JP2007057958A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (16)

A display control apparatus for simultaneously displaying a plurality of images on Viewing device,
Based on the key item representing an image portion which can be a discriminator of images, a key management means for identifying the position of the key items included in the image,
Display means for displaying a plurality of images on the display device based on the positions of the key items so that the key items included in each image are displayed at least in part ;
A display control device. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the plurality of images on the display device in a partially overlapped manner . The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of images are three or more images, and the display unit displays at least two of the three or more images partially overlapped on the display device. . The display control device further includes
Capture means for capturing an image and primary tag information representing shooting information of the image from an external device;
Storage means,
The primary tag information is generated by the external device,
The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the capturing unit stores the image and the primary tag information related to the image in the storage unit . The display control device further includes image recognition means for recognizing the key item included in the image based on similarity information stored as a model image in the storage means,
The image recognition unit recognizes the key item from the image captured by the capture unit based on the similarity information;
The capture means stores information on the key item recognized at the time of capturing the image in the storage means as secondary tag information in association with the corresponding image,
The display control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the image recognition unit recognizes the key item set from the secondary tag information by the key management unit based on the similarity information . The display control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the key management unit sets the key item recognized by the image recognition unit from the secondary tag information according to any one of a plurality of setting modes. An operation device is connected to the display control device,
The display control device according to claim 5, wherein the capturing unit stores image information input by a user through the operation device in the storage unit as tertiary tag information in association with a corresponding image . The display means sets the arrangement order of the plurality of images displayed on the display device in the depth direction using time information included in the primary tag information or other information represented by the magnitude of a numerical value. A display control device according to any one of claims 4 to 7 . The display means displays the arrangement order of the plurality of images displayed on the display device in a vertical and horizontal direction on the screen by latitude / longitude information included in the primary tag information or two or more pieces of information represented by other numerical values The display control device according to claim 4, wherein the display control device is set using An operation device is connected to the display control device,
In the storage means, operation information related to display / browsing input by the user through the operation device is recorded in association with the identification information of the user,
The display unit analyzes the user's past display / browsing tendency based on the operation information of the user, and assists the arrangement order of the plurality of images displayed on the display device based on the analysis result. The display control device according to claim 4, wherein the display control device is set . The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the plurality of images to be displayed on the display device separately for each key item . An operation device is connected to the display control device,
The display according to claim 1, wherein the display unit changes an arrangement order of the plurality of images displayed on the display device based on information input by the user through the operation device. Control device .   The display control device according to any one of claims 4 to 12, wherein the key management unit searches the storage unit for the plurality of images to be displayed on the display device based on the primary tag information.   The key management unit includes a function of searching the storage unit for the plurality of images to be displayed on the display device based on a result of analyzing a tendency regarding past display / viewing of the user. The display control apparatus according to any one of the above.   The key management means associates a plurality of images having different primary tag information with each other based on the operation information of the user, and extracts one of the associated images from the storage means. The display control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein another image of the plurality of associated images is extracted together.   A display control method for simultaneously displaying a plurality of images on a display device,
  Identifying, by key management means, the position of the key item included in the image based on a key item representing an image portion that can be a discriminating element of the image;
  Displaying a plurality of images on the display device by display means based on the position of the key item so that the key item included in each image is displayed at least in part;
A display control method comprising: