JP2005341058A - Image display, camera, communication apparatus, and image displaying method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate searching for images wanted by the user to see by showing image data on the basis of information easy for users to search and also reduce the time required for finding the image the user wants to see. <P>SOLUTION: An image saver 105 stores image data together with the photographing dates and the photographing modes added thereto. A photographing date extractor 106 extracts information of the photographing date. A photographing mode extractor 107 extracts information of the photographing mode. An image layout unit 108 determines the image layout for arranging images on a plane every image data specified by the photographing date and the photographing mode. A display 109 shows the image-laid image data according to the image layout. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display device, a camera device, a communication device, and an image display method. For example, the present invention relates to an image display device and a camera device that display an image taken with a digital camera or a mobile phone.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known an image display device that can search and display an image to be viewed from a plurality of images recorded by a digital camera or the like in a short time (for example, Patent Document 1). According to this image display device, when an image is recorded by a digital camera, the date and time when the image was taken is added to the image data and recorded. At the time of image search, it is determined how long each frame was shot from the previous frame, a predetermined number of images with relatively long shooting intervals are extracted, and the first frame image and these images are extracted. The thumbnail images of the selected images are arranged in the order of recording and simultaneously displayed on the liquid crystal monitor. At this time, information on the shooting date is also displayed together with the image. In this way, with the first image of the image block divided based on the length of the shooting interval displayed at once, select any image block and repeat the same block division process to see Find an image.
JP 2003-299028 A

  However, in the conventional image display device, camera device, communication device, and image display method, image data is displayed based on the date and time when the image was taken. Since it is represented by an image, there is a problem that it is difficult for a user to find an image that the user wants to see. Furthermore, there is a problem that it takes time until the user searches for an image that the user wants to see.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and by displaying image data based on information that is easy for a user to search, the user can easily search for an image that the user wants to see and the user can view the image. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image display device, a camera device, a communication device, and an image display method that can shorten the time required to search for an image.

  The image display device of the present invention includes an image layout unit that arranges the image data of image information that associates image data with a shooting mode at the time of shooting the image data based on the shooting mode, and the image layout unit. And display means for displaying the image data arranged in this manner.

  According to this configuration, since the image data is arranged and displayed based on the shooting mode at the time of shooting, displaying the image data based on information that the user can easily find makes it easy for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see. In addition, it is possible to shorten the time required for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see.

  In the image display device according to the present invention, in the configuration, the image layout unit arranges the image data for each shooting date and each shooting mode, and the display unit uses the layout unit for each shooting date and the shooting mode. A configuration is adopted in which the image data arranged for each is displayed.

  According to this configuration, in addition to the above-described effect, the image data is arranged and displayed using both the shooting mode and the shooting date, so that it is possible to further reduce the time required for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see. it can.

  The image display apparatus according to the present invention employs a configuration in which the display unit displays the image data side by side on a plane for each of the image data specified by the shooting date and the shooting mode.

  According to this configuration, in addition to the above-described effects, the image data is displayed side by side on a plane, so that it is possible to further reduce the time required for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see.

  The image display device according to the present invention switches to the image data related to the shooting mode different from the shooting mode related to the image data currently displayed on the display means in the configuration. Switching means for displaying, and the display means is related to the shooting mode different from the shooting mode related to the currently displayed image data by the switching operation of the switching means. The display is switched to the image data.

  According to this configuration, in addition to the above-described effects, after displaying an image that the user wants to see, the display can be switched to an image in a different shooting mode, so that after searching for an image in a rough range at first, Since the target image can be searched by narrowing down, the user can surely find the image he / she wants to see.

  The camera device of the present invention includes a photographing unit that photographs a subject, a photographing mode setting unit that sets a photographing mode when photographing the subject by the photographing unit, and an image of the subject that is photographed by the photographing unit. Image layout means for arranging the image data of the image information relating the data and the shooting mode set by the shooting mode setting means based on the shooting mode; and the image layout means arranged by the image layout means And a display means for displaying the image of the image data.

