Patent Publication Number: US-9413949-B2

Title: Digital-photo analyzing apparatus and computer-readable medium storing digital-photo analyzing program

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     1. Technical Field 
     The present invention relates to a digital-photo analyzing apparatus and a computer-readable medium storing a digital-photo analyzing program for visually clearly indicating the correlation relationship between a plurality of shooting parameters related to a shooting condition of a digital photo so as to allow viscerally and objectively evaluating and analyzing the shooting condition and the artistic quality of the digital photo. 
     2. Related Art 
     In recent years, a digital single-lens reflex camera or similar camera, which can set detailed values related to various shooting conditions as shooting condition parameters, has become popular. Accordingly, there is a growing need that a photographer wants to specify the values of the shooting condition for the digital single-lens reflex camera by manual setting so as to take an artistically expressed digital photo or a digital photo emphasizing the characteristic of a photographic subject. However, the shooting condition parameters include a plurality of parameters such as a diaphragm value, a shutter speed, and an ISO sensitivity. Therefore, a problem has arisen in that the photographer cannot easily and intuitively understand the effects of these values on the quality of the digital photo. 
     The photographer has to analyze the correlation relationship between the digital photo and the shooting condition parameters to learn the influence of the shooting condition parameters on the digital photo. However, especially in the case where the photographer is a beginner, it has been extremely difficult to understand the correlation relationship with many shooting parameters such as a shutter speed, a diaphragm value, an ISO sensitivity, a camera model, a lens type, a shooting date and time, and a shooting location, which are described together with the photograph shot by a professional photographer based on these parameters. It has been impossible to easily improve their shooting techniques by manual setting. Accordingly, the beginner photographer has to gain a lot of experiences to learn the shooting technique of an advanced photographer or a professional photographer, and thus has to be coached by a professional photographer or study the shooting technique at a school to coach the shooting technique. 
     Therefore, a known technique displays a cursor and an appropriate exposure band on a display screen disposed on a digital camera so as to allow facilitating the manual setting of the shooting condition parameters in the digital camera (for example, see Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-178015). 
     However, the technique described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2006-178015 performs shooting while simultaneously confirming the correlation relationship between an exposure value, a diaphragm value, and a shutter speed value on the display screen disposed on the digital camera before shooting. It has been impossible to weigh the quality of the digital photo as the shooting result against the EV value, the diaphragm value, the shutter speed value, and the ISO sensitivity at the time of shooting. In particular, it has been impossible to analyze or examine the effect of the ISO sensitivity on the digital photo. Furthermore, it has been impossible to compare a plurality of digital photos with the shooting condition parameters of these digital photos at the same time to analyze the correlation relationships between the qualities of the digital photos and the shooting condition parameters. 
     The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a digital-photo analyzing apparatus and a computer-readable medium storing a digital-photo analyzing program for displaying a plot or a thumbnail corresponding to a digital photo in a two-dimensional matrix or a three-dimensional matrix using a shooting condition parameter as a scale, so as to allow the user to easily and intuitively understand the correlation relationship between the digital photo and the shooting condition parameter. 
     SUMMARY 
     One aspect of the present invention is a digital-photo analyzing apparatus for analyzing a digital photo. The digital photo holds attached information that stores: a diaphragm value; a shutter speed; and an ISO sensitivity when the digital photo is shot. The digital-photo analyzing apparatus includes an input unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The input unit is configured to receive an instruction from a user. The storage unit is configured to store the digital photo and the attached information. The display unit is configured to display a two-dimensional matrix and the digital photo. The two-dimensional matrix includes: an X-axis using any one of the shutter speed and a TV value as a scale: and a Y-axis that is perpendicular to the X-axis and using any one of the diaphragm value and an AV value as a scale. The control unit is configured to calculate a shooting record EV value based on the AV value, the TV value, and the ISO sensitivity. The two-dimensional matrix further includes a U-axis using the shooting record EV value in a diagonal direction determined by the X-axis and the Y-axis as a scale. 
             -       log   2     ⁡     (       ISO   ⁢           ⁢   Sensitivity     100     )             
The control unit is configured to calculate the shooting record EV value of the digital photo based on a specified formula in response to a selection of the digital photo through the input unit. The specified formula has the AV value, the TV value, and the ISO sensitivity as variables. The specified formula is as follows.
 
Shooting Record EV Value=AV Value+TV Value+Sensitivity Correction Value   Formula
 
     The sensitivity correction value is 
             -         log   2     ⁡     (       ISO   ⁢           ⁢   Sensitivity     100     )       .           
The digital-photo analyzing apparatus is configured to display a plot or a thumbnail of the digital photo on the two-dimensional matrix based on: any one of the shutter speed and the TV value; and any one of the diaphragm value and the AV value.
 
