Information processing device and method, and information processing program

• US 10,817,471 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2015
• Issued: 10/27/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishizuka, Kensaku
• Primary Examiner(s): Pitaro, Ryan F
• Application Number:
  US14/808,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20150331883A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,922 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00416 Multi-level menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00427 using a menu list H04N1/00421, H04N1/00424, H04N1/00429 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00429 using a navigation tree
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00432 using tabs
• 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 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00472 using a pop-up window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 : outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 : outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/001 : Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 : Digital still camera

Abstract

A note-type personal computer according to the present invention has an LCD for displaying information stored in an internal storage provided therein, and an external storage or an external picture server connected thereto, via the internet. And, operation for the information stored in the respective storages is performed by the user in the same procedure using operation units such as a keyboard, a touch pad, with indication on the LCD confirmed. When the information stored in the picture server is displayed, the LCD displays auxiliary information indicative of this notice. The LCD displays the auxiliary information using a different folder name, or displays the auxiliary information on the background of a display area of the LCD. So, the user can confirm contents on the internet easily without the need of performing complicated operations.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an internal storage that stores one or more first images; and

processing circuitry configured to

communicate with an external server via a network, the external server configured to store one or more second images and being associated with an image sharing service, and

provide a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including

a first area that displays an internal folder of the internal storage and an external folder of the external server, and

a second area that displays a contents of the internal folder of the internal storage including the one or more first images or the one or more second images or a contents of the external folder of the external server including the one or more second images,

a third area that displays the one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server in a different size than a size of the one or more first images or the one or more second images displayed in the second area,

wherein the graphical user interface is capable of expanding and reducing the different size of the one or more first images or the one or more second images displayed in the third area in response to a user input,

wherein the first area, the second area, and the third area are displayed in a single screen, and

when the external folder is selected, a plurality of graphical objects are displayed apart from each other and within the second area with the contents of the external folder including the one or more second images while the external folder is displayed in the first area, the plurality of graphical objects indicating that the displayed one or more second images are stored in the external folder of the external server.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to upload a user-selected image to the external server upon a drag-and-drop operation to the external folder displayed in the second area.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface further includes a slider to change a size of the displayed one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server displayed in the second area.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first area and the second area are displayed adjacent to each other in the single screen, and a plurality of graphical objects that each identify the image sharing service are displayed in the second area.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the graphical user interface further includes a third area that displays the one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server in a different size than a size of the one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server displayed in the second area,

the first area and the second area are displayed adjacent to each other, and

the second area and the third area are displayed adjacent to each other.

6. A method, comprising:

generating a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including

a first area that displays an internal folder of an internal storage and an external folder of an external server that is associated with an image sharing service, and

a second area that displays a contents of the internal folder of the internal storage including one or more first images or a contents of the external folder of the external server including one or more second images,

a third area that displays the one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server in a different size than a size of the one or more first images or the one or more second images displayed in the second area, wherein the graphical user interface is capable of expanding and reducing the different size of the one or more first images or the one or more second images displayed in the third area in response to a user input,

the first area, the second area, and the third area being displayed in a single screen; and

displaying, when the external folder is selected, a plurality of graphical objects separated from each other and within the second area with the contents of the external folder including the one or more second images while the external folder is displayed in the first area, the plurality of graphical objects indicating that the displayed one or more second images are stored in the external folder of the external server.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

uploading a user-selected image to the external server upon a drag-and-drop operation to the external folder displayed in the second area.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the graphical user interface further includes a slider to change a size of the displayed one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server displayed in the second area.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first area and the second area are displayed adjacent to each other in the single screen.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein

the graphical user interface further includes a third area that displays the one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server in a different size than a size of the one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server displayed in the second area,

the first area and the second area are displayed adjacent to each other, and

the second area and the third area are displayed adjacent to each other.

11. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

communicating with the external server via a network.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

generating a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including

a first area that displays an internal folder of an internal storage and an external folder of an external server that is associated with an image sharing service, and

a second area that displays a contents of the internal folder of the internal storage including one or more first images or a contents of the external folder of the external server including one or more second images,

a third area that displays the one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server in a different size than a size of the one or more first images or the one or more second images displayed in the second area, wherein the graphical user interface is capable of expanding and reducing the different size of the one or more first images or the one or more second images displayed in the third area in response to a user input,

the first area, the second area, and the third area being displayed in a single screen; and

displaying, when the external folder is selected, a plurality of graphical objects separated from each other and within the second area with the contents of the external folder including the one or more second images while the external folder is displayed in the first area, the plurality of graphical objects indicating that the displayed one or more second images are stored in the external folder of the external server.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, further comprising:

uploading a user-selected image to the external server upon a drag-and-drop operation to the external folder displayed in the second area.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the graphical user interface further includes a slider to change a size of the displayed one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server displayed in the second area.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the first area and the second area are displayed adjacent to each other in the single screen.

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

the graphical user interface further includes a third area that displays the one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server in a different size than a size of the one or more first images stored in the internal storage or the one or more second images stored in the external server displayed in the second area,

the first area and the second area are displayed adjacent to each other, and

the second area and the third area are displayed adjacent to each other.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, further comprising:

communicating with the external server via a network.