JP4481194B2 - Electronic album display system, electronic album display method, and electronic album display program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic album display system, an electronic album display method, an electronic album display program, a remote controller, and a remote control program. In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic album display system that displays an electronic album including a plurality of images, an electronic album display method, an electronic album display program, a remote controller used in the electronic album display system, and a remote control program.

  In recent years, digital cameras have been rapidly spread. Unlike a silver salt camera that records an optical image of a subject by exposing a film to light, the digital camera receives the optical image of the subject using a CCD or the like and records it as digital data on a recording medium such as a flash memory. A technique for managing a plurality of images collectively as an electronic album and displaying images included in the electronic album as a slide show, etc., taking advantage of the digital data of the images captured by the digital camera. Has been.

For example, a technique for displaying an electronic album by processing image data as a video stream, recording it on a DVD-Video disc, and reproducing the DVD-Video disc using a general DVD-Video player is disclosed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). In addition, software that sequentially displays image files as a slide show using a personal computer (PC) has been developed.
JP 2003-259303 A

  However, when displaying an electronic album as a slide show by playing back a DVD-Video disc in which images included in the electronic album are recorded as a video stream, the contents of the slide show on the DVD-Video disc once created must be edited. However, even if the user feels dissatisfied with the contents of the slide show, there are many cases where the dissatisfaction cannot be resolved.

  In addition, when using software for displaying a slide show using a PC, the burden on the user for preparing the PC or memorizing complicated operations in the PC or software is great, and the general user is as expected. Displaying a slide show has not always been realized.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic album display system, an electronic album display method, an electronic album display program, a remote controller, and a remote control program that can solve the above-described problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous specific examples of the present invention.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an electronic album display system for displaying an electronic album including a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images are exchanged from a recording medium provided in an exchangeable manner. A reproduction unit that reads and reproduces, a remote controller that remotely controls the reproduction unit by wireless communication, and an image display unit that displays each of the plurality of images reproduced by the reproduction unit. A schedule display unit that displays a schedule including the playback order, an editing unit that edits the schedule, a storage unit that stores the edited schedule, and a plurality of images that are sequentially played back according to the schedule stored in the storage unit In order to achieve this, a remote control unit that remotely controls the playback unit by wireless communication is provided. The remote controller further includes a control operation unit that receives a control operation for controlling a plurality of image reproduction operations in the reproduction unit by the user. The remote operation unit is controlled when the control operation unit receives the control operation. The reproduction unit may be remotely operated based on the operation, and the editing unit may change the schedule based on the control operation and store it in the storage unit when the control operation unit receives the control operation.

  As a control operation, the control operation unit receives a skip operation indicating that the reproduction unit stops reproduction of one image and starts reproduction of the next image determined by the reproduction order. If the time elapsed from the start of playback of one image to the stop of playback of one image is shorter than a predetermined reference value, the schedule is deleted by deleting the one image from the schedule. May be changed and stored in the storage unit. The schedule further includes a reproduction time for each of the plurality of images, and the control operation unit performs a pause operation indicating that the reproduction of the one image by the reproduction unit is paused as the control operation, and the one of the paused ones. In response to each of the pause release operations indicating that the image playback is resumed, the editing unit receives a pause operation after the control operation unit receives the pause operation. The schedule may be changed and stored in the storage unit in order to make the playback time of one image included in the schedule longer.

  The schedule further includes a rotation angle of the image when the image display unit displays the image for each of the plurality of images, and the control operation unit controls the rotation angle of one image as a control operation. The editing unit may change the schedule by changing the rotation angle in one image included in the schedule based on the rotation angle control operation, and store the change in the storage unit. Good. The schedule further includes a display magnification when the image display unit displays the image for each of a plurality of images, and the control operation unit displays a display magnification indicating that the display magnification of one image is controlled as a control operation. In response to the control operation, the editing unit may change the display magnification of one image included in the schedule based on the display magnification control operation to change the schedule and store it in the storage unit.