     The control unit may be configured to display the shooting record EV value for the digital photo corresponding to the plot or the thumbnail on the display unit in response to a selection of one of the plot and the thumbnail displayed on the two-dimensional matrix through the input unit. 
     The control unit may be configured to: compare the shooting record EV value on a U-axis in the two-dimensional matrix in one of the plot and the thumbnail with the shooting record EV value calculated for the digital photo corresponding to one of the plot and the thumbnail in response to a selection of one of the plot and the thumbnail displayed on the two-dimensional matrix through the input unit: and change a scale on the U-axis to the calculated shooting record EV value for a display on the display unit in a case where the shooting record EV value on the U-axis is different from the calculated shooting record EV value. 
     The control unit may be configured to: display a three-dimensional matrix, which further includes a Z-axis that is perpendicular to the X-axis and the Y-axis and uses the ISO sensitivity as a scale, on the display unit instead of the two-dimensional matrix; and display one of the plot and the thumbnail on the three-dimensional matrix based on: any one of the shutter speed and the TV value; any one of the diaphragm value and the AV value; and the ISO sensitivity, in response to a selection of the digital photo through the input unit. 
     The control unit may be configured to display a shooting record EV value plane on the display unit in response to an input of the shooting record EV value through the input unit. The shooting record EV value plane has the mutually identical shooting record EV values within the three-dimensional matrix. 
     Another aspect of the present invention is a computer-readable medium storing a digital-photo analyzing program for calculating a shooting record EV value of a digital photo using a computer. The computer includes: a storage unit configured to store the digital photo and attached information storing a diaphragm value, a shutter speed, and an ISO sensitivity that are held by the digital photo when the digital photo is shot; an input unit configured to receive an instruction from a user, a display unit configured to display the digital photo; and a control unit configured to control the storage unit, the display unit, and the input unit. The control unit causes the computer to execute steps of: calculating, displaying a two-dimensional matrix, and displaying a plot or a thumbnail. The calculating calculates the shooting record EV value of the digital photo based on a specified formula in response to a selection of the digital photo through the input unit, the specified formula having the AV value, the TV value, and the ISO sensitivity of the digital photo as variables. The specified formula is as follows.
 
Shooting Record EV Value=AV Value+TV Value+Sensitivity Correction Value   Formula
 
     The sensitivity correction value is 
             -         log   2     ⁡     (       ISO   ⁢           ⁢   Sensitivity     100     )       .           
The displaying a two-dimensional matrix displays a two-dimensional matrix on the display unit, the two-dimensional matrix including: an X-axis using any one of the shutter speed and the TV value as a scale; a Y-axis using any one of the diaphragm value and the AV value as a scale; and a U-axis using the shooting record EV value in a diagonal direction determined by the mutually perpendicular X and Y axes as a scale. The displaying a plot or a thumbnail displays a plot or a thumbnail of the digital photo on the two-dimensional matrix based on: any one of the shutter speed and the TV value; and any one of the diaphragm value and the AV value of the digital photo.
 
