Display controller, display control method, mobile terminal device, and display control program
First Claim
1. A display controller comprising:
- a control unit configured to control a display;
an operating unit configured to receive input commands;
an electronic memory configured to store information including a plurality of images; and
an electronic display configured to simultaneously display a first display area and a second display area on a display screen, said first display area including a time axis responsive to an input to select a unit of time and a single thumbnail image corresponding to each unit of time on the time axis, and said second display area including a plurality of images received from the electronic memory corresponding to the selected unit of time in the time axis of the first display area,wherein said unit of time on the time axis includes a series of days, weeks, months or years,the single thumbnail image is the latest thumbnail image of the plurality of images corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis, andsaid second display area is configured to display only the plurality of images corresponding to the single thumbnail image corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a display controller having: time line display means that includes at least two or more units of time on, of a first display area and a second display area that are formed on display means, the first display area, and that displays a time line manipulable to specify a desired unit of time from the two or more units of time; and related information display means that reads out, from a plurality of pieces of information stored respectively including time information added, information to which are added time information related to a unit of time specified by manipulation of the time line displayed on the first display area through operating means, and that displays the read out information on the second display area of the display means.
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13 Claims
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1. A display controller comprising:
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a control unit configured to control a display; an operating unit configured to receive input commands; an electronic memory configured to store information including a plurality of images; and an electronic display configured to simultaneously display a first display area and a second display area on a display screen, said first display area including a time axis responsive to an input to select a unit of time and a single thumbnail image corresponding to each unit of time on the time axis, and said second display area including a plurality of images received from the electronic memory corresponding to the selected unit of time in the time axis of the first display area, wherein said unit of time on the time axis includes a series of days, weeks, months or years, the single thumbnail image is the latest thumbnail image of the plurality of images corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis, and said second display area is configured to display only the plurality of images corresponding to the single thumbnail image corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A display control method comprising:
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retrieving information from an electronic memory; displaying, on an electronic display, a first display area that includes a time axis responsive to an input to select a unit of time, and a single thumbnail image corresponding to each unit of time being displayed; identifying an input to select the unit of time displayed on the time axis; displaying simultaneously on the electronic display, a second display area that includes only a plurality of images corresponding to the single thumbnail image corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis, wherein the single thumbnail is the latest thumbnail image of the plurality of images, displayed in the second display area, corresponding to the selected unit of time. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A mobile terminal device comprising:
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means for controlling a display means; means for storing a plurality of information including images and time information; means for receiving input commands; means for simultaneously displaying a first display area and a second display area on a display screen, said first display area including a time axis responsive to an input to select a unit of time and a single thumbnail image corresponding to each unit of time on the time axis, and said second display area including a plurality of images received from the storage means corresponding to the selected unit of time in the time axis of the first display area, wherein said unit of time on the time axis includes a series of days, weeks, months or years, the single thumbnail image is the latest thumbnail image of the plurality of images corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis, and said second display area displays only a plurality of images corresponding to the single thumbnail image corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A computer readable storage medium including computer program instructions for causing a display controller to perform a method, comprising:
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retrieving information from an electronic memory; displaying, on an electronic display, a first display area that includes a time axis responsive to an input to select a unit of time, and a single thumbnail image corresponding to each unit of time being displayed; identifying an input to select a unit of time displayed on the time axis; displaying simultaneously on the electronic display, a second display area that includes only a plurality of images corresponding to the single thumbnail image corresponding to the selected unit of time on the time axis, wherein the single thumbnail is the latest thumbnail image of the plurality of images, displayed in the second display area, corresponding to the selected unit of time. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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