System and method for image display control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9710146-B2
Application number	US-201214241520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2012
Priority date	Sep 29, 2011
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a technology that supports a user in easily selecting an image of interest from among a large quantity of continuous images while making the best use of characteristics of a scroll function. The technology prepares a first scroll area that receives an indication for sequentially scrolling images to be displayed on a display screen among the large quantity of continuous images by a predetermined first amount of a scroll; and a second scroll area that receives an indication for sequentially scrolling the images by the amount of a scroll smaller than the first amount of a scroll, in a case where the number of the continuous images is greater than the maximum number of designatable positions of the first scroll area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image display control device which comprises:
a processor;
a memory device;
a display output interface that transmits output to a display device;
an input interface that receives input from an input device;
a network adaptor connected to a network; and
a program stored on the memory device that when executed by the processor controls display of a display target image group configured to have a plurality of continuous images on the display device, wherein the program includes further instructions that cause the processor to perform the functions of:
a sub scroll area generation unit for generating a sub scroll area in which the plurality of continuous images of the display target image group can be scrolled by an amount of a scroll in the sub scroll area, in a case where a total number of images of the display target image group is greater than a maximum number of designatable positions of a main scroll area that receives a scrolling indication for a display image;
a display control unit for displaying the plurality of continuous images of the display target image group on the display device based on a scrolling indication received via either the main scroll area or the sub scroll area, wherein the amount of the scroll in the sub scroll area is defined as the number of images that are fed when an indicating position moves between the designatable positions by one step; and
a main scroll amount calculation unit for calculating an amount of a main scroll that is an amount of a scroll of the main scroll area, by using the total number of images and the maximum number of designatable positions, in a case where the total number of images is greater than the maximum number of designatable positions, wherein the main scroll area is generated on the display screen on which the image is displayed, wherein the display target image group includes stored attribute information that stores an amount of a sub scroll which is a predetermined amount of the scroll of the sub scroll area, and wherein the main scroll area further has information which specifies an image group of the display target image group, which is scrolled by the amount of a sub scroll, as an extracted image group, wherein the sub scroll area generation unit generates the sub scroll area in the main scroll area based on the attribute information, and wherein the main scroll amount calculation unit calculates the amount of a main scroll, taking the attribute information into consideration.

2. The image display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the main scroll area is generated on the display screen on which the image is displayed, wherein the sub scroll area is generated in an area on the display screen, and is an area independent from the main scroll area, and wherein the sub scroll area generation unit generates the sub scroll area whenever receiving an indication from a user.

3. The image display control device according to claim 2 , wherein whenever the sub scroll area generation unit generates the sub scroll area, a sub area is discriminably displayed in the main scroll area, and wherein the sub area is a range of a designatable position of the main scroll area, and corresponds to a range of an image designated in the sub scroll area.

4. The image display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the display target image group is configured to have medical images of a plurality of image-capturing target regions, and wherein the extracted image group is specified by a name of an image-capturing target region in the attribute information.

5. The image display control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third scroll area generation unit for generating a third scroll area in which the plurality of continuous images can be scrolled by a desired amount of a scroll in an area on the display screen to be independent from the main scroll area, whenever receiving an indication from a user.

6. The image display control device according to claim 1 , wherein in the amount of a sub scroll, the number of images to be fed is 1.

7. The image display control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a selection receipt unit for receiving selection of an image from the display target image group.

8. The image display control device according to claim 7 , wherein the selection receipt unit discriminably displays a designatable position of the main scroll area, which corresponds to the selected image.

9. The image display control device according to claim 1 , wherein a display screen for displaying the plurality of continuous images includes a plurality of sub image display areas, on each of which one image is displayed, and wherein a display image according to the scrolling indication is displayed in a predetermined sub image display area of the plurality of sub image display areas, and images before and after the display image are displayed in other sub image display areas in a predetermined sequence.

10. The image display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of continuous images of the display target image group are images acquired by a medical image acquisition device that includes at least one of the following: a magnetic resonance imaging device, an X-ray imaging device, an X-ray CT device, and an ultrasonic imaging device.

11. The image display control device according to claim 10 , wherein the display target image group is either a video that has each of the plurality of continuous images as a frame or multiple slice images of a 3-dimensional area, which have each of the plurality of continuous images as a slice.

12. An image display control method for displaying a display target image group configured to have a plurality of continuous images on a display device, the method comprising:
a sub scroll generating step of generating a sub scroll area in which the plurality of continuous images of the display target image group can be scrolled by an amount of a scroll in the sub scroll area, in a case where a total number of images of the display target image group is greater than a maximum number of designatable positions of a main scroll area that receives a scrolling indication for a display image;
a display control step of displaying the plurality of continuous images of the display target image group on the display device based on a scrolling indication received via either the main scroll area or the sub scroll area, wherein the amount of the scroll in the sub scroll area is defined as the number of images that are fed when an indicating positions moves between the designatable positions by one step; and
calculating, by a main scroll amount calculation unit, an amount of a main scroll that is an amount of a scroll of the main scroll area, by using the total number of images of the plurality of continuous images of the display target image group and the maximum number of designatable positions, in a case where the total number of images of the plurality of continuous images is greater than the maximum number of designatable positions, wherein the main scroll area is generated on the display device, wherein the display target image group includes stored attribute information that stores an amount of a sub scroll which is a predetermined amount of the scroll of the sub scroll area, and wherein the main scroll area further has information which specifies an image group of the display target image group, which is scrolled by the amount of a sub scroll, as an extracted image group, wherein the sub scroll area generation unit generates the sub scroll area in the main scroll area based on the attribute information, and wherein the main scroll amount cal

Assignees

• Tokunaga Tatsuya
• Taniguchi Hiroki
• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Tokunaga Tatsuya
• Taniguchi Hiroki

Classifications

• A61B5/742

  using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339) · CPC title

• G09G5/377

  for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns (G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/04855 Primary

  Interaction with scrollbars · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• A61B6/465

  adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus · CPC title