     The control unit may further cause the computer to execute a step of: displaying the shooting record EV value for the digital photo corresponding to the plot or the thumbnail on the display unit in response to a selection of one of the plot and the thumbnail displayed on the two-dimensional matrix through the input unit. 
     The control unit may further cause the computer to execute steps of: comparing the shooting record EV value on a U-axis in the two-dimensional matrix in one of the plot and the thumbnail with the shooting record EV value calculated for the digital photo corresponding to one of the plot and the thumbnail in response to a selection of one of the plot and the thumbnail displayed on the two-dimensional matrix through the input unit; and changing a scale on the U-axis to the calculated shooting record EV value for a display on the display unit in a case where the shooting record EV value on the U-axis is different from the calculated shooting record EV value. 
     The control unit may further cause the computer to execute steps of: displaying a three-dimensional matrix, which further includes a Z-axis that is perpendicular to the X-axis and the Y-axis and uses the ISO sensitivity as a scale, on the display unit instead of the two-dimensional matrix; and displaying one of the plot and the thumbnail on the three-dimensional matrix based on: any one of the shutter speed and the TV value; any one of the diaphragm value and the AV value; and the ISO sensitivity, in response to a selection of the digital photo through the input unit. 
     The control unit may further cause the computer to execute a step of: displaying a shooting record EV value plane on the display unit in response to an input of the shooting record EV value through the input unit. The shooting record EV value plane has the mutually identical shooting record EV values within the three-dimensional matrix. 
     The digital-photo analyzing apparatus according to the present invention displays the two-dimensional matrix using, as the shooting condition parameters, any one of the shutter speed and the TV value, any one of the diaphragm value and the AV value, and the shooting record EV value as the scales. Reference to the plot or the thumbnail displayed on the two-dimensional matrix allows the user of the digital-photo analyzing apparatus to analyze the shooting condition parameters affecting on the quality of the digital photo. Furthermore, the digital-photo analyzing apparatus calculates, as the shooting condition parameter, the shooting record EV value dependent on the ISO sensitivity. Accordingly, reference to the two-dimensional matrix allows the user to analyze the shooting record EV value as the specific value calculated by the digital-photo analyzing apparatus. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram of a digital-photo analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating one example of the relationship between digital photos and attached information according to this embodiment; 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating one example of a two-dimensional matrix according to this embodiment; 
         FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating one example of the two-dimensional matrix in the case where a thumbnail is selected according to this embodiment; 
         FIG. 5  is a flowchart illustrating a display process of the two-dimensional matrix according to this embodiment: 
         FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating one example of a three-dimensional matrix according to this embodiment; 
         FIG. 7  is a diagram illustrating one example of a shooting record EV value plane according to this embodiment; 
         FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating a display process of the three-dimensional matrix according to this embodiment; and 
         FIG. 9  is a diagram illustrating one example of a number-of-sheet distribution graph according to this embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The following describes a digital-photo analyzing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings.  FIG. 1  illustrates the configuration of an apparatus  1  according to this embodiment (abbreviated as the apparatus). The apparatus  1  includes: a CPU  2  (control unit), which controls the apparatus  1 ; a main memory unit  4  (computer-readable medium storing a digital-photo analyzing program), which stores a control program  3  for controlling the apparatus  1 ; a storage unit  7 , which stores a digital photo  5  and attached information  6  associated with the digital photo  5 ; a display unit  8 , which displays the digital photo  5 ; an input unit  9 , which receives an instruction to the apparatus  1 ; a storage-device coupling portion  11 , which couples to an external storage device  10  storing the digital photo  5 ; and an external communication unit  14 , which communicates with an external terminal  12  via a wireless network  13 . These members couple to a bus  15 . 
     Here, the digital photo  5  is a photograph in digital format shot by, for example, a digital camera, a digital single-lens reflex camera, or a smart phone with a camera. The attached information  6  is, for example, an Exchangeable image file format for digital still cameras (Exif) file attached to the digital photo  5 . The attached information  6  holds at least a shutter speed  61 , a diaphragm value  62 , an ISO sensitivity  63 , and a thumbnail  64 . 
     The shutter speed  61 , the diaphragm value  62 , and the ISO sensitivity  63  are values set by the digital camera or the digital single-lens reflex camera when the digital photo  5  is recorded. The shutter speed  61  is synonymous with an exposure time. The thumbnail  64  is a thumbnail image of the digital photo  5 . The input unit  9  is, for example, a keyboard, a computer mouse, or a touchscreen. The storage-device coupling portion  11  is a USB connector or a LAN cable connector. The external terminal  12  is, for example, a server, a personal computer, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, or a digital camera having a communication function. The external communication unit  14  may be configured to communicate with the external terminal  12  via a wired network instead of the wireless network  13 . 
       FIG. 2  illustrates one example of the relationship between the digital photo  5  and the attached information  6 .  FIG. 2  illustrates three sheets of digital photos  5   a  to  5   c  as the digital photos  5 , and illustrates pieces of attached information  6   a  to  6   c  as respective pieces of the attached information  6  for the digital photos  5   a  to  5   c . The pieces of attached information  6   a  to  6   c  hold respective shutter speeds  61   a  to  61   c , diaphragm values  62   a  to  62   c , ISO sensitivities  63   a  to  63   c , and thumbnails  64   a  to  64   c . The digital photos  5   a  to  5   c  have mutually different values of the shutter speeds  61   a  to  61   c , the diaphragm values  62   a  to  62   c , and the ISO sensitivities  63   a  to  63   c . These different values provide mutually different qualities of the digital photos  5   a  to  5   c , so as to give different impressions to a viewer. The photographer sets the digital camera to manual setting to set the shutter speeds  61   a  to  61   c , the diaphragm values  62   a  to  62   c , and the ISO sensitivities  63   a  to  63   c  at the time of shooting, so as to allow changing the expressions of the digital photos  5   a  to  5   c.    
       FIG. 3  illustrates one example of a two-dimensional matrix  16 . The two-dimensional matrix  16  is displayed on the display unit  8  in response to the selection of the digital photo  5  and the input of an instruction for displaying the two-dimensional matrix  16  through the input unit  9  by the user. The two-dimensional matrix  16  is configured by the mutually perpendicular X and Y axes. The U-axis is further configured in the diagonal direction defined by the X-axis and the Y-axis below the two-dimensional matrix  16 , a TV value  17  and the shutter speed  61  are displayed in parallel as the scale of the X-axis. On the left side of the two-dimensional matrix  16 , an AV value  18  and the diaphragm value  62  are displayed in parallel as the scale of the Y-axis. Above and on the right side of the two-dimensional matrix  16 , a shooting record EV value  19  is displayed as the scale of the U-axis. Furthermore, above the two-dimensional matrix  16 , the calculation basis of the shooting record EV value  19  is displayed together with a sensitivity correction value  20 . 
     The TV value  17  is calculated by the CPU  2  based on the shutter speed  61  and Formula 1. In the two-dimensional matrix  16 , −6 to 13 as the TV value  17  respectively correspond to 60 to 1/8000 as the shutter speeds  61 . 
     [Mathematical 1]
 
