JP5540552B2 - Image display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display device.

  There is known a digital image recording apparatus that cuts out one scene of a slide show and saves and records it on a memory card (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-27213 A

  However, in this digital image recording apparatus, an operation for selecting an image to be stored and recorded on the memory card is required for each image, and many operations are required for storing and recording many images.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image display apparatus capable of easily performing image storage control on a predetermined storage unit.

The image display device of the present invention sequentially switching an image extraction unit configured to extract the image data from the external storage medium for storing image data, an image based on the image data extracted by the image extraction unit at a predetermined time interval a display control unit Ru is displayed on the display unit Te, said as an external storage medium and the image not to be stored in different predetermined storage unit, the image selection unit for selecting the operation by the user of the image displayed on the display unit, the extracted in the image extracting unit, an image that is not selected by the pre-Symbol image selection section performs control to store in pairs into the predetermined storage unit, select an image selected by the image selecting unit by the image selection unit A storage control unit that performs control not to delete the image that has not been deleted from the external storage medium .

The image display device of the present invention, a storage unit for storing image data and, from said storage unit and an image extraction unit configured to extract the image data, a predetermined time an image based on the image data extracted by the image extracting unit a display control unit Ru is sequentially switched on the display unit at an interval, wherein an image that is not stored in different predetermined storage unit and a storage unit, an image selecting section for selecting the operation by the user of the image displayed on the display unit If, extracted in the image extracting unit, an image that is not selected by the pre-Symbol image selection section performs control to store in pairs into the predetermined storage unit, the image selection and image selected by the image selecting section A storage control unit that performs control not to delete an image that has not been selected by the storage unit from the storage unit .

  According to the image display device of the present invention, it is possible to easily perform image storage control on a predetermined storage unit.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the storage control process of an image when a slide show is performed in the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the menu screen displayed before implementation of a slide show. It is a figure which shows the menu screen in the case of setting a memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the menu screen in the case of setting a stored image size. It is a figure which shows the screen as which the slide show was implemented. It is a figure which shows the menu screen displayed during implementation of a slide show. It is a figure which shows the menu screen of the storage cancellation displayed during implementation of a slide show.

Hereinafter, a digital photo frame (hereinafter referred to as a DPF) that is an image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In general, there are DPFs that are installed on a desk or the like, and those that are installed on a wall. However, as an embodiment of the present invention, a DPF that is installed on a desk or the like is installed. An example will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a DPF according to an embodiment. The DPF 2 includes a device main body 4 made of glass, plastic, or the like, and an LCD display unit 6 as a display unit for electrically displaying information such as an ornamental image and time is provided on the front surface of the device main body 4. . Further, an infrared detector 10 for detecting infrared rays output from a speaker 8 for outputting music and sound and an operation remote controller for the DPF 2 (not shown) is provided on the front surface of the apparatus body 4. Further, on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 4, there are provided a power switch 12 for switching the power on / off state of the DPF 2 and an operation key 14 used for function setting of the DPF 2 and display setting of the LCD display unit 6. Further, one side of the apparatus body 4 is connected to a memory card slot 16 into which a memory card storing data such as images and music is inserted, a USB port 18 to which a USB device is connected, and a network such as the Internet. For this purpose, a network terminal 20 is provided.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration of the DPF according to the embodiment. The above-described infrared detection unit 10, power switch 12, operation key 14, memory card slot 16, USB port 18, and network terminal 20 are connected to the CPU 30 that comprehensively controls each unit of the DPF 2. Further, the CPU 30 is connected to a buffer memory 32 for temporarily storing data such as images and music, and an internal memory 34 for storing function settings of the DPF 2, information regarding data such as images and music, and image quality. ing. The CPU 30 is connected to a display control unit 36 that performs display control of images and information displayed on the LCD display unit 6, and a reproduction control unit 38 that performs reproduction control of music and audio output from the speaker 8. Yes. The CPU 30 is connected to an extraction unit 40 that reads image data from an external storage medium such as a memory card or USB memory for storing the image data and extracts an image to be displayed on the LCD display unit 6. The CPU 30 is connected to a history storage unit 42 that stores the history of images stored in a predetermined storage unit. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the DPF 2 is connected to a Web server 48 that exists on a network 46 such as the Internet connected via the network terminal 20.

  Next, an image storage control process when a confirmation slide show is performed in the DPF will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. Here, in the confirmation slide show, the images are switched in a shorter time than the ornamental slide show in which a plurality of ornamental images are sequentially displayed on the LCD display unit 6 at predetermined time intervals.

