JP6089503B2 - Image display device, image display method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display device, an image display method, and a program.

In recent years, a digital photo frame or the like that stores data of an image taken by a camera and displays the image on a display has appeared.
As a technique applicable to such a digital photo frame, for example, in Patent Document 1, a user touches a touch panel with a finger or the like to select a desired type from among image types such as “person” and “landscape”. A technique is disclosed that, when selected, displays an image of a selected type of subject with priority over other images.

JP 2009-284332 A

For example, the user may want to display different types of images at the same time, or may have different types of subject images to be given priority among a plurality of users, and may want to display these images simultaneously.
However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, even if an image obtained by photographing a selected type of subject is displayed with priority, only one image is displayed on the display, and the display method is not limited. Since no ingenuity has been made, variations were scarce and it was not possible to deal with a wide range of user preferences.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to combine various types of subject images according to the user's taste and to display a variety of images.

In order to achieve the above object, an image display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes:
Display means;
An acquisition means for acquiring an image;
A selection unit configured to select any one combination from a plurality of types of combinations , which includes types of images to be displayed on the display unit;
And a first display control means for displaying the images acquired by the acquisition means in a plurality of display areas of the display means in a combination selected by the selection means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the image of the subject of the kind suitable for a user's taste can be combined, and the image rich in variation can be displayed.

It is a figure explaining the outline | summary of the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the hardware of the image display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure for performing the slide show display process which concerns on this embodiment among the functional structures of the image display apparatus of FIG. It is a figure explaining the data structure of the image file which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure explaining image file detection image DB concerning this embodiment. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing executed by a CPU having the functional configuration of FIG. 3. It is a flowchart explaining the flow of a slide show display process among the processes which CPU which has a functional structure of FIG. 3 performs. It is a flowchart explaining the flow of a target image reading process among the processes which CPU which has a functional structure of FIG. 3 performs. It is a flowchart explaining the flow of the display image selection process in a multi image among the processes which CPU which has a functional structure of FIG. 3 performs. It is a flowchart explaining the flow of the display image selection process in a multi image among the processes which CPU which has a functional structure of FIG. 3 performs.

Hereinafter, an image display device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, in order to facilitate understanding of the present embodiment, an outline of the image display apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of an image display apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
For example, the image display device 1 is configured as a digital photo frame. The image display device 1 can acquire an image file generated by being imaged by the imaging device 100 configured by a digital camera, for example, via the removable medium 31 and display a corresponding image.

  Specifically, the imaging apparatus 100 uses the selected shooting mode as one of the supplementary information for an image file shot and generated after the shooting mode is selected on the shooting mode selection screen by the user, for example. In addition, the image file is stored in the removable medium 31. Here, the shooting modes in the present embodiment indicate image types such as “standard”, “family”, “pet”, “tourism”, “hobby”, “favorite person”, and the like.

The image display device 1 acquires an image file including a shooting mode via the removable medium 31. In the multi-image display mode, the image display device 1 displays, for example, a combination of image types selected by the user based on the shooting mode and image data included in the image file. Here, the multi-image display mode in the present embodiment is a mode for displaying a multi-image including a plurality of types of images. A plurality of types of images included in the multi-image according to the present embodiment are also referred to as multi-image display images.
In the present embodiment, an image in which two types of display images in a multi-image are arranged side by side will be described as an example of a multi-image.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the image display apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The image display apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an image processing unit 14, a bus 15, an input / output interface 16, and a display. A unit 17, an operation unit 18, a storage unit 19, and a drive 20 are provided.

  The CPU 11 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the ROM 12 or a program loaded from the storage unit 19 to the RAM 13.

  The RAM 13 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes.

The image processing unit 14 is configured by a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), a VRAM (Video Random Access Memory), and the like, and performs various image processing on image data in cooperation with the CPU 11.
For example, the image processing unit 14 performs image processing such as noise reduction and hue adjustment on the image data stored in the storage unit 19.

  The CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, and image processing unit 14 are connected to each other via a bus 15. An input / output interface 16 is also connected to the bus 15. A display unit 17, an operation unit 18, a storage unit 19, and a drive 20 are connected to the input / output interface 16.

  The display unit 17 is configured by a display or the like and displays various images. For example, the display unit 17 displays a slide show by sequentially switching a plurality of images stored as image files in the storage unit 19. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a multi-image combining the types of images selected by the user is sequentially switched and displayed as a slide show.

  The operation unit 18 includes various buttons and accepts user instruction operations. The instruction operation includes, for example, an operation of selecting any one type of combination from a plurality of types of combinations of images to be displayed on the display unit 17.

