JP2008225562A - Electronic calendar - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically display a photograph of the shooting month corresponding to the current month. <P>SOLUTION: The display screen of a display part 3 displays years information 3a, a calendar body display 3b, and a calendar decoration 3d. For example, the calendar decoration 3d displays a photograph obtained from a storage part 7 and associated with the calendar by the years information 3a, especially by the month. Further, the photograph may be associated therewith by the current date 3c of that month. For example, on a wedding anniversary or a child's birthday, a related image is selected regardless of the year. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic calendar, and more particularly, to an electronic calendar having an image portion on the calendar.

  In recent years, with the development of digital information processing technology, digital displays such as calendars have been used for electronic devices and the like. For example, in a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a calendar is displayed on the display screen, and when the month changes, the calendar display changes to the corresponding month. Also, it is generally displayed so that the current date can be visually recognized.

  The following technologies have been proposed as technologies relating to such electronic calendars. Patent Document 1 describes a technology for acquiring and displaying an advertiser-designated format advertisement video from the Internet on a date designated by an electronic advertiser. Moreover, the technique described in Patent Document 2 presents an event schedule registered in a calendar, acquires HTML from a URL associated with a date, and displays it on a browser. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228688 describes a technique for storing file data in association with a date of a calendar application and displaying the file data based on the date. In Patent Document 4, a technique for changing the display configuration in accordance with the orientation of the photo frame is described, and the displayed image is a preset image.

  There is also a printing service that prints and finishes electronic data (photographs) taken by yourself as a calendar image.

JP 2001-76047 A, "Electronic Advertising Calendar" Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-115337, “Information Presentation Device” JP 2004-46317 A, "Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium on which information processing program is recorded" Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-67004, “Electrographic Stand”

  There are many printing services that arrange electronic data (photographs) taken by yourself as an image in the decoration area of the calendar, and print and finish it. However, the decoration area is obtained by reading the image from the storage unit or the server on which the image data is recorded. It is convenient to automatically select and display the photographed month (or season) image according to the calendar month in the electronic calendar displayed on the screen.

  In addition, as described in the above-mentioned patent document, there is a technique for referring to and displaying information and data associated with a calendar date, but a landscape image displayed in a decoration area of a calendar, etc. It is convenient to use the photos of and automatically select the photos at the same time as the current month.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic calendar capable of automatically displaying a photograph of a shooting month corresponding to the current month as described above.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, a display unit and a display control for performing control for displaying an image photographed in the same month as the current month while performing calendar body display corresponding to the display unit based on current month information. And an electronic calendar.

  In addition, a display unit, a storage unit for storing an image, and a calendar body display corresponding to the display unit based on current month information, and an image taken in the same month as the current month information are acquired from the storage unit There is provided an electronic calendar characterized by having a display control unit that performs display control. Thereby, the image matched with the calendar month can be selected and displayed from the image stored in the storage unit.

  Also, a display control unit that performs calendar body display corresponding to the display unit based on current month information, and performs control to acquire and display an image captured in the same month as the current month information from the outside And an electronic calendar characterized by comprising:

  According to the electronic calendar, since the image is acquired from the outside, the storage capacity of the storage unit itself can be suppressed. In addition, an image of a category that is based on the parity can be selected. Image information may be added to the image. This makes it easy to specify an image taken in the same month as the current month.

  The current month information is preferably independent of the year. By making it irrelevant to the year, an image taken in the current month can be a display candidate for a plurality of years.

  The display control unit preferably narrows down the image data to be displayed on the display unit based on current date information. The display control unit can display a calendar body for a plurality of consecutive months in the screen of the display unit, and can display an image taken in the same month as the current month information from the plurality of months. . In the case of a calendar displaying multiple months, it is possible to display an image related to the month on the calendar even if there are few images by selecting from multiple months.

  When shooting time information related to the shooting month is added to the image to be displayed, it is preferable to display the shooting time information. As a result, more detailed shooting information about the image can be attached, and the decoration of the calendar can be made more enjoyable from the shooting time and the image.