  The remote controller further includes a schedule transmission unit that transmits the schedule stored in the storage unit to the reproduction unit by wireless communication, and the reproduction unit further records the schedule received from the schedule transmission unit on a recording medium. Each of the plurality of images may be sequentially read and reproduced according to the schedule recorded on the recording medium.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic album display method for displaying an electronic album including a plurality of images, wherein the reproduction unit reads the plurality of images from a replaceable recording medium. A playback stage for playback, a remote control stage for remotely operating the playback unit by wireless communication, and an image display stage for displaying each of a plurality of images played back in the playback stage, wherein the remote control stage includes a plurality of images. A schedule display stage for displaying a schedule including the playback order, an editing stage for editing the schedule, a storage stage for storing the edited schedule, and a plurality of images are sequentially played back according to the schedule stored in the storage stage. Therefore, it has a remote operation step of remotely operating the playback unit by wireless communication.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic album display program for causing an electronic album display system to function to display an electronic album including a plurality of images. The electronic album display system can exchange a plurality of images. A reproduction unit that reads and reproduces from a recording medium provided in the remote control unit, a remote controller that remotely controls the reproduction unit by wireless communication, and an image display unit that displays each of a plurality of images reproduced by the reproduction unit, The remote controller includes a schedule display unit that displays a schedule including a reproduction order of a plurality of images, an editing unit that edits the schedule, a storage unit that stores the edited schedule, and a plurality of remote controllers according to the schedule stored in the storage unit. Remote control of the playback unit by wireless communication so that each of the images can be played sequentially That function as an electronic album display system having a remote control unit.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote controller for remotely operating a reproduction unit that reads and reproduces a plurality of images from a replaceable recording medium, and includes a schedule including a reproduction order of the plurality of images. Wireless communication in order to sequentially reproduce each of the plurality of images in accordance with the schedule stored in the storage unit, the editing unit for editing the schedule, the storage unit for storing the edited schedule, and the schedule stored in the storage unit A remote operation unit for remotely operating the reproduction unit.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control program for causing a remote controller to remotely operate a reproducing unit that reads and reproduces a plurality of images from a replaceable recording medium. A schedule display unit for displaying a schedule including a reproduction order of a plurality of images, an editing unit for editing the schedule, a storage unit for storing the edited schedule, and a plurality of images according to the schedule stored in the storage unit. In order to sequentially reproduce each of them, it is made to function as a remote controller including a remote operation unit that remotely operates the reproduction unit by wireless communication.

  The above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these feature groups can also be the invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to display an electronic album as a slide show desired by a user while suppressing a burden on the user.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the scope of claims, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are included. It is not necessarily essential for the solution of the invention.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of the appearance of an electronic album display system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic album display system 10 includes a reproduction unit 100, an image display unit 110, and a remote controller 120, and displays an electronic album including a plurality of images. Specifically, the electronic album display system 10 sequentially displays a plurality of images included in the electronic album as a so-called slide show according to the display order and display time indicated by a predetermined schedule.

  The reproducing unit 100 reads and reproduces a plurality of images included in the electronic album from a replaceable recording medium. For example, the recording medium is a DVD-Video disc, and a plurality of images included in the electronic album are recorded on the recording medium as a video stream in a format such as MPEG2 in the display order determined by the schedule. It's okay. Specifically, each of the plurality of images may be recorded on the recording medium as a frame image that continues for a predetermined time such as 3 seconds in a video stream in a format such as MPEG2. More specifically, each of the plurality of images is included in the video stream as an I picture that is a frame image that can be reproduced without using another frame image in the MPEG2 format, and is predetermined for the I picture. It may be included in the video stream as a B picture or a P picture with a difference of 0 that lasts for a period of time. In this case, the reproducing unit 100 is, for example, a DVD-Video player, and may reproduce a plurality of images included in the electronic album by reading and reproducing a video stream from a recording medium that is a DVD-Video disc.

  Alternatively, the plurality of images included in the electronic album may be recorded on a recording medium in units of images, for example, as an image file in a format such as JPEG. In this case, the playback unit 100 may be an image playback device such as a DVD-Video player having a function of playing back an image file in a format such as JPEG, and a plurality of image files included in the electronic album according to a schedule. Each may be read from a recording medium and reproduced. The recording medium may be an optical recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM, or a magnetic recording medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO, or a semiconductor recording such as a flash memory. It may be a medium. The recording medium may be a non-writable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, or a write-once recording medium such as a CD-R or DVD-R, or a rewrite such as a CD-RW or DVD-RW. Type recording medium. Then, the playback unit 100 outputs a video signal indicating each of the plurality of images included in the electronic album to the image display unit 110.

  The image display unit 110 is, for example, a television receiver, receives video signals indicating each of a plurality of images reproduced by the reproducing unit 100, and displays each of the plurality of images on a screen. Thereby, the image display unit 110 can display a plurality of images included in the electronic album as a slide show.

  The remote controller 120 remotely controls the playback unit 100 by wireless communication. For example, the remote controller 120 may remotely operate the reproduction unit 100 to reproduce a plurality of images included in the electronic album in accordance with the reproduction order and reproduction time of the images indicated by the slide show schedule. Further, for example, the remote controller 120 controls the playback unit 100 to control the playback operation of a plurality of images in the playback unit 100 based on an operation by a user using a button or the like provided on the remote controller 120. It may be operated remotely. In addition, the remote controller 120 acquires a schedule in a slide show of a plurality of images included in the electronic album from the playback unit 100 and displays the schedule.

  The electronic album display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention allows a user to edit a schedule for a slide show by using the remote controller 120, thereby reducing a burden on the user and displaying a slide show desired by the user. The purpose is to provide.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the electronic album display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The electronic album display system 10 includes a playback unit 100, an image display unit 110, and a remote controller 120. The reproduction unit 100 reads and reproduces a plurality of images included in the electronic album from a replaceable recording medium, and outputs a video signal indicating the plurality of images to the image display unit 110. Further, prior to the reproduction of the plurality of images included in the electronic album, the reproduction unit 100 outputs a slide show schedule for the plurality of images as an image. For example, the playback unit 100 may encode the schedule into a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) using a known method, and output a video signal indicating the two-dimensional code to the image display unit 110. . The image display unit 110 receives a video signal indicating each of the plurality of images reproduced by the reproduction unit 100, and displays each of the plurality of images on the screen. Further, the image display unit 110 displays an image indicating a schedule on the screen prior to displaying a plurality of images.

