JP2016106311A - Electronic apparatus, display control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus, a display control method, and a program with which visibility of an important part in an image and operability of an indication index can be secured, even when the indication index is displayed on the image without damaging the important part of the image and impairing the operability.SOLUTION: In a case where an indication index (icon or operation button) a is displayed overlapped on a face part of a person's image: in the illustration, in a case where the indication index a indicating "return" is displayed overlapped on the face part, when a left-end side of a camera body is gripped with the left hand, display of the indication index is controlled. The position of the indication index a is changed so that the indication index a is brought to a side closer to the other operating hand: in the illustration, on the right side of the face part, at a position not overlapped on the face part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device including a display unit, a display control method, and a program.

  In general, in an electronic device having a display unit such as a portable terminal device or a digital camera, instructions such as icons and buttons that can be operated while a captured image is reproduced and displayed on the display unit When an indicator is displayed overlaid on an image, a part of the image (display content) is hidden by the indication of the indication indicator, so that the indication indicator is transparently displayed or reduced in size. Is disclosed. For example, a technology has been disclosed in which when a navigation device detects that icons overlap each other on a map, the icons are displayed transparently or reduced so as to avoid the overlapping state. (See Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-866333 A

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1 described above, even if the overlap of icons on the map can be avoided, there remains a problem that a part of the image is hidden by the icon display. . Therefore, in order to avoid hiding important parts (for example, feature parts) of the image by displaying instruction indices such as icons, for example, the instruction index is moved to the end (for example, corner) of the screen. However, if the indicator is moved to the edge of the screen, the user will move the line of sight from the center position of the screen and operate the indicator. In addition to leaving the line of sight away from the important parts of the camera, it may impair the operability. Further, even if the indication index is always displayed at the end of the screen, the indication indicator does not necessarily overlap the important part of the image.

  It is an object of the present invention to improve the visibility of the important part in the image and the operability of the indication index without impairing the important part of the image or impairing the operability even if the indication index is displayed in the image. It is to be able to secure.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the electronic device of the present invention
An electronic device including a display unit for displaying an image and an instruction index,
Position specifying means for specifying the position of an important part in an image displayed on the display unit;
Display state determining means for determining whether or not the position of the important part specified by the position specifying means and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
When it is determined by the display state determining means that the position of the important part in the image and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner, the display state determining means, depending on the type of the image or the type of the important part, Display control means for controlling the display of the indicator so that an important part in the image is not hidden,
An electronic device characterized by comprising:

In order to solve the above-described problem, the display control method of the present invention provides:
A process of specifying the position of an important part in the image displayed on the display unit capable of displaying the image and the indication index;
A process of determining whether or not the position of the identified important part and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
When it is determined that the position of the important part in the image is overlapped with the position of the indication index, the important part of the image is determined in a different manner depending on the type of the image or the type of the important part. A process for controlling the display of the indicator so as not to be hidden,
Is a display control method characterized by including.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the program of the present invention
Against the computer,
A function for specifying the position of the important part of the image displayed on the display unit capable of displaying the image and the indication index;
A function of determining whether or not the position of the identified important part and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
When it is determined that the position of the important part in the image is overlapped with the position of the indication index, the important part of the image is determined in a different manner depending on the type of the image or the type of the important part. A function to control the display of the indicator so as not to hide,
It is a program for realizing.

  According to the present invention, even if the indication index is displayed on the image, the visibility of the important part in the image and the operability of the indication index are not affected without impairing the important part of the image or impairing the operability. Can be ensured, and both visibility and operability can be achieved, which is highly practical.

The block diagram which showed the basic component of the digital camera applied as an electronic device. The flowchart which showed the reproduction | regeneration process started when it switches to reproduction | regeneration mode by operation of the mode change key 4a. The flowchart following the operation | movement of FIG. The flowchart following the operation | movement of FIG. The flowchart following the operation | movement of FIG. (1), (2) is a diagram exemplifying display control of an indicator (movement of an indicator) when an important part in a still image is a human face. (1), (2) is a diagram exemplifying display control of an instruction index (translucent display of an instruction index) in a case where an important part in a moving image is a part where there are many changes. The figure for demonstrating another display example as a modification of this embodiment. The figure for demonstrating another example of a display as a modification of this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The present embodiment exemplifies a case where the present invention is applied to an imaging apparatus (digital camera) as an electronic device, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing basic components of the imaging apparatus (digital camera).
This digital camera is a digital compact camera that can shoot still images as well as moving images. In addition to basic functions such as imaging and timekeeping functions, any recorded and saved captured images can be read and played back arbitrarily. It has an image playback function. The control unit 1 operates by supplying power from the power source unit (secondary battery) 2 and controls the overall operation of the digital camera in accordance with various programs in the storage unit 3. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory (not shown) are provided.

  The storage unit 3 includes, for example, a ROM, a flash memory, and the like, and stores programs and various applications for realizing the present embodiment in accordance with operation procedures shown in FIGS. A program memory 3a, a work memory 3b for temporarily storing various information (for example, flags) necessary for the operation of the digital camera, an image memory 3c for recording and saving a photographed image, etc. ing. The storage unit 3 may include a removable portable memory (recording medium) such as an SD card or an IC card, and is connected to a network via a communication function (not shown). In the state, a storage area on a predetermined server device side may be included.

  The operation unit 4 includes, as push button keys, a mode change key 4a for arbitrarily switching between a shooting mode for enabling shooting and a playback mode for reproducing a shot image, and a shutter for instructing start of shooting. The key unit 4b includes various keys (not shown) for setting shooting conditions such as exposure and shutter speed, and the control unit 1 performs an input operation output from the operation unit 4 corresponding to the operation key. In accordance with the signal, for example, mode change processing, shooting processing, shooting condition setting processing, and the like are performed.

  Although not shown, the imaging unit 5 constitutes a camera unit capable of photographing a subject with high definition by forming a subject image from an optical lens on an imaging element (CCD, CMOS, etc.). (For example, a zoom lens), an image sensor, a strobe, various sensors, an analog processing unit, and a digital processing unit. The photoelectrically converted image signal (analog value signal) is separated for each color component or RGB color component. After gain adjustment and the like, it is converted into digital value data. The digitally converted image data is subjected to color interpolation processing (demosaic processing) and is displayed in full color on the touch display unit 6. In the present embodiment, an optical zoom function process, a digital zoom function, an auto focus process (AF process), an exposure adjustment process (AE process), an auto white balance adjustment process (AWB), an image compression process, an image restoration process, etc. It is executable.

  The touch display unit 6 has a configuration in which a touch panel 6b is stacked on a display panel 6a. The display panel 6a is, for example, a high-definition liquid crystal display or an organic EL display having screens having different aspect ratios (width 4: height 3). Electro Luminescence) A monitor screen that displays a captured image (live view image) or a playback screen that reproduces the captured image. The touch panel 6b constitutes a touch screen that detects a position touched by a photographer's finger and inputs coordinate data, and employs, for example, a capacitance method or a resistance film method. Other methods may be used.

  Note that the touch operation described above is not limited to a touch operation that directly touches a finger or pen on the touch panel 6b, but as an operation that approximates the touch operation, for example, a capacitance change due to the approach or movement of the finger or pen Or it means that non-contact operation which detects the position of a finger | toe or a pen according to a brightness change etc. is included. That is, not only a contact-type touch panel that detects a contact operation but also a non-contact type touch panel or an operation detection device that detects a non-contact operation, but in the present embodiment, as a touch operation, a contact-type touch panel The case where the contact operation above was illustrated is shown.

  In a state where an arbitrary image is displayed on the touch display unit 6, the control unit 1 is configured so that an important part (for example, a characteristic part) of the displayed image is not hidden by the display of the indication index. The display of the indication index is controlled. Here, the instruction index is an icon or button that can be operated, and is an index that indicates a file content, a software function, or the like. In addition, in the present embodiment, the display control of the instruction index is to change the display position of the instruction index or to perform semi-transparent display so that an important part of the displayed image is not hidden by the instruction index. Of course, this is not a limitation.

  When the camera body (housing) is gripped with one hand, the gripping state detection unit 7 is touched with an indication index (icon, operation button, etc.) on the touch display unit 6 with the other hand. Or in the state where the camera body is gripped with one hand, when the indication indicator on the touch display unit 6 is touch-operated with the thumb of the gripping hand, whether the gripping state is gripped by the right hand, It is a sensor which detects whether it is grasped by the left hand. For example, the gripping state detection unit 7 has a configuration including a touch sensor or an optical sensor (not shown) disposed in a region that is likely to be gripped on the outer surface of the camera body, and the gripping state of the camera body Based on the detection result, the control unit 1 controls the display of the instruction index displayed on the touch display unit 6. In other words, the control unit 1 controls the display of the instruction index so that the important part of the image being displayed is not hidden by the instruction index. Control is performed to change the display position of the indication index so that the indication index comes closer.

  Next, the operation concept of the digital camera in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, each function described in these flowcharts is stored in the form of a readable program code, and operations according to the program code are sequentially executed. Further, it is possible to sequentially execute the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via a transmission medium such as a network. In other words, in addition to the recording medium, an operation unique to the present embodiment can be executed using a program / data supplied externally via a transmission medium.

2 to 5 are flowcharts showing a reproduction process that is started when the mode is switched to the reproduction mode by operating the mode change key 4a.
First, the control unit 1 checks whether or not the playback mode has been canceled by operating the mode change key 4a (step A1). Now, when the shooting mode is switched to the playback mode (NO in step A1), a list of shot images recorded and stored in the image memory 3c is displayed, and any image is selected as a playback target by a user operation. When an image selection operation is performed (step A2), it is checked whether the selected image is a still image (step A3). When the still image is selected for reproduction (YES in step A3), the still image is touched. It displays on the display part 6 (step A4).

  Then, it is checked whether the display control completion flag is turned on (step A5). This display controlled flag is a controlled flag indicating that the display of the instruction index is controlled so that the important part of the image is not hidden by the instruction index during the past image reproduction, and is selected as a reproduction target. It is stored in the image memory 3c in association with the image. At the time of the first playback after shooting, the display control completion flag is not turned on (NO in step A5). Therefore, by analyzing the still image selected as the playback target (step A6), It is checked whether or not there is a person's face in the image (step A7). Such person recognition is a technique that is generally used in cameras, and in this embodiment, the well-known technique is used. Therefore, the specific description thereof will be omitted. .

  If the face of the person is not included in the image (NO in step A7), the process proceeds to step A16 in FIG. 3, and the still image is displayed based on the default display information of the instruction index stored in association with the image. To display. The default display information is information related to the display of the indication index, and indicates a predetermined display position and display form (such as transparency). Then, the flow proceeds to the flow of FIG. 2 to check whether or not the reproduction end is instructed by the user operation for the displayed image (step A19). If the reproduction end is not instructed (NO in step A19), the standby state is entered. However, when the end of reproduction is instructed (YES in step A19), the process returns to the first step A1.

  On the other hand, if a person's face is included in the image (YES in step A7), the person's face part (face display area) is detected and the face part is specified as an important part in the image (step S7). A8). When the important part in the image is specified in this way, the process proceeds to step A9 in FIG. 3, the default display information of the instruction index stored in association with the image is read, the display position of the important part and the display of the instruction index By comparing with the position (step A10), it is checked whether or not the two (important part, instruction index) overlap (step A11).

  If the instruction index does not overlap an important part in the image (NO in step A11), the process proceeds to step A16 in FIG. 3, and the instruction index is displayed in the image based on the default display information. If the instruction index overlaps the important part (face part) in the image (YES in step A11), the detection result (the gripping state of the camera body) is acquired from the gripping state detection unit 7 (step A12), An indication index is displayed at a position that does not overlap the important part in the image (a position that does not hide the important part) and at a position corresponding to the gripping state of the camera body (step A13).

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a case where an indication index (operation button) is displayed at a position that does not overlap with an important part in an image and at a position corresponding to the gripping state of the camera body. FIG. 6A shows a case where the face portion of a human image (still image) is located at the center of the screen and the operation button a as an instruction index is displayed superimposed on the face portion area. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a case where an operation button a instructing “return” is displayed superimposed on the face portion, and a state where the left end side of the camera body is gripped by the left hand. FIG. 6 (2) shows that the operation button (indicating index) a is in a position that does not overlap the face portion and close to the other hand to be operated, that is, in the illustrated example, the right side of the face portion. Thus, it is the figure which illustrated the case where the position of the directions index was changed. As a result, the operation button (indicating index) a is moved and displayed in a direction that is easy to operate.
It should be noted that the operation button (indicating indicator) a may be on the side closer to the thumb of the gripped hand, that is, on the left side of the face portion in the illustrated example, and close to the other hand to be operated. It may be possible to set the side or the side close to the thumb of the gripping hand.

  After the instruction index is displayed in this way, display information (information including the display position of the instruction index) is generated based on the display state of the instruction index, and is associated with the still image in the image memory 3c. While storing (step A14), the display control completion flag of the indication index is turned on and stored in the image memory 3c in association with the still image (step A15). Then, the flow proceeds to the flow of FIG. 2, and it is checked whether or not the reproduction end is instructed by the user operation on the displayed image (step A19).

