Image displaying device

• US 8,910,080 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2008
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Akagi, Koji, Matsuno, Tetsuro, Sato, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): STITT, ERIK V
• Application Number:
  US12/155,155
• Publication Number:
  US 20080301584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,384 Days
• Field of Search: 715/838, 715/810, 715/767
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00442 Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00448 horizontally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32112 in a separate computer file, document page or paper sheet, e.g. a fax cover sheet H04N1/32122 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3247 Data linking a set of images to one another, e.g. sequence, burst or continuous capture mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/325 Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

An image-displaying device includes a storing unit and a displaying unit. The storing unit stores correlation data between a plurality of thumbnails and a sequence of the plurality of thumbnails. The displaying unit is capable of displaying a predetermined maximum number of thumbnails based on the correlation data. If a displayed thumbnail is selected by a user, the displaying unit displays identification data identifying the selected thumbnail together with the selected thumbnail. If identification data is selected by a user, the displaying unit displays a thumbnail corresponding to the selected identification data.

Claims

1. An image-displaying device comprising:

a storing unit configured to store correlation data between a plurality of thumbnails and a sequence of the plurality of thumbnails such that each of the plurality of thumbnails is assigned with a page number;

a display including a first portion and a second portion;

a display control unit configured to control the display to display, on the first portion of the display, a series of thumbnails from among the plurality of thumbnails at a time based on the correlation data such that the series of thumbnails is displayed in order determined by the page number, and to display, on the second portion of the display simultaneously with the series of thumbnails on the first portion of the display, a plurality of identification images; and

a selection receiving unit configured to receive a selection of a thumbnail from among the series of thumbnails displayed on the first portion of the display unit,

wherein, when the image-displaying device is in a mode, each time a thumbnail is selected from among the series of thumbnails displayed on the first portion of the display, the display control unit controls the display such that an identification image identifying the selected thumbnail is additionally displayed on the second portion of the display and linked to the selected thumbnail,

wherein the selection receiving unit is configured to receive a selection of an identification image from among the plurality identification images displayed on the second portion of the display,

wherein, if a first identification image of the plurality identification images displayed on the second portion of the display is selected, the display control unit controls the display to display, on the first portion of the display, a series of first thumbnails including a first target thumbnail which has been linked to the selected first identification image when the first target thumbnail was selected and the first identification image was additionally displayed on the display,

wherein, if a second identification image of the plurality identification images displayed on the second portion of the display is selected, the display control unit controls the display to display, on the first portion of the display, a series of second thumbnails including a second target thumbnail which has been linked to the selected second identification image when the second target thumbnail was selected and the second identification image was additionally displayed on the display,

wherein the display control unit is configured to control the display to display a bar on the second portion of the display, the page number corresponding to a position with respect to a direction in which the bar extends, and

wherein the plurality of identification images is arrayed along the bar on the second portion of the display such that each of the plurality of identification images is displayed at a position corresponding to a page number that is assigned to a thumbnail identified by the each of the plurality of identification images.

2. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a counting unit configured to count a selected order each time one of the series of thumbnails displayed on the first portion of the display is selected,

wherein the display control unit controls the display to display, on the first portion of the display, the selected thumbnail together with the selected order in which the selected thumbnail is selected.

3. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein if a thumbnail is selected a plurality of times, the display control unit controls the display to display, on the first portion of the display, the identification image of the selected thumbnail together with the number of times the thumbnail is selected.

4. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a group setting unit configured to set groups to which a prescribed number of selected thumbnails belong,

wherein the display control unit controls the display to display, on the first portion of the display, the thumbnails in a different display format for every group.

5. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls the display to further display, based on the correlation data, a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of thumbnails respectively,

wherein if an icon is selected, the display control unit controls the display to display the series of thumbnails including a thumbnail corresponding to the selected icon.

6. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein the display includes a plurality of first display regions corresponding to the plurality of thumbnails respectively,

wherein if one of the plurality of first regions is touched by a user, the display control unit controls the display to display, on the first portion of the display, the series of thumbnails including a thumbnail corresponding to the touched first region.

7. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein the display includes, in the second portion thereof, a plurality of second display regions corresponding to the plurality of pieces of identification image respectively,

wherein if one of the plurality of second regions is touched by a user, the display control unit controls the display to display, on the first portion of the display, the series of thumbnails including a thumbnail corresponding to an identification image corresponding to the touched second region.

8. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls the display to sequentially display the selected thumbnails in a selected order.

9. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a file creating unit configured to create a single file including images corresponding to the selected thumbnails.

10. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a printing unit configured to print images corresponding to the selected thumbnails.

11. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, further comprising a facsimile transmitting unit configured to transmit images corresponding to the selected thumbnails as a facsimile.

12. The image-displaying device according to claim 1, wherein the bar comprises a scrollbar.