  The remote controller 120 includes an imaging unit 200, a schedule acquisition unit 210, a storage unit 220, a schedule display unit 230, a control operation unit 240, an editing unit 250, and a remote operation unit 260, and remotely controls the playback unit 100 by wireless communication. To do. The imaging unit 200 is, for example, a digital camera, images the screen of the image display unit 110, and outputs image data indicating the captured image to the schedule acquisition unit 210. The schedule acquisition unit 210 acquires a slide show schedule for a plurality of images included in the electronic album based on an image including the screen of the image display unit 110 captured by the imaging unit 200. Specifically, the schedule acquisition unit 210 extracts, from the image captured by the imaging unit 200, an image such as a two-dimensional code indicating the schedule displayed by the image display unit 110 prior to displaying a plurality of images, A slide show schedule is acquired by decoding the extracted image such as a two-dimensional code. Then, schedule acquisition unit 210 outputs the acquired schedule to storage unit 220.

  The storage unit 220 stores the schedule received from the schedule acquisition unit 210. The storage unit 220 may be a volatile memory such as a DRAM, and may be a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory. The schedule display unit 230 may be a liquid crystal panel provided in the remote controller 120, for example, and displays a schedule stored in the storage unit 220.

  The control operation unit 240 receives a control operation for controlling the reproduction operation of a plurality of images in the reproduction unit 100 by the user. For example, the control operation unit 240 cancels the reproduction operation of the currently reproduced image, “Skip” indicating that the next image is reproduced, pauses the reproduction operation of the currently reproduced image, “Pause” to maintain the playback state of the image, “Pause release” to release the pause of the playback operation, “Rotation” to rotate the image clockwise or counterclockwise, and increase the image display magnification The remote controller 120 may be provided as a button indicating a control operation such as “zoom-in” to be performed and “zoom-out” to reduce the image display magnification. Then, the control operation unit 240 outputs information indicating the control operation received from the user to the editing unit 250 and the remote operation unit 260.

  The editing unit 250 edits the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 and causes the storage unit 220 to store the edited schedule. Specifically, when the control operation unit 240 receives a control operation, the editing unit 250 changes the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 based on the control operation and causes the storage unit 220 to store the schedule. .

  The remote operation unit 260 remotely operates the reproduction unit 100 by wireless communication so as to sequentially reproduce each of the plurality of images according to the schedule stored in the storage unit 220. For example, the remote control unit 260 remotely controls the playback unit 100 by transmitting an infrared signal to the playback unit 100 using an infrared LED or the like.

  Here, as a first example, a case where a recording medium on which a plurality of images included in an electronic album are recorded is a DVD-Video disc will be described. In this case, in the video stream stored in the recording medium, in order to facilitate access to each of the plurality of images included in the electronic album, one or more continuous frame images indicating the images are recorded on the DVD- A PTT (Part of Title) in the Video standard, that is, a chapter may be defined. Thus, when the playback unit 100 plays back a slide show by playing back a video stream stored in a recording medium, the remote operation unit 260 controls the chapters played back by the playback unit 100 to play back the slide show. Can be switched. Therefore, even if the playback order determined by the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 in a plurality of images included in the electronic album is different from the order stored as frame images in the video stream, the remote The operation unit 260 causes the playback unit 100 to play back the slide show according to the schedule by sequentially moving the playback position to the chapters defined for each of the plurality of images in the order determined by the schedule. it can. In the first example, the infrared signal transmitted from the remote control unit 260 to the playback unit 100 that is a DVD-Video player may not be unique to the electronic album display system 10 according to the present embodiment. When the playback unit 100 plays back a normal DVD-Video disc, an operation to move the chapter to be played back and forth, an operation to arbitrarily specify the chapter to be played, etc. output from the remote controller corresponding to the playback unit 100 is performed. It may be an infrared signal shown. Thereby, a general DVD-Video player can be used as the reproducing unit 100.

  Next, as a second example, a case will be described in which a plurality of images included in an electronic album are recorded on a recording medium as image files in a format such as JPEG. In this case, the remote operation unit 260 can switch the image to be reproduced by changing the image identifier for identifying the image to be reproduced in the reproduction unit 100, for example, the file name of the image file. Accordingly, the remote control unit 260 notifies the playback unit 100 of the image identifiers corresponding to each of the plurality of images included in the electronic album in the order indicated by the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 and plays back the images. By executing the above, it is possible to cause the reproduction unit 100 to reproduce the slide show according to the schedule.

