JP2006085632A - File display device, file display method and file display program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to easily and efficiently browse contents of files (for instance, photographs) scattering throughout a plurality of folders in a PC in the form of a slide show. <P>SOLUTION: All files located below a specific folder in a PC are rearranged in the order of their creation date and time, and the files created in the same period (for instance, the same day) are combined with one another to form one 'event'. Next, a background image and background music for a title image are selected in line with attribute information of the event, for instance, the creation dates and times of the files constituting the event; and a 'movie tone' (specifically an XML file) for defining the display method of the event is generated. Each event is changed over and displayed on a screen according to the generated movie tone for every event. A list of the respective files in the event may be displayed with thumbnails and displayed in accordance with a relevant event. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a file display device, a file display method, and a file display program for switching and displaying the contents of a plurality of electronic files on a display screen.

  With the spread of digital cameras to general households, there is a strong demand for tools that can easily and efficiently browse and organize a large amount of images stored in a PC (personal computer). In the so-called “slide show” function, a plurality of images can be switched and displayed in an arbitrary order when a user's key operation or a predetermined time elapses. In addition, in order to make the slide show more effective, a title screen or a screen showing the separation between images may be inserted, or background music (music played in accordance with the slide show display) may be set. it can.

  However, in the above prior art, normally, all the images constituting the slide have to be stored in the same folder, and the images in the subfolder are not targeted. When digital camera photos are imported to a PC, they are often categorized into folders for each date and event, so if you want to view the files scattered in multiple folders as a series of slideshows, the user wants I had to keep all the images in one folder. In other words, when viewing photos taken at a later date, it is more effective to view the photos of events at the same time and the events before and after them in chronological order, even though the memories at the time of shooting are more vivid and more effective. However, the conventional technique has a problem that the configuration of the slide show depends on the position of the image in the PC (in which folder it is stored). Also, the title screen, the screen showing the separation between images, and the background music had to be set in advance by the user, which was difficult for beginners to use.

  In order to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, the present invention allows a user to easily and efficiently view the contents of files scattered in a plurality of folders in a PC in the form of a slide show, It is an object to provide a file display method and a file display program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the file display device according to the first aspect of the present invention generates an event composed of at least one electronic file by classifying the electronic file based on its attribute information. An event generating means for selecting, a background image selecting means for selecting a background image of the title image of the event from a plurality of background images based on the attribute information of the event generated by the event generating means, and the event generating means And slide display means for switching and displaying the contents of the file constituting the generated event and a title image having the background image selected by the background image selection means as a background image on the display screen.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a title image having a background image selected for each event is automatically inserted during a slide show of each event.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a file display device comprising: an event generation unit that generates an event including at least one electronic file by classifying the electronic file based on the attribute information; and the event generation unit. On the display screen, background music selection means for selecting background music of the event from a plurality of background music based on the generated attribute information of the event, and contents of a file constituting the event generated by the event generation means A slide display means for switching display; and an audio output means for outputting background music selected by the background music selection means for an event constituted by a file whose contents are being displayed by the slide display means. And

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the background music selected for each event is automatically reproduced during the slide show of each event.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the file display device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the event generation means uses a plurality of electronic files stored in a plurality of folders as attribute information. An event composed of at least one electronic file is generated by classification based on the classification.

  According to the invention of claim 3, a plurality of files scattered in a plurality of folders are switched and displayed on the screen as a series of slide shows.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the file display device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the attribute information of the electronic file is a creation date and time of the electronic file. It is characterized by.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the plurality of files are classified into a plurality of events based on the creation date and time.

  The file display device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the file display device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the attribute information of the event is a creation date and time of a file constituting the event. It is characterized by being.

  According to the invention of claim 5, the background image and the background music are selected in accordance with the creation date and time of the file in the event.

