JP2020149581A - Information processor, information processing method, program and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a technique enabling an easy reuse of a photograph, etc. used by a user.SOLUTION: An information processor includes: switching means configured to switch a page of an electronic album displayed in the screen according to an operation by a user; storage means configured to store, as a history, information on the image added or deleted in each page of the electronic album; and display control means configured to display, in the screen, information showing the history corresponding to the page after switching by the switching means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2A

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, and a storage medium that support the creation of an electronic album.

Conventionally, a technique for automatically creating an electronic album by arranging design elements such as photographs and texts has been known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for displaying a history list of setting information used for editing an image together with an image reflecting the edited content, and facilitating the user to select desired history information. ing.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-200983

However, in an album having a plurality of pages, it is troublesome to search the history list of the edited contents for each page. For this reason, it has been difficult for the user to reuse the photographs and the like used in the past for each page of the album.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of easily reusing photographs and the like used in the past by a user.

In order to solve the above problems, the information processing apparatus of the present invention has a switching means for switching the page of the electronic album displayed on the display means according to the operation of the user, and is added or deleted to each page of the electronic album. It is characterized by having a storage means for storing the image as a history and a display control means for displaying the history corresponding to the page after switching by the switching means on the display means.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily reuse photographs and the like that the user has used in the past.

It is a figure which illustrates the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus. It is a flowchart which illustrates the display process of the history thumbnail. It is a flowchart which illustrates the display process of the history thumbnail. It is a flowchart which illustrates the process of adding an image to the page of an electronic album. It is a figure which illustrates the initial screen of the electronic album editing. It is a figure which shows the screen example by the user operation which turns the page of an electronic album. It is a figure which shows the screen example by the user operation which turns the page of an electronic album. It is a figure which shows the screen example by the user operation which turns the page of an electronic album. It is a figure which shows the screen example which displays the history thumbnail corresponding to a slot. It is a figure which shows the screen example which displays the history thumbnail corresponding to a slot. It is a figure which shows the screen example which shows the state of a focus and an image tray. It is a figure which shows the screen example which shows the state of a focus and an image tray. It is a figure which shows the screen example by the user operation which arranges an additional image in a slot. It is a figure which shows the screen example by the user operation which arranges an additional image in a slot. It is a figure which shows the screen example by the user operation which arranges an additional image in a slot. It is a figure which shows the screen example by the user operation which arranges an additional image in a slot. It is a figure which shows the screen example by the user operation which arranges an additional image in a slot.

<Embodiment>
(Device configuration)
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the information processing device 100 according to the present embodiment. The information processing device 100 is, for example, a personal computer (PC), a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like.

In FIG. 1, the CPU 101, memory 102, non-volatile memory 103, image processing unit 104, display 105, operation unit 106, display control unit 107, recording medium I / F 108, external I / F 109, and communication I with respect to the internal bus 150. / F110 is connected. Each part connected to the internal bus 150 is configured to be able to exchange data with each other via the internal bus 150.

The CPU 101 is a control unit that controls each unit of the information processing device 100, and includes at least one processor or circuit. The memory 102 includes, for example, a RAM (such as a volatile memory using a semiconductor element). The CPU 101 controls each part (switching means, storage means, display control means) of the information processing apparatus 100 by using the memory 102 as a work memory according to a program stored in the non-volatile memory 103, for example.

The non-volatile memory 103 stores image data, other data, various programs for operating the CPU 101, and the like. The non-volatile memory 103 is composed of, for example, a hard disk (HD) or a ROM. The functions and processes of the information processing apparatus 100, which will be described later, are realized by the CPU 101 reading a program stored in the non-volatile memory 103 and executing this program. In the present embodiment, the electronic album creation application program is stored, and by executing this, the processing described below is realized.

Based on the control of the CPU 101, the image processing unit 104 handles various types of image data stored in the non-volatile memory 103 and the recording medium 113, image data acquired via the external I / F 109 and communication I / F 110, and the like. Perform image processing. The image processing performed by the image processing unit 104 includes A / D conversion processing, D / A conversion processing, image data encoding processing, compression processing, decoding processing, enlargement / reduction processing (resizing), noise reduction processing, and color conversion. Processing etc. are included.