  The CPU 30 displays a menu screen as shown in FIG. 4 on the LCD display unit 6 when the power switch 12 of the DPF 2 is turned on by the operator and the setting of the slide show for confirmation is instructed by operating the operation keys 14. (Step S10). In the menu screen shown in FIG. 4, when the operator selects “storage unit” using the operation remote controller or the operation key 14, the menu screen showing the storage unit options as shown in FIG. 5 on the LCD display unit 6. Is displayed. Here, the menu screen shown in FIG. 5 displays a Web server, an internal memory, a memory card, and a USB memory, which are storage unit options for storing an image displayed on the LCD display unit 6. Therefore, the operator selects one storage unit for storing images on the menu screen. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the Web server 48 is selected. When the storage unit is selected on the menu screen shown in FIG. 5, the menu screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed again. When the operator selects “stored image size”, the LCD display unit 6 displays the menu screen as shown in FIG. Then, a menu screen showing options for the stored image size is displayed. Here, on the menu screen shown in FIG. 6, QVGA, VGA, and WVGA image sizes, which are options for the image storage image size, are displayed. Therefore, the operator selects one storage image size for storing the image on the menu screen. In this embodiment, it is assumed that VGA is selected.

  Next, the extraction unit 40 extracts specific image data from the image data stored in the memory card inserted in the memory card slot 16 (step S11). Here, as the specific image data, image data that has not been stored in the predetermined storage unit until the previous time is extracted from the image data stored in the memory card with reference to the history in the history storage unit 42.

  After the extraction of the image by the extraction unit 40 is finished, the display control unit 36 starts a confirmation slide show for the extracted image (step S12), and the first image is displayed on the LCD display unit 6 as shown in FIG. It is displayed (step S13). While the image is displayed on the LCD display unit 6, the CPU 30 determines whether the menu screen display has been selected by the operation of the operation remote controller or the operation key 14 by the operator (step S14), and the menu screen. If it is determined that the display has been selected, a menu screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the LCD display unit 6 (step S15). Then, as shown in FIG. 8, when “cancel storage” is selected by the operation of the operation remote controller or the operation key 14 by the operator, the menu screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. In this menu screen, when “only this image” is selected by the operation of the operation remote controller or the operation key 14 by the operator, the storage cancel processing is performed only for the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6. (Step S16), the display of the image is terminated (Step S17). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S14 that the menu screen has not been selected, the storage format set in the Web server 48 set as the predetermined storage unit is the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6. The image is stored in the VGA image size (step S18). That is, the image data of the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6 is uploaded and stored in the Web server 48 existing on the network 46 connected via the network terminal 20.

  Then, the CPU 30 determines whether or not there is an image to be displayed next on the LCD display unit 6 (step S19). If there is a next image, the CPU 30 displays the next image to be displayed on the LCD display unit 6 (step S19). S20), the processing of steps S14 to S20 is repeated. When there is no next image to be displayed on the LCD display unit 6, the confirmation slide show is ended. After the confirmation slide show is completed, the slide show is automatically reproduced for the stored images.

  According to the DPF according to this embodiment, in a situation where most of the captured images are stored, or some of the images do not need to be stored out of focus, only an arbitrary image is stored with few operations. be able to.

  In the above-described embodiment, when specific image data is extracted from the image data stored in the memory card, the image data that has not been stored in the predetermined storage unit up to the previous time is stored in the history. Although extracted with reference to the history of the storage unit 42, all image data stored in the memory card may be extracted as specific image data.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the image displayed by the confirmation slide show is stored in the predetermined storage unit, the image is stored in the predetermined storage unit every time the display is completed. The images may be stored together in a predetermined storage unit at a designated date and time before or after display by the confirmation slide show. When the confirmation slide show is stored before the display, the image stored in the predetermined storage unit is deleted, moved, or corrected as necessary after the display.

  In the above-described embodiment, specific image data to be stored in a predetermined storage unit is extracted from an image stored in a memory card that is an external storage medium. You may extract from the image memorize | stored in.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, “only this image” is selected on the menu screen shown in FIG. 9, and the storage cancellation process is performed only on the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6. On the menu screen shown in FIG. 9, an image displayed by selecting “an image on the same shooting date as this image”, “an image on the same shooting location as this image”, or “an image on the same shooting scene as this image”. Canceling processing may be performed on the images of the group belonging to. That is, if “image with the same shooting date as this image” is selected, storage cancellation is performed for an image with the same shooting date / time information as the displayed image from the shooting date / time information added to the image. Perform the process. When “an image at the same shooting location as this image” is selected, the same shooting location as the displayed image is obtained from the information on the shooting location (shooting position) received by the GPS module added to the image. Processing for canceling storage is performed for an image to which information on (shooting position) is added. In addition, when “an image of the same shooting scene as this image” is selected, the storage cancellation is performed for the image with the same shooting mode information as the displayed image from the shooting mode information added to the image. Perform the process. Note that images that have already been displayed in the confirmation slide show and stored in the storage unit may be excluded.

