Efficient display and selection of images generated during bracketed imaging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9137445-B2
Application number	US-201313951022-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2013
Priority date	Sep 18, 2007
Publication date	Sep 15, 2015
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015

Abstract

A user-preferred image is easily displayed for a plurality of images generated by bracketing capture. A recording control unit adds the same group identifier to a plurality of captured images generated by the same bracketing-capture operation, allocates the plurality of captured images to the same folder, and records the plurality of captured images on a recording unit as bracketing-captured images. A priority image setting unit adds priority information to a bracketing-captured image selected by a user among the bracketing-captured images recorded on the recording unit, and sets a priority image. In addition, the priority image setting unit allocates the priority image to a main folder, and allocates bracketing-captured images other than the priority image to a sub-folder. In a predetermined display mode, a display control unit displays only the priority image among the bracketing-captured images on the display unit on the basis of the priority information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising,
a priority image setting unit configured to set at least one image, as a priority image, among a plurality of images generated in a bracketing capture mode;
a display control unit configured to control a display displaying the priority image; and
a capture mode control unit configured to set the bracketing capture mode to (i) a first bracketing capture mode, when a single image capturing condition exists, in which images are generated for respective values of an imaging parameter related to the single image capturing condition, and (ii) a second bracketing capture mode, when the single image capturing condition does not exist, in which images are generated for respective values of imaging parameters related to a plurality of image capturing conditions such that for each one of the image capturing conditions images are generated for respective values of an imaging parameter related to the image capturing condition,
wherein the priority image is set among the images generated by the second bracketing capture mode.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority image setting unit adds priority information to the priority image, and wherein the display control unit controls a display state on the basis of the priority information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a group identifier adding unit that adds a same group identifier to each of the images generated by the second bracketing capture mode.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the priority image setting unit allocates, for the images generated by the second bracketing capture mode, the priority image to a first folder and further allocates an image other than the priority image to a second folder different from the first folder.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a folder allocating unit that allocates each of the images generated by the second bracketing capture mode to a same folder.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an operation receiving unit that receives a specifying operation for specifying at least one display mode among a plurality of display modes.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a group identifier adding unit that adds a same group identifier to each of the images only in the second bracketing capture mode such that the same group identifier is not added to the images in the first bracketing capture mode.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer-readable program for implementing an information processing method, the method comprising,
setting at least one image, as a priority image, among a plurality of images generated in a bracketing capture mode;
controlling a display displaying the priority image; and
setting the bracketing capture mode to (i) a first bracketing capture mode, when a single image capturing condition exists, in which images are generated for respective values of an imaging parameter related to the single image capturing condition, and (ii) a second bracketing capture mode, when the single image capturing condition does not exist, in which images are generated for respective values of imaging parameters related to a plurality of image capturing conditions such that for each one of the image capturing conditions images are generated for respective values of an imaging parameter related to the image capturing condition,
wherein the priority image is set among the images generated by the second bracketing capture mode.

9. An information processing method, comprising,
setting at least one image, as a priority image, among a plurality of images generated in a bracketing capture mode;
controlling a display displaying the priority image; and
setting the bracketing capture mode to (i) a first bracketing capture mode, when a single image capturing condition exists, in which images are generated for respective values of an imaging parameter related to the single image capturing condition, and (ii) a second bracketing capture mode, when the single image capturing condition does not exist, in which images are generated for respective values of imaging parameters related to a plurality of image capturing conditions such that for each one of the image capturing conditions images are generated for respective values of an imaging parameter related to the image capturing condition,
wherein the priority image is set among the images generated by the second bracketing capture mode.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Terashima Yoshito

Classifications

• H04N23/63 Primary

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/743

  Bracketing, i.e. taking a series of images with varying exposure conditions · CPC title

• G11B27/105 Primary

  of operating discs · CPC title

• G06F17/3028

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N5/2356

  Electricity · mapped topic