  The images may be distributed and stored in folders corresponding to months 1 to 12 regardless of the shooting year. As a result, the images for each month can be quickly sorted and searched.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic calendar comprising the electronic calendar described above, and a photographing device that sends information at the time of photographing to a photographed image with respect to the electronic calendar. A system is provided.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, a display unit and a display for performing control to display an image photographed in the same month as the current month while performing calendar body display corresponding to the display unit based on current month information. A method of selecting and displaying an image in an electronic calendar having a control unit, and a step of acquiring an image, and when the acquired image is attached with shooting time information, based on the shooting time information, the current month Is selected by performing a display for selecting a display target image based on the current month information from the image stored in the storage unit as a display target candidate. And a step of prompting. An image selection display method is provided.

  Moreover, the program and recording medium for making a computer perform the said step may be sufficient.

  In this way, a photograph of the same month or season as the current month is automatically selected and displayed. The date of shooting and the location of the photo, if possible, are inserted into the photo as stylish text.

  The displayed image allows the user to look at the photos that are separated from each other and view them with nostalgia, and to have an opportunity to effectively view the photos that were just taken and stored.

  In addition, as the display of the decoration area, it is possible to use a photo that matches the season and has been taken by the user in the past, so that the photograph can be enjoyed with a sense of nostalgia.

  In the present specification, a display area such as a month date displayed on the electronic calendar is referred to as a calendar body area, and an area for displaying a decorative part such as a photograph is referred to as a decoration area. In the electronic calendar, a stored photo is used as an image part of a calendar (a part corresponding to a landscape picture). At this time, the photograph in which the month (or season) in which the photograph was taken and the current month are selected is selected.

  Hereinafter, an electronic calendar according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of an electronic calendar according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external appearance of the electronic calendar. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an electronic calendar 1 according to the present embodiment includes a display unit 3 constituted by, for example, an LCD panel, an operation unit 5 for performing various settings and operations, and various processing programs. A storage unit 7 for recording various data, a control unit (CPU) 11 for controlling the entire apparatus, and a reception unit 15 forming an interface for acquiring data such as an image from a digital still camera or a mobile phone, for example. And have. Further, a communication unit 17 for communicating with an external storage device such as an external server may be arbitrarily provided, and the main body may be supported by the stand 21. As a communication method, LAN, Bluetooth, infrared communication, or the like may be used. The control unit 11 is preferably provided with a clock unit that holds the current time. The storage unit 7 may store geographical information such as latitude and longitude (map image, place name text information, etc.).

  On the display screen of the display unit 3, year / month information 3a of the calendar, calendar main body display 3b, and calendar decoration 3d are displayed. The calendar decoration 3d is, for example, a photograph acquired from the storage unit 7 and displays the year / month information 3a, particularly a photograph associated with the month. Further, it may be a photograph associated with the current date 3c of the month. For example, regardless of the year, when the wedding anniversary department or the child's birthday is reached, an image associated therewith is selected.

  Next, the display process of the electronic calendar will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of display processing in the one-month mode for displaying the calendar body for one month. First, when the calendar display mode is started in step S1, it is determined in step S2 whether there is photo data in the storage unit or the external storage device. If there is no photo data (No), the process proceeds to step S3, and only the calendar is displayed. At this time, display control may be performed so that the calendar display is displayed so as to be expanded to the decoration area of the calendar.

  If the photograph data exists (Yes), the process proceeds to step S4, and it is determined whether or not a photograph taken in the same month as the present day exists in the storage unit or the external storage device. If it does not exist (No), the process proceeds to step S5, and a photograph taken in a month close to the current month is selected, such as a month after the current month. If it exists in step S4 (Yes), the process proceeds to step S6, and a photo to be displayed is selected from photos of the same month as the current month. One or more photos may be displayed. When the process proceeds from step S5 or step S6 to step S7 arbitrarily, it is determined whether or not there is related information such as the date and place associated with the photograph to be displayed. If the related information is not included (No), the process proceeds to step S8 to display a photo and a calendar. If the related information is included, the process proceeds to step S9, where the photograph and calendar are displayed, and related information such as the shooting date and time and the shooting location is displayed in text, for example.