  The storage unit 19 is configured by a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), and stores various image data such as images for slide show display described later as image files. That is, the storage unit 19 functions as a built-in memory among the memory for recording image files.

  A removable medium 31 made of a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached to the drive 20. The program read from the removable medium 31 by the drive 20 is installed in the storage unit 19 as necessary. The removable medium 31 can also store various data such as image files stored in the storage unit 19 in the same manner as the storage unit 19. That is, the removable medium 31 functions as an image providing medium for storing a new image file to be provided to the storage unit 19 as a built-in memory.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing the slide show display processing according to the present embodiment, among the functional configurations of the image display device 1 of FIG.
The slide show display processing according to the present embodiment is a combination of a plurality of types of images to be displayed when determining the type of image of the image file based on the supplementary information of the image file and displaying the image on the display unit 17. From this, a series of processing until detecting that any one type of combination is selected by the user and displaying the determined image on the display unit 17 based on the detected one type of combination is performed. Say.
In the present embodiment, for example, the combination of images to be displayed may be a combination from each shooting mode recorded in the incidental information of a plurality of already recorded image files.
The incidental information of the image file will be described later.

  In the CPU 11, when the slide show display process is executed, the main control unit 110, the image DB creation unit 111, the selection unit 112, the acquisition unit 113, the determination unit 114, and the display control unit 115 function. .

The main control unit 110 controls the execution of various processes in each unit of the image display device 1.
Further, the main control unit 110 controls the display control unit 115 to display images such as various menu screens on the display unit 17.
For example, the main control unit 110 controls the display control unit 115 to display a menu screen including an item for selecting the start of the slide show display on the display unit 17.
In addition, the main control unit 110 displays a screen for notifying the display control unit 115 to select any one type of combination from a plurality of types of combinations of images that can be displayed on the display unit 17 in the multi-image display mode. It is controlled and displayed on the display unit 17.
In the present embodiment, combinations of a plurality of types of images that can be displayed on the display unit 17 include a pair of “pet” and “family” shown in FIG. 1, for example, a pair of “sightseeing” and “family”. In addition to the different types of combinations, the same type of combinations such as a “pet” and a “pet” are also included. In addition, as a method of selecting any one type of combination from a plurality of types of images that can be displayed on the display unit 17, combinations of the types of images that can be displayed (for example, “standard corresponding to each shooting mode” , Family, pets, tourism, hobbies, favorite people "), by displaying on the display unit 17, the user can select combinations of image types to be displayed on the display unit 17 in multi-image display. You may make it selectable.
Here, as a method of displaying the combination candidates, a method of displaying the candidates in a list or a method of scroll display may be used.

The image DB creation unit 111 refers to an image file stored in the removable medium 31 via the drive 20 and uses an image file detection image database (hereinafter also referred to as DB) used to detect an image file of images to be displayed as a slide show. Created and stored in the storage unit 19.
Here, the image file according to the present embodiment is a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) file, and is a file that has been shot and generated after the shooting mode is selected by the imaging device 100 (see FIG. 1) by the user.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the data structure of the image file according to this embodiment.
The image file according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of segments and image data (Image Compressed Data) in an area between SOI (Start of Image) and EOI (End of Image).
The segments include APP1 (Application Data), DQT (Define Quantizat Table), DHT (Define Huffman Table), DRI (Define Start Interval (F), and SOF (Start of Scan F).
The imaging apparatus 100 (see FIG. 1) stores, for example, the selected shooting mode in the APP 1 among image files shot and generated after the shooting mode is selected on the shooting mode selection screen by the user. The shooting mode is information indicating the type of image such as “pet”, for example.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the image file detection image DB according to the present embodiment.
In the image file detection image DB, the image file path of each image file is associated with the image width, the image height, the shooting mode, and the detection type, and is stored in the storage unit 19.
The image file path is an address in the storage area of the removable medium 31 for each image file.
The image width is the number of pixels in the width direction of the image.
The image height is the number of pixels in the height direction of the image.
The shooting mode is one of the supplementary information and is the type of image indicated by the shooting mode stored in APP1 (see FIG. 4).
The detection type is one of the supplementary information and is the type of image displayed by the image data. That is, it is the type of an image that is actually shot by the imaging device 100 (see FIG. 1) and displayed on the display unit 17, for example. Note that the detection type storage area is empty immediately after the image file detection image DB is created by the image DB creation unit 111, and stores a discrimination result obtained by processing for discriminating the type of image by the discrimination unit 114 described later. Is done.
Here, in the description of the present embodiment, “pet”, which is the type of image, is also referred to as a type. For example, in this embodiment, “pet” is described as the first type, and “family” is described as the second type.

