Source: https://patents.justia.com/patent/10033932
Timestamp: 2019-08-26 04:38:35
Document Index: 795045311

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 371', 'Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 11750304', 'Application No. 11750304', 'Application No. 17153573', 'Application No. 201710377479']

US Patent for Image processing device, image processing method and program Patent (Patent # 10,033,932 issued July 24, 2018) - Justia Patents Search
Justia Patents Display Of Multiple Images (e.g., Thumbnail Images, Etc.)US Patent for Image processing device, image processing method and program Patent (Patent # 10,033,932)
Dec 19, 2017 - Sony Corporation
The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/063,640, filed Mar. 8, 2016 which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/589,083, filed Jan. 5, 2015, (U.S. Pat. No. 9,325,904, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/581,693, filed Aug. 29, 2012, (U.S. Pat. No. 8,970,765), which is a National Phase entry Under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of Application No. PCT/JP2011/000616, filed Feb. 3, 2011, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-048751 filed in the Japan Patent Office on Mar. 5, 2010, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the appended drawings. Note that, in this specification and the appended drawings, structural elements that have substantially the same function and structure are denoted with the same reference numerals, and repeated explanation of these structural elements is omitted. The description will be predetermined in the following order.
A manipulation method relating to the change of the posture of the imaging device 100 (a method of manipulating an image to be displayed (e.g., the manipulation method 215 shown in FIG. 4)) may be determined by performing image processing on the image to be displayed. For example, as described above, the similarity of the feature amounts between adjacent images and the relative displacement between the adjacent images are calculated by comparing the feature amounts between the adjacent images. Similarly, similarity of feature amounts between the neighboring images and the relative displacement between the neighboring images are calculated by comparing the feature amounts between the neighboring images. That is, the correlativity between the images is detected by comparing the adjacent or neighboring images. Based on such similarity and relative displacement, the manipulation method relating to the change of the posture of the imaging device 100 (the method of manipulating an image to be displayed) may be determined. For example, when a target subject included in an image to be displayed is moving in the image, the movement direction according to “horizontal movement” or “vertical movement” may be determined. Further, for example, when the similarity of the feature amount between images to be displayed is relatively high, the type of a subject included in each image (e.g., a vertical direction) according to “horizontal rotation” or “vertical rotation” may be determined. For example, the group image reproduction unit 160 may perform the determination of the manipulation method under control of the control unit 140. That is, the group image reproduction unit 160 is one example of the determination unit defined in the claims. Further, in the example shown in the foregoing, the example in which a display state in the input/output panel 101 is changed by sliding of the imaging device 100 in any of up, down, left and right directions or rotation of the imaging device 100 about such a direction has been shown. Here, the display state in the input/output panel 101 may be changed by movement of the imaging device 100 in forward and backward directions (the arrow 306 or 307 shown in FIG. 1A) or the rotation of the imaging device 100 about the direction. For example, a zoom-in/out transition in an imaged image of the target subject when a zoom-in manipulation or a zoom-out manipulation is performed using the imaging device 100 can be displayed by a manipulation method of moving the imaging device 100 back and forth.
a gyro sensor; and
circuitry configured to: switch between a first display mode in which one of a plurality of representative images is displayed on the display and a second display mode in which a selected view from different views all of which correspond to a single representative image selected from the plurality of representative images is displayed on the display; control to change the view on the display according to an output of the gyro sensor in the second display mode; and control to change each representative image displayed on the display not in accordance with the output of the gyro sensor in the first display mode.
wherein, in the first display mode, manipulation support information is displayed when a first representative image of the plurality of representative images displayed on the display corresponds to a plurality of views and the manipulation support information is not displayed when the first representative image displayed on the display corresponds to a single view.
wherein the circuitry is configured to, when the different views are of a multi-view image, change from display of a first view of the different views to display of a second view of the different views on the display according to horizontal movement of the image processing apparatus in the second display mode.
wherein each image of the plurality of representative images is associated with information for identifying whether the each image belongs to grouped image content.
wherein each image of the plurality of representative images is associated with information for identifying an image group to which the each image belongs.
wherein the view on the display in the second display mode is changed according to movement information associated with image display switching.
wherein the view on the display in the second display mode is changed when movement of the image processing device by a movement distance is determined based on the output of the gyro sensor.
wherein the circuitry is configured to control switching display of the different views on the display in the second display mode according to a total movement range allowed for movement of the image processing device by user manipulation and a total number of the different views.
wherein the circuitry is configured to control a zoom operation on a first image displayed on the display according to the output of the gyro sensor.
wherein the image processing device is a mobile phone.
circuitry configured to: switch between a first display mode in which one of a plurality of representative images is displayed on the display and a second display mode in which a selected view from different views all of which correspond to a single representative image selected from the plurality of representative images is displayed on the display; control to change the view on the display according to an output of the acceleration sensor in the second display mode; and control to change each representative image displayed on the display not in accordance with the output of the acceleration sensor in the first display mode.
14. The image processing device according to claim 11,
15. The image processing device according to claim 11,
16. The image processing device according to claim 11,
17. The image processing device according to claim 11,
wherein the view on the display in the second display mode is changed when movement of the image processing device by a movement distance is determined based on the output of the acceleration sensor.
18. The image processing device according to claim 11,
19. The image processing device according to claim 11,
wherein the circuitry is configured to control a zoom operation on a first image displayed on the display according to the output of the acceleration sensor.
20. The image processing device according to claim 11,
circuitry configured to: switch a first display mode in which one of a plurality of representative images is displayed on the display to a second display mode in which a selected view from different views all of which correspond to a single representative image selected from the plurality of representative images is displayed on the display, in a case where manipulation support information which is displayed on the display with the one of the plurality of representative images during the first display mode is operated by a user; control to change the view on the display according to an output of the gyro sensor in the second display mode; and control to change each representative image displayed on the display not in accordance with the output of the gyro sensor in the first display mode.
wherein the manipulation support information is displayed when the one of the plurality of representative images displayed on the display corresponds to a plurality of views and the manipulation support information is not displayed when a given representative image of the plurality of representative images displayed on the display during the first display mode corresponds to a single view.
23. The image processing device according to claim 21,
24. The image processing device according to claim 21,
25. The image processing device according to claim 21,
26. The image processing device according to claim 21,
27. The image processing device according to claim 21,
28. The image processing device according to claim 21,
29. The image processing device according to claim 21,
circuitry configured to: switch a first display mode in which one of a plurality of representative images is displayed on the display to a second display mode in which a selected view from different views all of which correspond to a single representative image selected from the plurality of representative images is displayed on the display, in a case where manipulation support information which is displayed on the display with the one of the plurality of representative images during the first display mode is operated by a user; control to change the view on the display according to an output of the acceleration sensor in the second display mode; and control to change each representative image displayed on the display not in accordance with the output of the acceleration sensor in the first display mode.
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Patent Publication Number: 20180109734
Inventor: Kimu Higashimoto (Tokyo)
Application Number: 15/846,878
International Classification: H04N 5/232 (20060101); H04N 1/00 (20060101); H04N 1/21 (20060101); G06F 3/048 (20130101); G06F 3/0488 (20130101); G06F 3/0481 (20130101); H04N 101/00 (20060101);