of the first type.

5. An image displaying apparatus, comprising:

storage means for storing image data;

first recording means for recording time information in a corresponding relationship to the image data;

second recording means for recording position information in a corresponding relationship to the image data;

first display control means for controlling display of first icons representative of the image data stored in said storage means in accordance with the time information recorded by said first recording means in image information displaying area;

second display control means for controlling display of a geographical map image in position information displaying area; and

third display control means for controlling display of second icons representative of the position information recorded by said second recording means on the geographical map image whose display is controlled by said second display control means, wherein

when one of the first icons whose display is controlled by said first display control means is selected, said second display control means changes the display of the geographical map image based on the position information of the image data corresponding to the selected first icon recorded by said second recording means in said position information displaying area and said third display control means changes the display of the second icons corresponding to the selected first icon, and

said first display control means changes, when one of the second icons whose display is controlled by said third display control means is selected, the display of the first icons based on the time information of the image data corresponding to the selected second icon recorded by said first recording means in said image information displaying area.

6. An image displaying method, comprising steps of:

storing image data in a storage means;

recording time information via a first recording means in a corresponding relationship to the image data;

recording position information via a second recording means in a corresponding relationship to the image data;

controlling via a first display control means a display of first icons representative of the image data stored in said storage means in accordance with the time information recorded by said first recording means in image information displaying area;

controlling via a second display control means a display of a geographical map image in position information displaying area; and

controlling via a third display control means a display of second icons representative of the position information recorded by said second recording means on the geographical map image whose display is controlled by said second display control means, wherein

when one of the first icons whose display is controlled by said first display control means is selected, said second display control means changes the display of the geographical map image based on the position information of the image data corresponding to the selected first icon recorded by said second recording means in said position information displaying area and said third display control means changes the display of the second icons corresponding to the selected first icon, and

said first display control means changes, when one of the second icons whose display is controlled by said third display control means is selected, the display of the first icons based on the time information of the image data corresponding to the selected second icon recorded by said first recording means in said image information displaying area.

7. A computer program product having computer readable instructions contained therein that when executed by a processor are configured to implements steps of:

storing image data in a storage means;

recording time information via a first recording means in a corresponding relationship to the image data;

recording position information via a second recording means in a corresponding relationship to the image data;

controlling via a first display control means a display of first icons representative of the image data stored in said storage means in accordance with the time information recorded by said first recording means in image information displaying area;

controlling via a second display control means a display of a geographical map image in position information displaying area; and

controlling via a third display control means a display of second icons representative of the position information recorded by said second recording means on the geographical map image whose display is controlled by said second display control means, wherein

when one of the first icons whose display is controlled by said first display control means is selected, said second display control means changes the display of the geographical map image based on the position information of the image data corresponding to the selected first icon recorded by said second recording means in said position information display area and said third display control means changes the display of the second icons corresponding to the selected first icon, and

said first display control means changes, when one of the second icons whose display is controlled by said third display control means is selected, the display of the first icons based on the time information of the image data corresponding to the selected second icon recorded by said first recording means in said image information displaying area.

8. An image displaying apparatus, comprising:

an image information displaying unit configured to display icons of a first type representative of image information in an image information displaying area; and

a position information displaying unit configured to display icons of a second type representative of position information relative to a point on a geographical map displayed in a position information displaying area;

wherein

said image information displaying unit changes display of an icon of the first type if the icon of the first type corresponds to a selected icon of the second type, and

said position information displaying unit changes display of an icon of the second type if the icon of the second type corresponds to a selected icon of the first type.

9. An image displaying apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit configured to store image data;

a first recording unit configured to record time information in a corresponding relationship to the image data;

a second recording unit configured to record position information in a corresponding relationship to the image data;

a first display control unit configured to control display of first icons representative of the image data stored in said storage unit in accordance with the time information recorded by said first recording unit in image information displaying area;

a second display control unit configured to control display of a geographical map image in position information displaying area; and

a third display control unit configured to control display of second icons representative of the position information recorded by said second recording unit on the geographical map image whose display is controlled by said second display control unit, wherein

when one of the first icons whose display is controlled by said first display control unit is selected, said second display control unit changes the display of the geographical map image based on the position information of the image data corresponding to the selected first icon recorded by said second recording unit in said position information displaying area and said third display control unit changes the display of the second icons corresponding to the selected first icon, and

said first display control unit changes, when one of the second icons whose display is controlled by said third display control unit is selected, the display of the first icons based on the time information of the image data corresponding to the selected second icon recorded by said first recording unit in said image information displaying area.