  According to this configuration, since the image data is arranged and displayed based on the shooting mode at the time of shooting, displaying the image data based on information that the user can easily find makes it easy for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see. In addition, it is possible to shorten the time required for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see.

  In the camera device according to the aspect of the invention, in the configuration, the image layout unit arranges the image data for each shooting date and for each shooting mode, and the display unit uses the layout unit for each shooting date and for each shooting mode. The image data arranged in the above is displayed.

  According to this configuration, in addition to the above-described effect, the image data is arranged and displayed using both the shooting mode and the shooting date, so that it is possible to further reduce the time required for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see. it can.

  The camera device according to the present invention employs a configuration in which the display unit displays the image data side by side on a plane for each of the image data specified by the shooting date and the shooting mode.

  According to this configuration, in addition to the above-described effects, the image data is displayed side by side on a plane, so that it is possible to further reduce the time required for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see.

  The camera device according to the present invention may be configured to switch to the image data related to the shooting mode different from the shooting mode related to the image data currently displayed on the display unit in the configuration. Switching means for displaying, and the display means is related to the shooting mode different from the shooting mode related to the image data currently displayed by the switching operation of the switching means. The image data is switched to the image data and displayed.

  According to this configuration, in addition to the above-described effects, after displaying an image that the user wants to see, the display can be switched to an image in a different shooting mode, so that after searching for an image in a rough range at first, Since the target image can be searched by narrowing down, the user can surely find the image he / she wants to see.

  A communication apparatus according to the present invention employs a configuration including any one of the camera apparatuses described above.

  According to this configuration, since the image data is arranged and displayed based on the shooting mode at the time of shooting, displaying the image data based on information that the user can easily find makes it easy for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see. In addition, it is possible to shorten the time required for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see. Furthermore, since desired image data can be easily searched, the time during which communication is not possible while searching for an image can be shortened.

  The image display method of the present invention includes a step of arranging the image data of image information relating image data and a photographing mode at the time of photographing of the image data based on the photographing mode, and arranging the arranged image data And a step of displaying.

  According to this method, since the image data is arranged and displayed based on the shooting mode at the time of shooting, it is easy to find the image that the user wants to see by displaying the image data based on information that the user can easily find. In addition, it is possible to shorten the time required for the user to search for an image that the user wants to see.

  According to the image display method of the present invention, in the method, the image data is arranged for each photographing date and each photographing mode, and the image data arranged for each photographing date and each photographing mode is displayed.

  According to this method, in addition to the above-described effects, the image data is arranged and displayed using both the shooting mode and the shooting date, so that it is possible to further reduce the time required for the user to search for an image to be viewed. it can.

  In the image display method of the present invention, the image data specified by the shooting date and the shooting mode are displayed side by side on a plane in the method.

  According to this method, in addition to the above-described effects, the image data is displayed side by side on a plane, so that it is possible to further reduce the time required until the user searches for an image that the user wants to see.

  The image display method of the present invention includes the step of switching to the image data associated with the imaging mode different from the imaging mode associated with the currently displayed image data in the method. The image data associated with the photographing mode different from the photographing mode associated with the currently displayed image data is switched to be displayed by the switching operation.

  According to this method, in addition to the above-described effect, after displaying an image that the user wants to see, the display can be switched to an image of a different shooting mode, so that after searching for an image in a rough range at first, Since the target image can be searched by narrowing down, the user can surely find the image he / she wants to see.

  According to the present invention, by displaying image data based on information that can be easily searched for by the user, it is possible to easily search for an image that the user wants to see and time required for the user to search for the image that the user wants to see. Can be shortened.

  The essence of the present invention is to store image data in which image data is associated with a shooting mode and a shooting date at the time of shooting of image data, and when displaying image data, an image is taken for each shooting date and each shooting mode. Data is arranged and displayed side by side on a plane for each image data specified by the shooting date and shooting mode.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a camera device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an image storage unit 105, a shooting date extraction unit 106, a shooting mode extraction unit 107, an image layout unit 108, and a display unit 109 constitute an image display device 110.