  For example, if there is a photo of the same year, the search button for the photo is displayed in the same year in order from the past. It may be displayed continuously, or photos that are candidates for display are automatically displayed like a slide show and confirmed by pressing the Enter button while the photos you want to display are displayed. You may make it do. The display order may be displayed from the new order of year and month. Alternatively, a plurality of photos may be displayed as thumbnails, and a desired photo may be selected and confirmed using the direction key and the enter key.

  Through the above processing, a photo having the same season feeling as the month of the calendar body can be automatically displayed as a decoration. By displaying photos with the same seasonal feeling, it is possible to display images suitable for calendar decoration. Also, by automatically displaying the photos you have collected according to the time flow based on the calendar, you can feel nostalgic and feel the changes of the times, enjoy the display as a rich calendar be able to.

  FIG. 5 is a table showing a data configuration example of related information stored in the storage unit. As shown in FIG. 5, the related information of a photo includes, for example, a file name, a storage location (folder name, etc.), a shooting date and time, a shooting location specified by, for example, latitude and longitude, an image direction, a digital camera, and a mobile phone. Photo data taken by using the telephone photographing function and related information data are transferred via the electronic calendar receiver 15 using infrared communication such as IrSimple. In addition, it is also possible to use an infrared communication method such as IrDA.

  Or you may transfer via wireless LAN, a memory card, etc. Photo data and the like are stored in the storage unit 7 of the electronic calendar 1 or an external server (external storage device). The photograph is used as an image that looks like a landscape on a calendar. At that time, saved photos taken in the same month as the current month are used as images, and if there is Exif GPS information or shooting location information associated with the photo, a title such as “2004 in Kyoto”, etc. Also display stylishly. The image can be a slide show or can be changed to the next image (or image group) by a user operation. It is possible to display a summary or overlay for each trip. It may be a function that can be set to “use for calendar” at the time of photo registration. It is preferable that the user can set the slide show interval. When a photograph that the user likes is displayed, it can be fixed (temporarily stopped) by the user operation.

  Information about a photograph can be described in accordance with, for example, the Exif (Exchangeable Image File Format) standard. The Exif standard is an image file standard for digital cameras, standardized by JEIDA, and adopted by digital cameras of various companies. According to this, it is possible to record additional information such as image information and shooting date / time in the TIFF format, and it is also possible to record a reduced image (thumbnail). The image format supports a plurality of formats such as RGB uncompressed format and JPEG compression format.

  As the “method for specifying the shooting date / time”, it is possible to specify the shooting date / time of the photograph by acquiring the “shooting date / time” information included in the Exif information. If Exif information does not exist, the user may input from the operation unit as to what year and what month the photograph was taken. For example, when an old print photo is digitized, the shooting date may not be included in Exif, or Exif information may not exist. The date can be specified by displaying the calendar and specifying the shooting date, displaying the numeric panel and inputting the date on the touch panel, or using the buttons and cursors provided on the main body of the electronic calendar. May be specified. The method is not particularly limited.

  In addition, the “method of specifying the shooting location” has a definition of GPS IFD for recording position information at the time of shooting in the Exif standard Ver2.1 or later. Therefore, by acquiring the “GPS IFD” information included in the Exif information, it is possible to specify the shooting location of the photo. If the Exif information does not exist or the “GPS IFD” information is not included, the user may be allowed to input where the photograph was taken using the operation unit. As an input method at that time, a method of displaying a map and specifying a point where the image was taken may be used, or a place name such as “Kyoto” may be input by character input. If the input information is a map point, add the latitude and longitude information of that position to the Exif information, or if you have created a list of photos, the latitude and longitude information in the shooting location information part of the list, or " You may make it memorize | store in character strings, such as "Kyoto".

  Or, information that can identify the shooting location in the photo (the GPS is built into the camera and the shooting location information is included in Exif, etc., or when the photo is registered in the server, the shooting location (area name or landmark) If you include the information that specifies the name), you can add and register the information and manage the photo and location information in the database). ○ Text information such as “At □□□□” may be superimposed on the image (or by using the space of the display portion on the top, bottom, left, or right of the image). Further, even when there is no shooting location information associated with the photo, text information such as “XX year YY month XX day” may be displayed.

