Embodiment
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing embodiments of the present invention are described.Fig. 1 is the back view of digital camera 1 that has the display unit of the 1st execution mode of the present invention in inside.
As shown in Figure 1, disposed the display surface of display part 2 at the back side of camera 1.Display part 2 is by for example LCD (liquid crystal display: LCD) constitute.The functional unit of the XY operation keys 4 that has disposed pattern knob 3 on the right side, the back side of camera 1, constituted by key 4a and right and left key 4b up and down, OK key 5 etc.And, on camera 1, be provided with shutter release button 6.
Pattern knob 3 is set the mode of operation of camera 1 by rotating operation.This camera 1 has: the photograph mode of photographic images and the reproduction mode of reproducing captured image.And a kind of form as in the reproduction mode further has album mode, and this album mode can have each group of image at registration at random, shows the image that belongs to this group.Below, sometimes the group that is used for image is carried out taxonomic revision is called photograph album.The turned position of pattern knob 3 shown in Figure 1 is the positions when having set this album mode.
And a plurality of options that XY operation keys 4 is used for vertically arranging from display part 2 are selected any one (key 4a up and down), perhaps select any one (right and left key 4b) from transversely arranged a plurality of options.That is, key 4a is for selecting instruction unit up and down, and right and left key 4b is for switching instruction unit.And OK key 5 is used to determine to be in the selection of the options under the state of being selected by this XY operation keys 4.
As previously mentioned, in this camera 1, have the album mode that to organize display image at each, when album mode, on longitudinal direction, arrange the group of predetermined quantity, and on transverse direction, arrange the image of each group of predetermined quantity.And the camera 1 of this execution mode has been realized following demonstration control: use XY operation keys 4 and OK key 5 efficient during the ferret out image from each image that is arranged in two-dimensional-matrix-like to obtain tremendous raising when album mode.In addition, shutter release button 6 is used for indicating this meaning under the situation of the view data of wanting to write down the shot object image that shows as so-called monitoring picture on the display part 2.
Fig. 2 is the block diagram that the structure of this camera 1 is shown.
This camera 1 had image pickup part and display unit as functional block.Image pickup part mainly is made of camera lens 11, imaging apparatus 12 and imaging circuit portion 13.Display unit mainly is made of display part 2, display driver portion 14, image processing part 16, CPU 18, ROM 19 and operating portion 20 etc.
When the object light that has passed through camera lens 11 incided on the imaging apparatus 12, shot object image is imaging on its shooting face.The various controls of carrying out the exposure of this imaging apparatus 12 or reading etc. by imaging circuit portion 13, implement the setting of ISO photosensitivity, Automatic white balance, the generation of brightness/color signal, gamma processing etc. by the picture signal of these 13 pairs of imaging apparatuss 12 of imaging circuit portion, convert the color picture signal of predetermined format to.
When photograph mode, this color picture signal is transferred to display driver portion 14 via system bus, is presented at the monitoring picture of confirming usefulness on the display part 2 at the back side as shot object image.
Then, when pressing shutter release button 6, the color picture signal of exporting from imaging circuit portion 13 is taken in the buffer memory 15, implements compressed encodings by image processing part 16, is recorded in image and preserves in the memory 17 as photographs.
During reproduction when comprising album mode, be recorded in photographed images that this image preserves in memory 17 and read, implement uncompressed encoding, offer display driver portion 14 afterwards, be presented on the display part 2 by image processing part 16.
Comprehensive Control is carried out in action by 18 pairs of cameras 1 as above of CPU, ROM 19 internal memories contain the controlled step of having recorded and narrated this CPU 18 program, pass to this program as various set points of variable etc.And, provide control signal from operating portion 20 to this CPU 18.The operation of operating portion 20 detecting pattern knobs 3, XY operation keys 4, OK key 5, shutter release button 6 etc. and notifying.And CPU 18 also carries out to each one the control of work with the power supply 21 of electric power is provided.
