IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20110072040A1
• Filed: 09/23/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Shinohara, Sumito, Aibara, Takehiro, Mizuno, Kimiyasu, Uehara, Naotaka, Nunokawa, Masato, HANDA, Tetsuya, Kogane, Takayuki, Amagai, Hitoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,924,445 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• 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 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to search for image data with an intuitive operation to which active elements are added.

A digital photo frame 1 searches a non-volatile data base memory 15 or a network for image data based on parameters respectively related to a position and a direction in which the digital photo frame 1 is arranged, a distance or a depth from the digital photo frame 1, and time. The digital photo frame 1 displays an image expressed by the image data thus searched.

Claims

1. An image display device that searches for image data satisfying a predetermined search condition from among a plurality of image data associated with positional information, and causes an image expressed by the image data to be displayed on a display portion, the image display device comprising:

a search portion that searches for image data associated with positional information satisfying search conditions, using a position and a direction in which the image display device is arranged as the search conditions; and

a control portion that causes an image expressed by the image data searched by the search portion to be displayed on the display portion.

2. An image display device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

an arrangement positional information acquiring portion that acquires information on a position at which the image display device is arranged; and

an arrangement direction information acquiring portion that acquires information on a direction in which the image display device is arranged,

wherein the search portion uses the position indicated by the information acquired by the arrangement positional information acquiring portion and the direction indicated by the information acquired by the arrangement direction information acquiring portion as the search conditions.

3. An image display device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a distance information acquiring portion that acquires information on a distance or a depth using the image display device as a basis,

wherein the search portion searches for the image data associated with the positional information satisfying the search condition to which the distance or depth indicated by the information acquired by the distance information acquiring portion is added.

4. An image display device as set forth in claim 3,

wherein the distance information acquiring portion acquires the information on distance or depth based on an operation from a user.

5. An image display device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a time information acquiring portion that acquires information on time,

wherein the plurality of image data is further associated with time information, and

wherein the search portion searches for the image data associated with the positional information and time information satisfying the search conditions to which the time indicated by the information acquired by the time information acquiring portion is further added as the search conditions.

6. An image display device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the time information acquiring portion acquires the current time at least as a part of the time information.

7. An image display device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the time information acquiring portion acquires at least a part of the time information based on an operation from a user.

8. An image display device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a storage portion that stores the plurality of image data,

wherein the search portion searches for the image data from the storage portion.

9. An image display device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a communication portion that is capable of communication with an external device,

wherein the search portion searches the external device with which the communication portion communicates for the image data.

12. An image display device as set forth in claim 2, further comprising a distance information acquiring portion that acquires information on a distance or a depth using the image display device as a basis,

wherein the search portion searches for the image data associated with the positional information satisfying the search condition to which the distance or depth indicated by the information acquired by the distance information acquiring portion is added.

13. An image display device as set forth in claim 12, wherein the distance information acquiring portion acquires the information on distance or depth based on an operation from a user.

14. An image display device as set forth in claim 6, wherein the time information acquiring portion acquires at least a part of the time information based on an operation from a user.

10. An image display method for searching for image data satisfying a predetermined search condition from among a plurality of image data associated with positional information, and causing an image expressed by the image data to be displayed on an image display device, the image display method comprising:

a search step of searching for image data associated with the positional information satisfying search conditions, using a position and a direction in which the image display device is arranged as the search conditions; and

a control step of causing an image expressed by the image data thus searched in the search step to be displayed on the image display device.

11. A program causing a computer controlling an image display device, which searches for image data satisfying a predetermined search condition from among a plurality of image data associated with positional information and displays an image expressed by the image data, to implement:

a search function for searching for the image data associated with the positional information satisfying search conditions, using a position and a direction in which the image display device is arranged as the search conditions; and

a control function for causing the image display device to display the image expressed by the image data thus searched by the search function.