Image display system, mobile terminal, server, non-transitory physical computer-readable medium

• US 9,958,286 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2013
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ukai, Hiroki
• Primary Examiner(s): Antonucci, Anne M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Malhotra, Sanjeev
• Application Number:
  US14/397,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20150134236A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,833 Days
• Field of Search: 701527, 709203, 709299, 705 1473, 705 14, 705 26, 705 1436, 705319, 705 1426, 607 48, 600547, 382103, 3404255, 345173, 4554561, 4554563, 34235743, 707737, 707784, 358 115, 725 46
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3623 using a camera or code reader, e.g. for optical or magnetic codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• 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 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/106 using electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/10 Special adaptations of display systems for operation with variable images
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/36 characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory

Abstract

An image display system includes: a server having a storage device that stores images; and a mobile terminal having a display device that displays the images acquired from the server. The mobile terminal includes: an operation input device that input a refinement condition of images and selects a display image; and a control device that sets a location related to a selected image as a destination. The server includes an extraction device that extracts multiple images according to the refinement condition obtained from the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. An image display system comprising:

a server having a storage device that stores a plurality of images; and

a mobile terminal installed in a vehicle and having a display device that displays the plurality of images acquired from the server,

wherein the mobile terminal includes;

an operation input device that performs an operation to input a refinement condition according to a theme or a keyword selected by a user for specifying an image type desired by the user without being specified by a location and an operation to select at least one of the plurality of images displayed on the display device based on the image type; and

a control device that sets a related location related to the at least one of the plurality of images selected by the operation input device as a destination for a navigation function,

wherein the storage device stores for each image;

additional information to specify at least one of a location of the image, a location of a provider of the image, and a shooting location of the image; and

other information not connected with the additional information,

wherein the server includes an extraction device that extracts the at least one of the plurality of images based on the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information according to the refinement condition obtained from the mobile terminal,

wherein the display device displays the plurality of images in at least one of a list format to display two or more of the plurality of images concurrently and a slide-show format to display one of the plurality of images by sequentially switching the plurality of images in such a manner that the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information are distinguishable based on whether navigation to the related location is provided,

wherein the display device displays a destination button only when an image displayed on the display device is appended with the additional information specifying at least one of the location of the image, the location of the provider of the image and the shooting location of the image,

wherein, in response to the destination button being operated by the user, the control devices sets the related location from the additional information of the image as the destination for the navigation function, and

wherein the display device includes a vehicle-side control portion that provides navigation guidance for the navigation function to guide the vehicle to the destination.

2. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the storage device stores for each image, at least one of a category of the image, a keyword for the image, a name of the image, a user identification name of a provider of the image, a title set for the image, a shooting date when the image was taken, and a registration date when the image was registered;

and

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input, as the refinement condition, at least one of the category, the keyword, the name, the user identification name, the title, the shooting date, and the registration date.

3. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the server has a first server and a second server;

and

wherein the control device acquires the plurality of images from the first server or the second server depending on the refinement condition.

4. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the control device acquires the additional information when the control device acquires the plurality of images, and specifies a location related to each of the plurality of images according to the additional information acquired together with the other information.

5. The image display system according to claim 4,

wherein the mobile terminal further includes a current location acquisition device that acquires a current location of the mobile terminal;

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input, as the refinement condition, a distance from the current location acquired by the current location acquisition device to the location related to each of the plurality of images or an expected time of arrival from the current location to the location related to each of the plurality of images; and

wherein the extraction device specifies a location related to the additional information, and extracts the plurality of images according to the refinement condition.

6. The image display system according to claim 4,

wherein the control device performs a navigation function to provide a guidance on a route to the destination or utilizes the navigation function provided from an outside device;

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input a predetermined range in reference to the destination or a route to the destination as the refinement condition; and

wherein the extraction device specifies a location related to each of the additional information, and extracts the plurality of images according to the refinement condition.

7. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the mobile terminal is a vehicle mobile terminal;

wherein the image display system further includes a vehicle information acquisition device that acquires vehicle information for specifying a traveling state of a vehicle; and

wherein the control device restricts at least a part of an input operation on the operation input device or a display operation by the display device when the control device determines based on the vehicle information that the vehicle is travelling.

8. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the mobile terminal is a vehicle mobile terminal;

and

wherein the control device executes an application that functions in cooperation with a portable communication terminal, and acquires the plurality of images from the server via the portable communication terminal.

9. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input a sort condition, according to which a part of the images among the plurality of images to be displayed on the display device are sorted;

and

wherein the mobile terminal sorts the part of the images to be displayed on the display device according to the sort condition inputted from the operation input device, and displays the part of the images, which are sorted, on the display device.

10. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the operation input device performs an operation to input a sort condition, according to which a part of the plurality of images to be displayed on the display device are sorted;

wherein the mobile terminal transmits the sort condition inputted from the operation input device to the server; and

wherein the server transmits the part of the plurality of images, which are extracted according to the refinement condition, to the mobile terminal in a state where the plurality of images are preliminarily sorted according to the sort condition.

