JP4240684B2 - Slideshow table editing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a slide show apparatus capable of performing a slide show by freely determining the order using images recorded separately in a plurality of files.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a slide show is known in which a photographic film set in a projector is projected onto a screen and the photographic film is exchanged to switch projected images. Recently, it has become possible to perform such a slide show using a computer and dedicated software. If a slide image and its display order are set in advance, the slide show is performed by a program.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the system for performing a slide show with the software as described above, since all slide images used in one slide show are recorded in one file format, the order of slide images can be changed, or all slide images can be selected from all slide images. If you want to perform a slideshow by selecting only the slide images you need, you must recreate the image file from the beginning. Therefore, even if you want to perform a slide show using existing image files, you have to re-record many images in one image file, which takes a lot of time and effort. .
In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus capable of performing a slide show by freely determining the order of images recorded separately in a plurality of files.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 1, image reading means for extracting images recorded in a plurality of image files, display means for displaying the extracted images as candidate images, and the display Means for selecting images to be used for the slide show among the candidate images displayed on the means and setting the display order thereof; and means for creating an order table for performing the slide show according to the set order, the display The means displays a candidate image selection area in which candidate images are displayed for each theme, and an order setting area for setting the display order of images to be displayed as a slide show. The means for setting the display order is used to select candidates. By selecting a candidate image in the image selection area and specifying its display order in the order setting area, the order setting area Image is characterized in that so as to create a slideshow table so as to be displayed alongside the slide display order. In the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of images are displayed as candidates for use in the slide show, and images actually used for the slide show are selected from the images, and the order is set, and the set order is followed. Create an order table, and when creating this order table, select the order in which slide display is to be performed by specifying the area for displaying candidate images and the display order of the selected candidate images on the screen of the display means. Thus, the user can easily select the images when creating the order table.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a slide show apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a calculation control means, 2 is an input instruction means, 3 is a display means, 4 is a hard disk, 5 is a CD-ROM reading means, and 6 is a CD-ROM.
[0008]
The slide show apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is actually realized by a computer and its peripheral devices. Specifically, the arithmetic control means 1 is realized by a CPU and a memory, and executes the entire arithmetic control by executing a program read into the memory. The input instruction means 2 is realized by a mouse or a keyboard. As the display means 3, a CRT display, a liquid crystal display or the like can be applied. The hard disk 4 can store various data as necessary. The CD-ROM reader 5 can be a normal CD-ROM reader. The CD-ROM 6 records a slide show execution program 6a, an order table 6b, and an image file group 6c.
[0009]
Next, the processing operation of the slide show apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described. Here, a case where an image recorded in the format of one image and one file is used as a slide image will be described. When the CD-ROM 6 is set in the CD-ROM reading means 5 and the execution instruction of the slide show execution program 6a is performed by the input instruction means 2, the slide show execution program 6a is read from the CD-ROM 6 and stored in the memory of the arithmetic control means 1. The apparatus shown in FIG. 1 functions as a slide show apparatus. By reading the slide show execution program 6a, the arithmetic control unit 1 functions as a slide show execution unit and reads the order table 6b. An example of such an order table is shown in FIG. The order table defines the order of images to be displayed in the slide show. In the example of FIG. 2A, first, an image of “file 01” in the “drug data” folder of the “D” drive (here, the CD-ROM 6 is shown) is displayed. When one image is in the format of one file, if the file is specified, the image to be displayed is also specified. In accordance with the order described in the order table 6b, an image file is read from the image file group 6c, image data is extracted from the image file, and displayed on the display means 3. The display means 3 displays a slide image and a button for proceeding to the previous and next slide images. When the cursor is placed on one of the buttons with the mouse and clicked, the calculation control means 1 recognizes which button has been clicked on the front and back, and refers to the order table to store the corresponding image file in the image file group in the CD-ROM 6. The image is extracted from 6c and the image is displayed on the display means 3.
[0010]
As described above, the order table 6b is provided separately from the image file, and when the slide show is executed, the image file is extracted via the order table, so that only the setting in the order table is changed. Thus, the contents of the slide show can be changed without changing the existing image file. Next, a procedure for creating a new order table will be described.