  Here, when the end of playback is instructed (YES in step A19), the process returns to the first step A1, and it is possible to select another image as a playback target on condition that the playback mode is set (NO in step A1). (Step A2). Here, when the display control completion flag of the instruction index stored in association with the selected image is turned on (YES in step A5), the display information of the instruction index stored in association with the selected image is read out. (Step A17), the indication index is displayed according to the display information (Step A18). For example, when the default display position of the indication index overlaps with the face part as shown in FIG. 6 (1), as shown in FIG. 6 (2), the other position to be operated is the position that does not overlap with the face part. It is displayed so that the indicator will come closer to the hand. Next, it is checked whether or not the reproduction end is instructed by the user operation for the displayed image (step A19). When the reproduction end is instructed (YES in step A19), the process returns to the first step A1.

  Now, when another image is selected as a reproduction target and the selected image is not a still image, that is, when a moving image is selected as a reproduction target (NO in step A3), the process proceeds to step A20 in FIG. Then, playback of the selected image is started. Then, it is checked whether or not the display control completion flag of the instruction index stored in association with the image is on (step A21). Now, at the time of the first playback after shooting, the display-controlled flag is not turned on (NO in step A21), so by analyzing the moving image being played back (step A22), a change is made in the moving image. It is checked whether there is a part with a large amount (step A23), or whether a human face is included (step A27).

  If the moving image does not include a portion with a large amount of change (NO in step A23) and does not include a human face (NO in step A27), the process proceeds to step A37 in FIG. Is displayed in the moving image based on the default display information. Then, it is checked whether the playback end is instructed by the user operation for the displayed image or the playback end is instructed when the playback to the end of the moving image is completed (step A35), and the playback end is instructed. If not (NO in step A35), the process proceeds to step A22 in FIG. 4 to perform image analysis. However, when the end of reproduction is instructed (YES in step A35), the process returns to the first step A1.

  If the moving image includes a portion with a large amount of change (YES in step A23), on the condition that the portion with a large amount of change is continuously detected for a predetermined time (a predetermined number of frames), The part with the large amount of change is specified as an important part (step A24). Here, the part with a large amount of change is, for example, a person dancing, a moving animal, a running car, and the like. If a person is included in the moving image (YES in step A27), the face part is determined to be an important part on condition that the face part is continuously detected for a predetermined time (a predetermined number of frames). (Step A28). Although not shown in the figure, when a portion having a large amount of change or a face portion is not detected continuously for a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds), the process proceeds to step A37 in FIG.

  After specifying the important part in the image in this way, the default display information of the instruction index stored in association with the image is read (step A25), and the display position of the important part of the image and the instruction index is compared. (Step A26). Then, the process proceeds to step A29 in FIG. 5. As a result of the comparison between the important part of the image and the display position of the instruction index, it is checked whether or not they overlap. If the instruction index does not overlap the important part of the image (in step A29). NO), the process proceeds to step A37 described above, and the indication index is displayed in the image based on the default display information. If the indication index overlaps the important part of the image (YES in step A29), the important part of the image is displayed. It is checked whether or not it is a face part (step A30).

  If the important part of the image is not a face part, that is, if the important part is a part with a large amount of change (NO in step A30), the indication index is displayed semi-transparently at its default position (step A36). For example, FIGS. 7A and 7B are operation buttons (indicating indicators) for instructing “return” to the chest part of a person when the person who is dancing in the moving image is identified as an important part. The case where a is overlapped is shown. FIG. 7 (3) shows a case where the operation button (instruction index) a is displayed in a semi-transparent manner so that the person who is an important part is not hidden. Then, based on the display state of the instruction index, display information (such as the transparency of the instruction index) is generated, stored in the image memory 3c in association with the moving image (step A33), and display control of the instruction index The completed flag is turned on and stored in the image memory 3c in association with the moving image (step A34).

  If the important part of the image is a face part (YES in Step A30), the detection result (the gripping state of the camera body) is acquired from the gripping state detection unit 7 as in the case of the still image described above (Step S30). A31), an indication index is displayed at a position that does not overlap an important part of the image and according to the gripping state of the camera body (step A32). Then, based on the display state of the instruction index, display information (such as the display position of the instruction index) is generated and stored in the image memory 3c in association with the moving image (step A33), and the display of the instruction index is already controlled. The flag is turned on and stored in the image memory 3c in association with the moving image (step A34). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step A35 described above, and it is checked whether or not the reproduction end is instructed for the displayed image. If the reproduction end is not instructed (NO in step A35), the process proceeds to step A22 in FIG. If the end of reproduction is instructed (YES in step A35), the process returns to the first step A1.

  On the other hand, when the display control completion flag of the instruction index stored in association with the selected moving image is turned on (YES in step A21 in FIG. 4), the instruction index stored in association with the selected image. Is displayed (step A38), and the indication index is displayed according to the display information (step A39). For example, as shown in FIG. 7 (3), when a person who is dancing in a moving image is specified as an important part, the operation button (indicating indicator) a is half-cut so that the person who is the important part is not hidden. Displayed by transparency. Next, it is checked whether or not the playback end is instructed by the user operation for the moving image being displayed, or whether or not the playback end is instructed when the playback to the end of the moving image is completed (step A40). If not instructed (NO in step A40), the process proceeds to step A38, but if the end of reproduction is instructed (YES in step A40), the process returns to the first step A1. Here, when the reproduction mode is canceled (YES in step A1), the flow of FIGS. 2 to 5 ends.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the control unit 1 determines whether or not the instruction index is displayed so as to overlap the important part in the image based on the analysis result obtained by analyzing the content of the image displayed on the touch display unit 6. The display of the indicator is controlled so that the important part of the image is not hidden when it is displayed overlapping, so even if the indicator is displayed in the image, the important part of the image Therefore, the visibility of the important part in the image and the operability of the indication index can be ensured without impairing the operability or the operability, and both the visibility and the operability can be achieved.

  When the indication index is superimposed on the important part in the image, the indication indicator is controlled so that the important part is not hidden depending on the type of the image or the type of the important part. The display control of the index is not performed uniformly, but control according to the type of image or the type of important part is possible.

  When the image type is a still image and the indication indicator is superimposed on the important part in the still image, the indication indicator is controlled so that the visibility of the important part in the still image is controlled. And the operability of the indicator can be ensured.

  When the image type is a moving image and the indication index is displayed over the important part in the moving image, the indication of the indication index is controlled, so the visibility of the important part in the moving image is controlled. And the operability of the indicator can be ensured.

  Since the face portion shown in the image is used as the type of the important portion in the image, the face portion such as a person can be prevented from being hidden.

  As the type of the important part in the moving image that is the type in the image, it is a part with a large amount of change, so that the part with a large amount of change is not hidden, such as a person dancing or an animal moving around Can do.

  Since the display position of the instruction index is moved so that the important part in the image is not hidden, it is possible to cope without changing the appearance or form of the instruction index.

  Since the display position of the indication index is moved based on the gripping state of the camera body detected by the gripping state detection unit 7, the indication index is on the side close to the thumb of the other hand to be operated or the gripping hand. It can be moved as it comes, improving operability.

  Since the indication index is transparently displayed so that the important part in the image is not hidden, it is possible to ensure the visibility of the important part without changing the relative positional relationship between the important part in the image and the indication index. This is possible and eliminates the need to move the line of sight.

  Based on the analysis result of the moving image, if there is an important part in the moving image continuously for a predetermined time, if the indication index is displayed over the important part, the instruction is displayed while the moving image is displayed. Since the index is not frequently displayed, the display does not flicker or become difficult to see.

  When the display of the instruction index is controlled, display information relating to the control is stored and held in the image memory 3c in association with the image, and is stored and held in association with the image when the image is reproduced next time. For example, if the display of the instruction index is controlled by image analysis at the time of the first playback, the display of the instruction index is controlled at the next playback without performing image analysis or the like. Display control similar to that at the time of first reproduction is possible, and the burden on the control unit 1 can be reduced along with reproducibility.

  In the above-described embodiment, the display position of the instruction index is based on the gripping state of the camera body detected by the gripping state detection unit 7 when the instruction index is displayed so as to overlap an important part in the image. However, when the indication index is displayed so as to overlap an important part in the image, the indication indicator may be moved in a direction in which the movement amount is small. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a case where the instruction index is moved in a direction with a small movement amount.

  FIG. 8 (1) shows a case where the operation button a is displayed as an indication index in the area of the face part (important part) in the still image as in the case of FIG. 6 (1) described above. It is a figure. FIGS. 8 (2) and 8 (3) are diagrams for explaining a detection method for detecting a direction with a small amount of movement of the indication index, and are equally spaced at 45 ° from the center position of the operation button (indication indicator) a. 8 directions that spread radially are identified, and the distances from the face part (important part) to the position that deviates along the 8 directions are respectively measured. FIG. 8 (3) identifies the position with the shortest distance (the position with the smallest amount of movement) by comparing the measurement results measured corresponding to the eight directions, and an operation button (indicating indicator) at that specific position. It is the figure which showed the case where a was moved.

  In this way, when the indication index is displayed so as to overlap the important part in the image, if the indication index is moved in the direction in which the movement amount is small, the indication index can be displayed at a position outside the important part, It is possible to move near the default position of the indicator.

  In the above-described embodiment, the display position of the instruction index is moved or the instruction index is displayed semi-transparently so that the important part in the image is not hidden, but the display position of the instruction index is not changed. You may make it miniaturize in the original position. FIG. 9 is a diagram exemplifying a case where the indication index is reduced, and FIG. 9 (1) is a region of the face part (important part) in the still image as in the case of FIG. 6 (1) described above. It is the figure which showed the case where the operation button a was overlaid and displayed as an instruction | indication parameter | index inside. FIG. 9B is a display example when the entire display is reduced (downsized) in a state where the indication index is superimposed on the face portion.

  9 (3) is similar to the case of FIGS. 7 (1) and (2) described above, when a person who dances in a moving image (a part with a large amount of change) is specified as an important part. This shows a case where an operation button (indicating index) a for instructing “return” is displayed over the person's chest. FIG. 9 (4) is a display example when the whole is reduced (downsized) and displayed in the state where the instruction index overlaps the portion of the person with a large amount of change. 9 (2) or 9 (4) exemplifies the case where the indication index is displayed in a reduced size, for example, 2/3 size, but this is reduced in size to 1/2 size or 1/3 size. Alternatively, it may be reduced and displayed at a size arbitrarily designated by a user operation.

  In this way, when the indication index is displayed so as to overlap the important part in the image, the indication index is reduced and displayed at that position, so that the amount of the important part hidden by the indication index can be reduced. .

  In the above-described embodiment, the display of the indication index is controlled by analyzing the image at the time of the first reproduction after shooting and determining whether the indication index overlaps an important part in the image based on the analysis result. In this case, display information related to the control is stored and held in association with the image, and the display of the instruction index is controlled by display information stored and held in association with the image at the next reproduction of the image. However, every time an image to be reproduced is selected, image analysis or the like may be performed. This eliminates the need to store and hold display information related to the display control of the instruction index in association with the image.

  In the above-described embodiment, when an indication index is displayed so as to overlap an important part in the image, the indication indicator is moved and displayed or translucently displayed. May be performed. For this, the indication indicator may be miniaturized and translucently displayed, or the indicator indicator may be moved and miniaturized. Further, all of the indication indicator moving display, miniaturized display, and semi-transparent display may be performed. Further, the display control of the instruction index is not limited to the moving display, the miniaturized display, and the semi-transparent display, and may be, for example, monochromatic, simplified, or omitted. In this case, the color and complexity of the important part may be taken into consideration, and monochromatic or simplified.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the display control method (moving display or semi-transparent display) determined in advance when controlling the display of the instruction index is performed, but in real time when the image is displayed. The method of display control may be determined and performed.

In the above-described embodiment, the important part in the image is a face part such as a person or a part with a large amount of change. For example, a subject such as the top of a mountain or a flower part of a plant. It may be a main part determined in advance for each. In this case, the type of the subject is recognized, and the main part may be recognized according to the type.
In addition, the display of the indication index is controlled according to the type (for example, size, color, position, etc.) of the indication index, not limited to the case where the indication index display is controlled according to the type of the image or the type of the important part. You may do it.

  In the above-described embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to a digital camera as an electronic device has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a personal computer with a picture reproduction function, a PDA (personal portable information communication device), a music player, It may be a mobile phone such as a tablet terminal device / smartphone, an electronic game, or the like.

