Display apparatus for displaying images and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9626076-B2
Application number	US-201314099018-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2013
Priority date	Dec 6, 2012
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a storage configured to store a plurality of images, a controller configured to select a plurality of related images having a common element from the plurality of images, and a display configured to sequentially display the plurality of related images while executing an image transition between each of the sequentially displayed related images through intermediation of the common element of the plurality of related images, whereby the related images can be provided to a user in a continuous manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display;
a storage configured to store a plurality of images; and
a controller configured to, in response to receiving a user input for selecting an image and a user input for selecting an element item through a select screen displayed on the display, select a plurality of related images having an element item with a same attribute as the selected element item included in the selected image, and to control the display to sequentially display the plurality of related images while executing an image transition between each of the sequentially displayed related images through intermediation of the element item of the plurality of related images,
wherein the element item comprises at least one element item of a color of an object included in the image and an object display position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display one image by selecting the one image from the plurality of images in response to a slide show display command being input, and control the display to display each selected related image in a sequential manner by repetitively performing an operation of selecting one succeeding image from the plurality of images as the related image for the selected one image, the one succeeding image having an element item with the same attribute as the element item included in the selected one image.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an image sensor configured to capture an image,
wherein the controller is further configured to detect characteristic information related to the captured image in response to the image sensor capturing the image, store the detected characteristic information and the captured image in the storage, and select the captured image as a related image of the plurality of related images by comparison of the characteristic information.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the storage is further configured to store a plurality of transition platforms, and
wherein the controller is further configured to generate a transition screen, corresponding to the image transition between each of the sequentially displayed related images, by using a transition platform, corresponding to the element item of the related images, of the plurality of transition platforms.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the element item is divided into a plurality of element items having preset priorities, and
wherein the controller is further configured to select the related images by sequentially comparing the plurality of element items according to the priorities.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to sequentially select the related images having the element item by comparing the plurality of images in a time sequence in response to a sequential arrangement command being input.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the related images from the plurality of images in a sequence of decreasing relevance beginning with the related image having a most similar element item of the related images, in response to a non-sequential arrangement command being input.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to select the related images by comparing the element items selected through the select screen.

9. An image displaying method for a display apparatus, the method comprising:
selecting, in response to receiving a user input for selecting an image and a user input for selecting an element item through a select screen, a plurality of related images having an element item with a same attribute as the selected element item included in the selected image; and
sequentially displaying on a display of the display apparatus the plurality of related images while executing an image transition between each of the sequentially displayed related images through intermediation of the element item of the plurality of related images,
wherein the element item comprises at least one element item of a color of an object included in the image and an object display position.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selecting the plurality of related images comprises:
selecting one image from the plurality of images in response to a slide show display command being input; and
selecting at least one related image by repetitively executing an operation of selecting one succeeding image from the plurality of images as a related image for the selected image, the one succeeding image having an element item with the same attribute as the element item included in the selected image,
wherein the sequentially displaying the plurality of related images is executed to sequentially display the at least one related image after displaying the selected image.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
acquiring a captured image by executing a capturing operation;
detecting characteristic information related to the captured image; and
matching the detected characteristic information with the captured image for storage.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
generating a transition screen, corresponding to the image transition between each of the sequentially displayed related images, by using a transition platform, corresponding to the element item of the related images, of a plurality of stored transition platforms.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the element item is divided into a plurality of element items having preset priorities, and
wherein the selecting the plurality of related images comprises selecting the related images by sequentially comparing the plurality of element items according to the priorities.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selecting the plurality of related images comprises sequentially selecting the related images having the element item by comparing the plurality of images in a time sequence in response to a sequential arrangement command being input.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selecting the plurality of related images comprises selecting the related images from the plurality of images in a sequence of decreasing relevance beginning with the related image having a most similar element item of the related images, in response to a non-sequential arrangement command being input.

16. The method of claim 9 ,
wherein the selecting the plurality of related images is executed to select the related image by comparing the element items selected through the select screen.

17. A display apparatus comprising:
a display;
a storage configured to store a plurality of images; and
a controller configured to, in response to receiving a user input for selecting an image and a user input for selecting an element item through a select screen displayed on the display, select related images having an element item with a same attribute as the selected element item included in the selected image, and to control the display to sequentially display the related images while executing an image transition between each of the sequentially displayed related images through intermediation of the element item of the related images,
wherein the element item comprises at least one element item of a color of an object included in the image and an object display position.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the executing the image transition comprises controlling the display to display at least one transition image between each of the sequentially displayed related images.

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Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hye-Won
• Kim Yong-Ho
• Jung Jong-Woo

Classifications

• G11B27/031 Primary

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