  In the above-described embodiment, the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6 may be stored in the storage unit with a storage image size different from a preset storage image size. That is, when the menu screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, if “change stored image size” is selected by the operation of the operation remote controller or the operation key 14 by the operator, the menu of the stored image size shown in FIG. A screen is displayed. When, for example, the QVGA image size desired by the operator is selected from the choices of the stored image size, the image having the changed QVGA image size is stored in a predetermined storage unit. In this case as well, other images displayed by the confirmation slide show are stored in a preset VGA image size. It should be noted that the group images belonging to the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6 (the same shooting date image as the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6 and the same shooting location as the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6). As for the image and the image of the same shooting scene as the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6, an image having the changed image size of QVGA image size may be stored in a predetermined storage unit.

  In the above-described embodiment, the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6 may be stored in a storage unit different from the storage unit set in advance. That is, when the menu screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, if “change storage” is selected by the operation of the operation remote controller or the operation key 14 by the operator, the menu screen of the storage shown in FIG. Is displayed. And it is a memory | storage part of an operator's hope from the menu screen of a memory | storage part. For example, when the internal memory is selected, the image is stored in the internal memory that is the changed storage unit. Even in this case, other images displayed by the confirmation slide show are stored in a preset Web server. It should be noted that the group images belonging to the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6 (the same shooting date image as the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6 and the same shooting location as the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6). The image and the image of the same shooting scene as the image displayed on the LCD display unit 6) may be stored in the internal memory which is the changed storage unit.

  In the above-described embodiment, the Web server is selected as the predetermined storage unit. However, a predetermined album among albums created in the Web server may be selected as the predetermined storage unit. .

The present invention can be used for an image display device such as a DPF.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 ... Image display apparatus, 4 ... Apparatus main body, 6 ... LCD display part, 14 ... Operation key, 16 ... Memory card slot, 18 ... USB port, 30 ... CPU, 32 ... Buffer memory, 34 ... Internal memory, 40 ... Extraction Part, 42 ... history storage part, 48 ... Web server.

Claims (8)

An image extraction unit configured to extract the image data from the external storage medium for storing image data,
A display control unit Ru is sequentially switched on the display unit an image of the predetermined time intervals based on the image data extracted by the image extracting unit,
An image selection unit for selecting an image being displayed on the display unit by an operation by a user as an image that is not stored in a predetermined storage unit different from the external storage medium ;
Extracted in the image extracting unit, an image that is not selected by the pre-Symbol image selection section performs control to store in pairs into the predetermined storage unit, an image selected by the image selecting unit by the image selection unit An image display device comprising: a storage control unit that performs control not to delete an unselected image from the external storage medium . A storage unit for storing image data;
An image extraction unit configured to extract the image data from the storage unit,
A display control unit Ru is sequentially switched on the display unit an image of the predetermined time intervals based on the image data extracted by the image extracting unit,
An image selection unit for selecting an image being displayed on the display unit by an operation by a user as an image that is not stored in a predetermined storage unit different from the storage unit;
Extracted in the image extracting unit, an image that is not selected by the pre-Symbol image selection section performs control to store in pairs into the predetermined storage unit, an image selected by the image selecting unit by the image selection unit An image display device comprising: a storage control unit that performs control not to delete an unselected image from the storage unit . 3. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the storage control unit stores the image selected by the image selection unit in a storage unit different from the predetermined storage unit. The storage control unit causes the predetermined storage unit to store an image obtained by removing an image of a group to which an image selected by the image selection unit belongs from the image extracted by the image extraction unit. Item 4. The image display device according to any one of Items 1 to 3 . The image display device according to claim 4 , wherein the storage control unit stores an image of a group to which the image selected by the image selection unit belongs in a storage unit different from the predetermined storage unit. The storage control unit stores an image extracted by the image extraction unit and not selected by the image selection unit in a predetermined storage format when the image is stored in the predetermined storage unit. 3. The image display device according to 1 or 2. The storage control unit stores an image selected by the image selection unit in a storage format different from the predetermined storage format when storing the image in a storage unit different from the predetermined storage unit. The image display device according to claim 6 . The display controller, said image based on the image data extracted by the image extracting unit, and displays on the display unit sequentially switched at a predetermined time interval is an interval shorter than displaying the ornamental <br/> The image display device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein

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