TV Value=−log 2 (Shutter Speed)   Formula 1
 
     The AV value  18  is calculated by the CPU  2  based on the diaphragm value  62  and Formula 2. In the two-dimensional matrix  16 ,  12  to  0  as the AV value  18  respectively correspond to F64 to F1 as the diaphragm value  62 . 
     [Mathematical 2]
 
AV Value=2log 2 (Diaphragm Value)   Formula 2
 
Here, in the configuration of this embodiment, the TV value  17  and the AV value  18  are calculated by the CPU  2  based on Formula 1 and Formula 2. The TV value  17  and the AV value  18  may be calculated by, for example, the external terminal  12  such as a digital camera. In this case, the attached information  6  of the digital photo  5  holds the TV value  17  and the AV value  18  that are calculated by the external terminal  12  as predetermined tag name and value.
 
     The shooting record EV value  19  is calculated by the CPU  2  based on the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , and the ISO sensitivity  63  of the digital photo  5  and Formula 3. 
     [Mathematical 3]
 
Shooting Record EV Value=AV Value+TV Value+Sensitivity Correction Value   Formula 3
 
In this embodiment, the sensitivity correction value  20  is defined by Formula 4.
 
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     In  FIG. 3 , the two-dimensional matrix  16  displays the shooting record EV value  19  in the case where the ISO sensitivity  63  is 100. 
     Formula 3 and Formula 4 are specified formulas specific to the present invention to be used in the apparatus  1 . The shooting record EV value  19  is different from the EV value conventionally used in general. Here, a conventional EV value will be described. The conventional EV value usually employs the calculating formula (EV==AV+TV) referred to as the APEX system. APEX stands for Additive system of Photographic Exposure, and is determined by American National Standards Institute (ASA). 
     The APEX system is the calculating formula in the case where the ISO sensitivity is 100 with reference to the condition where the EV value becomes 0 in the case where the ISO sensitivity is 100, the diaphragm value is F1, and the shutter speed is 1 second. However, in the case where the ISO sensitivity changes, to know the EV value, it is necessary to increment the EV value by −1 for each multiple for intensification by one step, for example, when the ISO sensitivity is set to 200 and then the ISO sensitivity is set to 400, so as to correct the EV value. In the case where the ISO sensitivity is 50, the EV value is incremented by +1. 
     In APEX, the calculating formula taking into consideration the sensitivity correction value  20  in this embodiment is not defined. Because APEX was designed in an era when a photograph was shot using a film, the kinds of the ISO sensitivity of the film only included, including an ISO sensitivity of 100, an ISO sensitivity of 50, an ISO sensitivity of 400, and an ISO sensitivity of 800. However, today, push development and development after desensitizing are performed not using a film, but using gain adjustment by a computer built in a digital camera. Accordingly, auto setting of the ISO sensitivity results in completely different digital photos one by one. Additionally, it is possible to create a digital photo having an unlimited ISO sensitivity that can change from the single digits up to the digits after the decimal point. 
     Because of this situation, to know the EV value of the digital camera, it is required to perform fine sensitivity correction on not an integer value, but a value after the decimal point. Therefore, the apparatus  1  has the configuration that calculates not the conventional EV value, but the shooting record EV value  19  and the sensitivity correction value  20 , which are not used in another device and specific to the apparatus  1 . The apparatus  1  uses Formula 3 in which the various ISO sensitivities  63  can be reflected, so as to calculate the shooting record EV value  19  uniquely employed by the apparatus  1 . 
     In  FIG. 3 , the two-dimensional matrix  16  displays the thumbnails  64   a  to  64   c  of the digital photos  5   a  to  5   c . The two-dimensional matrix  16  displays the thumbnails  64   a  to  64   c  in response to the selection of the digital photos  5   a  to  5   c  through the input unit  9 . When the digital photo  5   a  is selected, the CPU  2  refers to the attached information  6   a  of the digital photo  5   a  to acquire the shutter speed  61   a  and the diaphragm value  62   a . Subsequently, the CPU  2  specifies the coordinate as the intersection point between the X-axis and the Y-axis on the two-dimensional matrix  16  based on the shutter speed  61   a  and the diaphragm value  62   a , so as to display the thumbnail  64   a  on the specified coordinate. 
     This allows the user to select one sheet or a plurality of the digital photos  5  so as to display the thumbnail  64  on the two-dimensional matrix  16 . From the displayed position of the thumbnail  64 , the user can know the specific values of the TV value  17 , the shutter speed  61 , the AV value  18 , and the diaphragm value  62  of the digital photo  5  and the correlation relationship with these values. The user can refer to these values and the thumbnail  64  so as to validate and analyze the effects of the TV value  17 , the shutter speed  61 , the AV value  18 , and the diaphragm value  62  on the quality of the digital photo  5 . 
     Furthermore, the two-dimensional matrix  16  displays the shooting record EV value when the ISO sensitivity  63  is 100. Accordingly, in the case where the ISO sensitivity  63  of the digital photo  5  is 100, the user can refer to the shooting record EV value  19  as the scale of the U-axis so as to also validate and analyze the shooting record EV value  19  affecting the quality of the digital photo  5 . 
     The user might set exposure compensation for the digital photo  5 . For example, shooting methods include a function referred to as Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB), which automatically changes the exposure value to shot a plurality of sheets of photos. Usually, shooting is performed while three exposure values are continuously changed. The user can display the thumbnails  64  of the three digital photos  5  shot using the different exposure values in the two-dimensional matrix  16  so as to determine the digital photo  5  that suits user&#39;s own taste. 
     The digital photo  5  might be shot while the exposure compensation is set such that the AV value  18  is constant (in aperture priority AE) or the TV value  17  is constant (in shutter speed priority AE). In this case, the two-dimensional matrix  16  displays the thumbnails  64  of the digital photos  5  shot before and after the exposure compensation is performed, so as to allow the user to confirm the effect of the exposure compensation. The two-dimensional matrix  16  displays an arrow from the thumbnail  64  of the digital photo  5  shot before the exposure compensation toward the thumbnail  64  of the digital photo  5  shot after the exposure compensation, so as to visually clearly indicate the effect of the exposure compensation to the user. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates one example of the two-dimensional matrix  16  in the case where the thumbnail  64  is selected. In  FIG. 4 , the display unit  8  displays the thumbnails  64   a  to  64   c  on the two-dimensional matrix  16 , and the thumbnail  64   b  is selected through the input unit  9 . In response to the selection of the thumbnail ( 64   b , the CPU  2  refers to the attached information  6   b  so as to calculate the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , and the shooting record EV value  19  of a digital photo  5   b  corresponding to the thumbnail  64   b.    
     The display unit  8  displays the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , and the shooting record EV value  19 , which are calculated by the CPU  2 , and the sensitivity correction value  20  in a display window  21 . The user can refer to the display window  21  to easily know the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , and the shooting record EV value  19  of the digital photo  5   b  corresponding to the selected thumbnail  64   b.    
     Furthermore, the CPU  2  refers to the ISO sensitivity  63   b  held in the attached information  6   b  so as to recognize the condition where the ISO sensitivity  63   b  is 400. The CPU  2  calculates the shooting record EV value  19  in the case where the ISO sensitivity  63   b  is 400, based on Formulas 3 and 4. The display unit  8  changes and displays the scale of the shooting record EV value  19  such that the shooting record EV value  19  as the scale of the U-axis in the two-dimensional matrix  16  becomes the shooting record EV value  19  calculated by the CPU  2 . In the case where the ISO sensitivity  63   b  is 400, the sensitivity correction value  20  becomes “−2.” Accordingly, the display window  21  displays TV VALUE: 5, AV VALUE: 3, SHOOTING RECORD EV VALUE: 6, and SENSITIVITY CORRECTION VALUE: −2. 
     Thus, also in the case where the plurality of thumbnails  64  of the digital photos  5  having the different ISO sensitivities  63  is displayed in the two-dimensional matrix  16 , the CPU  2  changes the scale of the U-axis to the shooting record EV value  19  appropriate for the selected thumbnail  64  in response to the selection of one of the thumbnails  64  by the user. Accordingly, the user can select the thumbnail  64  so as to know the accurate shooting record EV value  19  of the selected thumbnail  64 . The user can select the thumbnail  64  to change the scale of the U-axis to the shooting record EV value  19  appropriate for the thumbnail  64  and display the scale so as to obtain the position of the thumbnail  64  regarding the shooting record EV value  19 . 