  The file display device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the file display device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, further comprising a file whose contents are being displayed by the slide display means. Related event search means for searching for an event related to the event, and related event display for displaying the contents of one of the files constituting the event searched by the related event search means on the display screen And means.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, other events (contents of the representative file) related to the events in the slide show are also displayed on the screen.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a file display method comprising: an event generation step of generating an event composed of at least one electronic file by classifying the electronic file based on the attribute information; and the event generation step. A background image selection step of selecting a background image of the title image of the event from a plurality of background images based on the attribute information of the generated event, and the contents of a file constituting the event generated in the event generation step, and A slide display step of switching and displaying on the display screen a title image having the background image selected in the background image selection step as a background image.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, a title image having a background image selected for each event is automatically inserted during a slide show of each event.

  The file display method according to the invention of claim 8 includes an event generation step of generating an event composed of at least one electronic file by classifying the electronic file based on its attribute information, and the event generation step. A background music selection step for selecting the background music of the event from a plurality of background music based on the attribute information of the generated event, and the contents of the file constituting the event generated in the event generation step on the display screen A slide display step for switching display, and an audio output step for outputting the background music selected in the background music selection step for an event constituted by a file whose contents are being displayed in the slide display step. And

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the background music selected for each event is automatically reproduced during the slide show of each event.

  The file display method according to the invention of claim 9 is the invention according to claim 7 or claim 8, wherein the event generation step uses a plurality of electronic files stored in a plurality of folders as attribute information. An event composed of at least one electronic file is generated by classification based on the classification.

  According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of files scattered in a plurality of folders are switched and displayed on the screen as a series of slide shows.

  The file display method according to claim 10 is the invention according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the attribute information of the electronic file is a creation date and time of the electronic file. It is characterized by.

  According to the invention of claim 10, the plurality of files are classified into a plurality of events based on the creation date and time.

  The file display method according to the invention of claim 11 is the invention according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the attribute information of the event is a creation date and time of a file constituting the event. It is characterized by being.

  According to the invention of claim 11, the background image and the background music are selected in accordance with the creation date and time of the file in the event.

  The file display method according to a twelfth aspect of the present invention is the file display method according to any one of the seventh to eleventh aspects, further comprising a file whose contents are being displayed in the slide display step. Related event display for displaying an event on the display screen of a related event search step for searching for an event related to the event and a file constituting the event searched in the related event search step. And a process.

  According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, other events (contents of the representative file) related to the events in the slide show are also displayed on the screen.

  According to the file display program of the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to cause a computer to execute the method described in any one of the seventh to twelfth aspects.

  According to the file display device, the file display method, and the file display program according to the present invention, the user can easily and efficiently view the contents of files scattered in a plurality of folders in the PC in the form of a slide show. There is an effect.

  Exemplary embodiments of a file display device, a file display method, and a file display program according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the file display device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 101 indicates a CPU that controls the entire apparatus, 102 indicates a ROM that stores basic input / output programs, and 103 indicates a RAM that is used as a work area of the CPU 101.

  Reference numeral 104 denotes an HDD (hard disk drive) that controls reading / writing of data with respect to the HD (hard disk) 105 according to the control of the CPU 101, and 105 denotes an HD that stores data written according to the control of the HDD 104. Yes. Reference numeral 106 denotes an FDD (flexible disk drive) that controls reading / writing of data with respect to the FD (flexible disk) 107 according to the control of the CPU 101, and 107 denotes a detachable FD that stores data written according to the control of the FDD 106. Respectively.

  Reference numeral 108 denotes a CD-RW drive that controls reading / writing of data with respect to the CD-RW, CD-R, or CD-ROM 109 according to the control of the CPU 101, and 109 is read / written according to the control of the CD-RW drive 108. A removable CD-RW, CD-R, or CD-ROM for storing data is shown.

  Reference numeral 110 denotes a cursor, menu, window, or display for displaying various data such as characters and images, 111 denotes a keyboard having a plurality of keys for inputting characters, numerical values, various instructions, and the like, and 112 denotes various types. A mouse for selecting and executing instructions, selecting a processing target, moving a mouse pointer, and the like is shown.