Returning to FIG. 3, when displaying an image on the display unit 17, the selection unit 112 selects any one type of combination from a plurality of types of combinations of images to be displayed. That is, when displaying an image on the display unit 17, the selection unit 112 detects that any one type of combination has been selected by the user from among a plurality of types of combinations of images to be displayed.
Specifically, the selection unit 112 displays the screen for informing the user to select any one type of combination on the display unit 17, and the one type of combination is operated by the operation of the operation unit 18 of the user. Detect that is selected.
In this embodiment, as described above, a set of images in which two types of display images in a multi-image are arranged side by side is described as an example of a multi-image. It is assumed that it is detected that the combination of the first type and the second type is selected as the combination of types.

  The acquisition unit 113 sequentially acquires the image files (see FIG. 4) with the shooting mode stored in the removable medium 31 one by one via the drive 20.

The determination unit 114 has the same type (type) included in the combination of one type (type) in the user selection detected by the selection unit 112 and the type (type) of the image file acquired by the acquisition unit 113. It is determined whether or not.
Specifically, the determination unit 114 determines the image file detection image DB (see FIG. 5) created by the image DB creation unit 111 based on the shooting mode and detection type of the image file acquired by the acquisition unit 113. Determine the type of image.
In addition, in the image file detection image DB (see FIG. 5), the determination unit 114, when the detection type storage area of the image file acquired by the acquisition unit 113 is empty, The type of image (type) of the image file is determined by collating with the detection feature table provided for each type of image (type) stored in the storage unit 19. Are stored in the detection type of the image file detection image DB.

Then, the determination unit 114 determines the type (type) included in the combination of the one type (type) that the selection unit 112 has detected that has been selected by the user, and the type (type) of the image file acquired by the acquisition unit 113. ) Are the same, the image file is stored in the image buffer of the storage unit 19.
Specifically, the multi-image is an image in which two types (types) of display images in the multi-image are arranged side by side, and when the combination of the first type and the second type is selected by the user, the determination unit 114. Stores the image in the left image buffer when the type of the image file acquired by the acquisition unit 113 is determined to be the first type, and stores the image as the right image when the type is determined to be the second type. Store in buffer.

The display control unit 115 causes the display unit 17 to display the image determined by the determination unit 114 based on one type of combination selected by the selection unit 112.
Specifically, when image files are stored in both the left image buffer and the right image buffer of the storage unit 19, the display control unit 115 synthesizes these images as a multi-image display image, Generate an image.

Next, a main process executed by the CPU 11 having the functional configuration shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of main processing executed by the CPU 11 having the functional configuration of FIG.
In step S11, the main control unit 110 reads various parameters necessary for slide show display after the image display apparatus 1 is turned on.

  In step S12, the image DB creation unit 111 refers to the image file stored in the removable medium 31 via the drive 20, and detects an image file detection image DB (see FIG. 5) used to detect an image file of an image to be displayed as a slide show. Reference) is created and stored in the storage unit 19.

  In step S13, the main control unit 110 displays a menu screen including an item for selecting start of slide show display.

  In step S14, the main control unit 110 determines whether or not the user has selected an item for selecting the start of the slide show display. If the item for selecting the start of the slide show display is selected, the process proceeds to step S15. If the item for selecting the start of the slide show display is not selected, the process returns to step S13.

  In step S <b> 15, the selection unit 112, the acquisition unit 113, the determination unit 114, and the display control unit 115 cooperate to execute a slide show display process under the control of the main control unit 110. As will be described in detail later, in the slide show display process, the selection unit 112, the acquisition unit 113, the determination unit 114, and the display control unit 115 acquire an image file stored in the removable medium 31 and select one type selected by the user. Based on the combination, the image combinations determined to be of the type are sequentially switched, and a slide show is displayed on the display unit 17.

  In step S16, the main control unit 110 determines whether or not an item for ending the slide show display has been selected by the user. If selected, the main control unit 110 ends the process, and if not selected, returns the process to step S13.

Next, a slide show display process among the processes executed by the CPU 11 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the slide show display process among the processes executed by the CPU having the functional configuration of FIG.

  In step S <b> 21, the main control unit 110 displays a screen informing the user to select any one type of combination from a plurality of types of combinations of images that can be displayed on the display unit 17 in the multi-image display mode.

  In step S22, the selection unit 112 determines whether or not it is detected that one type of combination by the user has been selected by the user on the screen displayed in step S21. The process moves to step S23, and if it is not determined that it has been detected, the process returns to step S21.

