Displaying apparatus, a displaying method, and a machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program

• US 7,656,399 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2005
• Issued: 02/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ono, Shuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Awad; Amr
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sherman; Stephen G
• Application Number:
  US11/216,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20060050086A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,615 Days
• Field of Search: 345/87, 345/204, 345/76, 345/156, 345/168, 345/169, 345/620, 345/629, 715730-732
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

It is an object to provide a displaying apparatus for displaying a plurality of images quickly in a short time while guaranteeing high visibility. A displaying apparatus for sequentially updating and displaying a plurality of images includes: an image getting unit for getting a plurality of images which should be displayed in case of getting an instruction of updating and displaying the plurality of images at high speed; a cutting unit for cutting out a partial region of each of the plurality of image gotten by the image getting unit as a partial image; an image compositing unit for generating a first composite image by arranging a plurality of partial images of the number which can be displayed at one time out of the plurality of partial images cut out by the cutting unit and compositing the plurality of partial images and generating a second composite image by deleting one partial image of the plurality of partial images included in the first composite image and adding a second partial image which is not included in the first composite image; and a displaying unit for sequentially updating the composite image at a designated update speed to display the composite image.

Claims

1. A displaying apparatus for sequentially updating and displaying a plurality of images comprising:

an image getting unit for getting a plurality of images which should be displayed in case of getting an instruction of updating and displaying the plurality of images at high speed;

a cutting unit for cutting out a partial region of each of the plurality of image gotten by said image getting unit as a partial image;

an image compositing unit for generating a first composite image by arranging a plurality of partial images of the number which can be displayed at one time out of the plurality of partial images cut out by said cutting unit and compositing the plurality of partial images and generating a second composite image by deleting one partial image of the plurality of partial images included in the first composite image and adding a second partial image which is not included in the first composite image;

a displaying unit for sequentially updating the composite image at a designated update speed selected by the displaying apparatus to display the composite image; and

wherein in case the designated update speed of images displayed is faster than a predetermined threshold value, said cutting unit reduces the size of the partial image and said image compositing unit increases the number of partial images included in the composite image.

3. A displaying apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein in case one image obtained by said image getting unit includes information specifying the position of a plurality of main objects, said cutting unit cuts the image into a plurality of partial images so that the plurality of partial images includes the plurality of main objects, respectively, and said image compositing unit generates a composite image by arranging the plurality of partial images cut out from the one image by said cutting unit and compositing the plurality of partial images.

4. A displaying apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein said displaying unit increases at least one of brightness and contrast of display in case of updating and displaying images at high speed.

5. A displaying apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 2, further comprising an update speed determining unit for determining update speed at which the partial images are updated according to the contents of the plurality of partial images cut out by said cutting unit, wherein said image compositing unit determines a partial image to be deleted from the first composite image based on the update speed of each partial image determined by said update speed determining unit and generates a second composite image by adding a second partial image, and said displaying unit updates and displays each of the partial images at the update speed of the partial image determined by said update speed determining unit.

6. A displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a frequency component acquiring unit for acquiring frequency components included in each of the plurality of images cut by said cutting unit, wherein said update speed determining unit determines update speed of a partial image displayed to be slower as the level of frequency component of the partial image, acquired by said frequency component acquiring unit, which is higher than a predetermined frequency, is higher.

7. A displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a number of objects acquiring unit for acquiring the number of objects included in each of the plurality of partial images cut out by said cutting unit, wherein said update speed determining unit determines update speed of a partial image displayed to be slower as the number of objects acquired by said number of objects acquiring unit is larger.

8. A displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said number of objects acquiring unit acquires the number of persons included in each of the plurality of partial images cut out by said cutting unit, and said update speed determining unit determines update speed of a partial image displayed to be slower as the number of persons acquired by said number of objects acquiring unit is larger.

9. A displaying apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 2, further comprising a number of objects acquiring unit for acquiring the number of persons included in each of the plurality of partial images cut out by said cutting unit, and a displaying order determining unit for determining the displaying order according to the number of objects acquired by said number of objects acquiring unit, wherein said image compositing unit generates a plurality of composite images sequentially by selecting partial images sequentially according to the displaying order determined by said displaying order determining unit.

10. A displaying apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein each of the plurality of images gotten by said image getting unit includes information specifying the direction of the image, said cutting unit cuts out a laterally long partial image from an image directed laterally and a longitudinally long partial image from an image directed longitudinally, and said image compositing unit generates a composite image by collecting and compositing the laterally long partial images and a composite image by collecting and compositing the longitudinally long partial images.