  The remote operation unit 260 not only causes the reproduction unit 100 to reproduce the slide show according to the schedule, but also remotely operates the reproduction unit 100 based on the control operation when the control operation unit 240 receives a control operation from the user. To do. For example, the remote control unit 260 causes the playback unit 100 to pause image playback, cancel playback pause, change the rotation angle of the displayed image, change the display magnification of the displayed image, and the like. By performing the above operation, the reproducing operation in the reproducing unit 100 may be operated. Note that the remote control unit 260 may remotely control the playback unit 100 by other wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) instead of infrared communication.

  According to the electronic album display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the slide show schedule can be edited using the remote controller 120, and the slide show can be played and displayed according to the edited schedule. Thereby, the user can appreciate the electronic album displayed on the desired schedule without rewriting the contents of the recording medium.

  Further, according to the electronic album display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the remote operation of the reproduction operation in the reproduction unit 100 and the editing of the slide show schedule are linked based on the operation received by the control operation unit 240. And can be executed. As a result, the user can edit the schedule while visually confirming the change in the display content of the slide show, so that the user can edit the schedule with a complicated operation using a personal computer or the like. A desired electronic album can be easily edited.

  In the electronic album display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, a general video device such as a DVD-Video player can be used. Accordingly, the user can easily use the electronic album display system 10 only by preparing the remote controller 120. Further, as the remote controller 120, a mobile phone terminal in which a program capable of realizing the function of the remote controller 120 shown in the figure can be used. In this case, the remote controller 120 which is a mobile phone terminal is a combination of a slide show schedule, a media identifier for identifying the recording medium, and a plurality of images and schedules displayed as the slide show, read from the recording medium by the playback unit 100. A content identifier or the like for identifying the content indicated by may be acquired from the playback unit 100 or the image display unit 110 using wireless communication. Further, in this case, the remote controller 120 that is a mobile phone terminal captures information described on a disk surface of a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, for example, information encoded as a QR code (registered trademark). A slide show schedule, a media identifier, a content identifier, and the like may be acquired by capturing and reading the image. As described above, the user can use the electronic album display system 10 more easily.

  The configuration of the electronic album display system 10 is not limited to the configuration shown in the figure, and may be a configuration in which various changes are made to the configuration shown in the figure. For example, the remote controller 120 may include a schedule reception unit that receives a schedule from the reproduction unit 100 using wireless communication such as infrared communication or Bluetooth (registered trademark) instead of the imaging unit 200. In this case, the schedule acquisition unit 210 receives the schedule received by the schedule reception unit and causes the storage unit 220 to store the schedule.

  The remote controller 120 may further include a schedule transmission unit that transmits the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 to the reproduction unit 100 using wireless communication such as infrared communication or Bluetooth (registered trademark). Good. In this case, the reproduction unit 100 may record the schedule received from the schedule transmission unit on a recording medium, and sequentially read and reproduce each of the plurality of images according to the schedule recorded on the recording medium. Specifically, the playback unit 100 reads the schedule recorded on the recording medium, and changes the playback position on the DVD-Video disc and the image identifier of the image to be played according to the display order indicated by the read schedule. The slide show is reproduced according to the schedule. Here, the reproducing unit 100 may record the received schedule on a rewritable or write-once recording medium, or record it on a memory chip for recording incidental information provided on a non-writable recording medium. May be. As a result, once the schedule has been edited, the user can view a desired slide show without using the remote controller 120 and using only the recording medium on which the edited schedule is recorded.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a schedule stored in the storage unit 220 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, the electronic album display system 10 displays a slide show using a recording medium that records a plurality of images included in the electronic album as image files in a format such as JPEG. The schedule recorded in the storage unit 220 includes image identifiers for identifying each of the plurality of images included in the electronic album in the order indicated by the reproduction order of the images. Here, the image identifier may be, for example, an image file name. Then, the remote operation unit 260 notifies the playback unit 100 of the image identifiers included in the schedule in order from the top by wireless communication, thereby causing the playback unit 100 to play back the images in the playback order indicated by the schedule. Further, the schedule recorded in the storage unit 220 may further include a reproduction time for each of the plurality of images. The remote operation unit 260 stores the time when the image identifier included in the schedule is notified to the reproduction unit 100, and the reproduction time of the image identifier has elapsed since the time when the image identifier was notified to the reproduction unit 100. At that time, the playback unit 100 is notified of the next image identifier determined by the schedule.

  Further, the schedule recorded in the storage unit 220 may include various information regarding the playback operation of the slide show as well as the playback order and playback time of images. Specifically, the schedule recorded in the storage unit 220 may further include a rotation angle of the image when the image display unit 110 displays the image for each of a plurality of images. Here, the rotation angle may be, for example, a rotation angle when the image is rotated and displayed clockwise around the center of gravity of the image. The schedule recorded in the storage unit 220 may further include a display magnification when the image display unit 110 displays the image for each of a plurality of images.

  In this figure, the electronic album display system 10 uses a recording medium in which a plurality of images included in the electronic album are recorded as image files in a format such as JPEG. Instead, a plurality of images are displayed. May be used as a recording medium on a DVD-Video disc that is recorded as a video stream such as MPEG2. In this case, the schedule recorded in the storage unit 220 includes, for each of the plurality of images, information indicating a chapter (PTT) predetermined for the image instead of the image identifier for identifying the image. Good. Then, the remote operation unit 260 causes the playback unit 100 to play back images in the playback order indicated by the schedule by sequentially changing the playback position of the video stream in the playback unit 100 to the chapters included in the schedule. Also, the remote control unit 260 changes the playback position to the next chapter when the playback time of the chapter has elapsed since the playback position of the video stream in the playback unit 100 was changed to the chapter included in the schedule. .