  In addition, when the user adds information regarding the shooting date and time and the shooting location, it is necessary to change where to add the information to be added depending on “how to sort the photos”. When creating a list and creating a database, the shooting date and time information and location information may be recorded in the database. If you do not create a list (only store in a folder hierarchy or search all photos every time), you can add directly to the Exif information of the photo, or if there is no Exif information in the first place, Or shooting location information is not recorded, and when displaying a photo, do not display the characters “month, day, day, and △”, or use the method of creating and adding Exif information be able to.

  Based on the related information, an image to be displayed can be selected and narrowed down. The narrowing-down conditions can be set in advance by inputting from the operation unit. For example, if the shooting location is near the equator from the latitude and longitude information, the photos to be selected can be narrowed down by the latitude and longitude information, such as using only summer photos (July to September) according to the image of being hot. . A plurality of photographs may be displayed. In addition, when there are a plurality of photos to be selected, the display may be set to be changed every week or every day.

  For example, in the case of a photo taken in the southern hemisphere, the season is different from the northern hemisphere, so the calendar is installed in the northern hemisphere (the installation location is set according to GPS and user settings). The photos taken in can be used as calendar photos in August, which is 6 months plus or minus from February. In this way, as an example of a suburban area that selects a photo to be displayed based on the season of the region, a photo to be selected based on latitude and longitude information is used, such as using only summer photos (from July to September) near the equator. It can also be narrowed down. In this case, a GPS function can be provided in the electronic calendar, the current position can be automatically specified based on the GPS, and a photo selection process suitable for the current position can be performed.

  The mobile phone calendar information may be transmitted together with the photo data. The schedule set for the mobile phone may be displayed on the calendar portion. The user can be identified by the ID of the mobile phone to be registered. Therefore, an icon or the like that can identify the user may be displayed as a calendar schedule. At this time, privacy can be protected by limiting the schedule to be registered to only schedules that may be disclosed to others.

  When a photograph is transferred from a mobile phone, the user is identified by associating the identifier of the user with the image, and a symbol (icon, etc.) indicating the user is displayed near the corner of the photograph, for example. It may be displayed. Thereby, it can be known which user's thing the photograph belongs to. Regarding the display of the schedule, it is also possible to set to display only the schedule of a specific user based on the identifier of the user. At this time, only the photograph registered by the user selected as the schedule may be used. Alternatively, the displayed photo can be limited only to the registrant of the currently displayed photo. At that time, a schedule of only a limited registrant may be displayed.

  Next, the flow of processing in the case of the two-month display mode will be described with reference to FIG. The 2-month display mode is a mode that displays the calendar body for 2 consecutive months (including 3 months, 6 months, etc.) on one screen. In the following, the case of displaying this month and next month is displayed. An example will be described. First, in step S1, the calendar display mode is started, and in step S2, it is determined whether or not there is photo data in the storage unit or the external storage device. If there is no photo data (No), the process proceeds to step S3, and only the calendar is displayed. If Yes, the process proceeds to step S11, and in step S11, it is confirmed whether or not it is set to display two months of this month and next month. When the mode is not the two-month mode (No), the process proceeds to step S4 in FIG. 3 (A), and the process is performed in the normal mode. In the case of the two-month mode (Yes), the process proceeds to step S12 to search whether there is a photograph taken in the same month as this month. If there is no photograph taken in the same month (No), the process proceeds to step S13. If there is a photograph taken in the same month, the process proceeds to step S6 in FIG. 3 (B), and the same processing is performed. In step S13, it is determined whether there is a photograph taken in the same month as the next month. In the case of Yes, it progresses to step S14, the photograph of the same month as the next month is selected, and it progresses to step S7 of FIG. 3 (C). On the other hand, in the case of No, the process proceeds to step S5 (D).

  In this way, it is possible to display a calendar display main body for two months, this month and next month, and a photo that is related to the month and make an enjoyable electronic calendar.