  The camera unit 101 captures a subject and outputs image data of the captured subject to the image processing unit 104.

  The shooting date setting unit 102 sets a shooting date every time the camera unit 101 performs shooting, and outputs the set shooting date information to the image processing unit 104.

  The shooting mode setting unit 103 sets an appropriate mode according to the shooting scene such as when the subject is a person or when the subject is a landscape. The shooting mode setting unit 103 sets the shooting mode by a method that is automatically set by the user pointing the camera unit 101 at the subject, or a method that is arbitrarily set by the user operating a switch or the like. Then, the shooting mode setting unit 103 outputs information on the shooting mode set every time the camera unit 101 performs shooting to the image processing unit 104.

  The image processing unit 104 corrects the image data input from the camera unit 101 and converts it into a storable format, and captures the shooting date information input from the shooting date setting unit 102 and the shooting mode input from the shooting mode setting unit 103. By adding information to the image data, image data (image information) that associates the image data with the shooting date and the shooting mode is generated. Then, the image processing unit 104 outputs the image data converted into a storable format with the shooting date information and the shooting mode information added to the image storage unit 105.

  The image storage unit 105 stores the image data input from the image processing unit 104. Then, the image storage unit 105 outputs the image data to the image layout unit 108 at a predetermined timing, outputs the shooting date information added to the image data to the shooting date extraction unit 106 and is added to the image data. The information on the current shooting mode is output to the shooting mode extraction unit 107.

  The shooting date extraction unit 106 extracts the shooting date information stored in the image storage unit 105 from the image storage unit 105 for the image data output from the image storage unit 105 to the image layout unit 108, and then the image layout unit 108. Output to.

  The shooting mode extraction unit 107 extracts the shooting mode information stored in the image storage unit 105 from the image storage unit 105 and extracts the image data output from the image storage unit 105 to the image layout unit 108. Output to.

  The image layout unit 108 determines an image layout from the shooting date information input from the shooting date extraction unit 106 and the shooting mode information input from the shooting mode extraction unit 107. Then, the image layout unit 108 outputs the image data to the display unit 109 so as to display the image with the determined image layout. The image layout method will be described later.

  The display unit 109 displays an image according to the image layout determined by the image layout unit 108.

  Next, the operation of the camera device 100 will be described. For example, when the camera unit 101 photographs a person and a landscape on December 10, 2003, photographs a landscape on December 11, 2003, and photographs a person on December 12, 2003, the photographing date setting is performed. The unit 102 sets information on shooting dates of December 10, 2003, December 11, 2003, and December 12, 2003. The shooting mode setting unit 103 sets shooting mode information of “person” and “landscape”. The shooting mode setting unit 103 also sets information on the shooting mode of “macro” in which there is no actual image data, but shooting close to the subject.

  Next, the image processing unit 104 adds information on the shooting date of December 10, 2003 and information on the shooting mode of “person” to the image data of the person shot on December 10, 2003. To do. Further, the image processing unit 104 adds information on the shooting date of December 10, 2003 and information on the shooting mode of “landscape” to the image data of the landscape shot on December 10, 2003. . Further, the image processing unit 104 adds information on the shooting date of December 11, 2003 and information on the shooting mode of “landscape” to the image data of the landscape shot on December 11, 2003. . Further, the image processing unit 104 adds information on the shooting date of December 12, 2003 and information on the shooting mode of “person” to the image data of the person shot on December 12, 2003. . Then, the image storage unit 105 stores these image data. Note that the image storage unit 105 is not limited to the above case, and can store image data to which information on an arbitrary shooting date and time and information on a shooting mode is added.

  Next, the shooting date extraction unit 106 extracts the shooting date information of December 10, 2003, December 11, 2003, and December 12, 2003, for example, by user selection. Further, the shooting mode extraction unit 107 extracts information of shooting modes of “person”, “landscape”, and “macro”.