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a change in the screen displayed by the image display unit 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4A shows a screen 400 that is a first example of a screen displayed by the image display unit 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4B shows a screen 410 that is a second example of the screen displayed by the image display unit 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In this example, the control operation unit 240 receives a rotation angle control operation indicating that the rotation angle of one image among the plurality of images included in the electronic album is controlled as the control operation. For example, when the screen 400 is displayed by the image display unit 110, the control operation unit 240 is pressed by a user with a button provided with an explanation “rotate right” provided on the remote controller 120. Thus, a rotation control operation indicating that the rotation angle of the image 405 is changed by a predetermined angle such as 90 degrees clockwise is received. Then, the remote operation unit 260 performs a remote operation on the playback unit 100 so as to change the rotation angle of the image 405 based on the rotation angle control operation by the user, so that the screen displayed by the image display unit 110 is displayed. Is changed from the screen 400 to the screen 410.

  Also, the editing unit 250 changes the rotation angle in one image that the user has performed the rotation angle control operation included in the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 based on the rotation angle control operation by the user. As a result, the schedule is changed and stored in the storage unit 220. For example, the editing unit 250 changes the rotation angle corresponding to the image identifier for identifying the one image to “clockwise 90 degrees” and causes the storage unit 220 to store it. The rotation angle stored in the storage unit 220 in this manner is read from the storage unit 220 by the remote operation unit 260 when the one image is displayed as a slide show next time. Then, the remote operation unit 260 remotely controls the reproduction operation of the reproduction unit 100 so as to change the rotation angle of the one image to be reproduced by, for example, notifying the reproduction unit 100 of the read rotation angle by wireless communication. To do.

  According to the electronic album display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, when an image included in the electronic album is erroneously recorded on the top or the bottom and the horizontal when the recording medium is created, the user displays it as a slide show. It is possible to edit the rotation angle of the image included in the slide show schedule by controlling the rotation angle of the displayed image while visually checking and correcting the top and bottom and the vertical and horizontal directions of the image. As a result, when the images are displayed as a slide show next time, the images can be automatically displayed at the rotation angle desired by the user without the user performing a rotation angle control operation.

  FIG. 5 shows another example of a change in the screen displayed by the image display unit 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5A shows a screen 500 that is a third example of the screen displayed by the image display unit 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5B shows a screen 510 which is a fourth example of the screen displayed by the image display unit 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In this example, the control operation unit 240 receives a display magnification control operation indicating that the display magnification of one image among the plurality of images included in the electronic album is controlled as the control operation. For example, when the screen 500 is displayed by the image display unit 110, the control operation unit 240 is pressed by a user pressing a button with a description “zoom in” provided on the remote controller 120. A display magnification control operation indicating that the display magnification of the image 505 is to be increased is received. Then, the remote operation unit 260 performs a remote operation on the playback unit 100 so as to change the display magnification of the image 505 based on the display magnification control operation by the user, thereby displaying the screen displayed by the image display unit 110. Is changed from the screen 500 to the screen 510.

  Further, the editing unit 250 changes the display magnification in the one image that the user has performed the display magnification control operation included in the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 based on the display magnification control operation by the user. As a result, the schedule is changed and stored in the storage unit 220. For example, the editing unit 250 changes the display magnification corresponding to the image identifier for identifying the one image to “2.0” and stores it in the storage unit 220. The display magnification stored in the storage unit 220 in this manner is read from the storage unit 220 by the remote operation unit 260 when the one image is displayed as a slide show next time. Then, the remote operation unit 260 remotely controls the reproduction operation of the reproduction unit 100 so as to change the display magnification of the one image to be reproduced by, for example, notifying the reproduction unit 100 of the read display magnification by wireless communication. To do.

  According to the electronic album display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the user is displayed as a slide show when the size of the image recorded on the recording medium is too small or too large. By controlling the display magnification while visually observing the size of the image, the display magnification of the image included in the slide show schedule can be edited. Thus, when the images are displayed as a slide show next time, the image can be automatically displayed at a display magnification desired by the user without the user performing a display magnification control operation.

  Note that the control operation unit 240 may receive various control operations in addition to the rotation angle control operation and the display magnification control operation described with reference to FIGS. For example, the control operation unit 240 stops the reproduction of one image by the reproduction unit 100 as the control operation, and reproduces the next image determined by the image reproduction order in the schedule stored in the storage unit 220. The user may receive a skip operation indicating the start of. In this case, the remote control unit 260 may cause the playback unit 100 to start playback of the next image, for example, by notifying the playback unit 100 of the image identifier of the next image.