  In this way, multiple months can be displayed at the same time (for example, April and May), and when the current month is April, the April photo is displayed. Can be made. When both the April photograph and the May photograph are registered, it is preferable that the photograph taken in the same month as the current month be given priority so that the April photograph that is the current month is displayed. The display area of the calendar main body generally displays the current month larger and the previous and next months smaller.

  Next, the selection process when there are a plurality of photo data will be described. For example, if there is an image that has been shot but is not intended to be used for calendar display, it can be removed from the calendar display target photo. Or, whether or not to display the calendar at the time of registration is determined, and information on whether or not the display target is accompanied by a mark or the like based on the intention is set in the photo or database. It is also possible to exclude it from the search target at the time of display.

  In addition, the shooting year of the photo to be displayed can be “within the past 5 years”, “only 5 years ago”, “newest order”, or “oldest order”. It is also possible to limit based on the day. The photograph to be displayed can be displayed after image processing such as color, monochrome, and sepia.

  The images to be displayed can be grouped according to the shooting date, location information, etc. and treated as a group, and the photo can be skipped to the next image, but the skipped photo can be skipped within the group or the next group It may be possible to perform an operation such as skipping.

  In addition to the case of using only the entire area of the photographed image, the displayed photograph may be set to use only a certain area designated by the user. For example, there is an unsightly part near the edge of the photograph, but the center part is a landscape photograph suitable for a calendar. The area to be selected, for example, a rectangular area, may be configured so that it can be directly specified on the electronic calendar (using a touch panel or the like), or may be specified on the mobile phone imaging device or digital camera side after shooting. Anyway.

  Next, a database (referred to as DB) having a data configuration example as shown in FIG. 5 is created in the storage unit 7 in the electronic calendar. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of the data sorting process in the electronic calendar apparatus according to the present embodiment. First, in step S21, photo data is received from the receiving unit. Next, in step S22, the received photo data is displayed on the display unit. In step S23, the file name of the received file is recorded in the DB. Next, in step S24, it is checked whether or not the sender can be specified. In this process, for example, when data is received from a mobile phone or the like by infrared rays or the like, if the mobile phone can be specified, it is possible to specify who the data is transmitted from. Therefore, in step S26, for example, if the specified result is a picture of “Alice”, it is stored in the “C: \ image \ Alice \” folder, and if it is a picture of “George”, “C: \ image \ George”. \ "Folder.

  If it is not possible to specify in step S24 (No), a storage location setting request is made in step S25. Here, a button with a user name that already has a folder and a new registration button are displayed and identified as the user of the pressed button. In the case of a new user, a screen for inputting a name is displayed. For example, when a new user name “Bob” is registered, a folder “C: \ image \ Bob \” is generated. In this way, the file is saved in the specified folder, and the storage location is recorded in the storage location information of the DB (step S26).

  Next, in step S27, the presence / absence of shooting date / time information is confirmed. For example, Exif shooting date / time information is checked to check whether date / time data is included therein. If the shooting date / time information is not included (No), a shooting date / time setting request is made (step S28). For example, a method of displaying a calendar and letting the user specify the date when the image was taken, or displaying a numeric panel on the screen and setting the date from there can be considered. In the case of Yes in step S27 or No, in step S29 via step S28, the shooting date / time information is recorded in the DB. Next, in step S30, the presence / absence of shooting location information is confirmed. As described above, this can be performed by examining the shooting date / time information of Exif and checking whether the latitude / longitude information is included therein. If the shooting date / time information is not included (No), a shooting location setting request is made in step S31.

  However, in this process, nothing may be set depending on the user's intention. When setting, you can display a map on the screen, ask the user to point to the shooting location, and acquire the latitude and longitude information of that location, or enter the latitude and longitude information directly as numerical values It is also possible to set the location with characters (for example, “Kyoto, Arashiyama”). In order to display a map or acquire latitude / longitude information and a place name from a point, it is preferable that “geographic information” is stored in the storage unit 7. Alternatively, the geographic information may be acquired from a server connected to the Internet and storing the geographic information. Alternatively, if there is a server on the Internet that returns the place name information from the latitude and longitude information, the server may be accessed to receive geographical information.