11. A displaying apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein each of the plurality of images gotten by said image getting unit includes information specifying the position of a main object, and said cutting unit cuts out a partial image so that the partial image includes the main object.

2. A displaying apparatus for sequentially updating and displaying a plurality of images comprising:

an image getting unit for getting a plurality of images which should be displayed in case of getting an instruction of updating and displaying the plurality of images at high speed;

a cutting unit for cutting out a partial region of each of the plurality of image gotten by said image getting unit as a partial image;

an image compositing unit for generating a first composite image by arranging a plurality of partial images of the number which can be displayed at one time out of the plurality of partial images cut out by said cutting unit and compositing the plurality of partial images and generating a second composite image by deleting one partial image of the plurality of partial images included in the first composite image and adding a second partial image which is not included in the first composite image;

a displaying unit for sequentially updating the composite image at a designated update speed selected by the displaying apparatus to display the composite image, and

further comprising a continuous-shot image selecting unit for selecting a plurality of images captured by continuous-shot of the plurality of images gotten by said image getting unit, wherein said image compositing unit generates a plurality of composite images so that at least one of a plurality of partial images each of which is cut out from each of the plurality of images selected by said continuous-shot image selecting unit are displayed at positions of the plurality of composite images continuously and in time-series.

12. A displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said image compositing unit generates a first composite image including a partial image cut out from a first image selected by said continuous-shot image selecting unit and generates a second composite image by deleting a partial image included in the first image selected by said continuous-shot image selecting unit adding a partial image included in a second image selected by said continuous-shot image selecting unit, and said displaying unit updates and displays the partial images cut out from the plurality of images selected by said continuous-shot image selecting unit at display speed lower than that of partial images cut out from a plurality of images which are not selected by said continuous-shot image selecting unit.

13. A displaying method for sequentially updating and displaying a plurality of images by a displaying apparatus comprising steps of:

getting a plurality of images which should be displayed in case of getting an instruction of updating and displaying the plurality of images at high speed;

cutting out a partial region of each of the gotten plurality of image as a partial image;

generating a composite image by arranging a plurality of partial images of the number which can be displayed at one time and compositing the plurality of partial images,

generating a first composite image by arranging a plurality of partial images of the number which can be displayed at one time out of the plurality of partial images cut out by said cutting unit and compositing the plurality of partial images and generating a second composite image by deleting one partial image of the plurality of partial images included in the first composite image and adding a second partial image which is not included in the first composite image;

sequentially updating the composite image at a designated update speed selected by the displaying apparatus to display the composite image; and

wherein in case the designated update speed of images displayed is faster than a predetermined threshold value, said cutting unit reduces the size of the partial image and said image compositing unit increases the number of partial images included in the composite image.

14. A machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for a displaying apparatus for sequentially updating and displaying a plurality of images, the program making the displaying apparatus perform an image getting function of getting a plurality of images which should be displayed in case of getting an instruction of updating a plurality of images at high speed;

a cutting function of cutting out a part of each of the plurality of image gotten by an image getting unit as a partial image;

an image compositing function of generating a first composite image by arranging a plurality of partial images of the number which can be displayed at one time out of the plurality of partial images cut out by a cutting unit and compositing the plurality of partial images and generating a second composite image by deleting one partial image of the plurality of partial images included in the first composite image and adding a second partial image which is not included in the first composite image;

a displaying function of sequentially updating the composite image at a designated update speed selected by the displaying apparatus to display the composite image; and

wherein in case the designated update speed of images displayed is faster than a predetermined threshold value, said cutting unit reduces the size of the partial image and said image compositing unit increases the number of partial images included in the composite image.

15. A displaying apparatus for sequentially updating and displaying a plurality of images comprising:

an image getting unit for getting a still pictures and moving pictures which should be displayed in case of getting an instruction of updating and displaying the still pictures and the moving pictures at high speed;

a displaying unit for arranging and displaying each of still pictures and moving pictures of a number which can be displayed at one time out of the still pictures and the moving pictures gotten by said image getting unit;

a display controlling unit for making a still picture or a moving picture which has not been displayed on said displaying unit out of the still picture and the moving picture gotten by said image getting unit displayed on said displaying unit instead of one of the still picture and the moving pictures which are being displayed on said displaying unit;

an update controlling unit for updating and displaying sequentially the still picture and the moving picture displayed by said displaying unit at an update speed designated by a user to an instruction getting unit;

a partial period moving picture extracting unit for extracting a partial period moving picture which is a part of the moving picture during a characteristic partial period, wherein said displaying unit arranges and displays the still picture gotten by said image getting unit and the partial period moving picture extracted by said partial period moving picture extracting unit, and said update controlling unit sequentially updates and displays the still picture displayed by said displaying unit at the update speed designated by the user while the partial period moving picture extracted by said partial period moving picture extracting unit is displayed, and

wherein said partial period moving picture extracting unit extracts a partial period moving picture including a part where volume of voice accompanying the moving picture is larger than a predetermine value out of the moving picture gotten by said image getting unit.