  Reference numeral 113 denotes a network I / F that is connected to a LAN or WAN via a communication cable 114, and functions as an interface between the network and the CPU 101. Reference numeral 100 denotes a bus for connecting the above units.

  Next, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view functionally showing the configuration of the file display apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 200 denotes a screen display unit that displays a UI (user interface) screen as shown in FIG. 3 and accepts a user operation on the screen, and functions corresponding to the operation described later. It is a functional part that distributes to parts.

  In FIG. 3, the contents of a plurality of files constituting “events” to be described later are displayed as thumbnails in the film display area 300 (film display), and the contents of the files are sequentially displayed in the slide display area 301. Switching display (slide display). In the film display area 300, 300a is a cursor indicating the current position, and the contents of the file at the cursor position are displayed in the slide display area 301. The menu display area 302 displays events and “movie tones” (described later) generated for each event, various buttons for editing individual files in the event, and the related event display area 303. The contents of the representative file of the related event (described later) of the event where the cursor 300a is located are displayed as thumbnails.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, a file storage unit 201 is a functional unit that holds a plurality of files displayed as films or slides as shown in FIG. 3. These files are assumed to be photographs taken with a digital camera, for example. What is a file that the user wants to browse the contents one by one continuously, even if it is not a photograph or an image? May be. In addition, these files are stored in a predetermined folder in the HD 105, for example, “My Picture” or less (the “My Picture” or less in the HD 105 corresponds to the file storage unit 201).

  An event generation unit 202 is a functional unit that sorts a plurality of files in the file storage unit 201 in chronological order according to their creation dates and classifies them into a plurality of groups in a predetermined time unit. For example, when the unit is “1 day”, the event generation unit 202 sets files having the same creation date (photos having the same shooting date) as one group. Hereinafter, this group is referred to as an “event”.

  However, the unit of “one day” is merely an example, and the file can be divided in arbitrary time units set by the user. For example, a photograph taken at a multi-day event (such as an overnight trip) can be treated as one event. Alternatively, for each file sorted in order of creation date and time, calculate the time difference between the creation date and time of the file immediately before or immediately after it, and if this difference is within a predetermined time, the same event, if it exceeds the predetermined time, another event You may make it do. Thereby, for example, even when there are a plurality of events in one day, the photos taken at each event can be handled as separate events.

  Note that, when the event generation unit 202 performs classification, it is not considered where the file is below “My Picture”. In other words, even if there is a subfolder under “My Picture”, the event generation unit 202 does not store the file under “My Picture”, regardless of whether the file is stored in the root of “My Picture” or the subfolder. Files with the same creation date are grouped into one group. As a result, it is possible to combine photographs taken at the same time across folders in “My Picture”. However, it is not always necessary to classify all files under a specific folder. For example, “files created within 10 days before and after the creation date of an arbitrary file specified by the user” are classified. It is also possible to narrow down target files to only those satisfying a predetermined condition.

  An event management unit 203 holds a correspondence relationship between each event generated by the event generation unit 202 as a result of the classification described above and a file constituting each event, and receives an instruction from the screen display unit 200. This is a functional unit that corrects the correspondence.

  A movie tone generation unit 204 is a functional unit that generates a “movie tone” described below for each event in the event management unit 203. A movie tone management unit 205 is a functional unit that holds a plurality of movie tones generated by the movie tone generation unit 204 and corrects the movie tone in response to an instruction from the screen display unit 200. It should be noted that for which event each movie tone in the movie tone management unit 205 is generated (correspondence between movie tone and event) can be uniquely specified by the name of the movie tone, for example.

  Here, the “movie tone” is an XML file that defines a display method of each event. In this XML file, items as exemplified below are defined, for example.

(1) Items Related to Title Images When a plurality of events are continuously displayed on a film or slide on the screen of FIG. 3, there is a problem that it is difficult to know where the breaks between events are. Therefore, in the present invention, the “title image” is displayed at the beginning of each event to clearly indicate the separation position between the events. In FIG. 3, 300b is the title image, and the front (left side) image and the back (right side) image of the title image 300b belong to different events.