  Further, the editing unit 250 stores the time when the reproduction unit 100 starts reproduction of the one image, and after starting reproduction of the one image, until the reproduction of the one image is stopped. When the elapsed time is shorter than a predetermined reference value, the schedule is changed and stored in the storage unit 220 by deleting the one image from the schedule stored in the storage unit 220. Here, the predetermined reference value may be a fixed value such as 2 seconds, for example, and may be a half of the display time associated with the image identifier of the one image in the schedule. It may be a variable value.

  As described above, when the electronic album includes an image that is not desired to be displayed as a slide show, the user executes a skip operation within a certain period of time after the image is displayed in the slide show being played, and By instructing the reproduction of the image, the image can be deleted from the slide show. As a result, when the slide show is displayed next time, it is possible to prevent the image from being automatically displayed without an instruction from the user.

  In addition, for example, the control operation unit 240 indicates, as the control operation, a pause operation indicating that the reproduction of the one image by the reproduction unit 100 is paused, and that the reproduction of the one image that has been paused is resumed. Each of the illustrated pause release operations may be received. In this case, when the playback unit 100 plays back a slide show by playing back a video stream, the remote control unit 260 notifies the playback unit 100 of information indicating pause or suspension release, thereby playing back the playback unit 100. In step S1, the reproduction of the image may be paused or the pause may be canceled. In addition, when the playback unit 100 plays back a slide show by sequentially playing back image files, the remote control unit 260 performs the current playback to detect the timing at which the playback unit 100 plays back the next image. The playback of the image is paused by pausing the measurement of the elapsed time from the time the image is played back, and the measurement of the image playback is resumed by restarting the measurement of the paused elapsed time. Pause cancellation may be performed.

  The editing unit 250 stores the time when the control operation unit 240 receives a pause operation from the user, and receives the pause release operation after the control operation unit 240 receives the pause operation from the user. The longer the elapsed time is, the longer the reproduction time of the one image included in the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 is, the longer the schedule is changed and the storage unit 220 stores it. For example, the editing unit 250 receives an image identifier of the one image in the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 during the time elapsed from receiving the pause operation to the one image until receiving the pause release operation. The schedule may be changed so that a time obtained by adding the reproduction times associated with is a new reproduction time of the one image. Further, for example, the editing unit 250 takes a time obtained by subtracting a predetermined reference value such as 3 seconds from the time elapsed from receiving a pause operation for one image until receiving the pause release operation. The schedule may be changed so that the time obtained by adding the reproduction time associated with the image identifier of the one image becomes the new reproduction time of the one image. In this case, when the time obtained by subtracting the predetermined reference value is a negative value, the editing unit 250 may change the schedule so as to shorten the reproduction time of the one image.

  As described above, in a slide show, when the user wants to display an image for a longer time or a shorter time than the playback time set as the current schedule, the user pauses playback while the image is displayed as a slide show. By instructing the suspension release, the reproduction time of the image included in the schedule can be easily edited. As a result, when the slide show is displayed next time, the image can be automatically reproduced for the time desired by the user without any operation by the user.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow in the electronic album display system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. First, the schedule acquisition unit 210 acquires a slide show schedule for a plurality of images included in the electronic album (S1000). Subsequently, the storage unit 220 stores the acquired schedule (S1010). Subsequently, the schedule display unit 230 displays the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 (S1020). For example, the schedule display unit 230 may display image identifiers such as file names in a plurality of images included in the electronic album in the order in which the images are displayed. For example, when the thumbnail images of the respective images are included in the schedule, the schedule display unit 230 may display the thumbnail images of a plurality of images included in the electronic album in the order in which the images are displayed. Subsequently, the electronic album display system 10 sequentially displays a plurality of images included in the electronic album according to the schedule (S1030).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a detailed processing flow in S1030 shown in FIG. The electronic album display system 10 repeats the following processing in the display order indicated by the schedule for each image displayed as a slide show (S1100). First, the remote control unit 260 remotely controls the playback unit 100 by wireless communication to play back the image (S1110). For example, the remote operation unit 260 may notify the reproduction unit 100 of the file name of the image. Subsequently, the reproduction unit 100 receives the remote operation by the remote operation unit 260 and reproduces the image, thereby causing the image display unit 110 to display the image (S1120). Here, the control operation unit 240 determines whether or not the user has received a control operation for controlling the reproduction operation of a plurality of images in the reproduction unit 100 (S1130). When it is determined that the control operation unit 240 has not received a control operation (S1130: No), the electronic album display system 10 advances the process to S1190.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the control operation unit 240 has received a control operation (S1130: Yes), the remote operation unit 260 remotely operates the playback unit 100 based on the control operation (S1140). Subsequently, the reproduction unit 100 changes the image reproduction operation in response to the remote operation by the remote operation unit 260 based on the control operation, and causes the image display unit 110 to display the reproduced image (S1150). Here, the reproduction unit 100 may reproduce an image different from the image, specifically the next image determined by the schedule, and reproduce the image by changing the rotation angle or the display magnification. May be. Subsequently, the editing unit 250 edits the schedule stored in the storage unit 220 based on the control operation (S1160). Note that when the control operation received by the control operation unit 240 is a pause operation that pauses image reproduction, the editing unit 250 may not edit the schedule. Subsequently, the storage unit 220 stores the edited schedule (S1170). Subsequently, the schedule display unit 230 displays the schedule that has been edited and stored in the storage unit 220 (S1180).