  Next, the image layout unit 108 performs image layout so that the image is displayed as shown in FIG. Next, the display unit 109 displays an image with the image layout shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, images taken from December 10, 2003 to December 12, 2003 are displayed and classified according to the mode of “person”, “macro”, and “landscape”. One or zero images are displayed in an area (hereinafter referred to as “block”) specified by each date and each photographing mode. One or more images are stored in a block in which one image is displayed, and no matching image exists in a block in which no image is displayed.

  Specifically, the image layout unit 108 arranges the shooting modes on the vertical axis and the shooting dates on the horizontal axis. Then, the image layout unit 108 arranges the image data # 201 of the person photographed on December 10, 2003 in the block specified by the photographing date of December 10, 2003 and the photographing mode of “person”. The image data # 202 of the landscape photographed on December 10, 2003 is arranged in the block specified by the photographing date of December 10, 2003 and the “landscape” photographing mode, and the photographing of December 11, 2003 is performed. The image data # 203 of the landscape photographed on December 11, 2003 is arranged in the block specified by the day and the “landscape” photographing mode, and the photographing date of December 12, 2003 and “person” are photographed. The image data # 204 of the person photographed on December 12, 2003 is arranged in the block specified by the mode. Thereby, the display unit 109 can display an image in an image layout as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, a block with a thick edge represents a block currently designated by the user with the cursor. The block selected by the user can be changed by moving the cursor up, down, left, or right by using a key provided in a communication device such as a mobile phone terminal. When the user moves the cursor and selects a block, a screen for displaying a list of images matching the selected block is displayed as shown in FIG. When the user selects image data # 201, a plurality of images of a person photographed on December 10, 2003 are displayed on the display unit 109 as shown in FIG. At this time, in FIG. 3, the image # 201 displayed in FIG. 2 is displayed at the top.

  Further, the display unit 109 displays the image # 301 (switching unit) of the changeover switch. The image # 301 of the changeover switch includes a switching unit # 301a that switches the shooting date and a switching unit # 301b that switches the shooting mode. Here, when the switching unit # 301a is operated, it is possible to move the shooting date forward and backward while keeping the shooting mode the same, that is, with the shooting mode set to “person”. Further, by operating the switching unit # 301b, it is possible to move back and forth only in the shooting mode while keeping the shooting date the same, that is, holding the shooting date on December 10, 2003. For example, when the upper button of the switching unit # 301b is selected, an image list whose shooting mode is “macro” is displayed, and when the lower button is selected, an image list whose shooting mode is “landscape” is displayed. That is, when the user operates the switching unit # 301a, from the shooting date of December 10, 2003 and the image of the “person” shooting mode, the shooting date other than December 10, 2003 and “person” Switch to shooting mode image. Similarly, when the user operates the switching unit 301b, a date other than the shooting date of December 10, 2003 and “person” is selected from the shooting date of December 10, 2003 and the image of the “person” shooting mode. Switch to shooting mode image.

  For example, when the display unit 109 displays as shown in FIG. 3, the user operates the switching unit # 301a to switch the shooting date to December 11, 2003, and operates the switching unit # 301b. When the shooting mode is switched to “landscape”, an image as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display unit 109. That is, the image data # 203 at the time of the first image layout in FIG. 2 is displayed at the top, and the image data of the “landscape” shooting mode shot on the shooting date of December 11, 2003 is displayed on the plurality of display sections 109. Is displayed.

  The camera device 100 of FIG. 1 can be applied to a communication device such as a mobile phone terminal having a camera function.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the image data is stored in association with the shooting date and the shooting mode, and the image data is displayed in association with the shooting date and the shooting mode. Since the image data can be displayed based on the image data, the user can easily find the image that he / she wants to see and the time required for the user to find the image he / she wants to see can be reduced. Further, according to the present embodiment, the image data specified by the shooting date and the shooting mode are displayed side by side on the plane, so that the image being searched for can be found instantly. In addition, according to the present embodiment, after displaying an image that the user wants to view, the display can be switched to an image of a different shooting date or a different shooting mode, so that the image is initially searched for in a rough range. Since the target image can be searched after narrowing down, the user can surely find the image he wants to see. Further, according to the present embodiment, when the camera device is applied to a communication device, desired image data can be easily found, so that the time during which communication cannot be performed while searching for an image can be shortened. it can.

  In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a communication device such as a mobile phone terminal having a camera function. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may be applied to a communication device other than a digital camera. In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to an apparatus having both a camera function and an image display function. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the camera function and the image display function are applied to separate apparatuses. Also good. In the above embodiment, the image data is stored inside the apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the image data may be stored in an external storage device such as a memory card. In the above embodiment, the shooting mode is set to “person”, “landscape”, and “macro”, but is not limited to this, and any shooting mode such as “indoor” or “outdoor” can be used. is there. In the above embodiment, each block is displayed for each image specified by the shooting date and the shooting mode. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and each image specified only by the shooting mode is displayed in each block. Also good. In the present embodiment, the switching unit # 301 is displayed on the display unit 109 together with the image data. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the switching unit # 301 is provided with a switch or the like in the image display device 110 or the camera device 100. Anyway.

  An image display device, a camera device, a communication device, and an image display method according to the present invention can make it easy for a user to search for an image that the user wants to see by displaying image data based on information that the user can easily find. At the same time, it has the effect of shortening the time required for the user to find the image he wants to see, and is useful for displaying the image.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the camera apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the display method of the image which concerns on embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the display method of the image which concerns on embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the display method of the image which concerns on embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Camera apparatus 101 Camera part 102 Shooting date setting part 103 Shooting mode setting part 104 Image processing part 105 Image storage part 106 Shooting date extraction part 107 Shooting mode extraction part 108 Image layout part 109 Display part 110 Image display apparatus

Claims (13)

Image layout means for arranging the image data of image information relating image data and a shooting mode at the time of shooting the image data based on the shooting mode;
Display means for displaying the image data arranged by the image layout means;
An image display device comprising: The image layout means arranges the image data for each shooting date and each shooting mode,
The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the image data arranged for each shooting date and each shooting mode by the layout unit.   The image display device according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays the image data specified by the shooting date and the shooting mode side by side on a plane. Comprising switching means for switching to display the image data associated with the imaging mode different from the imaging mode associated with the image data currently displayed on the display means;
The display means switches and displays the image data related to the shooting mode different from the shooting mode related to the currently displayed image data by the switching operation of the switching means. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein: Photographing means for photographing the subject;
Shooting mode setting means for setting a shooting mode when shooting the subject by the shooting means;
Image layout means for arranging the image data of the image information relating the image data of the subject imaged by the imaging means and the imaging mode set by the imaging mode setting means based on the imaging mode When,
Display means for displaying the image of the image data arranged by the image layout means;
A camera apparatus comprising: The image layout means arranges the image data for each shooting date and each shooting mode,
6. The camera apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display unit displays the image data arranged for each of the shooting dates and for each of the shooting modes by the layout unit.   The camera device according to claim 6, wherein the display unit displays the image data specified by the shooting date and the shooting mode side by side on a plane. Comprising switching means for switching to display the image data associated with the imaging mode different from the imaging mode associated with the image data currently displayed on the display means;
The display means switches and displays the image data related to the shooting mode different from the shooting mode related to the currently displayed image data by the switching operation of the switching means. The camera device according to claim 5, wherein:   A communication device comprising the camera device according to claim 5. Arranging the image data of image information relating image data and a shooting mode at the time of shooting the image data based on the shooting mode;
Displaying the arranged image data;
An image display method comprising: Arrange the image data for each shooting date and each shooting mode,
The image display method according to claim 10, wherein the image data arranged for each shooting date and each shooting mode is displayed.   12. The image display method according to claim 11, wherein the image data specified by the shooting date and the shooting mode are displayed side by side on a plane. Switching to and displaying the image data associated with the imaging mode different from the imaging mode associated with the currently displayed image data,
11. The image data associated with the imaging mode different from the imaging mode associated with the currently displayed image data is switched and displayed by a switching operation. Item 13. The image display method according to any one of Items 12.

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