  The title image 300b shown in the figure is obtained by combining a character string that means attribute information of the event with the background image specified by the movie tone of the event to which the title image 300b belongs. This attribute information is, for example, when the above-mentioned event generation unit 202 divides a file in units of one day, the creation date of the file in the event (the example shown is this case), the file immediately before or immediately after, If the file is divided by the time difference, the time difference (such as “after 6 hours”) may be used. The font, size, color, etc. of this character string are also specified in the movie tone. Furthermore, the title image display period during slide display (for example, the number of seconds), the switching method to the first file in the event (for example, crossfade), and the like are also described in the movie tone.

  In addition to the above, for example, an event name can also be displayed on the title image 300b. This event name is set manually by the user, or automatically set by the apparatus by analyzing a file in the event. Also, if the location information of the file in the event can be specified, for example, if the file is a photograph taken with a GPS-equipped digital camera, or the photo is taken by comparing the shooting date and time with the GPS log of the handy GPS receiver When a place can be specified, the area name corresponding to the position information may be displayed together.

(2) Items Related to Background Music When an event is slide-displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 3, the background music designated by the movie tone of the event is reproduced by the audio output unit 206 shown in FIG. When another event is selected and slide-displayed, the background music is switched to that specified by the movie tone of the other event. When a plurality of events are continuously displayed in slide, the background music of the previous event fades in / out the background music of the subsequent event when the event is switched.

(3) Items related to the display method of each file The display period (for example, seconds) of each file in the event at the time of slide display, the switching method (for example, crossfade) of each file in the event, and the comment added to each file Display method. Note that the display period of each file is not constant. For example, during the event, the display period of a file whose creation date and time difference with the immediately following file is within 10 seconds is 1 second and within 10 minutes. The period may be 3 seconds, the display period of a file within 1 hour may be 5 seconds, the display period of a file exceeding 1 hour may be 7 seconds, and switching may be moderated according to the creation date and time interval. In addition, according to the “favorite degree” set by the user, a file having a higher favorite degree may be displayed longer. Further, the display period of each file may be determined based on the time and the number of files in the event so that the event reproduction time is within a predetermined time.

  In the present invention, a movie tone is automatically generated for each event generated from a photo under “My Picture”. At this time, in order to generate a movie tone in accordance with the atmosphere of each event, for example, the background image and background music of the title image are selected according to the attribute information of each event among the above items. In FIG. 2, functional units for this selection are 207 to 210 described below.

  A background image storage unit 207 is a functional unit that holds a plurality of background images (files) for title images prepared in advance. A background image selection unit 208 is a functional unit that selects any one file in the background image storage unit 207 for each event in response to an instruction from the movie tone generation unit 204. The background image selection unit 208 holds a selection criterion table as shown in FIG. 4, and selects a background image for the event according to event attribute information, here, for example, the creation date and time of a file constituting the event. That is, for an event composed of, for example, a 4/6 photograph, the file “sakura.jpg” in the background image storage unit 207 is selected as the background image.

  Note that it is assumed in advance by the user which classification in the table of FIG. 4 is used to select the background image. The example shown in the figure is an example in which “flower” is designated as this classification. If “landscape” is selected, a background image to be assigned to the 4/6 event is selected from “landscape”. . Note that it is sufficient that at least the correspondence relationship between the creation date and the background image is held in the table, and the classification is not necessarily required.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, the background music storage unit 209 is a functional unit that holds a plurality of background music (files) prepared in advance. A background music selection unit 210 is a functional unit that selects any one file in the background music storage unit 209 for each event in response to an instruction from the movie tone generation unit 204. The background music selection unit 210 holds a selection criterion table as shown in FIG. 5, and selects background music for the event based on event attribute information, here, for example, the creation date and time of a file constituting the event. That is, for example, for an event composed of a 4/6 photograph, the file “music2.mp3” in the background music storage unit 209 is selected as the background music.