  In step S <b> 23, the acquisition unit 113, the determination unit 114, and the display control unit 115 cooperate to execute the target image reading process under the control of the main control unit 110. As will be described in detail later, in the target image reading process, the acquisition unit 113, the determination unit 114, and the display control unit 115 generate a multi-image based on the one type of combination detected in step S22.

In step S24, the display control unit 115 displays the multi-image generated in step S23 on the display unit 17.
In step S25, the main control unit 110 determines whether or not an item for ending the multi-image mode has been selected by the user. If selected, the process ends. If not selected, the process returns to step S23. .

Next, a target image reading process among the processes executed by the CPU 11 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the target image reading process among the processes executed by the CPU 11 having the functional configuration of FIG.

  In step S31, the acquisition unit 113 sequentially acquires the image files (see FIG. 4) with the shooting mode stored in the removable medium 31 one by one.

  In step S <b> 32, the determination unit 114 performs a multi-intra-image display image selection process under the control of the main control unit 110. As will be described in detail later, in the multi-image display image selection processing, the determination unit 114 combines multiple images that are combined into a multi-image based on the one type of combination detected in step S22. Select the display image in the image. Specifically, the determination unit 114 selects an image arranged on the left side and an image arranged on the right side of the multi image as the display images in the multi image.

  In step S33, the display control unit 115 determines whether or not an image file to be a display image in the multi-image is stored in both the left image buffer and the right image buffer of the storage unit 19, and the image file is stored. If it is determined that the image file is stored, the process proceeds to step S34. If it is not determined that the image file is stored, the process returns to step S31.

  In step S34, the display control unit 115 synthesizes the image files stored in the left image buffer and the right image buffer of the storage unit 19 as a display image in a multi-image, and generates a multi-image.

Next, among the processes executed by the CPU 11 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3, the display image selection process in the multi-image will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
9 and 10 are flowcharts for explaining the flow of the display image selection process in the multi-image among the processes executed by the CPU 11 having the functional configuration of FIG.

  In step S41, the determination unit 114 determines whether or not an image file is not stored in the left image buffer of the storage unit 19. If the image file is determined not to be stored, the process proceeds to step S42. If it is not determined that the image file is not stored, the process proceeds to step S48.

  In step S42, the determination unit 114 determines that the detection type of the image file acquired in step S31 in the image file detection image DB (see FIG. 5) created in step S12 is selected by the user in step S22. If it is determined whether or not the first type included in the detected combination of one type is stored, and if it is determined that it is stored, the process proceeds to step S46, and if it is determined that it is not stored The process moves to step S43.

  In step S43, the determination unit 114 determines the first type included in the one type of combination detected by the user in step S22 (see FIG. 2). And the image data of the image file acquired in step S31.

  In step S44, the determination unit 114 determines whether the image data of the image file acquired in step S31 is the first type based on the result of the collation in step S43. If the first type is not determined, the process proceeds to step S48.

  In step S45, the determination unit 114 stores the first type in the image file detection type acquired in step S31 in the image file detection image DB (see FIG. 5) created in step S12.

  In step S46, the determination unit 114 determines whether or not the shooting mode of the image file acquired in step S31 in the image file detection image DB (see FIG. 5) created in step S12 is the first type. If it is determined that the type is one, the process proceeds to step S47. If it is not determined that the type is the first type, the process proceeds to step S48.

  In step S47, the determination unit 114 stores the image file acquired in step S31 in the left image buffer of the storage unit 19, and moves the process to step S33 (see FIG. 8).

In step S48, the determination unit 114 determines whether or not the image file is not stored in the right image buffer of the storage unit 19, and if it is determined that the image file is not stored, the process proceeds to step S49. If it is not determined that the image file is not stored, step S33
The processing is moved to (see FIG. 8).

  In step S49, the determination unit 114 indicates that the user selected in step S22 as the image file detection type acquired in step S31 in the image file detection image DB (see FIG. 5) created in step S12. If it is determined whether the second type included in the detected combination of one type is stored, and if it is determined that it is stored, the process proceeds to step S53, and if it is determined that it is not stored The process moves to step S50.

  In step S50, the determination unit 114 determines a second type included in the one type of combination detected by the user in step S22 (see FIG. 2). And the image data of the image file acquired in step S31.

  In step S51, the determination unit 114 determines whether the image data of the image file acquired in step S31 is the second type based on the collation result in step S50. If the second type is not determined, the process proceeds to step S33 (see FIG. 8).

  In step S52, the determination unit 114 stores the second type in the image file detection type acquired in step S31 in the image file detection image DB (see FIG. 5) created in step S12.