       FIG. 5  illustrates the procedure of the display process of the two-dimensional matrix  16  according to this embodiment. The CPU  2  displays the two-dimensional matrix  16  on the display unit  8  in response to an input of the instruction for displaying the two-dimensional matrix  16  through the input unit  9  (in S 101 ). At this time, the two-dimensional matrix  16  is assumed to display, as the scale of the U-axis, the shooting record EV value  19  in the case where the ISO sensitivity  63  is 100. 
     The CPU  2  refers to the attached information  6  of the selected digital photo  5  in response to the selection of the digital photo  5  through the input unit  9  (in S 102 ), so as to acquire the shutter speed  61 , the diaphragm value  62 , and the ISO sensitivity  63  (in S 103 ). In step S 102 , the digital photo  5  is selected by specifying the file name, clicking the icon of the digital photo  5 , or dragging the icon of the digital photo  5  onto the two-dimensional matrix  16 . 
     The digital photo  5  may be selected by specifying a folder that holds a plurality of the digital photos  5  through the input unit  9 . The apparatus  1  may be configured to select the digital photo  5  in response to storing of the digital photo  5  or a folder holding the digital photo  5  in the external storage device  10  coupled to the apparatus  1 . Furthermore, the apparatus  1  may be configured to select the digital photo  5  in response to reception of the digital photo  5  or a folder holding the digital photo  5  through the external communication unit  14 . 
     The CPU  2  calculates the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , the shooting record EV value  19 , and the sensitivity correction value  20  of the digital photo  5  based on the shutter speed  61 , the diaphragm value  62 , and the ISO sensitivity  63 , which are acquired in step S 103 , and Formulas 1 to 4 (in S 104 ). Based on the calculated TV value  17  and AV value  18 , the CPU  2  causes the display unit  8  to display the thumbnail  64  of the selected digital photo  5  on the two-dimensional matrix  16  (in S 105 ). The CPU  2  determines whether another selected digital photo  5  is present (in S 106 ). 
     When another selected digital photo  5  is present in step S 106  (Yes in S 106 ), the CPU  2  executes the processes in steps S 103  to S 106 . On the other hand, in step S 106 , when another selected digital photo  5  is not present (No in S 106 ), the CPU  2  executes the process in step S 107 . The CPU  2  determines whether one of the thumbnails  64  displayed on the two-dimensional matrix  16  through the input unit  9  is selected (in S 107 ). 
     In step S 107 , in the case where the thumbnail  64  is not selected (No in S 107 ), the CPU  2  terminates the display process for the two-dimensional matrix  16 . On the other hand, in step S 107 , in response to the selection of one of the thumbnails  64  (Yes in S 107 ), the CPU  2  determines whether the ISO sensitivity  63  held in the attached information  6  corresponding to the selected thumbnail  64  is 100 (in S 108 ). In the case where the ISO sensitivity  63  is 100), the CPU  2  executes the process in step S 110 . 
     On the other hand, in the case where the ISO sensitivity  63  is not 100 in step S 108  (No in S 108 ), the CPU  2  changes and displays the scale of the shooting record EV value  19  of the two-dimensional matrix  16  on the display unit  8  such that the scale becomes the shooting record EV value  19  of the digital photo  5  corresponding to the selected thumbnail  64  (in S 109 ). Accordingly, also in the case where the plurality of the thumbnails  64  having different values of the ISO sensitivity  63  are displayed on the two-dimensional matrix  16 , the user can select one of the thumbnails  64  so as to change the scale of the shooting record EV value  19  on the two-dimensional matrix  16  to the shooting record EV value  19  corresponding to the ISO sensitivity  63  of the selected thumbnail  64 . 
     The CPU  2  displays the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , the shooting record EV value  19 , and the sensitivity correction value  20  of the digital photo  5  corresponding to the selected thumbnail  64  within the display window  21  (in S 110 ), and then terminates the display process for the two-dimensional matrix  16 . The user can confirm the display window  21  to know the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , the shooting record EV value  19 , and the sensitivity correction value  20  of the digital photo  5  corresponding to the selected thumbnail  64 . 
