Display control apparatus, display control method and display control program

• US 10,579,187 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2018
• Issued: 03/03/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Masahiro, Sakata, Junichirou, Takahashi, Kazuma
• Primary Examiner(s): Harris, Dorothy
• Application Number:
  US16/169,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20190073081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 496 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A display control apparatus includes a display control unit for controlling a display unit for displaying an image, the display control unit being configured to display a plurality of represented images that represent a plurality of image groups classified depending on related information of the images on the display unit in a first display mode, and display related images relating to the represented images between a plurality of the represented images displayed in the first display mode depending on a user input on the display unit in a second display mode.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus, comprising:

a display control unit for controlling a display unit for displaying images, the display control unit configured to;

display, in a first display mode, a plurality of represented images, each represented image of the plurality of represented images being in a category that represents one image group of a plurality of image groups and classified by related information of the images on the display unit,

set, in the first display mode, the each represented image of the plurality of represented images as a background image for a corresponding one of the plurality of image groups,

superimpose, in the first display mode, at least one related image in a set of related images onto one of the plurality of represented images, wherein a first boundary of the at least one related image is smaller than a second boundary of the one of the plurality of represented images, wherein a first portion of the first boundary is within the second boundary, and wherein a remaining portion of the first boundary does not extend outside of the second boundary, and

change a display of a first portion of the set of related images for one of the plurality of image groups from the first display mode to a second display mode based on a first user input.

2. The display control apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in the second display mode, the first portion of the set of related images are arranged in a large size image display area and a small size image display area.

3. The display control apparatus of claim 2, wherein the large size image display area displays a single image, and wherein the small size image display area displays a plurality of images.

4. The display control apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in the second display mode, a map corresponding to the set of related images is displayed.

5. The display control apparatus of claim 4, wherein the map is displayed between the one of the plurality of represented images that are related to the set of related images and the first portion of the set of related images.

6. The display control apparatus of claim 4, wherein a location where at least one image of the set of related images was captured is displayed on the map.

7. The display control apparatus of claim 1 wherein the display control unit is further configured to:

display a second portion of the set of related images in a third display mode based on a second user input.

8. The display control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display control unit is further configured to:

display a plurality of maps corresponding to the plurality of image groups displayed in the first display mode, wherein a map corresponding to the one of the plurality of image groups is positioned between the represented image that is related to the set of related images and another represented image of the plurality of image groups.

9. The display control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the related information of the images includes:

a percentage of a face occupying an image,

whether a face is smiling,

an orientation of a face relative to the image,

a number of persons in the image, or

a combination of the above.

10. The display control apparatus of claim 9, wherein the set of related images are assigned a score based on the related information.

11. The display control apparatus of claim 10, wherein the display control unit is further configured to select one of the set of related images having a highest score as the represented image for the category.

12. A method of controlling a display unit, the method comprising:

controlling, with an electronic processor, the display unit to display a plurality of represented images in a first display mode, each represented image of the plurality of represented images being in a category that represents one image group of a plurality of image groups and classified by related information of images on the display unit, and the each represented image of the plurality of represented images being set as a background image for a corresponding one of the plurality of image groups;

superimposing, with the electronic processor, at least one related image in a set of related images onto one of the plurality of represented images, wherein a first boundary of the at least one related image is smaller than a second boundary of the one of the plurality of represented images, wherein a first portion of the first boundary is within the second boundary, and wherein a remaining portion of the first boundary does not extend outside of the second boundary; and

controlling, with the electronic processor, the display to change a display of a first portion of the set of related images for one of the plurality of image groups from the first display mode to a second display mode based on a first user input.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, in the second display mode, the first portion of the set of related images are arranged in a large size image display area and a small size image display area.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the large size image display area displays a single image, and wherein the small size image display area displays a plurality of images.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying a map corresponding to the set of related images.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying a location where at least one image of the set of related images was captured on the map.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying, in a third display mode, a second portion of the set of related images based on a second user input.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

assigning, to each image in the set of related images, a score based on the related information; and

selecting one of the set of related images having a highest score as the represented image for the category.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the related information of the images includes one or more of:

a percentage of a face occupying an image,

whether a face is smiling,

an orientation of a face relative to the image,

a number of persons in the image, or

a combination of the above.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing display control program code that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a set of operations comprising:

controlling a display unit to display a plurality of represented images in a first display mode, each represented image of the plurality of represented images being in a category that represents one image group of a plurality of image groups and classified based on related information of images on the display unit, and the each represented image of the plurality of represented images being set as a background image for a corresponding one of the plurality of image groups;

superimposing at least one related image in a set of related images onto one of the plurality of represented images, wherein a first boundary of the at least one related image is smaller than a second boundary of the one of the plurality of represented images, wherein a first portion of the first boundary is within the second boundary, and wherein a remaining portion of the first boundary does not extend outside of the second boundary; and

controlling the display to change a display of a first portion of the set of related images for one of the plurality of image groups from the first display mode to a second display mode based on a first user input.