  It is assumed that the user selects in advance from which classification in the table of FIG. The example shown in the figure is an example in which “genre / classic” is designated as the classification. However, if “genre / J-POP” is designated, the background music to be assigned to the 4/6 event is “ Select from "Genre / J-POP". Note that it is sufficient that at least the correspondence relationship between the creation date and the background music is held in the table, and the classification is not necessarily required.

  Here, the attribute information of the event, specifically, the background image or the background music is selected according to the creation date of the file in the event, but the event attribute information other than the above (for example, keywords included in the event name) Alternatively, these may be selected based on file attribute information other than the creation date and time. Furthermore, an image of each file in the event may be analyzed, and a background image or background music may be selected based on the analysis result. Here, among the items defined by the movie tone, the background image and background music are selected for each event, but other items may be selected for each event.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 2, reference numeral 211 denotes a related event search unit, which searches for events related to the event at the cursor position (hereinafter referred to as “related event”) among events in the event management unit 203. It is. The representative file in the related event, for example, the first file in the event or the file with the highest “favorite degree” is displayed in the related event display area 303 in FIG.

Here, for example, (1) If the event name of the event at the cursor position is “tennis”, the event name is “tennis”, such as “tennis tournament” or “tennis (Tokushima)”. (2) An event including the event (2) The event creation date is before or after a predetermined period. If the creation date of the file in the event at the cursor position is “April 6, 2003”, the creation date is exactly An event consisting of a file one year ago, that is, “April 6, 2002”, or an event consisting of a file one year later, ie, “April 6, 2004”.

  Next, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of file display processing in the file display apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Each of the functional units illustrated in FIG. 2 is specifically realized by an OS (Operating System) and an application “Memory Cruise” operating on the OS. Then, “Memory Cruise” classifies the files below “My Picture” and generates the above-described event when activated. That is, the event generation unit 202 in FIG. 2 generates an event by collecting, for example, files having the same creation date among the files in the file storage unit 201, and manages the correspondence between each event and the files included therein. The data is stored in the unit 203 (step S601).

  It should be noted that not all files in the file storage unit 201 but only files that have been added to “My Pictures” or later or whose creation date / time has been changed since the last activation may be classified. That is, a file that already has an event with the same creation date is included in the event, and a file that does not have an event with the same creation date is newly generated and included therein. In addition, when there are a plurality of events having the same creation date, for example, the events may be classified into the earliest events in time series.

  Next, the movie tone generation unit 204 that has received an instruction from the event generation unit 202 generates a movie tone for each event generated in step S601. That is, as long as there is an unprocessed event (an event for which a movie tone has not been generated) (step S602: Yes), the movie tone generation unit 204 instructs the background image selection unit 208 to select a background image for the event. Next, the background music selection unit 210 is instructed to select background music for the event (step S604). Then, by entering the background image or background music identification information (file name) selected above in a predetermined location of the movie tone prepared in advance, a movie tone for the event is generated, and movie tone management is performed. The data is stored in the unit 205 (step S605).

  Thereafter, the screen display unit 200 determines the event and file at the cursor position, and instructs the related event search unit 211 to search for the related event of the event at the cursor position (step S606). Based on the processing result, the UI screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed (step S607).

  That is, the screen display unit 200 specifies each file constituting the event at the cursor position with reference to the event management unit 203 and reads the file from the file storage unit 201. At this time, if all the files of the event are displayed in the film display area 300 and there are still frames, the configuration files are read for the events before and after the event and displayed on the remaining frames. Also, the movie tone generated and stored for the event at the cursor position is read from the movie tone management unit 205, and the configuration file of the event is switched and displayed in the slide display area 301 in accordance with the display method defined there. In addition, a predetermined menu is displayed in the menu display area 302, and the related event representative file searched in step S606 is displayed as a thumbnail in the related event display area 303.

