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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11290651-B2
Application number	US-202017133801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2020
Priority date	Feb 9, 2015
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

An image display system includes an image acquisition unit which acquires an image, an area setting unit which sets a plurality of viewing areas to which the image is to be assigned according to a direction of the image, an image assignment unit which assigns the image to each of the plurality of viewing areas, an operation determination unit which discriminates an operation in a first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas each having the image assigned thereto, and a display control unit which displays the image in the first viewing area and the image in a second viewing area other than the first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas concurrently based on a result of the discrimination by the operation determination unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image display system comprising one or more hardware processors configured to:
acquire an image;
set a plurality of viewing areas to which the image is to be assigned according to a direction of the image;
assign the image to each of the plurality of viewing areas;
receive an operation in a first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas each having the image assigned thereto; and
change, based on the operation, the image displayed in the first viewing area and the image displayed in a second viewing area other than the first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas,
wherein, when the operation covers the first and second viewing areas, the one or more hardware processors are configured to determine that an operation with respect to an earlier touched area of the first and second viewing areas is performed continuously.

2. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to set an association display direction between the plurality of viewing areas and the one or more hardware processors are configured to change the image in the second viewing area based on the association display direction in response to a change of the image in the first viewing area.

3. The image display system according to claim 2 , wherein the association display direction includes an association display direction of moving the image and an association display direction of resizing the image, and the association display direction includes a same direction and an opposite direction.

4. The image display system according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured to determine an amount of change based on a ratio of a typical length of the first viewing area and a typical length of the second viewing area.

5. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein the operation for changing the image is a swipe operation, a pinch-out operation, or a pinch-in operation.

6. The image display system according to claim 5 , wherein the change of the image by the swipe operation is movement of the image.

7. The image display system according to claim 5 , wherein the change of the image by the pinch-out operation or the pinch-in operation is resizing of the image.

8. An image display method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
acquiring an image;
setting a plurality of viewing areas to which the image is to be assigned according to a direction of the image;
assigning the image to each of the plurality of viewing areas;
receiving an operation in a first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas each having the image assigned thereto;
changing, based on the operation, the image displayed in the first viewing area and the image displayed in a second viewing area other than the first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas; and
determining, when the operation covers the first and second viewing areas, that an operation with respect to an earlier touched area of the first and second viewing areas is performed continuously.

9. The image display method according to claim 8 , wherein the operation for changing the image is a swipe operation, a pinch-out operation, or a pinch-in operation.

10. The image display method according to claim 9 , wherein the changing of the image by the swipe operation is movement of the image.

11. The image display method according to claim 9 , wherein the changing of the image by the pinch-out operation or the pinch-in operation is resizing of the image.

12. The image display method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
setting an association display direction between the plurality of viewing areas and the one or more hardware processors are configured to change the image in the second viewing area based on the association display direction in response to a change of the image in the first viewing area.

13. The image display method according to claim 12 , wherein the association display direction includes an association display direction of moving the image and an association display direction of resizing the image, and the association display direction includes a same direction and an opposite direction.

14. The image display method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
determining an amount of change based on a ratio of a typical length of the first viewing area and a typical length of the second viewing area.

15. A non-transitory recording medium storing a program that causes an image display system to execute a process, the process comprising:
acquiring an image;
setting a plurality of viewing areas to which the image is to be assigned according to a direction of the image;
assigning the image to each of the plurality of viewing areas;
receiving an operation in a first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas each having the image assigned thereto;
changing, based on the operation, the image displayed in the first viewing area and the image displayed in a second viewing area other than the first viewing area among the plurality of viewing areas; and
determining, when the operation covers the first and second viewing areas, that an operation with respect to an earlier touched area of the first and second viewing areas is performed continuously.

16. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein the operation for changing the image is a swipe operation, a pinch-out operation, or a pinch-in operation.

17. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the changing of the image by the swipe operation is movement of the image.

18. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the changing of the image by the pinch-out operation or the pinch-in operation is resizing of the image.

Assignees

• Irie Hironori
• Terashita Toshiyuki
• Sasaki Tomohiko
• Shirane Ryuichi
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Irie Hironori
• Terashita Toshiyuki
• Sasaki Tomohiko
• Shirane Ryuichi

Classifications

• H04N23/63 Primary

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N23/45

  for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images · CPC title

• H04N23/698

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

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title