The display 105 (display means) displays an image, a GUI screen that constitutes a GUI (Graphical User Interface), and the like based on the control of the CPU 101. The CPU 101 generates a display control signal according to a program, and controls the generation of a video signal to be displayed on the display 105 and the output to the display 105. The information processing device 100 itself may include an interface for outputting a video signal to be displayed on the display 105, and the display 105 may be configured by an external monitor (television or the like).

The operation unit 106 is a character information input device including a keyboard, a microphone, and the like. Further, the operation unit 106 is an input device that accepts user operations, including a pointing device such as a mouse and a touch panel, a button, a dial, a joystick, a touch sensor, and a touch pad.

The display control unit 107 (display control means) controls the display of the display 105. The display control unit 107 generates a video signal to be displayed on the display 105 according to the display control signal generated by the CPU 101, and outputs the video signal to the display 105.

The recording medium I / F 108 (storage means) has a removable recording medium 113 such as a memory card, a CD, or a DVD. The recording medium I / F 108 reads data from the mounted recording medium 113 and writes data to the recording medium 113 based on the control of the CPU 101.

The external I / F 109 is an interface for connecting to an external device by a wired cable (USB cable or the like) or wirelessly to input / output (data communication) a video signal or an audio signal. The communication I / F 110 is an interface for communicating with an external device, the Internet 111, etc., and transmitting / receiving various data such as files and commands (data communication).

The information processing device 100 has a touch panel 112 capable of detecting contact with the display 105 as one of the operation units 106. The touch panel 112 is an input device that is superposed on the display 105 and is configured in a plane so that coordinate information corresponding to the contacted position is output. For example, the touch panel 112 is configured so that the light transmittance does not interfere with the display of the display 105, and is attached to the upper layer of the display surface of the display 105. The input coordinates on the touch panel are associated with the display coordinates on the display 105. As a result, a GUI is realized in which the user can directly operate the screen displayed on the display 105.

The CPU 101 can detect the following operations or states on the touch panel 112.
-A finger or pen that has not touched the touch panel 112 newly touches the touch panel 112, that is, the start of touch (hereinafter referred to as touch-down).
-The touch panel 112 is in a state of being touched with a finger or a pen (hereinafter referred to as "touch-on").
-Movement while touching the touch panel 112 with a finger or a pen (hereinafter referred to as Touch-Move).
-The finger or pen that was touching the touch panel 112 was released. That is, the end of touch (hereinafter referred to as touch-up (Touch-Up)).
-A state in which nothing is touched on the touch panel 112 (hereinafter referred to as touch-off).

When touchdown is detected, it is also detected that it is touch-on. After a touchdown, touch-on usually continues to be detected unless touch-up is detected. The touch move is also detected when the touch on is detected. Even if touch-on is detected, touch move is not detected unless the touch position is moved. After it is detected that all the fingers and pens that have been touched are touched up, the touch is turned off.

The operation / state of the touch panel 112 and the position coordinates of the finger or pen touching on the touch panel 112 are notified to the CPU 101 via the internal bus. The CPU 101 determines what kind of operation (touch operation) has been performed on the touch panel 112 based on the notified information. Regarding the touch move, the moving direction of the finger or pen moving on the touch panel 112 can also be determined for each vertical component and horizontal component on the touch panel 112 based on the change in the position coordinates.

The operation of touching up on the touch panel 112 from touchdown through a constant touch move is referred to as drawing a stroke. The operation of drawing a stroke quickly is called flicking. Flicking is an operation in which a finger is touched on the touch panel, quickly moved by a certain distance, and then released. In other words, flicking is an operation of swiftly tracing on the touch panel as if flicking with a finger. The CPU 101 can detect that the touch move has been performed at a predetermined speed or more for a predetermined distance or more, and if the touch-up is detected as it is, it can be determined that the flick has been performed. Further, when the CPU 101 detects that the touch move is performed at a predetermined speed or more at a predetermined speed or more, it is determined that the drag has been performed. The touch panel 112 may use any of various touch panels such as a resistive film method, a capacitance method, a surface acoustic wave method, an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, an image recognition method, and an optical sensor method. good. Depending on the method, there are a method of detecting that there is a touch due to contact with the touch panel and a method of detecting that there is a touch due to the approach of a finger or a pen to the touch panel, but any method may be used.

