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

• US 8,875,044 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2009
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ozawa, Hiroyuki, Furue, Nobuki, Akagawa, Satoshi, Iwase, Ayako
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dasgupta, Shourjo
• Application Number:
  US12/580,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20100125786A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,838 Days
• Field of Search: 715719-726, 715/786
• US Class Current: 715/786
• 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 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes an image display element, an instruction position detection unit for accepting an instruction operation from a user through an operation face provided to a display screen of the image display element and detecting and outputting an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the operation face, a storage unit for storing and holding image data of images, and a display control unit for performing a control for displaying an image in accordance with the stored and held image data on the image display element, in which when the user performs a continuous movement on the operation face, the display control unit performs a control for scrolling the display image while being reduced together with images before and after the display image in accordance with a direction of the operation determined on the basis of a detection output from the instruction position detection unit.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image display element;

a touch panel affixed on an entire surface of a display screen of the image display element;

instruction detection means for accepting an instruction operation from a user through the touch panel and detecting and outputting a pressure indication and an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the touch panel;

a memory configured to store image data of a plurality of images; and

display control means for performing a control for displaying an image in accordance with the image data stored by the memory on the image display element, wherein

in a case where the user performs a continuous movement on the touch panel, the display control means performs a control for scrolling the display image together with images before and after the display image, each image reduced in size, in accordance with a mode of continuous movement determined on the basis of a detection output from the instruction detection means,

determines, based on the pressure indication corresponding to the instruction operation, a number of the plurality of images to be displayed during the continuous movement, and

performs a control for a reduction rate of the display image in accordance with the pressure indication of the instruction operation output from the instruction detecting means.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the circuitry is configured to control, based on the pressure indication corresponding to the instruction operation, a display mode for displaying the display image and the images before and after the display image,

when the pressure is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the circuitry is configured to display the display image and the images before and after the display image in a single row, and

when the pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the circuitry is configured to display the image and the images before and after the display image in a matrix display mode.

3. The image processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein

the matrix display mode corresponds to a state in which multiple rows of images are displayed.

4. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image display element;

a touch panel affixed on an entire surface of a display screen of the image display element;

instruction detection means for accepting an instruction operation from a user through the touch panel and detecting and outputting a pressure indication and an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the touch panel;

a memory configured to store image data of a plurality of images; and

display control means for performing a control for displaying an image in accordance with the image data stored by the memory on the image display element, wherein

in a case where the user performs an operation of keeping a contact position with respect to the touch panel, the display control means,

performs a control for reducing a display image in size together with one or more images before and after the display image and displaying the size reduced images on the display screen of the image display element in accordance with an operation determined on the basis of a detection output from the instruction detection means,

controls a display mode for the image displayed on the display screen of the display element in accordance with a duration time of the operation of keeping the contact position with respect to the touch panel performed by the user,

determines, based on the pressure indication corresponding to the instruction operation, a number of the plurality of images to be displayed, and

performs a control for reduction rate of the display image in accordance with the pressure indication of the instruction operation output from the instruction detection means.

5. An image display method comprising:

accepting an instruction operation input from a user via a touch panel affixed on an entire surface of a display screen of an image display element;

detecting, by circuitry of an image processing apparatus, a pressure indication and an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the touch panel; and

performing, by the circuitry, control for displaying an image in accordance with image data stored in a memory on the image display element, wherein

in a case where the user performs a continuous movement on the touch panel, the performing step includes

performing control for scrolling the display image together with images before and after the display image, each image reduced in size, in accordance with a mode of continuous movement determined on the basis of the instruction operation,

determining, based on the pressure indication corresponding to the instruction operation, a number of the plurality of images to be displayed during the continuous movement, and

performing control for a reduction rate of the display image in accordance with the pressure indication of the instruction operation.

6. An image display method comprising:

accepting an instruction operation input from a user via a touch panel affixed on an entire surface of a display screen of an image display element;

detecting, by circuitry of an image processing apparatus, a pressure indication and an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the touch panel; and

performing, by the circuitry, control for displaying an image in accordance with image data stored in a memory on the image display element, wherein

in a case where the user performs an operation of keeping a contact position with respect to the touch panel, the performing step includes

reducing in size a display image together with one or more images before and after the display image,

displaying the size reduced images on the display screen of the image display element in accordance with an operation determined on the basis of the instruction operation,

determining, based on the pressure indication corresponding to the instruction operation, a number of the plurality of images to be displayed, and

performing control for a reduction rate of the display image on the basis of the pressure indication.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored an image display program to be executed by a computer mounted on an image processing apparatus, the computer executing the method comprising:

