Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program

• US 8,976,193 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takakura, Hiroki, Miyagi, Shiro, Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Merouan, Abderrahim
• Application Number:
  US11/754,582
• Publication Number:
  US 20070279438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,842 Days
• Field of Search: 345619-689, 709202-203, 715200-866, 716 1- 21, 342351-358, 382/291, 382/298, 382/276, 382/100, 382/103, 382/224, 701/420, 701/421, 701/438, 701/454, 701/445
• US Class Current: 345/619
• 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 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that executes information display processing is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a display unit that executes information display; and a data processing unit that executes a control of the information display of the display unit and data processing based on a user input. The data processing unit displays an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executes display of a map at the position, which corresponds to position information included in attribute information of a selected image, on the basis of a user'"'"'s input of image selection information and map display request.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus that executes information display processing, comprising:

circuitry configured to execute control of information display of a display unit, wherein

the circuitry is further configured to execute processing for display of an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and to execute processing for display of a map, on the display unit, upon receipt of user input including selection information including a selected plurality of images, each image of the selected plurality of images having corresponding time information associated with image capture included in associated attribute information, and a map view launch command, the display of the map on the display unit displaying a map region corresponding to one of;

first position information included in first associated attribute information of a first one of the selected plurality of images having earliest time information included in the first associated attribute information; and

second position information included in second associated attribute information of a second one of the selected plurality of images having latest time information included in the second associated attribute information,

the circuitry is further configured to execute processing for displaying an image list, which is a list of the selected plurality of images, together with the map, at a time when executing map information display processing occurs,

the selected plurality of images in the image list are ordered based on the time information associated with image capture included in the associated attribute information, and

the circuitry is further configured to execute processing for displaying an identification icon next to an image from the selected plurality of images in the image list indicating whether the image from the selected plurality of images in the image list has a corresponding map position information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to execute processing for display of together with the map, an image that has not been associated with position information and to execute processing for associating position information with said image when said user inputs a position on the map, said image that has not been associated with position information being an image from the selected plurality of images.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the map view launch command is initiated by clicking an icon on the image browsing screen.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the list of selected plurality of images is displayed on the display unit in a display area separate from the map.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to allow a user to drag and drop each image of the selected plurality of images from the image list onto the map that does not have said corresponding map position information.

6. An information processing method executed in an information processing apparatus which includes circuitry, comprising:

executing, in the circuitry, data processing to control information display on a display unit, wherein

the data processing includes processing for displaying an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executing processing for display of a map on the display unit, upon receipt of user input including selection information including a selected plurality of images, each image of the selected plurality of images having corresponding time information associated with image capture included in associated attribute information, and a map view launch command, the display of the map on the display unit displaying a map region corresponding to one of;

first position information included in first associated attribute information of a first one of the selected plurality of images having earliest time information included in the first associated attribute information; and

second position information included in second associated attribute information of a second one of the selected plurality of images having latest time information included in the second associated attribute information,

the data processing includes processing for displaying an image list, which is a list of the selected plurality of images, together with the map, at a time when executing map information display processing occurs,

the selected plurality of images in the image list are ordered based on the time information associated with image capture included in the associated attribute information, and

the data processing includes processing for displaying an identification icon next to an image from the selected plurality of images in the image list indicating whether the image from the selected plurality of images in the image list has a corresponding map position information.

7. The information processing method according to claim 6, wherein each operation of the method executed in the information processing apparatus is executed by one of a personal computer, a digital camera, or a mobile phone.

8. The information processing method according to claim 6, wherein the map view launch command is initiated by clicking an icon on the image browsing screen.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with instructions which, when executed by an information processing apparatus which includes circuitry, cause the information processing apparatus to execute an information processing method, said information processing method comprising:

executing, in the circuitry, data processing to control information display on a display unit, wherein

the data processing includes, processing for displaying an image browsing screen, which corresponds to image data stored in a storage unit, on the display unit and executing processing for display of a map, on the display unit, upon receipt of user input including selection information including a selected plurality of images, each image of the selected plurality of images having corresponding map position information and time information associated with image capture included in associated attribute information, and a map view launch command, the display of the map on the display unit displaying a map region corresponding to one of;

first position information included in first associated attribute information of a first one of the selected plurality of images having earliest time information included in the first associated attribute information; and

second position information included in second associated attribute information of a second one of the selected plurality of images having latest time information included in the second associated attribute information,

the data processing includes processing for displaying an image list, which is a list of the selected plurality of images, together with the map, at a time when executing map information display processing occurs, and

the selected plurality of images in the image list are ordered based on the time information associated with image capture included in the associated attribute information, and

the data processing includes processing for displaying an identification icon next to an image from the selected plurality of images in the image list indicating whether the image from the selected plurality of images in the image list has a corresponding map position information.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 9,

wherein the data processing includes processing for executing display of the map in which a position marker corresponding to position information included in attribute information of a selected image is set.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 9,

wherein the data processing includes processing for reading and displaying image data in which position information corresponding to a set position of a marker is set as attribute information on a basis of a user'"'"'s operation on the marker.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium-according to claim 9,

wherein the data processing includes map information display processing for creating or acquiring an information display file, in which image reference information as access information corresponding to a selected image is set, on a basis of a user'"'"'s input of image selection information and map display request and displaying a map and the selected image together.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 9,

wherein the data processing includes processing for displaying the identification icon indicating whether or not position information is recorded in attribution information corresponding to a display image on the image list.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium-according to claim 13, wherein the information processing method being executed further comprises:

executing, at the circuitry, processing for acquiring position information, which corresponds to a map position of a place where a display image of the image list is dragged and dropped, on a basis of a user'"'"'s dragging and dropping of the display image of the image list onto a display map and then recording the acquired position information as position information corresponding to the display image that is dragged and dropped.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium-according to claim 14,

wherein the position information is recorded in an image file together with dragged and dropped image data.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium-according to claim 9, wherein the information processing method being executed further comprises:

executing, at the circuitry, a saving processing for creating new or updating and then saving, with respect to images selected at a time of display of map information, selected image group information including at least reference information of selected image data.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium-according to claim 16,

wherein the data saving processing is processing for saving data including position information corresponding to an image.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium-according to claim 16,

wherein the data saving processing is processing for saving data including the map, which is being displayed on the display unit, or access information of the map.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium-according to claim 16,

wherein the data saving processing is processing for saving data including a display structure description file associated with information being displayed on the display unit.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium-according to claim 19,

wherein the display structure description file is an HTML file.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the map view launch command is initiated by clicking an icon on the image browsing screen.