  Then, the electronic album display system 10 starts the playback time determined by the schedule for the image from the time when the remote operation unit 260 remotely operates the playback unit 100 to play back the image currently played back by the playback unit 100. It is determined whether or not elapses (S1190). When it is determined that the playback time has not elapsed (S1190: No), the electronic album display system 10 returns the process to S1130 and causes the control operation unit 240 to determine whether or not the control operation has been received again. On the other hand, when it is determined that the playback time has elapsed, the electronic album display system 10 repeats the above processing for each image to be displayed as a slide show (S1200).

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a computer 1500 according to the embodiment of the present invention. A computer 1500 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a CPU peripheral unit having a CPU 1505, a RAM 1520, a graphic controller 1575, and a display device 1580 connected to each other by a host controller 1582, and a host controller 1582 by an input / output controller 1584. I / O unit having a communication interface 1530, a hard disk drive 1540, and a CD-ROM drive 1560 connected to the I / O controller, and a legacy input having a ROM 1510, a flexible disk drive 1550, and an I / O chip 1570 connected to the I / O controller 1584. And an output unit.

  The host controller 1582 connects the RAM 1520 to the CPU 1505 and the graphic controller 1575 that access the RAM 1520 at a high transfer rate. The CPU 1505 operates based on programs stored in the ROM 1510 and the RAM 1520 and controls each unit. The graphic controller 1575 acquires image data generated by the CPU 1505 and the like on a frame buffer provided in the RAM 1520 and displays the image data on the display device 1580. Alternatively, the graphic controller 1575 may include a frame buffer that stores image data generated by the CPU 1505 or the like.

  The input / output controller 1584 connects the host controller 1582 to the hard disk drive 1540, the communication interface 1530, and the CD-ROM drive 1560, which are relatively high-speed input / output devices. The hard disk drive 1540 stores programs and data used by the CPU 1505 in the computer 1500. The communication interface 1530 communicates with the remote controller 120 via a network and provides programs and data to the remote controller 120. The CD-ROM drive 1560 reads a program or data from the CD-ROM 1595 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1540 and the communication interface 1530 via the RAM 1520.

  The input / output controller 1584 is connected to the ROM 1510, the flexible disk drive 1550, and the relatively low-speed input / output device of the input / output chip 1570. The ROM 1510 stores a boot program executed when the computer 1500 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1500, and the like. The flexible disk drive 1550 reads a program or data from the flexible disk 1590 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1540 and the communication interface 1530 via the RAM 1520. The input / output chip 1570 connects various input / output devices via a flexible disk drive 1550 and, for example, a parallel port, a serial port, a keyboard port, a mouse port, and the like.

  A program provided to the hard disk drive 1540 via the RAM 1520 is stored in a recording medium such as the flexible disk 1590, the CD-ROM 1595, or an IC card and provided by the user. The program is read from the recording medium, installed in the hard disk drive 1540 in the computer 1500 via the RAM 1520, and executed by the CPU 1505. The electronic album display program installed and executed on the computer 1500 works on the CPU 1505 or the like to cause the computer 1500 to function as the electronic album display system 10 described with reference to FIGS.

  A program provided to the communication interface 1530 via the RAM 1520 is stored in a recording medium such as the flexible disk 1590, the CD-ROM 1595, or an IC card and provided by the user. The program is read from the recording medium, provided to the communication interface 1530 via the RAM 1520, and transmitted to the remote controller 120 via the network. The program transmitted to the remote controller 120 is installed and executed in the remote controller 120. The remote control program installed and executed in the remote controller 120 causes the remote controller 120 to function as the remote controller 120 described with reference to FIGS.

  The program shown above may be stored in an external storage medium. As the storage medium, in addition to the flexible disk 1590 and the CD-ROM 1595, an optical recording medium such as a DVD or PD, a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MD, a tape medium, a semiconductor memory such as an IC card, or the like can be used. Further, a storage device such as a hard disk or a RAM provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the Internet may be used as a recording medium, and the program may be provided to the computer 1500 via the network.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the electronic album display system 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of the electronic album display system 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the schedule memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 220 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the change of the screen displayed by the image display part 110 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the change of the screen displayed by the image display part 110 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a process in the electronic album display system 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a detailed processing flow in S1030 illustrated in FIG. 6. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the computer 1500 concerning embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Electronic album display system, 100 Playback part, 110 Image display part, 120 Remote controller, 200 Imaging part, 210 Schedule acquisition part, 220 Storage part, 230 Schedule display part, 240 Control operation part, 250 Editing part, 260 Remote operation part

Claims (9)

