Method for image-display

• US 8,947,726 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Hachiro, Shigeki
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Madelein A
• Application Number:
  US12/277,501
• Publication Number:
  US 20090141315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,261 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.9, 358/537, 358/538, 358/540, 358/539, 345/661, 345/676, 345/440.2, 345/205, 345/35, 345/593, 382/203, 382/224, 382/226, 382/227
• US Class Current: 358/1.9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

A screen image displaying image-data items in list form is displayed over a predetermined time period. Then, the display color of an image-data item of the image-data items, the image-data item corresponding to predetermined classification information, is changed so that the image-data item can be differentiated from other image-data items. Consequently, a user can clearly identify the classification of the image-data items and easily find an image-data item satisfying a condition without performing a complicated operation.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus comprising:

an inputting unit configured to input a designation by a user for designating an attribute of an image;

a specifying unit configured to specify at least one image having the attribute designated by the designation input by the inputting unit, from a plurality of images; and

a display control unit configured to cause a display apparatus to display a display screen in which both first information indicating the at least one image specified by the specifying unit and second information indicating at least one image not specified by the specifying unit are displayed concurrently, so that a first screen is displayed as the display screen, and then, if an instruction by a user is not input after the first screen is displayed for a predetermined time, a second screen is displayed as the display screen,

wherein in the first screen, the first information is displayed so as to be emphasized more than the second information, and in the second screen, a display position of the first information and the second information in the first screen is maintained and the first information and the second information are not emphasized with respect to each other.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the inputting unit inputs a designation for designating a plurality of attributes, the specifying unit specifies at least one image corresponding to each of the plurality of attributes, and information indicating the at least one image specified by the specifying unit is the first information.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit causes the display apparatus to display the first screen in which the information indicates the at least one image by changing an object to be emphasized for the plurality of attributes in turn every predetermined time.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specifying unit specifies at least one image corresponding to a first attribute and at least one image corresponding to a second attribute, and the first information indicates the at least one image specified by the first attribute and the second information indicates the at least one image specified by the second attribute.

5. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is configured to cause the display apparatus to display the display screen in which a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of images are displayed as the first information and the second information.

6. The display control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of icons has a color corresponding to an attribute of the plurality of images.

7. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit causes the display apparatus to display the display screen, so that the second screen is displayed, and then, if an instruction by a user is not input after the second screen is displayed for a predetermined time, the first screen is displayed.

8. The display control apparatus according to claim 7, wherein in the first screen displayed after the second screen, the first information corresponds to another attribute different from the attribute of the first screen displayed before the second screen is displayed.

9. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second display control unit configured to cause the display apparatus to display information corresponding to a plurality of attributes of the plurality of images;

wherein the inputting unit inputs the designation for designating an attribute selected by a user from the plurality of attributes based on the displaying by the second display control unit.

10. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where images among the plurality of images have the attribute designated by the designation, the display control unit causes the display apparatus to display the images as the first information, so that the images are emphasized more than at least one image which does not have the attribute.

11. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attribute designated by the designation input by the inputting unit is an attribute corresponding to a device which generates an image, an attribute corresponding to a date on which an image is generated, or an attribute corresponding to a content of an image.

12. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is configured to cause the display apparatus to display the first screen, by processing the first information for emphasizing the first information more than the second information.

13. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is configured to cause the display apparatus to display the first screen, by processing the second information for emphasizing the first information more than the second information.

14. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first information is at least one thumbnail image indicating the at least one image specified by the specifying unit and the second information is at least one thumbnail image indicating at least one image not specified by the specifying unit.

15. A display control method comprising:

inputting a designation by a user for designating an attribute of an image;

specifying at least one image having the designated attribute from a plurality of images; and

causing a display apparatus to display a display screen in which both first information indicating the at least one image specified and second information indicating at least one image not specified are display concurrently, so that a first screen is displayed as the display screen, and then, if an instruction by a user is not input after the first screen is displayed for a predetermined time, a second screen is displayed as the display screen,

wherein in the first screen, the first information is displayed so as to be emphasized more than the second information, and in the second screen, a display position of the first information and the second information in the first screen is maintained and the first information and the second information are not emphasized with respect to each other.

16. The display control method according to claim 15, further comprising causing the display apparatus to display the display screen, so that the second screen is displayed, and then, if an instruction by a user is not input after the second screen is displayed for a predetermined time, the first screen is displayed.

17. The display control method according to claim 16, wherein in the first screen displayed after the second screen, the first information corresponds to another attribute different from the attribute of the first screen displayed before the second screen is displayed.

18. The display control method according to claim 15, further comprising, in a case where a designation is input for designating a plurality of attributes, at least one image is specified corresponding to each of the plurality of attributes, and information indicating the at least one specified image is the first information.

19. The display control method according to claim 18, further comprising causing the display apparatus to display the first screen in which the information indicates the at least one image by changing an object to be emphasized for the plurality of attributes in turn every predetermined time.

20. The display control method according to claim 15, further comprising causing the display apparatus to display the display screen in which a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of images are displayed as the first information and the second information.

21. The display control method according to claim 20, wherein each of the plurality of icons has a color corresponding to an attribute of the plurality of images.

22. The display control method according to claim 15, further comprising:

causing the display apparatus to display information corresponding to a plurality of attributes of the plurality of images; and

inputting the designation for designating an attribute selected by a user from the plurality of attributes based on the display of information corresponding to the plurality of attributes of the plurality of images.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program making a computer execute a method comprising:

inputting a designation by a user for designating an attribute of an image;

specifying at least one image having the designated attribute from a plurality of images; and

causing a display apparatus to display a display screen in which both first information indicating the at least one image specified and second information indicating at least one image not specified are displayed concurrently, so that a first screen is displayed as the display screen, and then, if an instruction by a user is not input after the first screen is displayed for a predetermined time, a second screen is displayed as the display screen,

wherein in the first screen, the first information is displayed so as to be emphasized more than the second information, and in the second screen, a display position of the first information and the second information in the first screen is maintained and the first information and the second information are not emphasized with respect to each other.