Fig. 3 is the figure that the image when album mode is shown shows example.As shown in the figure, on longitudinal direction, arrange 4 groups (a1), on transverse direction, arranged 4 images (a2) that belong to each group separately.The figure of the row of left end is the figure of expression group, with group #.In addition, this vertical-horizontal relation only is an illustration, also can exchange mutually in length and breadth.And the quantity of group of Xian Shiing and image also can be carried out various changes simultaneously.The display image quantity of each group also can be 1.
And, on the picture when this has pointed out the album mode of 4 groups simultaneously, show that expression is in the activation frame (a3) of the state of having selected which group.Here, be in the 4th group the state of having selected.Under this state, when operating the 4a of key up and down of XY operation keys 4 on downward direction, group is arranged and is rolled.That is, when pressing down key, the 1st~4th group of current arrangement switches to and is rolled to the the the 2nd~the 5th, the 3rd~the 6th.And, when the right and left key 4b of operation XY operation keys 4, switch to the image column that activates in the group that frame institute frame lives and roll to the left or to the right.This image column is to be arranged in order the image that belongs to this group to form.Here, the 4th group image column is rolled.
Rolling on the longitudinal direction is carried out during the key 4a about pressing, and on the other hand, the low speed when pressing 1 right and left key 4b of the rolling on the transverse direction carries out, and carries out at a high speed when pressing 1 time again on same direction.And, irrelevant with the speed of this moment, stop the rolling on this transverse direction when on opposite direction, pressing right and left key 4b.This demonstration control is all carried out with software mode by the program of being carried out by CPU 18.
Here, with reference to Fig. 4 to Fig. 6, the demonstration picture during to the album mode of this camera 1 and the transformation example be specifically described.
Now, suppose that camera 1 is configured to album mode, the demonstration of display part 2 is in the state of Fig. 4 (A).That is, show each image of the 1st~4th group, the 1st group in these 4 groups is in selection mode.Under this state, below when upwards operating the 4a of key up and down of XY operation keys 4 (b1), activate frame and move down, the 2nd group is in selection mode (Fig. 4 (B)).
And, when from the state of this Fig. 4 (B) (b2) during the 4a of key up and down of downward direction operation XY operation keys 4 again, activating frame and move down 1 grade again, this order is in selection mode (Fig. 4 (C)) for 3 groups.Otherwise, when from the state of Fig. 4 (C) during upward to the 4a of key up and down of operation XY operation keys 4 (b3), the activation frame moves up, the 2nd group is in selection mode, turn back to the state of Fig. 4 (B), when more upward to operation (b4), activate frame and move up 1 grade again, the 1st group is in selection mode, turns back to the state of Fig. 4 (A).Like this, by the 4a of key up and down of operation XY operation keys 4, the user can be made as selection mode with organizing arbitrarily.
And this time, to except the 4a of key up and down of operation XY operation keys 4, the example of also operating the situation of right and left key 4b describes.Here, at first, suppose that the demonstration of display part 2 is in the state of Fig. 5 (A).That is, show each image of the 1st~4th group, the 3rd group in these 4 groups is in selection mode.
Under this state, when the right and left key 4b of right operation XY operation keys 4 (c1), the image column in the 3rd group with low speed to right roll (Fig. 5 (B)).That is, image column is switched in the picture drop-out of right-hand member, new image occurs at left end.When from left to right image being arranged as from photography date and time image early to new image, can be by this operation, retrieve image in the 3rd group according to time sequencing.
And when from the state of this Fig. 5 (B) during again to the right and left key 4b of right operation XY operation keys 4 (c2), this rolling speed becomes (Fig. 5 (C)) at a high speed.On the other hand, when from the state of this Fig. 5 (B) to reciprocal left during to the right and left key 4b of operation XY operation keys 4 (c3), this rolling temporarily stops (Fig. 5 (D)).And when direction is operated left again (c4), this begins direction low speed rolling (Fig. 5 (E)) left.Thus, can retrieve image in the 3rd group according to time sequencing.