[0011]
FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration diagram of a slide show table editing apparatus for creating a new order table. The hardware configuration is the same as that of the slide show apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and is actually realized by a computer and its peripheral devices. In FIG. 3, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate that the components have the same functions as those shown in FIG. FIG. 3 differs from FIG. 1 in that the CD-ROM 6 has an editing program 6d.
[0012]
Next, the processing operation of the slide show table editing apparatus shown in FIG. 3 will be described. First, when the execution instruction of the editing program 6d is given by the input instruction means 2, the editing program 6d is read into the memory in the arithmetic control means 1, so that the entire apparatus shown in FIG. 3 functions as a slide show table editing apparatus. Become. The arithmetic control means 1 that has read the editing program 6d functions as an order table editing means. Subsequently, the arithmetic control unit 1 reads the image file of the image file group 6 c in the CD-ROM 6, extracts the image data, and displays it on the display unit 3. FIG. 4 shows the state of the screen of the display means 3 at this time. FIG. 4 shows an example in which a presentation of pharmaceutical-related products is performed. The screen is roughly divided into two, the left side being a candidate image selection area 401 and the right side being an order setting area 402. Reference numeral 403 denotes a theme tag, which is displayed in units of folders recorded in the CD-ROM 6. The example of FIG. 4 shows a state in which “drug data” is selected from six theme tags such as “drug data” and “clinical trial” that can be selected. When a theme tag is selected, display is performed with an image in which a card having the selected theme tag comes to the front. In the figure, reference numeral 404 denotes a candidate image display field in which image data of an image file stored in the folder with the title theme name is displayed. In FIG. 4, the shaded items in the candidate image display field 404 indicate that images are displayed, and a maximum of 16 images can be displayed, and 7 images are displayed. . That is, in the example of FIG. 4, a folder “medicine data” exists in the image file group 6c, and the “medicine data” folder has seven image files. Since the images displayed in the candidate image selection area 401 and the order setting area 402 in the screen of FIG. 4 are relatively small, a thumbnail image with a small data amount is actually displayed.
[0013]
In the order setting area 402 on the right side of the screen, five setting image display fields 405 are displayed. The numbers on the left side of the setting image display fields 405 indicate the display order when performing a slide show. In such a screen, the operator uses the input instruction unit 2 to select one image in the candidate image display field 404 and set it in one of the setting image display fields 405. Specifically, this is performed by using a mouse or the like to align the cursor with the desired candidate image display field 404, so-called drag and drop, and align with the desired setting image display field 405. FIG. 4 shows a state in which four images are set in the order setting area 402, and if determined as it is, four images are displayed in order from the top in the slide show. Further, when another candidate image is inserted in the middle, for example, in the example of FIG. 4, when the position is set to the position of the order 3 in the order setting area 402, the images set to the positions of the orders 3 and 4 are respectively ordered. It is automatically lowered to positions 4 and 5. When the setting image becomes 6 or more, the order setting area 402 can be scrolled. Further, the selection of images is not limited to one theme, and the order can be set by freely selecting images from different themes such as “clinical trial” and “other data”.
[0014]
When the cursor is clicked on the save button 406 with the mouse, the arithmetic control unit 1 creates a new order table 4 b for performing a slide show in the order set in the order setting area 402. The newly created order table 4b is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2B, a table of the order traversing the recorded folders is created in the order set on the screen of FIG. The created order table 4 b is stored in the hard disk 4. At the same time, the slide show execution program 6a in the CD-ROM 6 is also copied and stored in the hard disk 4 as the slide show execution program 4a. At this time, the slide show execution program 4a is rewritten to a setting that refers to the order table 4b.
[0015]
When performing a slide show according to the newly created order table 4b, when the start instruction is given to the slide show execution program 4a in the hard disk 4 using the input instruction means 2, the slide show execution program 4a is operated by the arithmetic control means. 1, the calculation control means 1 functions as a slide show execution means. The arithmetic control unit 1 reads the image file in the image file group 6 c in the CD-ROM 6 with reference to the order table 4 b in the hard disk 4, extracts the image data, and displays it on the display unit 3.
