Display control device and display control method for automatic display of an image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10447874-B2
Application number	US-201113113469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2011
Priority date	Jul 7, 2010
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

A display control device includes: a display signal output unit configured so as to output a display image signal on a display unit so as to execute normal display, zoom-in display, scroll display, and zoom-out display regarding data to be displayed as display operation for data to be displayed; and a control unit configured to instruct the display signal output unit to perform, regarding data to be displayed, output of a display image signal for sequentially executing zoom-in display in a scroll start position from the normal display, scroll display from the scroll start position, and zoom-out display from a scroll end position to the normal display at a display unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display control device, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
output a first display image signal on a display screen to display a panoramic image;
zoom-in a first display of said panoramic image to a second display that corresponds to a scroll-start position which is within said panoramic image, wherein said zoom-in of said first display to said second display is based on a plurality of zoom levels;
display at least a trimmed part of said panoramic image at each zoom level of said plurality of zoom levels of said zoom-in of said first display;
automatically scroll said second display of said panoramic image from said scroll-start position based on an aspect ratio of said panoramic image which is equal to or greater than a threshold ratio;
output a second display image signal to interrupt said scroll of said second display;
display said panoramic image based on an operation input as a manual mode,
wherein in said manual mode, a display position in said panoramic image is changed while said scroll of said second display is executed;
determine a resume position in said panoramic image based on a movement amount of said display position on said display screen by said operation input;
resume said scroll from said resume position within said panoramic image, based on at least one of an end of said manual mode or an elapsed time in said manual mode; and
zoom-out a third display of at least a portion of said panoramic image from a scroll-end position within said panoramic image to said first display of said panoramic image,
wherein one of said zoom-in of said first display or said zoom-out of said third display is executed at a first speed in a single image display of said panoramic image, and wherein said first speed is different from a second speed in a slide show of a plurality of images.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein said scroll-start position is a first edge position in still image data of said panoramic image, and
wherein said scroll-end position is a second edge position opposite to said first edge position in said still image data of said panoramic image.

3. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein said first edge position corresponds to an imaging start side at a time of capture of panoramic data that corresponds to said still image data.

4. The display control device according to claim 3 , wherein said first edge position and said second edge position are image edge positions in a valid image range where said panoramic image is displayed.

5. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein for said slide show of said plurality of images, said circuitry is further configured to sequentially execute said zoom-in of said first display, said scroll of said second display, and said zoom-out of said third display.

6. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein for said slide show of said plurality of images, said circuitry is further configured to sequentially execute said zoom-in of said first display and said scroll of said second display.

7. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein for said slide show of said plurality of images, said circuitry is further configured to sequentially execute said scroll of said second display and said zoom-out of said third display.

8. A display control method, comprising:
outputting a display image signal on a display screen to display a panoramic image;
zooming-in a first display of said panoramic image to a second display that corresponds to a scroll-start position which is within said panoramic image, wherein said zooming-in of said first display to said second display is based on a plurality of zoom levels;
displaying at least a trimmed part of said panoramic image at each zoom level of said plurality of zoom levels of said zooming-in of said first display;
automatically scrolling said second display of said panoramic image from said scroll-start position based on an aspect ratio of said panoramic image which is equal to or greater than a threshold ratio;
outputting a second display image signal to interrupt said scroll of said second display;
displaying said panoramic image based on an operation input as a manual mode,
wherein in said manual mode, a display position in said panoramic image is changed while said scroll of said second display is executed;
determining a resume position in said panoramic image based on a movement amount of said display position on said display screen by said operation input;
resuming said scroll from said resume position within said panoramic image, based on at least one of an end of said manual mode or an elapsed time in said manual mode; and
zooming-out a third display of at least a portion of said panoramic image from a scroll-end position within said panoramic image to said first display of said panoramic image,
wherein one of said zoom-in of said first display or said zoom-out of said third display is executed at a first speed in a single image display corresponding to said panoramic image,
wherein said first speed is different from a second speed in a slide show of a plurality of images.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause said computer to execute operations, said operations comprising:
outputting a display image signal on a display screen so as to display a panoramic image;
zooming-in a first display of said panoramic image to a second display that corresponds to a scroll-start position which is within said panoramic image, wherein said zooming-in of said first display to said second display is based on a plurality of zoom levels;
displaying at least a trimmed part of said panoramic image at each zoom level of said plurality of zoom levels of said zooming-in of said first display;
automatically scrolling said second display of said panoramic image from said scroll-start position based on an aspect ratio of said panoramic image which is equal to or greater than a threshold ratio;
outputting a second display image signal to interrupt said scroll of said second display;
displaying said panoramic image based on an operation input as a manual mode,
wherein in said manual mode, a display position in said panoramic image is changed while said scroll of said second display is executed;
determining a resume position in said panoramic image based on a movement amount of said display position on said display screen by said operation input;
resuming said scroll from said resume position within said panoramic image, based on at least one of an end of said manual mode or an elapsed time in said manual mode; and
zooming-out a third display of at least a portion of said panoramic image from a scroll-end position within said panoramic image to said first display of said panoramic image,
wherein one of said zoom-in of said first display or said zoom-out of said third display is executed at a first speed in a single image display corresponding to said panoramic image,
wherein said first speed is different from a second speed in a slide show of a plurality of images.

Assignees

• Hayashi Naoki
• Kosakai Ryota
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Hayashi Naoki
• Kosakai Ryota

Classifications

• H04N23/698

  for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture · CPC title

• H04N1/00469

  with enlargement of a selected area of the displayed information · CPC title

• G11B27/034

  on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/00458 Primary

  Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling · CPC title

• H04N1/00283

  with a television apparatus · CPC title