Image display controlling method, image display controlling apparatus and image display controlling program

• US 7,239,347 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2005
• Issued: 07/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ohno, Tomoyuki, Yamamoto, Takashi, Yoshikawa, Tomoyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava; Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hannett; James M.
• Application Number:
  US11/036,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20050183038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 348/231.2, 715/838, 715/790, 715/794
• US Class Current: 348/231.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/162 User input
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/17 the unit being an image region, e.g. an object

Abstract

An image display controlling apparatus comprises a memory means for storing an attention area information and a date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images to be displayed on an image display means, an evaluation means for evaluating the attention area information based on a standard date and time information and the date and time information and producing a protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and an adjusting means for listing and displaying the plurality of the images with a superimposition controlled based on the protection area information, the plurality of the images are listed and displayed.

Claims

1. An image display controlling apparatus comprising:

a memory means for storing an attention area information and a date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images to be displayed on an image display means,

an evaluation means for evaluating the attention area information based on a standard date and time information and the date and time information and producing a protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and

an adjusting means for listing and displaying the plurality of the images with a superimposition controlled based on the protection area information,

wherein the plurality of the images are listed and displayed, and

wherein the evaluation means is provided for comparing the standard date and time information and the date and time information for setting a smaller protection area of the image with a longer passed time of the date and time.

2. An image display controlling apparatus comprising:

a memory means for storing an attention area information and a date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images to be displayed on an image display mean,

an evaluation means for evaluating the attention area information based on a standard date and time information and the date and time information and producing a protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and

an adjusting means for listing and displaying the plurality of the images with a superimposition controlled based on the protection area information,

wherein the plurality of the images are listed and displayed,

wherein the attention area information is the information having a distribution in attention degree, and

the evaluation means is provided for setting the protection area of the image data with a longer passed time of the date and time information compared with the standard date and time information in an area with a high attention degree.

3. An image display controlling method comprising:

a step of storing attention area information and date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images,

a step of evaluating the attention area information based on standard date and time information and on the date and time information,

a step of producing protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and

a step of listing and displaying the plurality of the images with the superimposition of the display of the plurality of the images controlled based on the protection area information, wherein the evaluating step is for comparing the standard date and time information and the date and time information for setting a smaller protection area of the image with a longer passed time of the date and time.

4. An image display controlling program for having a display controlling means for controlling an image display means execute:

a step of storing the attention area information and the date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images,

a step of evaluating the attention area information based on the standard date and time information and the date and time information,

a step of producing protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and

a step of listing and displaying the plurality of the images with the superimposition of the display of the plurality of the images controlled based on the protection area information, wherein the evaluating step is for comparing the standard date and time information and the date and time information for setting a smaller protection area of the image with a longer passed time of the date and time.

5. An image display controlling method comprising:

a step of storing attention area information and date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images,

a step of evaluating the attention area information based on the standard date and time information and the date and time information,

a step of producing protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and

a step of listing and displaying the plurality of the images with the superimposition of the display of the plurality of the images controlled based on the protection area information,

wherein the attention area information is the information having a distribution in attention degree, and

the evaluating step is provided for setting the protection area of the image data with a longer passed time of the date and time information compared with the standard date and time information in an area with a high attention degree.

6. An image display controlling program stored on a computer readable medium for controlling an image display means to execute:

a step of storing attention area information and date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images,

a step of evaluating the attention area information based on standard date and time information and on the date and time information,

a step of producing protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and

a step of listing and displaying the plurality of the images with the superimposition of the display of the plurality of the images controlled based on the protection area information,

wherein the attention area information is the information having a distribution in attention degree, and

the evaluating step is provided for setting the protection area of the image data with a longer passed time of the date and time information compared with the standard date and time information in an area with a high attention degree.