  Eventually, the place name information may be stored in the database DB as text data, or it is configured so that geographic information acquisition processing can be performed so that the place name can be easily extracted from the latitude / longitude information. The place name may be retrieved at any time by recording it in the DB. In this way, the shooting location is recorded in the database (step S32).

  Next, the image direction is set in step S33. For example, when photo data is displayed, a button that can change the direction to the lower side of the photo may be displayed graphically, or may be a hardware button. With this button, the user can correct in the correct direction. For example, if the button always rotates the display by 90 degrees to the right each time it is pressed, it is displayed in the same direction as the first after one rotation (360 degrees) by pressing four times. If the user does not operate the button, it is determined that the vertical direction is correct in the current display direction, and the “image direction” information included in the Exif information is recorded in the database DB. When the button is operated, information on the operated direction is recorded in the database DB (step S34).

  Here, the direction information recorded in the database DB is represented by numbers from “0 to 3” in FIG. 5, “0” is no change, “1” is 90 degrees to the right, and “2” is to the right ( Left) 180 degrees, “3” means right 270 degrees (left 90 degrees). Although recording with this numerical value is not limitedly interpreted, it is preferable to record the direction information with a simple numerical value in order to reduce the occupied capacity of the DB.

  Through the above process, the sorting process by creating the list is completed (step S35). If a plurality of photos are registered, this can be dealt with by repeating the above sorting process.

  In FIG. 5, the photo direction is recorded in the database DB, but the photo data itself is re-saved in the direction set by the user so that the stored photo direction can always be determined to be correct. good. Alternatively, by updating the image direction information of the Exif information, the image direction of the Exif information may be read and corrected each time during display.

  Note that the shooting location setting process is an optional process and may not be set by the user, but it is preferable that the shooting date and time be set only for the month and month. If it is not set, it is excluded from display candidates.

  Further, data for specifying the sender is not essential. If no data specifying the sender is attached, it is possible to consolidate the storage destinations of the photo data in one place. For example, all data can be stored in the “C: \ image \” folder. In that case, the storage location information may not exist in the database DB. However, storage location information is required when referring directly to external storage destination photo data from the communication unit 17 or the like.

  Furthermore, the image data acquired by the communication unit is not limited to a server such as a home PC in which an electronic calendar is installed, but may be a server on the Internet. It is also possible to share one image data saved in your electronic calendar with multiple electronic calendars, or give a picture you own to another person's electronic calendar. is there.

  By making it possible to specify the sender, it is possible to display only a photo of a specific user from among many registered photos. However, it is possible to make all the registered photo data to be displayed without specifying the sender.

  Further, the storage location information may be only the user name information, and the photos may be stored in one place. That is, all the photo data is stored in the image folder, and the sender of each photo can be recorded in the database DB.

  Next, sorting processing by folders will be described with reference to FIGS. The storage unit stores a folder having a structure as shown in FIG. In the data configuration shown in FIG. 7, for example, 12 folders from 1 to 12 are included in one root folder. The folders 1 to 12 correspond to the period from January to December, and folder 1 includes abc001. jpg, abc002. jpg,..., xyz0001. The image data photographed in January up to jpg is stored, and the folder 12 stores mmm001. jpg, ppp002. jpg,..., bbb0001. Stores image data taken in December up to jpg. Hereinafter, the data sorting process in the case of having such a data configuration will be described with reference to FIG. In step S41, when the electronic calendar receives the data photo, the presence / absence of photo date / time information relating to the photo received in step S42 is determined. This is a process for checking whether or not Exif shooting date / time information is included and date / time data is included therein.

  If there is photo information (Yes), the process proceeds to step S43, where it is stored in the same month folder, and the process ends (step S48).