  Further, the “apparatus” and “unit” shown in the above-described embodiments may be separated into a plurality of cases by function, and are not limited to a single case. In addition, each step described in the above-described flowchart is not limited to time-series processing, and a plurality of steps may be processed in parallel or separately.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and includes the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.
Hereinafter, the invention described in the claims of the present application will be appended.
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(Claim 1)
The invention described in claim 1
An electronic device including a display unit for displaying an image and an instruction index,
Position specifying means for specifying the position of an important part in an image displayed on the display unit;
Display state determining means for determining whether or not the position of the important part specified by the position specifying means and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
When it is determined by the display state determination means that the position of the important part in the image and the position of the indication index are displayed overlappingly, the indication index is displayed so that the important part in the image is not hidden. Display control means for controlling;
An electronic device characterized by comprising:
(Claim 2)
The invention according to claim 2 is the electronic apparatus according to claim 1,
When the display state determining means determines that the position of the important part in the image and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner, the display control means responds to the type of the image or the type of the important part. Control the display of the indicator indicator,
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 3)
The invention according to claim 3 is the electronic device according to claim 1 or 2,
The display control means controls the display of the indication index when the type of the image is a still image and the position of the important part in the still image is displayed overlapping with the position of the indication index.
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 4)
The invention according to claim 4 is the electronic device according to claim 1 or 2,
The display control means controls the display of the instruction index when the type of the image is a moving image and the position of the important part in the moving image is displayed overlapping with the position of the instruction index.
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 5)
The invention according to claim 5 is the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The type of the important part in the image is a face part in the image,
This is an electronic device.
(Claim 6)
The invention according to claim 6 is the electronic device according to any one of claims 1, 2, or 4,
The type of the image is a moving image, and the type of the important part in the moving image is a portion with a large amount of change.
This is an electronic device.
(Claim 7)
The invention according to claim 7 is the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The display control means moves the display position of the indication index so that an important part in the image is not hidden.
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 8)
The invention according to claim 8 is the electronic device according to claim 7,
A gripping state determining means for determining a gripping state in which the apparatus main body is gripped;
The display control means moves the display position of the instruction index based on the gripping state determined by the gripping state determination means;
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 9)
The invention according to claim 9 is the electronic device according to claim 7,
The display control means moves in a direction with a small amount of movement when moving the display position of the indication index so that an important part in the image is not hidden.
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 10)
The invention according to claim 10 is the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The display control means transparently displays an instruction index so that an important part in the image is not hidden.
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 11)
The invention according to claim 11 is the electronic apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The display control means displays the instruction index in a small size so that the important part is not hidden,
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 12)
According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic device according to the first aspect, the second aspect, the fourth aspect, or the sixth aspect,
The type of the image is a moving image,
The display state discriminating unit displays an indication index overlapping the important part when the important part exists in the moving image continuously for a predetermined time based on the analysis result of the moving image by the analyzing unit. To determine whether or not
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 13)
The invention according to claim 13 is the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
When the display control unit controls the display of the indication index, the display unit includes a holding unit that stores and holds display information related to the control in association with the image,
The display control means controls the display of the indication index by the display information held in the holding means in association with the image at the next reproduction of the image.
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 14)
The invention according to claim 14 is the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
The analysis means analyzes the content of the image displayed on the display unit each time an image to be reproduced is selected,
The display state discriminating unit displays a predetermined important part in the image based on the analysis result by the analyzing unit every time an image to be reproduced is selected, and an indication index overlaps the important part. To determine whether or not
Each time the display control unit selects an image to be reproduced, if the display state determination unit determines that the indication index is displayed so as to overlap the important part in the image, the display control unit Control the display of the indicator so that is not hidden,
This is an electronic device that is characterized as described above.
(Claim 15)
The invention according to claim 15 is the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
An important part determining means for determining whether an important part exists in the screen,
When the important part determining means determines that there is an important part in the screen, the position specifying means specifies the position of the important part in the image displayed on the display unit, and the display state determining means Determines whether the position of the important part specified by the position specifying means and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner,
An electronic device characterized by that.
(Claim 16)
The invention described in claim 16
Identifying the position of the important part in the image displayed on the display unit capable of displaying the image and the indication index;
Determining whether the position of the identified important part and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
When it is determined that the position of the important part in the image and the position of the indication index are displayed overlapping, the display of the indication index so as not to hide the important part of the image,
Is a display control method characterized by including.
(Claim 17)
The invention described in claim 17
Against the computer,
A function for specifying the position of the important part of the image displayed on the display unit capable of displaying the image and the indication index;
A function of determining whether or not the position of the identified important part and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
A function for controlling the display of the instruction index so that the important part of the image is not hidden when it is determined that the position of the important part in the image and the position of the instruction index are displayed overlapping;
It is a program for realizing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 3 Memory | storage part 3a Program memory 3c Image memory 4 Operation part 5 Imaging part 6 Touch display part 7 Gripping state detection part

In order to solve the above-described problems, the electronic device of the present invention
An electronic device including a display unit for displaying an image and an instruction index,
And specific means you identify key unit content in the image displayed on the display unit,
The type differently depending on the type or a substantial part of the image, so as not hidden important part in the image, a display control unit for controlling display by superposing command indicator to the image,
An electronic device characterized by comprising:

In order to solve the above-described problem, the display control method of the present invention provides:
A process to identify key unit content in the image to be displayed the image and command indicator on the display unit capable of displaying,
The type differently depending on the type or a substantial part of the image, so as not hidden key part of the image, a processing for controlling display by superposing command indicator to the image,
Is a display control method characterized by including.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the program of the present invention
Against the computer,
A function to identify key portion of an image to be displayed the image and command indicator on the display unit capable of displaying,
Differently depending on the type of the type or a substantial part of the image, so as not hidden key part of the image, a function of performing control to display by superposing command indicator to the image,
It is a program for realizing.