[0016]
The creation of a new order table by the apparatus shown in FIG. 3 is particularly effective when extracting only necessary image data from an enormous amount of image data such as pharmaceutical information and performing an original slide show.
[0017]
In the above embodiment, when the slide show is performed using the newly created order table 4b, the image of the image file group 6 in the CD-ROM 6 is read and displayed on the display means 3. The image file registered in 4b may be copied and stored in the hard disk 4 as the image file group 4c. In this way, the CD-ROM 6 is not necessary when performing a slide show according to the order table 4b. However, in this case, since the storage location of the image file is changed, the order table 4b must be rewritten. For example, when the image data is registered in the hard disk 4 with a new file name, the order table 4b in FIG. 2B is rewritten as shown in FIG. The order table 4b in FIG. 5 indicates that the display starts from “file 01” in the “C” drive (here, a hard disk is shown).
[0018]
In the above embodiment, the case of a file format in which one image is recorded in one file has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a file format in which a plurality of images are recorded in one file. In this case, it is necessary to pass the path information of each image managed by the image file to the order table. This allows the order table to directly manage individual images in the image file. For example, when a plurality of images are recorded in the file “medicine data” as shown in FIG. 6A, a new order is created in the order of traversing the file as shown in FIG. 6B. A table can be created.
[0019]
The slide show table editing apparatus shown in FIG. 3 not only simply extracts images to be used from candidate images and sets the order, but also has various additional functions for supporting this. First, keyword information is attached to an image file in advance, a keyword is input and searched using the input instruction means 2, and image data of the corresponding image file is used as a candidate image as shown in FIG. It is a function that displays them side by side. The candidate images displayed in this way are registered in the order table by being selected and set in the same manner as described above.
[0020]
The slide show table editing apparatus shown in FIG. 3 also has a function of performing a slide show simulation using images set in the order setting area 402 of the screen shown in FIG. 4 before creating the order table 4b. . In this case, when a simulation execution instruction is issued from the input instruction unit 2, the slide show execution program 6 a is read into the calculation control unit 1 and a slide image is displayed in accordance with the order table temporarily created in the calculation control unit 1. If there is no problem as a result of the simulation, the order table 4b is created by clicking the save button 406 on the screen of FIG. 4 with the mouse.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when performing a slide show, the program for executing the slide show refers to the order table that defines the display order of the image files in the slide show, instead of directly reading the image files. As a result, a slide show with an arbitrary display order can be performed without creating any changes to the image file simply by creating a new order table for the existing image file.
[0022]
In addition, multiple images are displayed as candidates for use in the slide show, and the images to be actually used for the slide show are selected from among them, the order is set, and the order table is created according to the set order. Therefore, by using this order table, it is possible to select only images that one wants to use from a large number of image files and perform a slide show in an arbitrary order.
[0023]
Furthermore, when creating an order table that defines the order of images for a slide show, by specifying an area for displaying candidate images and a display order of the selected candidate images on the screen of the display means, Since an area for displaying the selected images side by side in the display order is provided, the user can easily select the images when creating the order table.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a slide show apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an order table in the case of one image and one file format.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a slide show table editing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state of a screen displayed on the display unit 3 of the slide show table editing apparatus.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an order table when images are created on a hard disk.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an order table in a case where a plurality of images are recorded in one file.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Operation control means 2 ... Input instruction means 3 ... Display means 4 ... Hard disk 5 ... CD-ROM reading means 6 ... CD-ROM
6a ... Slideshow execution program 6b ... Order table 6c ... Image file group 6d ... Editing program

Claims (2)

Image reading means for extracting images recorded in a plurality of image files, display means for displaying the extracted images as candidate images, and images used for the slide show among the candidate images displayed on the display means We possess means for setting the display order by selecting, the means for creating a sequence table for performing a slide show in the order that has been set,
The display means displays a candidate image selection area where candidate images are displayed for each theme, and an order setting area for setting the display order of images to be displayed as a slide show. Using the means for setting the display order The slide show characterized by selecting candidate images in the candidate image selection area and designating the display order in the order setting area, so that the selected images are displayed side by side in the slide display order in the order setting area. Table editing device.   The computer-readable storage medium which memorize | stored the program for functioning a computer as a slide show table editing apparatus of Claim 1.

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