INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20160065757A1
• Filed: 10/30/2015
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: MINAMINO, Hiroyuki, Ohga, Shigenobu
• Granted Patent: US 10,194,036 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: H04N 1/00175 from a still image storage medium H04N1/00172, H04N1/0018 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00188 Printing, e.g. prints or reprints H04N1/0019, H04N1/00196 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00435 arranged in a predetermined sequence, e.g. using next and previous buttons
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a read section configured to read a plurality of data items as well as date and time information related to the data items; a slider configured to generate a first operation signal on accepting the input of an operation of a movable knob part of the slider by a user to a position corresponding to the length of a time period; a grouping section configured to divide the plurality of data items into groups based on the time period determined from the first operation signal as well as on the read date and time information; and a display control section configured to display a list of representative pictures representing the data items in each of the groups, on a screen of a display portion.

Claims

1-5. -5. (canceled)

6. An information processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to read from a data storage medium a plurality of data items with date and time information related to the data items;

determine, based on a slide operation by a user, a granularity indicating a size of a time period spanning the date and time information related to said read data items, wherein a coarser level of granularity, represents a longer time period and a finer level of granularity, represents a shorter time period, the slide operation serving to adjust the granularity;

divide the plurality of read data items into groups based on (a) the granularity of the time period determined by the slide operation by the user and (b) the date and time information related to the read data items; and

control a display portion to display on a screen of the display portion, based on the determined granularity, a list of representative pictures in the groups, each representative picture representing the data items in a respective group.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein circuitry is configured to control the display portion to display a knob indicating the granularity on the screen of the display portion.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein circuitry is configured to control the display portion to display a slider for the slide operation by the user on the screen of the display portion.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

an output portion configured to print an image corresponding to the data items on recording paper.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the data items are composed of still picture data, moving picture data, or audio data.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the date and time information related to the data items is the date and time at which the still picture data was recorded.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

the display portion configured to display the list of representative pictures in the groups.