Image display apparatus equipped with a touch panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016334948-A1
Application number	US-201615063275-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 7, 2016
Priority date	May 15, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

When a predetermined image switching operation is started, a control section refers to a judgment result as to whether a display portion specified in advance by a touch operation has been identified as a search target. If no display portion has been identified, the control section performs display control in response to the predetermined image switching operation such that images sequentially selected in a forward or reverse direction from a stored image group of images arranged according to a predetermined criterion are displayed on a display section. If a display portion has been identified as a search target, the control section performs display control such that a relevant search condition is acquired with reference to a search condition table based on the search target, the stored image group is searched for another image other than an image being displayed based on the search condition, and the found image is displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image display apparatus equipped with a touch input section having a touch panel and a display section which displays an image, comprising:
a processor that is configured to: acquire a touched point when a touch operation is performed on the touch panel; identify a display portion corresponding to the acquired touched point in display data displayed on the display section, as a search target; judge whether a search target has been identified when a predetermined image switching operation is started; perform display control in response to the predetermined image switching operation such that images sequentially selected in a forward or reverse direction from a plurality of images arranged according to a predetermined criterion are displayed on the display section, when a judgment is made that no search target has been identified; and perform display control in response to the predetermined image switching operation such that another image other than the image being displayed is searched for from the plurality of images based on the identified display portion and displayed on the display section, when a judgment is made that a search target has been identified.

2 . The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor identifies the display portion as the search target when the display portion corresponding to the touched point is predetermined data.

3 . The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor, when searching the plurality of images for another image based on the display portion identified as the search target, searches for an image containing the display portion.

4 . The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor, when searching the plurality of images arranged according to the predetermined criterion for another image based on the display portion identified as the search target, searches for an image arranged in the forward direction if the image switching operation is an operation giving an instruction to perform image switching in the forward direction, or searches for an image arranged in the reverse direction if the image switching operation is an operation giving an instruction to perform image switching in the reverse direction.

5 . The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor (I) identifies, when a plurality of touched points are acquired, a plurality of display portions corresponding to the plurality of touched points as a plurality of search targets, and (ii) searches the plurality of images for an image containing the plurality of display portions when a judgment is made that the plurality of search targets have been identified.

6 . The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor, when a touch operation is performed on a face portion of a person in image data displayed on the display section, identifies the face portion subjected to the touch operation as a search target, and searches for another image containing the face portion when searching the plurality of images for another image.

7 . The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor (i) detects a type of the touch operation performed on the touch panel, (ii) acquires a search condition for searching for the search target based on the detected type of the touch operation, and (iii) searches the plurality of images for another image based on the acquired search condition, when a judgment is made that the search target has been identified.

8 . The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor, when a touch operation is performed on a point corresponding to a display portion already identified as a search target, cancels identification of the search target.

9 . The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor, when searching the plurality of images for an image containing the display portion of the search target based on the display portion identified as the search target and displaying the image on the display section, performs display control such that the display portion in the found image is displayed in a manner to be distinguishable.

10 . The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor (i) detects a direction of a flick operation performed as the touch operation, (ii) identifies a display portion corresponding to an acquired touch start point of the flick operation, as the search target, and (iii) makes a search with the detected flick direction as part of a search condition when searching the plurality of images for another image based on the identified display portion.

11 . An image display apparatus equipped with a touch input section having a touch panel and a display section which displays an image, comprising:
a processor that is configured to: acquire a touch start point when a flick operation is performed on the touch panel; cause a display portion serving as a search target candidate in display data displayed on the display section to be displayed in a distinguishable manner; and search a plurality of images arranged according to a predetermined criterion in a search direction based on a flick direction of the flick operation with the display portion displayed in the distinguishable manner as a search target, when the acquired touch start point of the flick operation is the display portion displayed in the distinguishable manner.

12 . The image display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor searches the plurality of images for an image containing the display portion based on the display portion displayed in the distinguishable manner.

13 . The image display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor sets whether or not to make a search, and performs display in the distinguishable manner when the search is set to be performed.

14 . A display control method for an image display apparatus equipped with a touch input section having a touch panel and a display section which displays an image, comprising:
acquiring a touched point when a touch operation is performed on the touch panel; identifying a display portion corresponding to the acquired touched point in display data displayed on the display section, as a search target; judging whether a search target has been identified when a predetermined image switching operation is started; performing display control in response to the predetermined image switching operation such that images sequentially selected in a forward or reverse direction from a plurality of images arranged according to a predetermined criterion are displayed on the display section, when a judgment is made that no search target has been identified; and performing display control in response to the predetermined image switching operation such that another image other than the image being displayed is searched for from the plurality of images based on the identified display portion and displayed on the display section, when a judgment is made that a search target has been identified.

15 . A display control method for an image display apparatus equipped with a touch input section having a touch panel and a display section which displays an image, comprising:
acquiring a touch start point when a flick operation is performed on the touch panel; causing a display portion serving as a search target candidate in display data displayed on the display section to be displayed in a distinguishable manner; and searching a plurality of images arranged according to a predetermined criterion in a search direction based on a flick

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsumoto Kosuke
• Manabe Yoshitsugu

Classifications

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F16/583 Primary

  using metadata automatically derived from the content · CPC title

• G06F16/51

  Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures · CPC title

• G06F3/04845 Primary

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title