  According to the embodiment described above, there is no need for any prior preparation necessary in the prior art, for example, collecting images to be viewed in a slide show in one folder, selecting a background image or background music of a title image. The user can easily view a large number of photos in the PC as a slide show simply by starting up “Memory Cruise”. It should be noted that “Memory Cruise” can also save a series of files displayed as a slide in accordance with a movie tone as a moving image (specifically, an AVI file).

  Note that the movie tone automatically generated by the movie tone generation unit 204 can be arbitrarily edited by the user. For example, pressing the “TITLE” button 302a on the main screen in FIG. 3 opens a screen for inputting an event name. When an arbitrary event name is input on this screen, in addition to the attribute information described above, an arbitrary event name is input to the title image. The event name can be displayed (that is, the event name input on the screen is added to the movie tone by the event management unit 203). When the “MUSIC” button 302b is pressed, a list of files in the background music storage unit 209 is displayed. By selecting an arbitrary file from the list, the background music selected by the background music selection unit 210 can be changed. Can be changed.

  Also, the entire movie tone generated by the movie tone generation unit 204 can be replaced with another one. That is, when the user presses the “MOVIE TONE” button 302c on the screen of FIG. 3, a list of preset or user-created movie tones (XML files thereof) is displayed. By selecting an arbitrary movie tone from these, The movie tone of the event at the cursor position can be changed to another.

  Also, the user can arbitrarily edit the break position between events generated by the event generation unit 202. That is, when the user presses the “EVENT EDIT” button 302d on the screen of FIG. 3, the screen display unit 200 that has received the button redisplays the menu display area 302 of FIG. 3 as shown in FIG.

  Then, when the user presses, for example, the “link to previous event” button 702a on the screen of FIG. 7, the event management unit 203 that has received an instruction from the screen display unit 200 shows the correspondence between the held event-file. By modifying, all files in the event at the cursor position (in the example shown, an event made up of photos taken on April 6, 2003) are incorporated into the event immediately before (an event made up of photos taken on the same day). . FIG. 8 is a screen example immediately after execution of the above processing. As a result of linking with the immediately preceding event, the title image of the event at the cursor position disappears, and the subsequent pictures are sequentially moved forward (left side). I understand. On the other hand, when the “link with subsequent event” button 702b is pressed, all files in the event at the cursor position are incorporated into the event immediately after that.

  When the “divide event at current position” button 702c is pressed, the event at the cursor position is divided into two events at the position, and a new tone is newly generated by the movie tone generation unit 204 for each newly generated event. A movie tone is generated. FIG. 9 is a screen example immediately after the above processing is executed on the screen of FIG. 7. As a result of newly displaying the title image at the cursor position, the subsequent photos are sequentially moved backward (right side). I understand. In addition, the event name of each event after the division may not be, but by inheriting the event name before the division, or by adding a serial number such as “1” or “2” to the event name before the division, A unique event name may be assigned.

  When the “move photo to previous event” button 702d is pressed, only the file located before the cursor is included in the event immediately before the cursor position event. FIG. 10 is a screen example immediately after the above processing is executed on the screen of FIG. 7. As a result of moving the photo before the cursor position in the event at the cursor position to the previous event, the position of the photo and the title image is You can see that it has changed. When the “move photo to a later event” button 702e is pressed, only the file positioned after the cursor is included in the event immediately after the event at the cursor position.

  The file display method described in this embodiment can be realized by executing a program prepared in advance on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. This program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as HD 105, FD 107, CD-RW / CD-R / CD-ROM 109, MO, and DVD, and is executed by being read from the recording medium by the computer. Further, this program may be a transmission medium that can be distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  As described above, the file display device, the file display method, and the file display program according to the present invention are useful for viewing a large amount of files stored in a PC, particularly photographs taken from a digital camera, This is especially suitable when you want to browse photos scattered in multiple folders in chronological order as a series of slideshows regardless of differences in events.