And, when state at Fig. 5 (B), promptly the image column in the 3rd group with low speed under the state that right is rolled, upward when operating the 4a of key up and down of XY operation keys 4 (c5), in this camera 1, when keeping, make the activation frame move to the 2nd group (Fig. 5 (F)) to the 3rd group rolling.Under this state, during the right and left key 4b of the XY of any direction operation to the left and right operation keys 4, be independent of rolling to the 3rd group, newly begin rolling in addition to the 2nd group.Promptly, for example as shown in Figure 6, in this camera 1, can carry out following rolling simultaneously, that is: make in the 1st~4th group the 2nd group image column to the right high speed scroll, make in the 3rd group image column to right low speed roll and make in the 4th group image column left direction low speed roll.Thus, the image in the retrieval group efficiently.
Below, with reference to the flow chart of Fig. 7 to Fig. 9, to camera 1 with album mode the time the relevant action step of demonstration control describe.When showing album mode, Fig. 7 initiatively makes flow process.
When setting album mode for, CPU 18 at first carries out the group that figure 8 illustrates detailed step and determines to handle (steps A 1).In this group was determined to handle, CPU 18 determined to be in the group (step B2) of selection mode according to the operation (step B1) of the 4a of key up and down that notifies from operating portion 20.
When this group determined that processing finishes, CPU 18 this time carried out the rolling indication that figure 9 illustrates detailed step and handles (steps A 2).In this rolling indication processing, CPU 18 bases are from the operation (step C1) of the right and left key 4b of operating portion 20 notices, definite direction (step C2) of rolling, and the speed (step C3) of definite this rolling.
Then, when this indication processing of rolling finished, CPU 18 determined rolling indication result in result and the steps A 2 according to the group in the steps A 1, preserved the memory 17 from image and read view data (steps A 3).Then, control display driver portion 14 carries out the demonstration that shows this view data of reading on display part 2 and handles (steps A 4).
More than, this camera 1 can be organized many groups of (photograph album) images separately that roll and show simultaneously respectively at each.Thus, this camera 1 can retrieve target image efficiently from the image sets of grouping management.
(the 2nd execution mode)
Below, the 2nd execution mode of the present invention is described.
Present embodiment is the example that the present invention is applied to the reading of medical image so-called medical class images such as (endoscopic images or X-ray photographs, oral cavity photo, teeth).Figure 10 is the demonstration example in the 2nd execution mode.For example, be the display frame of the front of image monitoring arrangement (medical image browser) as display unit.It is occupied that the major part of the front of image monitoring arrangement is used as the data display floater of display frame, disposes the control button of the indication usefulness of rolling in the lower right side.The image that on this picture, shows affected part.In hospital, to the additional patient information of this affected part image and diagnosis and treatment day information, divide into groups to having added the affected part image after the information by patient's the diagnosis and treatment date, it be saved in the hard disk etc. manage.Below to showing that this demonstration control and treatment by the affected part image of group management describes.
The shown affected part image of Figure 10 is same patient's a different image of diagnosis and treatment date.That is, the image on same diagnosis and treatment date becomes a group.The figure that shows the expression group in the left end file of picture.In the figure of expression group, although do not illustrate in the figure, however the date of also overlapping each diagnosis and treatment of demonstration.And on the next door of this figure, the affected part image that this diagnosis and treatment date is captured shows by taking sequence arrangement on transverse direction.Letter in the affected part image (A, B etc.) is the inspection mark of being charged to as remarks by the doctor.
Because detailed use step is identical with Fig. 4, thereby omission details and carry out simple declaration.Control button is equivalent to switch instruction unit and selects instruction unit.Utilize this control button selection to want the group of rolling, then, select rotating direction and rolling speed, the affected part picture roll of the group that is activated is moved according to indication.And, equally also other group is suitably rolled and switches image.Carry out such operation by the doctor, the affected part image on different diagnosis and treatment dates is presented on the same picture, thereby can compare affected part and other diagnosis and treatment date.