An electronic album display system for displaying an electronic album including a plurality of images,
A schedule display unit for displaying a schedule including the reproduction order of the plurality of images;
An editing section for editing the schedule;
A storage unit for storing the edited schedule;
A reproduction unit that sequentially reproduces each of the plurality of images according to the schedule stored in the storage unit;
A control operation unit that receives a control operation for controlling a reproduction operation of the plurality of images in the reproduction unit by a user;
Have
The control operation unit, as the control operation, receives a skip operation indicating that the reproduction unit stops reproduction of one image and starts reproduction of the next image determined by the reproduction order,
The editing unit reproduces the one image when the time elapsed from the start of the reproduction of the one image until the reproduction of the one image is stopped is shorter than a predetermined reference value. An electronic album display system in which the schedule is changed and stored in the storage unit to be deleted from the target. An electronic album display system for displaying an electronic album including a plurality of images,
A schedule display unit for displaying a schedule including the reproduction order of the plurality of images;
An editing section for editing the schedule;
A storage unit for storing the edited schedule;
A reproduction unit that sequentially reproduces each of the plurality of images according to the schedule stored in the storage unit;
A control operation unit that receives a control operation for controlling a reproduction operation of the plurality of images in the reproduction unit by a user;
Have
The schedule further includes a playback time for each of the plurality of images,
The control operation unit, as the control operation, a pause operation indicating that the reproduction of the one image by the reproduction unit is paused, and a pause indicating that the reproduction of the paused one image is resumed. In response to each release operation,
The editing unit increases the reproduction time of the one image included in the schedule as the time elapsed from the time when the control operation unit receives the pause operation until the time when the control operation unit receives the pause release operation is longer. An electronic album display system in which the schedule is changed and stored in the storage unit so as to be longer. A remote controller including a remote control unit that remotely controls the playback unit by wireless communication so as to sequentially play back each of the plurality of images according to the schedule stored in the storage unit;
An image display unit for displaying each of the plurality of images reproduced by the reproduction unit;
Further comprising
The reproducing unit reads and reproduces the plurality of images from a replaceable recording medium;
The electronic album display system according to claim 1, wherein the remote controller includes the editing unit, the storage unit, and the control operation unit. A schedule transmission unit for transmitting the schedule stored in the storage unit to the reproduction unit by wireless communication;
The reproduction unit further records the said schedule received from the scheduled transmission unit to the recording medium, wherein in accordance with said schedule recorded on the recording medium, according to claim 3 for reproducing sequentially read each of the plurality of images The electronic album display system described in 1. An electronic album display method for displaying an electronic album including a plurality of images,
A schedule display step for displaying a schedule including a reproduction order of the plurality of images;
An editing stage for editing the schedule;
A storage step of storing the edited schedule in a storage unit;
A reproduction step of sequentially reproducing each of the plurality of images by the reproduction unit according to the schedule stored in the storage unit in the storage step;
A control operation stage for receiving a control operation for controlling a reproduction operation of the plurality of images in the reproduction stage by a user;
Including
In the control operation stage, as the control operation, a skip operation indicating that the reproduction of the one image by the reproduction unit is stopped and the reproduction of the next image determined by the reproduction order is started,
In the editing stage, when the time elapsed from the start of the reproduction of the one image to the stop of the reproduction of the one image is shorter than a predetermined reference value, the one image is reproduced. An electronic album display method in which the schedule is changed and stored in the storage unit to be deleted from a target. An electronic album display method for displaying an electronic album including a plurality of images,
A schedule display step for displaying a schedule including a reproduction order of the plurality of images;
An editing stage for editing the schedule;
A storage step of storing the edited schedule in a storage unit;
A reproduction step of sequentially reproducing each of the plurality of images by the reproduction unit according to the schedule stored in the storage unit in the storage step;
A control operation step of receiving a control operation for controlling a reproduction operation of the plurality of images in the reproduction unit by a user;
Including
The schedule further includes a playback time for each of the plurality of images,
In the control operation stage, as the control operation, a pause operation indicating that the reproduction of the one image by the reproduction unit is paused, and a pause indicating that the reproduction of the one image paused is resumed. In response to each release operation,
In the editing stage, the longer the time elapsed from receiving the pause operation in the control operation stage to receiving the pause release operation, the longer the playback time of the one image included in the schedule is. An electronic album display method, wherein the schedule is changed and stored in the storage unit so as to be longer. An image display step of displaying each of the plurality of images reproduced by the reproduction unit on an image display unit;
A remote operation step of remotely operating the reproduction unit by wireless communication to sequentially reproduce each of the plurality of images according to the schedule stored in the storage unit;
Further including
The electronic album display method according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein, in the reproduction stage, the plurality of images are read and reproduced from a replaceable recording medium. A schedule transmission step of transmitting the schedule stored in the storage unit to the reproduction unit by wireless communication;
Wherein the reproduction step further, the schedule received by the schedule transmission stage as well as recorded on the recording medium, in accordance with the schedule recorded in the recording medium, according to claim 7 for reproducing sequentially read each of the plurality of images The electronic album display method described in 1. Each step included claims 5 to the electronic album display method according to claim 8 causes a computer to execute an electronic album function as an electronic album display system for displaying an electronic album including a plurality of images Display program.

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