It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the file display apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows functionally the structure of the file display apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of UI (user interface) screen displayed with the file display apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a selection criterion table held in a background image selection unit 208 in FIG. 2. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the selection reference | standard table hold | maintained at the background music selection part 210 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the file display process in the file display apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a UI screen immediately after an “EVENT EDIT” button 302 d is pressed on the screen of FIG. 3. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a UI screen immediately after a “connect to previous event” button 702 a is pressed on the screen of FIG. 7. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a UI screen immediately after a “Divide event at current position” button 702 c is pressed on the screen of FIG. 7. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a UI screen immediately after a “move photo to previous event” button 702 d is pressed on the screen of FIG. 7.

Explanation of symbols

100 bus 101 CPU
102 ROM
103 RAM
104 HDD
105 HD
106 FDD
107 FD
108 CD-RW drive 109 CD-RW / CD-R / CD-ROM
110 Display 111 Keyboard 112 Mouse 113 Network I / F
114 Communication cable 200 Screen display unit 201 File storage unit 202 Event generation unit 203 Event management unit 204 Movie tone generation unit 205 Movie tone management unit 206 Audio output unit 207 Background image storage unit 208 Background image selection unit 209 Background music storage unit 210 Background Music selection part 211 Related event search part

Claims (13)

An event generating means for generating an event composed of at least one electronic file by classifying the electronic file based on the attribute information;
Background image selection means for selecting a background image of the title image of the event from a plurality of background images based on the attribute information of the event generated by the event generation means;
Slide display means for switching and displaying on the display screen a title image whose background image is the content of a file constituting the event generated by the event generation means and the background image selected by the background image selection means;
A file display device comprising: An event generating means for generating an event composed of at least one electronic file by classifying the electronic file based on the attribute information;
Background music selection means for selecting background music of the event from a plurality of background music based on the attribute information of the event generated by the event generation means;
Slide display means for switching and displaying the contents of a file constituting the event generated by the event generation means on a display screen;
Audio output means for outputting background music selected by the background music selection means for an event constituted by a file whose contents are being displayed by the slide display means;
A file display device comprising:   2. The event generating unit generates an event composed of at least one electronic file by classifying a plurality of electronic files stored in a plurality of folders based on attribute information thereof. Or the file display apparatus of Claim 2.   4. The file display device according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information of the electronic file is a creation date and time of the electronic file.   5. The file display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the event attribute information is a creation date and time of a file constituting the event. Further, for an event configured by a file whose contents are being displayed by the slide display means, a related event search means for searching for an event related to the event,
Related event display means for displaying the contents of any one of the files constituting the event searched by the related event search means on the display screen;
The file display device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: An event generation step of generating an event composed of at least one electronic file by classifying the electronic file based on the attribute information;
A background image selection step of selecting a background image of the title image of the event from a plurality of background images based on the attribute information of the event generated in the event generation step;
A slide display step of switching and displaying on the display screen a title image with the background image selected from the content of the event generated in the event generation step and the background image selected in the background image selection step;
A file display method characterized by comprising: An event generation step of generating an event composed of at least one electronic file by classifying the electronic file based on the attribute information;
A background music selection step of selecting background music of the event from a plurality of background music based on the attribute information of the event generated in the event generation step;
A slide display step of switching and displaying the contents of the file constituting the event generated in the event generation step on a display screen;
An audio output step for outputting the background music selected in the background music selection step for an event constituted by a file whose contents are being displayed in the slide display step;
A file display method characterized by comprising:   8. The event generation step generates an event including at least one electronic file by classifying a plurality of electronic files stored in a plurality of folders based on attribute information thereof. Alternatively, the file display method according to claim 8.   The file display method according to claim 7, wherein the attribute information of the electronic file is a creation date and time of the electronic file.   The file display method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the event attribute information is a creation date and time of a file constituting the event. Further, for an event configured by a file whose contents are being displayed in the slide display step, a related event search step for searching for an event related to the event, and
A related event display step of displaying the content of any one of the files constituting the event searched in the related event search step on the display screen;
The file display method according to claim 7, further comprising: A file display program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 7 to 12.

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