More than, by the present invention being applied to have a guide look of the system of the process that shows particular patient, the doctor can have a guide look of and observe the variation through producing in time of each position, and when the patient being described etc., also can be effectively to illustrate.
In addition, in above-mentioned the 1st execution mode, to XY operation keys 4 by up and down key 4a and right and left key 4b constitute, for the selection (selection instruction unit) of group use key 4a up and down, the example that uses the so different buttons of right and left key 4b to carry out for rolling operation (switching instruction unit) is illustrated, yet this point is not the essential part of method of the present invention, for example is easy to be deformed in category of the present invention: the selection and the rolling operation that are constituted XY operation keys 4, organized by 1 button by all exercisable single part up and down.
Can constitute following invention by 2 kinds of execution modes of above explanation.
1) a kind of display unit has: display part (display part 2), its display image; Control part (CPU 18), it is organized at each, the image after the grouping side by side is presented on the aforementioned display for many groups, and controls the switching of shown image; Switch instruction unit (right and left key 4b), the switching of the image that shows in its indicated number portion; And selection instruction unit (key 4a up and down), selection group its a plurality of groups of showing from display part, it is characterized in that, when the switching of aforementioned switching instruction unit is indicated, aforementioned control part only switches the image that shows in the image that shows on the picture, as the group of being selected by aforementioned selection instruction unit according to aforementioned indication.
2) a kind of camera (camera 1), it is characterized in that, have: the above-mentioned 1) image pickup part of described display unit and shooting shot object image, wherein, aforementioned control part makes by the captured image of aforementioned image pickup part and is presented on the display part as the image after dividing into groups.
3) a kind of display packing, on display part, show the image that manages by group, it is characterized in that, at each group, the many groups of images that side by side show grouping management are when image switching is indicated, for from aforementioned a plurality of groups optional group, according to switching indication, the image that shows in this group is switched.
In addition, in execution mode 1, use the example that display unit is carried on the camera to be illustrated, yet display unit certainly is a monomer product.
And, in execution mode 1, be that example is illustrated, yet be not limited thereto that control method of the present invention for example can be applicable in the various electronic equipments such as PDA, personal computer, portable telephone with the camera.
And, also comprise in the category of the present invention: provide the software program of carrying out above-mentioned functions to CPU 18, carry out the function that above-mentioned action realizes above-mentioned execution mode according to the program that is provided by this CPU 18.That is, above-mentioned software program itself has been realized the function of above-mentioned execution mode, and this program itself has constituted the present invention.
And these programs also can be stored with the form of the recording medium beyond the aforementioned ROM 19, and therefrom read and carry out.And said procedure also can be stored in the recording medium that can plug with camera 1.As recording medium, except Floppy Disk (registered trade mark), CD-ROM, also can use the semiconductor memory etc. of the magnetic recording media, tape-shaped medium's, IC-card etc. of the optical record medium, MD etc. of DVD etc.
And, also can with the server system of dedicated communications network or Internet connection in the storage device of set hard disk or RAM etc. as recording medium, by communication network program is offered camera 1.Perhaps, under the situation of the function that realizes above-mentioned execution mode of cooperating with other application software etc., relative program also is included in the embodiments of the present invention certainly.
And in the present embodiment, this processing realizes by executive program on CPU 18, yet is not limited thereto, and for example, also can realize part or all that each is handled by hardware.
More than, the invention is not restricted to above-mentioned execution mode, the implementation phase in can be in the scope that does not deviate from its main idea be out of shape to specialize to inscape.And, can form various inventions by the suitable combination of the disclosed a plurality of inscapes of above-mentioned execution mode.For example, also can from all inscapes shown in the execution mode, delete several inscapes.And, the inscape in the different execution modes of all right appropriate combination.