       FIG. 6  illustrates one example of a three-dimensional matrix  22 . The three-dimensional matrix  22  is displayed on the display unit  8  in response to the selection of the digital photo  5  through the input unit  9  by the user and the input of the instruction for displaying the three-dimensional matrix  22 . The three-dimensional matrix  22  includes a plurality of the two-dimensional matrices  16 , and includes the Z-axis perpendicular to the X-axis and the Y-axis of the two-dimensional matrix  16 . The three-dimensional matrix  22  displays the ISO sensitivity  63  as the scale of the Z-axis. Here, the three-dimensional matrix  22  displays 100, 400, 1600, and 6400 as the ISO sensitivity  63 . The plurality of the two-dimensional matrices  16  display the shooting record EV values  19  corresponding to the values of the ISO sensitivity  63  as the scales. 
     The three-dimensional matrix  22  displays the thumbnails  64   a  to  64   c  corresponding to the digital photos  5   a  to  5   c  selected by the user. The thumbnails  64   a  to  64   c  are displayed on the three-dimensional matrix  22  based on: the shutter speeds  61   a  to  61   c , the diaphragm values  62   a  to  62   c , and the ISO sensitivities  63   a  to  63   c  of the digital photos  5   a  to  5   c ; or the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , and the ISO sensitivities  63   a  to  63   c  of the digital photos  5   a  to  5   c . The user can confirm the thumbnail  64  displayed on the three-dimensional matrix  22  and the position of the thumbnail  64  to know the quality, the TV value  17 , the shutter speed  61 , the AV value  18 , the diaphragm value  62 , the shooting record EV value  19 , the ISO sensitivity  63 , and the sensitivity correction value  20  of digital photo  5  corresponding to the thumbnail  64  at the same time. 
     The user can confirm the plurality of thumbnails  64  to analyze the finishes of the respective digital photos  5  by comparison between the TV values  17 , the shutter speeds  61 , the AV values  18 , the diaphragm values  62 , the shooting record EV values  19 , the ISO sensitivities  63 , and the sensitivity correction values  20  of the digital photos  5  in the plurality of digital photos  5 . The thumbnail  64   b  is selected by the user. In response to the selection of the thumbnail  64   b , the CPU  2  calculates the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , the shooting record EV value  19 , and the sensitivity correction value  20  of the digital photo  5   b  to display these values in the display window  21 . Accordingly, the user can select one of the thumbnails  64  displayed on the three-dimensional matrix  22  to easily know the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , the shooting record EV value  19 , and the sensitivity correction value  20  of the digital photo  5  corresponding to the selected thumbnail  64 . 
       FIG. 7  illustrates one example of a shooting record EV value plane  23 . The shooting record EV value plane  23  is displayed on the three-dimensional matrix  22  in response to an input of the instruction for displaying the shooting record EV value plane  23  through the input unit  9  when the display unit  8  displays the three-dimensional matrix  22 . The shooting record EV value plane  23  shows the plane having the identical values of the shooting record EV value  19 . In  FIG. 7 , the shooting record EV value plane  23  shows the plane where the shooting record EV value  19  is 0 on the three-dimensional matrix  22 . The three-dimensional matrix  22  display plots P in the intersection points between the end portion of the shooting record EV value plane  23  and the end portions of the plurality of the two-dimensional matrices  16 . 
     The user can input any shooting record EV value  19  through the input unit  9  to display the shooting record EV value plane  23  having the identical shooting record EV values  19  on the three-dimensional matrix  22 . The user can display the shooting record EV value plane  23  to more accurately obtain the relationship between the thumbnails  64  and any shooting record EV value  19  on the three-dimensional matrix  22  and the three-dimensional positional relationship between the plurality of the thumbnails  64 . 
       FIG. 8  illustrates the procedure of the display process for the three-dimensional matrix  22  according to this embodiment. The CPU  2  displays the three-dimensional matrix  22  on the display unit  8  in response to an input of the instruction for displaying the three-dimensional matrix  22  through the input unit  9  (in S 201 ). In response to a selection of the digital photo  5  through the input unit  9  (in S 202 ), the CPU  2  refers to the attached information  6  of the selected digital photo  5  to acquire the shutter speed  61 , the diaphragm value  62 , and the ISO sensitivity  63  (in S 203 ). 
