JP2006148302A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (3)

An access means for accessing an image file in which a horizontally long thumbnail image and a main image having a higher resolution than the thumbnail image are stored;
An image area determination means for determining, based on the image file, whether or not the image area of the subject recorded in the image file is vertically long;
Display means for displaying the subject in the vertically long screen area based on the main image after the subject is displayed in the vertically long screen area based on the thumbnail image when the subject range is vertically long;
Thumbnail image determination means for determining, based on a histogram of the thumbnail image, whether or not the subject is recorded in a vertically long image area of the horizontally long thumbnail image;
The display means displays the thumbnail image on the screen without rotating when the subject range is vertically long and the subject is recorded in a vertically long image area of the horizontally long thumbnail image. An image display device characterized by that. The display means cuts out a vertically long cropped image having the same aspect ratio as the main image based on the attribute information of the main image from the thumbnail image, and displays the subject in a vertically long in-screen area based on the cropped image. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the subject is displayed based on the main image in a vertically long in-screen region where the subject is displayed based on the cropped image. A shooting range determination step of determining whether or not the shooting range of the subject recorded in the image file is vertically long based on the image file;
A first display step of displaying the subject in a vertically long in-screen area based on a horizontally long thumbnail image stored in the image file when the shooting range is vertically long;
A second display step of displaying the subject in a vertically long in-screen area after the first step based on a main image having a resolution higher than that of the thumbnail image stored in the image file when the shooting range is vertically long; When,
A thumbnail image determination step of determining whether or not the subject is recorded in a vertically long image area of the horizontally long thumbnail image based on a histogram of the thumbnail image;
In the first display step, when the shooting range is vertically long and the subject is recorded in a vertically long image area of the horizontally long thumbnail image, the thumbnail image is not rotated on the screen. image display method and displaying.