(Processing content)
2A to 2C are diagrams for explaining the history thumbnail display process and the image addition process in the electronic album. In the information processing apparatus 100, the CPU 101 displays an electronic album having a plurality of pages on the display 105. The CPU 101 performs an animation display such as turning (switching) a page of an electronic album according to a user's instruction (operation), and changes the page displayed on the display 105. The CPU 101 edits the image to be arranged on the page of the electronic album, such as adding, replacing, or deleting, according to the instruction of the user. The CPU 101 associates thumbnail images (reduced images) of images that have been added to the electronic album page and then replaced with another new image or deleted from the electronic album page as "history thumbnails" for each page. Remember. Further, the CPU 101 displays the replaced or deleted thumbnail image (history thumbnail) on the display 105. The history thumbnail is not limited to the photograph, but may be other images such as text data, illustrations and figures created by the user. Further, by adding or deleting a plurality of images to one slot on the page of the electronic album, thumbnail images of the plurality of images are associated and stored as history thumbnails in the slot of the page of the electronic album. Will be done.

FIG. 2A is a flowchart illustrating the display processing of the history thumbnail. FIG. 2A describes a history thumbnail display process associated with page switching of an electronic album. Further, FIGS. 3A to 3D show screen examples for explaining the display process shown in FIG. 2A.

FIG. 2B is a flowchart illustrating the display processing of the history thumbnail. FIG. 2B describes a history thumbnail display process for a slot selected by the user. A slot is a frame indicating a position where an image is laid out (arranged) on an electronic album. Further, FIGS. 4A, 4B, 5A and 5B show screen examples for explaining the display process shown in FIG. 2B.

FIG. 2C is a flowchart illustrating the process of adding an image to the page of the electronic album. FIG. 2C describes a process in which the user arranges the thumbnail image displayed in the image tray or the history area on the slot. 6A to 6E show screen examples for explaining the additional processing of the image shown in FIG. 2C.

First, the display processing of the history thumbnail shown in FIG. 2A will be described. The history thumbnail display process of FIG. 2A is started, for example, by turning on the power of the information processing apparatus 100, starting the electronic album creation application program, or the like.

In step S201, the CPU 101 first displays an initial screen for creating an electronic album on the display 105. Here, the initial screen will be described with reference to FIG. 3A.

FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an initial screen for editing an electronic album. The initial screen displays the page 300 of the electronic album, the image tray 301, the history thumbnail 302, the slot 303, and the text box 304.

The electronic album has a plurality of pages, and the page 300 displayed on the display 105 is switched according to a user operation. In FIG. 3A, the left and right pages (spread pages) paired when the electronic album is opened are displayed on the display 105. The image tray 301 displays a list of thumbnail images (candidate thumbnails) corresponding to a part or all of one or more images that can be arranged (added) on the page 300 of the electronic album. When only a part of the candidate thumbnails are displayed on the image tray 301, the candidate thumbnails displayed on the image tray 301 can be changed according to the scroll operation to the image tray 301 by the user or the like. The history thumbnail 302 displays thumbnail images added or deleted to the page 300 of the electronic album as a history. The user can select one of the history thumbnails 302 and add it to the page 300 of the electronic album. Hereinafter, an image selected from the image tray 301 or the history thumbnail 302 and newly added to the page 300 of the electronic album is also referred to as an additional image.

The objects displayed on page 300 of the electronic album are, for example, slot 303 and text box 304. The slot 303 is a frame indicating a position where the image is laid out on the page 300 of the electronic album. The text box 304 is a text box indicating a position where the text of the photo caption (photo heading, description, etc.) is laid out. The user can add an image, text, or the like to the slot 303 and the text box 304 displayed on the page 300 of the electronic album.

The history thumbnail 302 may be displayed in a state of being "obliquely" rotated by a predetermined angle (for example, ± 5 °) on the screen of the display 105. By displaying the history thumbnail 302 in a manner different from the candidate thumbnail displayed on the image tray 301, it is possible to give the user an impression different from the candidate thumbnail displayed on the image tray 301. As a result, the user can easily distinguish the history thumbnail 302 from the candidate thumbnail on the image tray 301.

In step S202, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the touchdown operation has been performed by the user. When the touchdown operation is performed by the user (YES in step S202), the process proceeds to step S203. When the touchdown operation is not performed (NO in step S202), the determination process in step S202 is repeated at predetermined intervals.

In step S203, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the position touched down by the user is on the page 300 of the electronic album. When the touched down position is on the page 300 of the electronic album (YES in step S203), the process proceeds to step S204. If the touched down position is not on page 300 of the electronic album (NO in step S203), the process proceeds to step S230 in FIG. 2C.

In step S204, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the position pointed by the user on the page 300 of the electronic album is near the right end of the display 105 (area 305 in FIG. 3A). The pointed position is the position where the touch-up operation is performed without moving after the touch-down operation. Further, the pointed position may be the position clicked by a pointing device such as a mouse. When the position pointed by the user is near the right end (YES in step S204), the process proceeds to step S205. If the position pointed to by the user is not near the right end (NO in step S204), the process proceeds to step S208.

In step S205, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the page 300 of the electronic album is the final page. If the displayed page is the final page (YES in step S205), the process proceeds to step S213. If it is not the final page (NO in step S205), in step S206, the CPU 101 erases the history thumbnail 302 displayed on the display 105 to hide it. Then, the process proceeds to step S207. In step S207, the CPU 101 switches the page 300 of the electronic album to the next page, displays it on the display 105, and performs page feed display.

In step S208, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the position pointed by the user on the page 300 of the electronic album is near the left end of the display 105 (region 306 in FIG. 3A). When the position pointed by the user is near the left end (YES in step S208), the process proceeds to step S209. When the position pointed by the user is not near the left end (NO in step S208), the process proceeds to step S220 in FIG. 2B.

In step S209, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the page 300 of the electronic album is the first page. If the displayed page is the first page (YES in step S209), the process proceeds to step S213. If it is not the first page (NO in step S209), in step S210, the CPU 101 erases the history thumbnail 302 displayed on the display 105 to hide it. Then, the process proceeds to step S211. In step S211 the CPU 101 switches the page 300 of the electronic album to the previous page, displays it on the display 105, and displays the page back.

In step S212, the CPU 101 reads the history thumbnail associated with the page newly displayed by switching the page from the recording medium 113 and displays it as the history thumbnail 302.

Here, the screens related to the processes from step S204 to step S212 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3B to 3D. 3B to 3D are diagrams showing a screen example by a user operation for switching pages of an electronic album.

The initial screen shown in FIG. 3A transitions to the screen shown in FIG. 3B when the user touches down the vicinity of the right end or the vicinity of the left end on the page 300 of the electronic album. In the initial screen of FIG. 3A, for example, the vicinity of the right end can be the area 305 surrounded by the dotted line, and the vicinity of the left end can be the area 306 surrounded by the dotted line.

In the screen shown in FIG. 3B, the history thumbnail 302 displayed for the page 300 of the electronic album on the initial screen of FIG. 3A is hidden. Further, the screen of FIG. 3B displays the history thumbnail 302 corresponding to the newly displayed page 300 after the page is turned. In the screen example of FIG. 3B, the image tray 301 displays the same candidate thumbnails as the initial screen of FIG. 3A.

Further, when the user performs a touchdown operation on the vicinity of the right end or the vicinity of the left end on the page 300 of the electronic album, the page 300 of the electronic album is switched, and the screen transitions to FIGS. 3C and 3D. In this case, as in the case of transitioning from the initial screen of FIG. 3A to the screen of FIG. 3B, the history thumbnail 302 displayed before the page is switched is hidden, and the history thumbnail 302 corresponding to the page after the switch is switched. Is newly displayed.

In step S213, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the end condition of the editing work of the electronic album is satisfied. The case where the end condition is satisfied is, for example, a case where an end instruction of the electronic album creation application program is accepted, or a case where a predetermined operation such as turning off the power of the information processing apparatus 100 is accepted. When the end condition is satisfied (YES in step S213), the display process of the history thumbnail 302 shown in FIG. 2A ends. If the end condition is not satisfied (NO in step S213), the process returns to S202.

Next, the display processing of the history thumbnail 302 shown in FIG. 2B will be described. The history thumbnail display process of FIG. 2B is a process when it is determined in the processes up to step S208 of FIG. 2A that the position pointed by the user is neither near the right end nor near the left end.

In step S220, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the position pointed to by the user is on the slot 303. If the position pointed to by the user is on slot 303 (YES in step S220), the process proceeds to step S221. If the position pointed to by the user is not on slot 303 (NO in step S220), the process proceeds to step S228.

In step S221, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the touch-up operation has been performed by the user. When the touch-up operation is performed by the user (YES in step S221), the process proceeds to step S222. When the touch-up operation is not performed (NO in step S221), the determination process of step S221 is repeated at predetermined intervals.

In step S222, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the image has already been placed in the slot pointed to by the user. If an image has already been placed in the slot (YES in step S222), the process proceeds to step S223. If no image is placed in the slot (NO in step S222), the process proceeds to step S225.

In step S223, the CPU 101 detects the overall color tone (hereinafter, referred to as “impression color”) of the image arranged in the slot. The CPU 101 can, for example, analyze the color information of an image and use a color that occupies a larger area in the image as an impression color of the image.

In step S224, the CPU 101 displays a "focus" that borders around the slot according to the impression color of the image arranged in the slot. The focus may be, for example, a strip around the slot. Displaying the focus that borders the slot is also referred to as the focus display. The focus display indicates that a GUI object such as an image is in a state of being instructed or selected by the user. Focus is generally displayed in a specific color (hereinafter referred to as "specific color") regardless of the content of the indicated or selected GUI object.

In step S225, since the image is not arranged in the slot, the CPU 101 focuses and displays the slot in a specific color.

In step S226, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the history thumbnail is stored for the slot pointed to by the user. The history thumbnail here is a thumbnail image of an image that has been added / deleted to an object (slot) in the past, and is managed and displayed for each object. If the history thumbnails corresponding to the slots are stored, the history thumbnails are displayed in the vicinity of each slot. The history thumbnails may be displayed as long as it is known that the history thumbnails exist for each slot, and the plurality of history thumbnails may be displayed in an overlapping state (not aligned). In this case, the history thumbnails newly stored as the history may be displayed in order from the front. If there is a history thumbnail (YES in step S226), the process proceeds to step S227. If there is no history thumbnail (NO in step S226), the process proceeds to step S213.

In step S227, the CPU 101 arranges and displays the history thumbnails of the slots pointed to by the user in the vicinity of the slots. For example, by displaying the history thumbnails displayed in an overlapping state in an aligned manner, the user can specify that the arranged history thumbnails are the history thumbnails corresponding to the pointed object (slot). Can be done.

In step S228, since the position pointed to by the user is not on the slot 303, the CPU 101 performs processing according to the touchdown position. In step S229, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the touch-up operation has been performed by the user. When the touch-up operation is performed by the user (YES in step S229), the process proceeds to step S229. When the touch-up operation is not performed (NO in step S229), the determination process of step S228 is repeated at predetermined intervals. Since the processing after step S213 in FIG. 2B is the same as that in FIG. 2A, the description thereof will be omitted.

Here, the screens relating to the processes from step S220 to step S227 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B. 4A and 4B are diagrams showing screen examples for displaying history thumbnails corresponding to slots.

FIG. 4A is an example of a screen for editing an electronic album, which is displayed on the display 105. The screen shown in FIG. 4A displays the page 300 of the electronic album, the image tray 301, the history thumbnail 302, the slot 303, and the text box 304. On the screen of FIG. 4A, the specific slot is not pointed by the user, and the photographs included in the history thumbnail 302 are displayed in an overlapping state.

When the user points to slot 303 in FIG. 4A (touchdown operation and touchup operation), the screen transitions to FIG. 4B. In FIG. 4B, the focus 401 is displayed for slot 303. The focus 401 is displayed so as to border around the slot 303 pointed by the user, and can be displayed in the impression color of the arranged image. Further, the history thumbnails 402 (302) corresponding to the slot 303 are displayed in a state of being aligned in the vicinity of the slot 303. In this case, the history thumbnail 402 may be displayed arranged in order from the left side in order from the photograph newly registered as the history.

The focus display (step S224 and step S225) and the state of the image tray 301 when the user points to the slot will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing screen examples showing the states of the focus and the image tray 301.

FIG. 5A shows a state in which the user has pointed (selected) the slot 501 in which the image is already placed. In FIG. 5A, the focus 502 is displayed with respect to the slot 501 by the impression color (the overall color tone of the arranged image).

Further, the photograph in the image tray 301 may be displayed by an animation in which the display position is moved up and down according to the degree of recommendation. For example, in FIG. 5A, the third, seventh, and eleventh photographs (images) from the left of the image tray 301 are positioned above the other photographs (on the page 300 side of the electronic album) as recommended images for slot 501. Is displayed in.

The degree of recommendation is calculated or determined by the information processing apparatus 100. The information processing device 100 can calculate, for example, the value of the recommendation degree of each photograph in the image tray 301 based on the attribute information of the photographs arranged in the pointed slots. The attribute information includes, for example, information on the shooting date and time, the color tone, and the subject (person, landscape). The information processing device 100 can calculate the recommendation degree by scoring the degree of matching of the attribute information between the photograph arranged in the slot and each photograph in the image tray 301. Further, when the photo is not arranged in the slot, the information processing device 100 determines the degree of recommendation of each photo in the image tray 301 based on the attribute information of the photo arranged in the slot near the selected slot. You may decide.

The information processing device 100 can raise or lower the display position of each photograph in the image tray 301 according to the calculated recommendation degree. The method of notifying the user of the degree of recommendation is not limited to changing the display position up or down. The information processing device 100 may, for example, rearrange and display each photograph in the image tray 301 in the recommended order. In this way, the information processing device 100 can notify the user of the recommendation degree of each photo by changing the display position of each photo in the image tray 301 according to the recommendation degree. As a result, the user can easily grasp the degree of recommendation of each photograph. In addition, since the user can select a photo according to the degree of recommendation of each photo, it is possible to edit a suitable album.

FIG. 5B shows a state when the user points to the slot 503 in which the image is not arranged. In FIG. 5B, the focus 504 displayed for slot 503 is displayed in a predefined specific color rather than the impression color.

Next, the process of adding the image to the electronic album shown in FIG. 2C will be described. The image addition process of FIG. 2C is a process when it is determined in the process of step S203 of FIG. 2A that the position touched down by the user is not on the page 300 of the electronic album.

In step S230, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the position touched down by the user is on the image of the history thumbnail 302. If the touched down position is on the image of the history thumbnail 302 (YES in step S230), the process proceeds to step S231. If the touched down position is not on the image of the history thumbnail 302 (NO in step S230), the process proceeds to step S233.

In step S231, the CPU 101 sets the "moving state display" indicating that the image (additional image) of the history thumbnail touched down in S230 is in a moving state, for example, by displaying it semi-transparently. .. In step S232, the CPU 101 focuses and displays the slot corresponding to the history thumbnail in which the touchdown operation is performed.

In step S233, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the position touched down by the user is on the image of the image tray 301. When the touched down position is on the image of the image tray 301 (YES in step S233), the process proceeds to step S234. If the touched down position is not on the image of the image tray 301 (NO in step S233), the process proceeds to step S228.

In step S234, the CPU 101 sets the "moving state display" indicating that the image is in a moving state, such as displaying the image of the image tray 301 touched down in S233 in a semi-transparent manner.

In step S235, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the touch-up operation has been performed by the user. When the touch-up operation is performed (YES in step S235), the process proceeds to step S236. When the touch-up operation is not performed (NO in step S235), the determination process in step S235 is repeated at predetermined intervals.

In step S236, the CPU 101 ends the movement state display (display indicating that the additional image is being moved) of the additional image.

In step S237, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the position where the touch-up operation is performed is on the slot in the page 300 of the electronic album. When the position where the touch-up operation is performed is on the slot in the page 300 of the electronic album (YES in step S237), the process proceeds to step S238. If the position where the touch-up operation is performed is not on the slot in the page 300 of the electronic album (NO in step S237), the process proceeds to step S213.

In step S238, the CPU 101 arranges and displays the additional image in the slot at the touched-up position.

In step S239, the CPU 101 determines whether another image has been displayed before arranging the additional image in the slot at the touched-up position. If another image is displayed before the additional image is placed (YES in step S239), the process proceeds to step S240. If no other image is displayed before the additional image is placed (NO in step S239), the process proceeds to step S213.

In step S240, the CPU 101 shifts the thumbnail of the image displayed before placing the additional image in the slot at the touched-up position to the history thumbnail 302 near the slot outside the page 300 of the electronic album. Display as. Further, the image displayed before the placement of the additional image is stored in the recording medium 113 together with the identification information of the page including the slot, the identification information of the slot, and the date and time information stored as the history as the history for the slot. .. The date and time stored as the history is the date and time when the image displayed before the placement of the additional image was replaced with the additional image or the date and time when the additional image was deleted. An upper limit may be set for the stored history for each page, and when the upper limit is reached, the history may be deleted from the recording medium 113 in order from the history with the oldest editing date and time. Further, the histories arranged in the same slot may be displayed in order so that the history with the newest edit date and time is on top.

In step S228, since the touchdown position by the user is not included in any of the page 300 of the electronic album, the history thumbnail 302, and the image tray 301, the CPU 101 performs processing according to the touchdown position. The processing of step S228 and step S229 in FIG. 2C is the same as the processing of step S228 and step S229 in FIG. 2B. Further, since the processing after step S213 in FIG. 2C is the same as that in FIG. 2A, the description thereof will be omitted.

Here, the screen related to the processing from step S230 to step S240 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6A to 6E. 6A to 6E are diagrams showing a screen example by a user operation in which an additional image is arranged in the slot.

FIG. 6A shows a state in which a touchdown operation is performed on the image 601 of the image tray 301 and the image 601 is moved to be added to the page 300 of the electronic album. The image 601 added to the page 300 of the electronic album is displayed semi-transparently on the image tray 301. Further, FIG. 6A shows that the additional image 602 to which the image 601 is copied is moved to the page 300 of the electronic album by the user operation.

Further, the additional image 602 is displayed in focus while being moved onto the page 300 of the electronic album. The additional image 602 is touched down and moved toward the slot 603 (touch move). The focus color of the additional image 602 may be an impression color or a specific color indicating that the image is moving. Further, the focus 604 is displayed in the slot 603 closest to the position touched down by the user according to the impression color of the image already arranged.

When the user's touchdown position approaches slot 603 and the touch-moved additional image 602 is moved to the vicinity of slot 603, the screen transitions to the state shown in FIG. 6B. In FIG. 6B, when the additional image 602 is moved near the slot 603, the line surrounding the focus 604 is displayed in a wavy animation. The user can recognize from the animation display that the image arranged in slot 603 is about to be replaced by the additional image 602.

When the user's touchdown position moves onto slot 603, the screen transitions to FIG. 6D via FIG. 6C.

In FIG. 6D, the thumbnail 605 of the image arranged in the slot 603 is displayed with an animation as if it is pushed out from the slot 603. The screen transitions to FIG. 6E. The thumbnail 605 of the image arranged in the slot 603 is displayed as a history thumbnail 606 in the vicinity of the slot 603 in a state of being rotated by a predetermined angle on the screen.

Although the present invention has been described in detail based on the preferred embodiments thereof, the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments, and various embodiments within the scope of the gist of the present invention are also included in the present invention. included. Furthermore, each of the above-described embodiments is merely an embodiment of the present invention, and each embodiment can be combined as appropriate.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the information processing apparatus 100 has been described as an example, but this is not limited to this example and can be applied to an apparatus provided with a display screen. That is, the present invention is applicable to personal computers, PDAs, mobile phone terminals, portable image viewers, printer devices equipped with displays, digital photo frames, music players, game machines, and electronic book readers. Further, the present invention can be applied to a tablet terminal, a smartphone, a home electric appliance provided with a display, an in-vehicle device, and the like.

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The present invention supplies a program that realizes one or more functions of the above-described embodiment to a system or device via a network or storage medium, and one or more processors in the computer of the system or device reads and executes the program. It can also be realized by the processing to be performed. It can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

100: Information processing device 101: CPU

Claims (8)

A switching means for switching the electronic album page displayed on the screen according to the user's operation,
A storage means for storing information about images added or deleted to each page of the electronic album as a history, and
Display control means for displaying information indicating the history corresponding to the page after switching by the switching means on the screen, and
An information processing device characterized by having. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the information indicating the history is a reduced image of the image, and the display control means rotates the reduced image by a predetermined angle and displays it on the screen. .. The page contains multiple slots for placing images.
The storage means stores information about images added or deleted to the slot as the history.
The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display control means displays information indicating the history corresponding to the slot in the vicinity of the slot. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display control means aligns and displays information indicating the history corresponding to the selected slot with respect to the slot selected by the user. .. In the area for displaying a list of additional images that can be added to the electronic album, the display control means includes the attribute information of the additional image and the attributes of the image arranged on the page of the electronic album to be replaced with the additional image. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the display position of the additional image in the area is changed according to the information. A switching step to switch the page of the electronic album displayed on the screen according to the user's operation,
A storage step for storing information about images added or deleted from each page of the electronic album as a history, and
A display control step for displaying information indicating the history corresponding to the page after switching in the switching step on the screen, and
An information processing method characterized by having. A program for causing a computer to function as each means of the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A computer-readable storage medium containing a program for causing the computer to function as each means of the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5.