Display apparatus

• US 8,451,296 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2010
• Issued: 05/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ono, Tachio
• Primary Examiner(s): OSINSKI, MICHAEL S
• Application Number:
  US12/849,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20110032384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: 345/418, 345/619, 345649-654, 345660-671, 345/173, 348/207.99, 348/207.1, 348/208.99, 348/208.2, 34820812-20816, 348/222.1, 34823199-2319, 348/239, 34833301-33312, 396 50- 53
• US Class Current: 345/649
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00323 with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera

Abstract

An apparatus includes a display unit, a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image, a detection unit configured to detect whether the apparatus is in the landscape orientation or in the portrait orientation, and a control unit configured to display a plurality of images in one orientation of the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image on the display unit in response to an instruction, and thereafter display a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit. The control unit determines the orientation of the image to be displayed first based on a detection result upon receiving the instruction.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a detection unit configured to detect whether the apparatus is in a landscape orientation or in a portrait orientation; and

a control unit configured to display a plurality of images in accordance with a detection result of the detection unit,

wherein the control unit has a first mode in which the control unit displays a plurality of images in one orientation of a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image on the display unit in response to an instruction, and thereafter displays a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit and a second mode in which the control unit displays the plurality of images in a predetermined order different from a display order of the plurality of images in the first mode,

wherein in the first mode, the control unit determines an orientation of an image to be displayed first based on an orientation of the apparatus detected by the detection unit when the control unit receives the instruction,

wherein in the first mode, the control unit displays the image without changing the image in orientation, and in the second mode, the control unit displays the portrait-oriented image with change in orientation when the apparatus is in the landscape orientation, and further displays the landscape-oriented image with change in orientation when the apparatus is in the portrait orientation.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the first mode, if the apparatus is in the landscape orientation when the control unit receives the instruction, the control unit first displays the plurality of landscape-oriented images and thereafter displays the plurality of portrait-oriented images on the display unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the first mode, if the apparatus is in the portrait orientation when the control unit receives the instruction, the control unit displays the plurality of the portrait-oriented images first, and thereafter displays the plurality of the landscape-oriented images on the display unit.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the first mode, the control unit displays information indicating a change in orientation of the image displayed on the display unit between the image in the one orientation and the image in the other orientation.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control unit does not display the image in the other orientation, until a change in orientation of the apparatus is detected by the detection unit after displaying information indicating the change in orientation of the image.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image and generate a list of images in the landscape orientation indicating the landscape-oriented images and a list of images in the portrait orientation indicating the portrait-oriented images,

wherein the control unit determines the display order of the plurality of images in the first mode based on the lists.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the classification unit classifies the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image based on additional information on the plurality of images.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the image from a recording medium that records a plurality of the images,

wherein the control unit displays the reproduced image on the display unit.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image;

a detection unit configured to detect whether the apparatus is in a landscape orientation or in a portrait orientation; and

a control unit configured to display a plurality of images on the display unit,

wherein the control unit has a first mode for displaying a plurality of images in one orientation of the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image on the display unit in response to an instruction, and thereafter display a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit, and a second mode for displaying the plurality of images in a predetermined order different from a classification result,

wherein in the first mode, the control unit determines the orientation of the image to be displayed first based on a detection result when the control unit receives the instruction, and

wherein in the first mode, the control unit displays the image without changing the image in orientation and, in the second mode, the control unit displays the portrait-oriented image with change in orientation when the apparatus is in the landscape orientation, and further displays the landscape-oriented image with change in orientation when the apparatus is in the portrait orientation.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a control unit configured to display a plurality of images on the display unit,

wherein the control unit has a first mode in which the control unit displays a plurality of images in one orientation of a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image on the display unit, and thereafter displays a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit and a second mode in which the control unit displays a plurality of images on the display unit in an order of shooting the plurality of images,

wherein, in the first mode, the control unit determines an orientation of an image to be displayed first based on an orientation of the apparatus at a display start time, and

wherein in the first mode, the control unit displays the image without changing the image in orientation, and in the second mode the control unit displays the portrait-oriented image with change in orientation when the apparatus is in the landscape orientation, and further displays the landscape-oriented image with changing the image in orientation when the apparatus is in the portrait orientation.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a classification unit classifies a plurality of images recorded on a recording medium into the landscape-oriented images and the portrait-oriented images,

wherein the display unit displays the image recorded on the recording medium.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, if the landscape-oriented image is not recorded on the recording medium, the control unit displays the portrait-oriented image recorded on the recording medium on the display unit, and if the portrait-oriented image is not recorded in the recording medium, the control unit displays the landscape-oriented image recorded on the recording medium on the display unit.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented images and a portrait-oriented images; and

a control unit configured to display a plurality of images on the display unit,

wherein the control unit has a first mode for displaying a plurality of images in one orientation of the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image on the display unit, and thereafter displays a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit, and second mode for displaying the plurality of images in a predetermined order different from a classification result,

wherein in the first mode, if the apparatus is in a landscape orientation at a display start time, the control unit first displays the plurality of the landscape-oriented images on the display unit, and thereafter displays the plurality of the portrait-oriented images on the display unit, and if the apparatus is in a portrait orientation at the display start time, the control unit first displays the plurality of the portrait-oriented images on the display unit, and thereafter displays the plurality of the landscape-oriented images on the display unit,

wherein, in the first mode, the control unit displays the image without changing the image in orientation, and in the second mode, the control unit displays the portrait-oriented image with change in orientation if the apparatus is in the landscape orientation, and further displays the landscape-oriented image with change in orientation if the apparatus is in the portrait orientation.

14. A method for controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

a displaying step that displays a plurality of images on the display apparatus,

wherein the display step has a first mode in which a plurality of images in one orientation of a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image corresponding to an orientation of the display apparatus are displayed, and thereafter a plurality of images in the other orientation are displayed and a second mode in which a plurality of images are displayed in a predetermined order different from a display order of the plurality of images in the first mode,

wherein in the first mode, the display step determines an orientation of an image to be displayed first based on a detection result when the display step receives an instruction,

wherein in the first mode, the display step displays the image without changing the image in orientation, and in the second mode, the display step displays the portrait-oriented image with change in orientation when the display apparatus is in the landscape orientation, and further displays the landscape-oriented image with change in orientation when the display apparatus is in the portrait orientation.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein, in the first mode, the display step displays information indicating a change in orientation of the displayed image between the image in the one orientation and the image in the other orientation.

16. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

a classification step that classifies a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented images and a portrait-oriented images and generates a list of images in the landscape orientation indicating the landscape-oriented images and a list of images in the portrait orientation indicating the portrait-oriented images,

wherein the display step determines the display order of the plurality of images in the first mode based on the lists.

17. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

a reproducing step that reproduces the image from a recording medium,

wherein the control step displays the reproduced image.

18. A method for controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

a detecting step that detects whether the display apparatus is in a landscape orientation or in a portrait orientation;

a control step that displays a plurality of images on the display apparatus in accordance with a detection result of the detection step,

wherein the control step has a first mode in which a plurality of images in one orientation of a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image are displayed, and thereafter a plurality of images in the other orientation are displayed, and a second mode in which the plurality of images are displayed in an order of shooting the plurality of images,

wherein in the first mode, the control step determines an orientation of an image to be displayed first based on an orientation of the display apparatus at a display start time, and

wherein, in the first mode, the control step displays the image without changing the image in orientation, and in the second mode, the control step displays the portrait-oriented image with change in orientation if the display apparatus is in the landscape orientation, and displays the landscape-oriented image with change in orientation if the display apparatus is in the portrait orientation.