11. The image display system according to claim 1,

wherein the shooting location, the location of the image, and the location of the provider of the image are geographical locations.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display device that displays a plurality of images acquired from a server, the server having a storage device that stores the plurality of images;

an operation input device that performs an operation to input a refinement condition according to a theme or a keyword selected by a user for specifying an image type desired by the user without being specified by a location and an operation to select at least one of the plurality of images displayed on the display device based on the image type; and

a control device that sets a related location related to the at least one of the plurality of images selected by the operation input device as a destination for a navigation function,

wherein the storage device stores for each image;

additional information to specify at least one of a location of the image, a location of a provider of the image, and a shooting location of the image; and

other information not connected with the additional information,

wherein the server includes an extraction device that extracts the at least one of the plurality of images based on the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information according to the refinement condition obtained from the mobile terminal,

wherein the display device displays the plurality of images in at least one of a list format to display two or more of the plurality of images concurrently and a slide-show format to display one of the plurality of images by sequentially switching the plurality of images in such a manner that the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information are distinguishable based on whether navigation to the related location is provided,

wherein the display device displays a destination button only when an image displayed on the display device is appended with the additional information specifying at least one of the location of the image, the location of the provider of the image and the shooting location of the image,

wherein, in response to the destination button being operated by the user, the control devices sets the related location from the additional information of the image as the destination for the navigation function, and

wherein the display device includes a vehicle-side control portion that provides navigation guidance for the navigation function to guide a vehicle to the destination.

13. A server comprising:

a storage device that stores a plurality of images; and

an extraction device,

wherein the storage device stores for each image;

additional information to specify at least one of a location of the image, a location of a provider of the image, and a shooting location of the image; and

other information not connected with the additional information,

wherein the extraction device extracts the at least one of the plurality of images based on the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information according to a refinement condition obtained from a mobile terminal installed in a vehicle, and

wherein the mobile terminal includes;

a display device that displays one or more of the plurality of images acquired from the server;

an operation input device that performs an operation to input the refinement condition according to a theme or a keyword selected by a user for specifying an image type desired by the user without being specified by a location and an operation to select at least one of the plurality of images displayed on the display device based on the image type;

a control device that sets a related location related to the at least one of the plurality of images selected by the operation input device as a destination for a navigation function, and

wherein the display device displays the plurality of images in at least one of a list format to display two or more of the plurality of images concurrently and a slide-show format to display one of the plurality of images by sequentially switching the plurality of images in such a manner that the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information are distinguishable based on whether navigation to the related location is provided,

wherein the display device displays a destination button only when an image displayed on the display device is appended with the additional information specifying at least one of the location of the image, the location of the provider of the image and the shooting location of the image,

wherein, in response to the destination button being operated by the user, the control devices sets the related location from the additional information of the image as the destination for the navigation function, and

wherein the display device includes a vehicle-side control portion that provides navigation guidance for the navigation function to guide the vehicle to the destination.

14. A non-transitory physical computer-readable medium comprising instructions being executed by a computer, the instructions including a computer-implemented method for displaying images, the instructions including:

storing a plurality of images in a storage device of a server, each of the plurality of images including;

additional information to specify at least one of a location of the image, a location of a provider of the image, and a shooting location of the image; and

other information not connected with the additional information;

displaying the plurality of images acquired from the server on a display device in a mobile terminal installed in a vehicle;

inputting a refinement condition according to a theme or a keyword selected by a user for specifying an image type desired by the user without being specified by a location in the mobile terminal, and selecting at least one of the plurality of images displayed on the display device based upon the image type;

setting a related location related to selected at least one of the plurality of images as a destination for a navigation function;

extracting the at least one of the plurality of images in the server based upon the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information according to the refinement condition obtained from the mobile terminal, and

wherein the display device displays the plurality of images in at least one of a list format to display two or more of the plurality of images concurrently and a slide-show format to display one of the plurality of images by sequentially switching the plurality of images in such a manner that the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information are distinguishable based on whether navigation to the related location is provided,

wherein the display device displays a destination button only when an image displayed on the display device is appended with the additional information specifying at least one of the location of the image, the location of the provider of the image and the shooting location of the image,

wherein, in response to the destination button being operated by the user, the control devices sets the related location from the additional information of the image as the destination for the navigation function, and

wherein the display device includes a vehicle-side control portion that provides navigation guidance for the navigation function to guide the vehicle to the destination.

15. An image display system comprising:

a server having a storage device that stores a plurality of images; and

a mobile terminal installed in a vehicle having a display device that displays the plurality of images acquired from the server,

wherein the mobile terminal includes;

an operation input device that performs an operation to input a refinement condition according to a theme or a keyword selected by a user for specifying an image type desired by the user without being specified by a location and an operation to select at least one of the plurality of images displayed on the display device based upon the image type; and

a control device that sets a related location related to the at least one of the plurality of images selected by the operation input device as a destination for a navigation function,

wherein the storage device stores for each image;

additional information to specify at least one of a location of the image, a location of a provider of the image, and an shooting location of the image; and

other information not connected with the additional information,

wherein the server includes an extraction device that extracts the at least one of the plurality of images based upon the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information according to the refinement condition obtained from the mobile terminal,

wherein the control device restricts at least a part of an input operation on the operation input device or a display operation by the display device when the control device determines that a vehicle is travelling, and

wherein the display device displays the plurality of images in at least one of a list format to display two or more of the plurality of images concurrently and a slide-show format to display one of the plurality of images by sequentially switching the plurality of images in such a manner that the additional information and the other information not connected with the additional information are distinguishable based on whether navigation to the related location is provided,

wherein the display device displays a destination button only when an image displayed on the display device is appended with the additional information specifying at least one of the location of the image, the location of the provider of the image and the shooting location of the image,

wherein, in response to the destination button being operated by the user, the control devices sets the related location from the additional information of the image as the destination for the navigation function, and

wherein the display device includes a vehicle-side control portion that provides navigation guidance for the navigation function to guide the vehicle to the destination.