Image display apparatus, control method of image display apparatus, and program

• US 9,753,548 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2015
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Naya, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheng, Tom
• Application Number:
  US14/813,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20160041621A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/31 Projection devices for colour picture display , e.g. using electronic spatial light modulators [ESLM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3179 Video signal processing therefor

Abstract

An image display apparatus displays image data including a plurality of objects. The image display apparatus includes a display unit configured to focus-display an object from among the plurality of objects; an input unit configured to input annotation to the object; and a change unit configured to change a display of the annotation depending on the focus-displayed object if an object different from the object corresponding to the annotation that has been input by the input unit is focus-displayed.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus that displays image data including a plurality of objects, the image display apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to focus-display an object from among the plurality of objects;

an input unit configured to input annotation to the object; and

a change unit configured to change a display of the annotation depending on the focus-displayed object if an object different from the object corresponding to the annotation that has been input by the input unit is focus-displayed,

wherein the change unit changes the display of the annotation by lowering the transmittance of the annotation corresponding to the object being displayed and increasing the transmittance of the annotation corresponding to the object different from the object being displayed.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if a user selects an object from among the plurality of objects and the display unit focus-displays the object, the change unit changes the display so as to display only the annotation corresponding to the selected object.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a specifying unit configured to specify an order for displaying the object from among the plurality of objects,

wherein, in a case where the display unit focus-displays each of the plurality of objects in order in a forward direction or a backward direction in accordance with the specified order, the change unit changes the display of the annotation corresponding to the object being displayed if the next object that is different from the object being displayed is focus-displayed.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the specifying unit further specifies the order including the input annotation, and

wherein if the display unit automatically performs the focus-display in order in accordance with the specified order, the change unit changes the display of the annotation depending on the order including the annotation.

5. The image display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the specifying unit specifies the order depending on a respective position of each of the objects in the image data.

6. A method for controlling an image display apparatus that displays image data including a plurality of objects, the method comprising:

focus-displaying an object from among the plurality of objects;

inputting annotation to the object; and

changing a display of the annotation depending on the focus-displayed object if an object different from the object corresponding to the annotation that has been input in the inputting is focus-displayed,

wherein the display of the annotation is changed by lowering the transmittance of the annotation corresponding to the object being displayed and increasing the transmittance of the annotation corresponding to the object different from the object being displayed.

7. A non-transitory storage medium storing a readable program for causing a computer to execute a control method of an image display apparatus that displays image data including a plurality of objects, the control method comprising:

focus-displaying an object from among the plurality of objects;

inputting annotation to the object; and

changing a display of the annotation depending on the focus-displayed object if an object different from the object corresponding to the annotation that has been input in the inputting is focus-displayed,

wherein the display of the annotation is changed by lowering the transmittance of the annotation corresponding to the object being displayed and increasing the transmittance of the annotation corresponding to the object different from the object being displayed.