  If No in step S42, that is, if no photo information is included, a shooting date / time setting request is made. This is, for example, a process of displaying a calendar and specifying the date when the image was taken, or displaying a numeric panel on the screen and setting the date from there. The photograph data is displayed in step S45, the storage location setting request is displayed in step S46, the image is stored in the set month folder in step S47, and the sorting process is terminated in step S48. The saving process is a process for saving in the month recorded in Exif. When it is set by the user, it is saved in the set month folder. When displaying, the folder corresponding to the current month may be searched. This completes the folder sorting process.

  The direction of the image is not specifically mentioned, but as shown in the sorting by the above list, the photograph can be displayed so that the user can change the direction. May be overwritten and stored in the correct data direction.

Although there is no particular mention of the identification of the sender, a folder with a sender name is created in the root folder (for example, “Alice”, “Bob”, etc.) as in the above-described sorting by the list, and 1 in each folder. ~ 12 folders may be generated and stored for each sender. If a folder is stored for each sender and saved, it is possible to use a mode in which only photo data of a specific sender is displayed.
The photo search may be an all-photo search, but by creating and sorting (organizing) folders every month as described above, search processing and the like can be performed quickly.

  As explained above, according to the electronic calendar according to the present embodiment, the user looks at the picture of the calendar and is nostalgic such as “Oh, I went to Okinawa two years ago this time”. You can appreciate it. Opportunities will be provided for effective viewing of photos that were simply taken and stored.

  In addition, as the display of the decoration area, it is possible to use a photo that matches the season and has been taken by the user in the past, so that the photograph can be enjoyed with a sense of nostalgia.

  The present invention can be used for an electronic calendar. The electronic calendar can also be applied to a mobile phone or a PDA.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the example of 1 structure of the electronic calendar by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of an external appearance structure of the electronic calendar by this Embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of the display process in the 1-month mode which displays the calendar body for 1 month. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of a process in the case of 2 month display mode. It is a table which shows the data structural example of the relevant information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of the data classification process in the electronic calendar apparatus by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the folder structure of a memory | storage part. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of a data classification process in the case of having the data structure shown in FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electronic calendar, 3 ... Display part, 5 ... Operation part, 7 ... Memory | storage part, 11 ... Control part, 15 ... Reception part, 17 ... Communication part.

Claims (13)

A display unit;
An electronic calendar comprising: a calendar main body display corresponding to the display unit based on current month information; and a display control unit that performs control to display an image photographed in the same month as the current month. A display unit;
A storage unit for storing images;
A display control unit that performs calendar body display corresponding to the display unit based on current month information, and performs control to acquire and display an image captured in the same month as the current month information from the storage unit An electronic calendar characterized by A display unit;
A display control unit that performs calendar body display corresponding to the display unit based on current month information, and performs control to acquire and display an image captured in the same month as the current month information from the outside. An electronic calendar.   The electronic calendar according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein shooting information is added to the image.   5. The electronic calendar according to claim 1, wherein the current month information is irrelevant to a year.   The electronic calendar according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the display control unit narrows down the image data to be displayed on the display unit based on current date information.   The display control unit displays a calendar body for a plurality of consecutive months in the screen of the display unit, and displays an image taken in the same month as the current month information from the plurality of months. The electronic calendar according to any one of claims 1 to 6.   8. The electronic calendar according to claim 1, wherein when the shooting time information related to the shooting month is added to the image to be displayed, the information related to the shooting time information is also displayed.   The electronic calendar according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the images are sorted and stored in folders corresponding to months from 1 to 12, regardless of a shooting year. The electronic calendar according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
An electronic calendar system, comprising: a photographing device that sends information at the time of photographing to a photographed image with respect to the electronic calendar. A display unit;
A method for selecting and displaying an image in an electronic calendar having a display control unit for performing control to display an image photographed in the same month as the current month while performing calendar body display corresponding to the display unit based on current month information There,
Acquiring an image;
When the acquired image is attached with shooting time information, based on the shooting time information, if the current month falls, the step of storing in the storage unit as a display target candidate and the storage unit A method for selecting and displaying an image, comprising: prompting selection by performing display for selecting a display target image based on current month information from the image.   The program for making a computer perform the step described in Claim 11.   A content-readable recording medium storing the program according to claim 12.

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