     The CPU  2  calculates the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , the shooting record EV value  19 , and the sensitivity correction value  20  of the digital photo  5  based on the acquired shutter speed  61 , diaphragm value  62 , and ISO sensitivity  63  and Formula 1 to 4 (in S 204 ). The CPU  2  causes the display unit  8  to display the thumbnail  64  of the selected digital photo  5  on the three-dimensional matrix  22  based on the ISO sensitivity  63  and the calculated TV value  17  and AV value  18  (in S 205 ). The CPU  2  determines whether another selected digital photo  5  is present (in S 206 ). 
     In step S 206 , when the other selected digital photo  5  is present (Yes in S 206 ), the CPU  2  executes the processes in steps S 203  to S 206 . On the other hand, in step S 206 , when another selected digital photo  5  is not present (No in S 206 ), the CPU  2  executes the process in step S 207 . The CPU  2  determines whether one of the thumbnails  64  displayed on the three-dimensional matrix  22  is selected through the input unit  9  (in S 207 ). 
     In step S 207 , in the case where the thumbnail  64  is not selected (No in S 207 ), the CPU  2  executes the process in step S 209 . On the other hand, in step S 207 , in response to a selection of one of the thumbnails  64  (Yes in S 207 ), the CPU  2  displays the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , the shooting record EV value  19 , and the sensitivity correction value  20  of the digital photo  5  corresponding to the selected thumbnail  64  within the display window  21  (in S 208 ). 
     The CPU  2  determines whether the instruction for displaying the shooting record EV value plane  23  is input through the input unit  9  (in S 209 ). In step S 209 , in the case where the instruction for displaying the shooting record EV value plane  23  is not input (No in S 209 ), the CPU  2  terminates the procedure of the display process for the three-dimensional matrix  22 . On the other hand, in the step S 209 , in the case where the instruction for displaying the shooting record EV value plane  23  is input (Yes in S 209 ), the CPU  2  further acquires the shooting record EV value  19  input through the input unit  9  to display this plane having the mutually identical shooting record EV values  19  in the three-dimensional matrix  22  as the shooting record EV value plane  23  (in S 210 ) and then terminates the procedure of the display process for the three-dimensional matrix  22 . 
     The user can display the plurality of the thumbnails  64  on the three-dimensional matrix  22  to easily know the relationships between the TV values  17 , the AV values  18 , the shooting record EV values  19 , the ISO sensitivities  63 , and the sensitivity correction values  20  of the digital photos  5  corresponding to the respective thumbnails  64 . The user can display the shooting record EV value plane  23  on the three-dimensional matrix  22  to accurately obtain and analyze the positional relationship between the plurality of the thumbnails  64  and the shooting record EV values  19  in the three-dimensional matrix  22 . 
       FIG. 9  illustrates one example of a number-of-sheet distribution graph  24  illustrating the number-of-sheet distribution of the digital photo  5 . The number-of-sheet distribution graph  24  includes the X-axis and the Y-axis that are perpendicular to the bottom face. As the scale of the X-axis, the TV value  17  and the shutter speed  61  are displayed in parallel. As the scale of the Y-axis, the AV value  18  and the diaphragm value  62  are displayed in parallel. The number-of-sheet distribution graph  24  includes the Z-axis perpendicular to the X-axis and the Y-axis. As the scale of the Z-axis, a number-of-sheet  25  of the digital photo  5  is displayed. 
     In response to a selection of a plurality of the digital photos  5  by the user, the CPU  2  calculates the TV values  17  and the AV values  18  of the respective digital photos  5 . The CPU  2  counts the number-of-sheet  25  of the digital photo  5  for each set of the TV value  17  and the AV value  18  so as to display a bar chart  26  corresponding to the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , and the number-of-sheet  25  of the digital photo  5  in the number-of-sheet distribution graph  24 . Accordingly, the user can refer to the number-of-sheet distribution graph  24  to easily know the characteristics and the trend of the plurality of the digital photos  5 . 
     Here, the apparatus  1  according to the present invention is not limited to the configuration of this embodiment, and various modifications are possible. The apparatus  1  may have the configuration that displays the plots P instead of the thumbnails  64  on the two-dimensional matrix  16  and the three-dimensional matrix  22 . The apparatus  1  may have the configuration that displays the TV value  17 , the AV value  18 , the shooting record EV value  19 , the sensitivity correction value  20  to be displayed within the display window  21  as coordinates such as (5, 3, 6, −2).