Electronic apparatus, storage medium, and method for displaying image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016248993-A1
Application number	US-201615052729-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 24, 2016
Priority date	Feb 25, 2015
Publication date	Aug 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic apparatus, storage medium, and method are disclosed. An electronic apparatus includes a display and at least one processor. The display comprises a first display mode in which a plurality of images are displayed alongside each other. The at least one processor determines importance of an image. The at least one processor determines a display size of each of the plurality of images. The at least one processor increases the display size of an image as the importance of the image is higher.

First claim

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
a display comprising a first display mode in which a plurality of images are displayed alongside each other; and at least one processor that determines importance of an image and determines a display size of each of the plurality of images, wherein the at least one processor increases the display size of an image as the importance of the image is higher.

2 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display in the first display mode displays a first image, which is a continuously shot image group captured in one continuous shooting, and the first image comprise a plurality of continuously shot images.

3 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the at least one processor judges whether a target image whose importance is to be determined is the first image and, based on a judgment result, determines the importance of the target image.

4 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein when the target image is the first image, the at least one processor determines the importance of the target image based on the number of continuously shot images.

5 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the display displays the first image while sequentially switching a topmost image among the plurality of continuously shot images of the first image.

6 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
at least one processor specifies, from a plurality of images displayed by the display, a plurality of similar images whose dates and times of image capturing are close to each other and which are similar to each other, and the display in the first display mode displays a second image comprising the plurality of similar images superimposed on each other.

7 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the at least one processor judges whether a target image whose importance is to be determined is the second image and, based on a judgment result, determines the importance of the target image.

8 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein when the target image is the second image, the at least one processor determines the importance of the target image based on the number of the plurality of similar images.

9 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the display displays the second image while sequentially switching a topmost image among the plurality of similar images of the second image.

10 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor judges whether a target image whose importance is to be determined is a first captured image captured by an apparatus other than the electronic apparatus and, based on a judgment result, determines the importance of the target image.

11 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein when the target image is the first captured image, the at least one processor performs a first judgment of judging whether a plurality of images displayed by the display include a second captured image captured, on a date and time close to a date and time when the target image has been captured, by the electronic apparatus in a place in which the target image has been captured and, based on a result of the first judgment, determines the importance of the target image.

12 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 ,
wherein when the target image is the first captured image, the at least one processor performs a second judgment of judging whether the electronic apparatus is in a place in which the target image is captured when the target image is captured and, based on a result of the second judgment and the result of the first judgment determines the importance of the target image.

13 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the display comprises a second display mode in which an image is displayed larger than in the first display mode, and the at least one processor determines the importance of a target image whose importance is to be determined based on the number of displays or a display time in which the display in the second display mode has displayed the target image.

14 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor determines, based on a user evaluation of a target image whose importance is to be determined, importance of the target image.

15 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display in the first display mode displays a dynamic image while playing back the dynamic image.

16 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
a display screen which is displayed by the display in the first display mode and in which a plurality of images are arranged is divided into a plurality of blocks in matrix, the at least one processordetermines arrangements of a plurality of images in the display screen, the at least one processor executes, in arranging an arrangement target image in the display screen,
first processing of specifying an empty block that appears first when the plurality of blocks are viewed sequentially along a raster direction starting from an upper left block,
second processing of judging whether the arrangement target image is allowed to be arranged in such a manner that an upper left corner of the empty block coincides with an upper left corner of the arrangement target image, and
third processing of arranging, when judging that the arrangement target image is allowed to be arranged in the second processing, the arrangement target image in such a manner that the upper left corner of the empty block coincides with the upper left corner of the arrangement target image, and
when judging that the arrangement target image is not allowed to be arranged in the second processing, the at least one processor repeatedly executes the first processing and the second processing until the third processing is executed, and in the first processing in second and subsequent rounds, specifies the empty block that appears first when the plurality of blocks except for the specified empty block are viewed along the raster direction starting from an upper left block.

17 . A non-transitory storage medium readable by a computer configured to store a control program that controls an electronic apparatus, the storage medium storing the control program configured to cause the electronic apparatus to execute
(a) displaying a plurality of images alongside each other; (b) determining importance of an image; and (c) determining a display size of each of the plurality of images, wherein in the step (c), the display size of an image is increased as the importance of the image is higher.

18 . A method for displaying an image, comprising:
(a) displaying a plurality of images alongside each other; (b) determining importance of an image; and (c) determining a display size of each of the plurality of images, wherein in the step (c), the display size of an image is increased as the importance of the image is higher.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Sato Takayuki

Classifications

• G06T3/4038

  Image mosaicing, e.g. composing plane images from plane sub-images · CPC title

• H04N5/2624

  for obtaining an image which is composed of whole input images, e.g. splitscreen · CPC title

• H04N5/2628 Primary

  Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation · CPC title

• H04N5/265

  Mixing · CPC title