accepting an instruction operation input from a user via a touch panel affixed on an entire surface of a display screen of an image display element;

detecting a pressure indication and an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the touch panel; and

performing control for displaying an image in accordance with image data stored in a memory on the image display element, wherein

in a case where the user performs a continuous movement on the touch panel, the performing step includes

performing control for scrolling the display image together with images before and after the display image, each image reduced in size, in accordance with a mode of continuous movement determined on the basis of the instruction operation,

determining, based on the pressure indication corresponding to the instruction operation, a number of the plurality of images to be displayed during the continuous movement, and

performing control for a reduction rate of the display image in accordance with the pressure indication of the instruction operation.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored an image display program to be executed by a computer mounted on an image processing apparatus, the computer executing the method comprising:

accepting an instruction operation input from a user via a touch panel affixed on an entire surface of a display screen of an image display element;

detecting a pressure indication and an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the touch panel; and

performing control for displaying an image in accordance with image data stored in a memory on the image display element, wherein

in a case where the user performs an operation of keeping a contact position with respect to the touch panel, the performing step includes

reducing in size a display image together with one or more images before and after the display image,

displaying the size reduced images on the display screen of the image display element in accordance with an operation determined on the basis of the instruction operation,

determining, based on the pressure indication corresponding to the instruction operation, a number of the plurality of images to be displayed, and

performing control for a reduction rate of the displayed image in accordance with the pressure indication.

9. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image display element;

a touch panel affixed on an entire surface of a display screen of the image display element;

a memory configured to store image data of a plurality of images; and

circuitry configured to

accept an instruction operation from a user through the touch panel,

detect a pressure indication and an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the touch panel,

perform a control for displaying an image in accordance with the image data stored by the memory on the image display element, wherein in a case where the user performs a continuous movement on the touch panel, the circuitry is configured to

perform a control for scrolling the display image together with images before and after the display image, each image reduced in size, in accordance with a mode of continuous movement determined on the basis of the instruction operation,

determine, based on the pressure indication corresponding to the instruction operation, a number of the plurality of images to be displayed during the continuous movement, and

perform a control for reduction rate of the display image in accordance with the pressure indication.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to control a reduction state of the display image in a manner that a whole image at a scroll reaching point and image parts at a certain ratio or more of the images before and after the image at the scroll reaching point are displayed on the display screen of the display element.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to control a reduction state of the display image in a manner that a whole image at a scroll reaching point and whole images before and after the image are displayed while the image at a scroll reaching point is displayed larger than the images before and after the image.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to control a scroll amount in accordance with the mode of the continuous movement determined on the basis of the instruction operation.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control the reduction rate and the scroll amount based on at least one of a distance and speed of the continuous movement on the touch panel.

14. The image processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine the number of the plurality of images to be displayed during the continuous movement such that the number increases with increasing pressure.

15. The image processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein

when the continuous movement is performed, the display image and the images before and after the display image are gradually reduced in size until the images are reduced to a predetermined minimum size.

16. The image processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein

when the continuous movement is performed and the pressure indication is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the display image and the images before and after the display image are reduced at a predetermined maximum reduction rate corresponding to a predetermined maximum amount that the images are permitted to be reduced in size.

17. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image display element;

a touch panel affixed on an entire surface of a display screen of the image display element;

a memory configured to store and hold image data of a plurality of images;

circuitry configured to

accept an instruction operation from a user through the touch panel,

detect a pressure indication and an instruction position of the instruction operation with respect to the touch panel,

and

perform a control for displaying an image in accordance with the image data stored by the memory on the image display element,

wherein in a case where the user performs an operation of keeping a contact position with respect to the touch panel, the circuitry is configured to

perform a control for reducing in size a display image together with one or more images before and after the display image and displaying the size reduced images on the display screen of the image display element in accordance with an operation determined on the basis of the instruction operation,

determine, based on the pressure indication corresponding to the instruction operation, a number of the plurality of images to be displayed, and

control a display mode for the images displayed on the display screen of the display element in accordance with the pressure indication and a duration time of the operation of keeping the contact position with respect to the touch panel performed by the user.

18. The image processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein in a case where the user performs a continuous movement on the touch panel, the circuitry is configured to perform a control for scrolling the display images in accordance with a direction of the operation determined on the basis of the instruction position.

19. The image processing apparatus according to claim 17,

wherein the circuitry is configured to control a display mode for the images displayed on the display screen of the display element in accordance with the detected pressure indication.