Image display apparatus, image display method, and computer-readable medium

• US 9,247,145 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Nihei, Michihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Velez, Roberto
• Assistant Examiner(s): Segura, Cynthia
• Application Number:
  US14/107,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20140104478A1
• Time in Patent Office: 771 Days
• Field of Search: 348/333.01, 348/211.4, 715/784, 715/788, 715/830
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• 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 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a position specifying unit, a first display control unit, and a second display control unit. The position specifying unit specifies a retrieval start position indicating an arbitrary place within a predetermined order of images based on a user operation. The first display control unit controls displaying an image corresponding to the retrieval start position. The second display control unit changes the displayed image in the predetermined order.

Claims

1. An image display controlling apparatus comprising:

a memory that stores instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory, that executes the instructions for causing the image display controlling apparatus to perform operations, comprising;

acquiring a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images have uniquely allocated numbers;

in response to a first user operation, independently specifying a first display start position and a second display start position among the allocated numbers of the plurality of images for displaying images on a first area and a second area of a display;

a first controlling of the display to display a first image of the plurality of images on the first area and a second image of the plurality of images on the second area, wherein the first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images among the plurality of images; and

a second controlling of the display to display the first image on the second area and the second image on the first area so as to exchange the position of the first image and the position of the second image, wherein the exchanged first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images among the plurality of images.

2. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, the operations further comprising:

wherein;

the first controlling of the display to display a first image on the first area and a second image on the second area, wherein the first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images in increasing order and a decreasing order of the allocated numbers; and

the second controlling of the display to display the first image on the second area and the second image on the first area so as to exchange the position of the first image and the position of the second image, wherein the exchanged first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images in increasing order and a decreasing order of the allocated numbers.

3. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, the operations further comprising

detecting an instruction for exchanging the position if the first image and the position of the second image;

wherein

the second controlling exchanges the position of the first image and the position of the second image when the instruction is detected.

4. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, the operations further comprising

selecting at least one specific image from images on the first area and the second area;

and

enlarging the selected specific image when the selected image is displayed.

5. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second area is smaller than the first area.

6. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second controlling, in response to an user operation, exchanges the display position of the first image and the display position of the second image.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, the operations further comprising:

the second controlling simultaneously changes the position of the first image and the position of the second image in response to a second user operation.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, the operations further comprising,

displaying indicators each of which indicates one of the increasing order and the decreasing order with the first image and the second image.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the first controlling of the display to display the first image on the first area and to display the second image and third images preceding and succeeding the second image on the second area and third areas preceding and succeeding the second area, respectively, wherein the first image and the second image and the third images are able to be scrolled to respective next images in increasing order and a decreasing order of the allocated numbers.

10. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of images are related to each other.

11. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of images are in a single folder.

12. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of images are included in one memory card.

13. The image display controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of images are photo images.

14. An image display method, comprising:

acquiring, by a system comprising a processor, a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images have uniquely allocated numbers;

in response to a first user operation, independently specifying, by the system, a first display start position and a second display start position among the allocated numbers of the plurality of images for displaying images on a first area and a second area of a display;

controlling, by the system, the display to display a first image of the plurality of images on the first area and a second image of the plurality of images on the second area, wherein the first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images among the plurality of images; and

controlling, by the system, the display to display the first image on the second area and the second image on the first area so as to exchange the position of the first image and the position of the second image, wherein the exchanged first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images among the plurality of images.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for causing a computer to perform the steps of:

acquiring a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images have uniquely allocated numbers;

in response to a first user operation, independently specifying a first display start position and a second display start position among the allocated numbers of the plurality of images for displaying images on a first area and a second area of a display;

controlling the display to display first image of the plurality of images on the first area and a second image of the plurality of images on the second area, wherein the first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images among the plurality of images; and

controlling the display to display the first image on the second area and the second image on the first area so as to exchange the position of the first image and the position of the second image, wherein the exchanged first image and the second image are able to be scrolled to respective next images among the plurality of images.