Claims (17)

An electronic device including a display unit for displaying an image and an instruction index,
Position specifying means for specifying the position of an important part in an image displayed on the display unit;
Display state determining means for determining whether or not the position of the important part specified by the position specifying means and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
When it is determined by the display state determining means that the position of the important part in the image and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner, the display state determining means uses different methods depending on the type of the image or the type of the important part. Display control means for controlling the display of the indicator so that an important part in the image is not hidden,
An electronic device characterized by comprising: The display control means controls the display of the indication index so that an important part in the image is not hidden by a different method depending on whether the type of the image is a moving image or a still image.
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. The display control means is a method that differs depending on whether the type of the image is a moving image and the type of an important part in the moving image is a face part in the image or a part having a large amount of change. And control the display of the indicator so that the important part in the image is not hidden,
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, which is configured as described above. The type of the image is a moving image,
The display state determining means determines whether or not the indication index is displayed so as to overlap the important portion when the important portion is continuously present in the moving image for a predetermined time.
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is configured as described above. The display control means, as one of the methods for controlling the display, moves the display position of the indication index so that the important part in the image is not hidden,
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is configured as described above. A gripping state determining means for determining a gripping state in which the apparatus main body is gripped;
The display control means moves the display position of the instruction index based on the gripping state determined by the gripping state determination means;
The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic device is configured as described above. The display control means moves in a direction with a small amount of movement when moving the display position of the indication index so that an important part in the image is not hidden.
The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic device is configured as described above. The display control means, as one of the methods for controlling the display, transparently displays the indication index so that the important part in the image is not hidden,
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is configured as described above. The display control means, as one of the methods of controlling the display, displays the instruction index in a small size so that the important part is not hidden,
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is configured as described above. An electronic device including a display unit for displaying an image and an instruction index,
Position specifying means for specifying the position of an important part in an image displayed on the display unit;
Display state determining means for determining whether or not the position of the important part specified by the position specifying means and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
When the display state discriminating means determines that the position of the important part in the image and the position of the indication index are displayed overlappingly, the indication index is transparently displayed so that the important part in the image is not hidden. Display control means for performing control, and
An electronic device characterized by comprising: When the display control unit controls the display of the indication index, the display unit includes a holding unit that stores and holds display information related to the control in association with the image,
The display control means controls the display of the indication index by the display information held in the holding means in association with the image at the next reproduction of the image.
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is configured as described above. The display control means controls the display of the instruction index every time an image is reproduced.
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is configured as described above. An important part determining means for determining whether an important part exists in the screen,
When the important part determining means determines that there is an important part in the screen, the position specifying means specifies the position of the important part in the image displayed on the display unit, and the display state determining means Determines whether the position of the important part specified by the position specifying means and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner,
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is configured as described above. A process of specifying the position of an important part in the image displayed on the display unit capable of displaying the image and the indication index;
A process of determining whether or not the position of the identified important part and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
When it is determined that the position of the important part in the image is overlapped with the position of the indication index, the important part of the image is determined in a different manner depending on the type of the image or the type of the important part. A process for controlling the display of the indicator so as not to be hidden,
A display control method comprising: Against the computer,
A function for specifying the position of the important part of the image displayed on the display unit capable of displaying the image and the indication index;
A function of determining whether or not the position of the identified important part and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
When it is determined that the position of the important part in the image is overlapped with the position of the indication index, the important part of the image is determined in a different manner depending on the type of the image or the type of the important part. A function to control the display of the indicator so as not to hide,
A program to realize A process of specifying the position of an important part in the image displayed on the display unit capable of displaying the image and the indication index;
A process of determining whether or not the position of the identified important part and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
Processing for performing transparent display of the instruction index so that the important part of the image is not hidden when it is determined that the position of the important part in the image and the position of the instruction index are displayed in an overlapping manner; ,
A display control method comprising: Against the computer,
A function for specifying the position of the important part of the image displayed on the display unit capable of displaying the image and the indication index;
A function of determining whether or not the position of the identified important part and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner;
A function of performing transparent display of the indication index so that the important portion of the image is not hidden when it is determined that the position of the important portion in the image and the position of the indication index are displayed in an overlapping manner; ,
A program to realize

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