16. A displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 15 further comprising a main object specifying unit for specifying a main object of the moving picture gotten by said image getting unit, Wherein said partial period moving picture extracting unit extracts a partial period moving picture including a part where an image of the main object specified by said main object specifying unit is captured.

17. A displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein said update controlling unit updates and displays the still picture displayed by said displaying unit sequentially at the update speed designated by the user.

18. A displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 15 further comprising a still picture cutting unit for cutting out a partial region of the still picture gotten by said image getting unit as a partial still picture, and a partial moving picture generating unit for generating a partial moving picture by cutting out a partial region of each of a plurality of images constituting the moving picture gotten by said image getting unit, wherein said displaying unit arranges and displays each of the still picture cut out by said still picture cutting unit and the partial moving picture generated by said partial moving picture generating unit.

19. A displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 18 further comprising a main object specifying unit for specifying a main object of the moving picture gotten by said image getting unit, wherein said partial moving picture generating unit cuts out a partial region of each of the plurality of images constituting the moving picture gotten by said image getting unit so that the partial region includes the main object specified by said main object specifying unit and generates a partial moving picture tracking the main object specified by said main object specifying unit.

20. A displaying apparatus as claimed in claim 15 further comprising a plurality of voice outputting units which, in case said displaying unit displays a plurality of moving pictures at the same time, outputting voice accompanying each of the plurality of moving pictures from the direction corresponding the position where the moving picture is displayed.

21. A displaying method for sequentially updating and displaying a plurality of images comprising steps of:

getting a still picture and a moving picture which should be displayed in case of getting an instruction of updating and displaying the still picture and the moving picture at high speed;

arranging and displaying each of still pictures and moving pictures of a number which can be displayed at one time out of the still picture and the moving picture gotten;

making a still picture or a moving picture which has not been displayed out of the still picture and the gotten moving picture displayed instead of one of the still picture and the moving pictures which are being displayed;

updating and displaying sequentially the still picture and the moving picture displayed at an update speed designated by a user to an instruction getting unit; and

a partial period moving picture extracting unit extracting a partial period moving picture which is a part of the moving picture during a characteristic partial period, wherein said displaying unit arranges and displays the still picture gotten by said image getting unit and the partial period moving picture extracted by said partial period moving picture extracting unit, and said update controlling unit sequentially updates and displays the still picture displayed by said displaying unit at the update speed designated by the user while the partial period moving picture extracted by said partial period moving picture extracting unit is displayed; and

wherein said partial period moving picture extracting unit extracts a partial period moving picture including a part where volume of voice accompanying the moving picture is larger than a predetermine value out of the moving picture gotten by said image getting unit.

22. A machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for a displaying apparatus for sequentially updating and displaying a plurality of images, the program making the displaying apparatus perform;

an image getting function of getting a still picture and a moving picture which should be displayed in case of getting an instruction of updating and displaying the still picture and the moving picture at high speed;

a displaying function of arranging and displaying each of still pictures and moving pictures of a number which can be displayed at one time out of the still picture and the moving picture gotten by an image getting unit;

a display controlling function of making a still picture or a moving picture which has not been displayed on a displaying unit out of the still picture and the moving picture gotten by the image getting unit displayed on the displaying unit instead of one of the still picture and the moving pictures which are being displayed on the displaying unit;

an update controlling function of updating and displaying sequentially the still picture and the moving picture displayed by the displaying unit at an update speed designated by a user to an instruction getting unit; and

a partial period moving picture extracting unit extracting a partial period moving picture which is a part of the moving picture during a characteristic partial period, wherein said displaying unit arranges and displays the still picture gotten by said image getting unit and the partial period moving picture extracted by said partial period moving picture extracting unit, and said update controlling unit sequentially updates and displays the still picture displayed by said displaying unit at the update speed designated by the user while the partial period moving picture extracted by said partial period moving picture extracting unit is displayed; and

wherein said partial period moving picture extracting unit extracts a partial period moving picture including a part where volume of voice accompanying the moving picture is larger than a predetermine value out of the moving picture gotten by said image getting unit.