Image display system, display apparatus, and display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8949324-B2
Application number	US-201313903302-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2013
Priority date	Dec 7, 2006
Publication date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

According to some aspects, an image display apparatus is provided comprising a display apparatus comprising a display section and a controller. The controller may be configured to display a map image via the display section, set location specification information based on an input specifying a position on the map image, and transmit the location specification information to a server apparatus, receive image data transmitted from the server apparatus in response to the transmission of location specification information to the server apparatus, the received image data having been obtained by photographing by an imaging section of an imaging apparatus configured to be worn on a head of a user, and the received image data having been transmitted to the server apparatus from the imaging apparatus in addition to additional data comprising location information detected at a time when the image data was photographed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image display apparatus comprising:
a display apparatus configured to be worn on an arm of a user comprising:
a display section configured to perform image display; and
a controller configured to:
display a map image via the display section;
set location specification information based on an input specifying a position on the map image;
transmit the location specification information to a server apparatus;
receive image data transmitted from the server apparatus in response to the transmission of location specification information to the server apparatus, the received image data having been obtained by photographing by an imaging section of an imaging apparatus configured to be worn on a head of a user, and the received image data having been transmitted to the server apparatus from the imaging apparatus in addition to additional data comprising location information detected at a time when the image data was photographed; and
perform a display operation via the display section based on the received image data.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the additional data further includes date/time information generated when the image data was taken, and
wherein the controller of said display apparatus performs a date/time specification process of setting date/time specification information for specifying a date and time, and transmits point specification information and the date/time specification information to said server apparatus.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, in a case where a plurality of pieces of image data have been received from said server apparatus, the controller of said display section causes the display section to display the plurality of pieces of image data based on date/time information generated for the plurality of pieces of image data.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where a plurality of pieces of image data have been received from said server apparatus, the controller of said display apparatus causes the display section to display the plurality of pieces of image data in an order in which the plurality of pieces of image data were uploaded to said server apparatus.

5. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the display section is further configured to receive touch input from a user; and
the input specifying a position on the map image comprises touch input to the display section.

6. An image display method for sharing images, the method comprising:
performing photographing using an imaging apparatus worn on a head of a user, thereby generating a first image;
detecting a location of the imaging apparatus at a time when the first image is obtained by the photographing;
transmitting the first image and the location to a server apparatus;
displaying a map image on a display apparatus worn on an arm of the user;
setting location specification information based on an input specifying a position on the map image;
transmitting the location specification information to the server apparatus;
receiving a second image from the server apparatus in response to said transmission; and
performing a display operation via the display section based on the received second image.

7. The image display method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
generating date/time information by detecting a current date and time at the time when the first image was obtained by the photographing; and
transmitting the date/time information to the server apparatus in addition to the first image and the location.

8. The image display method according to claim 7 , wherein:
a plurality of images are received from the server apparatus, and
performing the display operation comprises displaying the plurality images based on date/time information generated for the plurality images.

9. The image display method according to claim 6 , wherein:
performing photographing is performed in response to determining that a current location of the imaging apparatus coincides with a location received from the server apparatus.

10. The image display method according to claim 6 , wherein transmitting the first image and the location to the server apparatus is performed in response to a determination that a current location of the imaging apparatus coincides with a location specified by photographing request data.

11. The image display method according to claim 6 , wherein:
a plurality of images are received from the server apparatus, and
performing the display operation comprises displaying the plurality of images in an order in which the plurality of images were uploaded to the server apparatus.

12. The image display method according to claim 6 , wherein the input specifying a position on the map image comprises providing touch input by the user to a portion of the display apparatus.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Sako Yoichiro
• Kimura Keiji
• Tsuruta Masaaki
• Asukai Masamichi
• Ito Taiji
• Ozaki Nozomu
• Sugino Akinobu
• Sekizawa Hidehiko
• Totsuka Yonetaro

Classifications

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/50

  Constructional details · CPC title

• H04N5/765 Primary

  Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus · CPC title

• H04N23/661

  Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet · CPC title

• G06F16/587 Primary

  using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location · CPC title