  In step S53, the determination unit 114 determines whether the shooting mode of the image file acquired in step S31 is the second type in the image file detection image DB (see FIG. 5) created in step S12. If it is determined that the type is two, the process proceeds to step S54. If the type is not determined to be the second type, the process proceeds to step S33 (see FIG. 8).

  In step S54, the determination unit 114 stores the image file acquired in step S31 in the right image buffer of the storage unit 19, and moves the process to step S33 (see FIG. 8).

As described above, the image display device 1 according to the present embodiment includes the display unit 17, the selection unit 112, the acquisition unit 113, the determination unit 114, and the display control unit 115.
The acquisition unit 113 acquires an image with additional information.
The determination unit 114 determines the type of the image based on the supplementary information of the image acquired by the acquisition unit 113.
When the display unit 17 displays an image, the selection unit 112 selects any one type of combination from a plurality of types of combinations of images to be displayed.
The display control unit 115 causes the display unit 17 to display the image determined by the determination unit 114 based on one type of combination selected by the selection unit 112.
Thereby, for example, one type of combination selected by the user, that is, an image obtained by combining a certain type of image (for example, a pet image) and another type of image (for example, a family image) on the display unit 17. Can be displayed.
Therefore, it is possible to combine various types of subject images according to the user's taste and display an effective image rich in variations.

Furthermore, the image display apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment detects, in the incidental information, the shooting mode that is the type of the image selected by the user and the type of image that is displayed on the display unit 17 that is determined by the determination unit 114. Type, and
The determination unit 114 determines the type of image based on the shooting mode and the detection type.
As a result, the type of image is determined based on both the type of image selected by the user and, for example, the type of image actually captured and displayed, so that the accuracy of determination can be improved.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, The deformation | transformation in the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, improvement, etc. are included in this invention.

  In the above-described embodiment, an image in which two types of display images in a multi-image are arranged side by side is a multi-image. However, the multi-image is not limited to this. Images arranged side by side, images in which four types of multi-image display images are arranged in two rows and two columns, or images in which a plurality of types of multi-image display images are arranged at arbitrary positions may be used.

Further, in S21 of FIG. 7, notification is made to select one type of combination from a plurality of types of displayable combinations, but the user may arbitrarily select the type of the combination.
For example, the user can select any two or more types from “standard, family, pet, tourism, hobby, favorite person” in the shooting mode (a combination of the same type selected more than once) (Including cases).
At this time, “standard, family, pet, sightseeing, hobby, favorite person” which is a candidate for combination is displayed on the display unit 17 having a touch panel function, and the combination of image types to be displayed is determined by the user. You may make it select by touch operation etc. When selecting a combination candidate, you may select a list of “standard, family, pet, tourism, hobby, favorite person” or “standard, family, pet, tourism, hobby, You may select the one in which “Favorite” is scrolled.
Thereby, multi-image display of two or more types of images can be performed with the selected combination type.
As described above, the combination of the types of images to be subjected to the slide show display process can be made more user-preferred, and the degree of freedom of the slide show display form can be further increased.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, an image in which two types of display images in a multi-image are arranged side by side is a multi-image, and therefore one type of combination is a combination of the first type and the second type. However, for example, if there are n types of multi-image display images (where n represents an integer), the one type of combination is a combination of the first type to the n-th type. Can do.

  In the above-described embodiment, the determination unit 114 determines the image type based on the shooting mode and the detection type. However, the determination of the image type in the determination unit 114 is not limited to this, and the shooting mode or The type of image may be determined by any of the detection types.

In the above-described embodiment, the image display apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied has been described using a digital photo frame as an example, but is not particularly limited thereto.
For example, the present invention can be applied to general electronic devices having a display function. Specifically, for example, the present invention can be applied to a notebook personal computer, a television receiver, a video camera, a portable navigation device, a mobile phone, a portable game machine, and the like.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
In other words, the functional configuration of FIG. 2 is merely an example and is not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient that the image display apparatus 1 has a function capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole, and what functional blocks are used to realize this function is not particularly limited to the example of FIG. .
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed on a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. The computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, for example, a general-purpose personal computer.

  The recording medium including such a program is not only constituted by the removable medium 31 of FIG. 1 distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide the program to the user, but also in a state of being incorporated in the apparatus main body in advance. It is comprised with the recording medium etc. which are provided in this. The removable medium 31 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like. The optical disk is composed of, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or the like. The magneto-optical disk is configured by an MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. In addition, the recording medium provided to the user in a state of being preliminarily incorporated in the apparatus main body includes, for example, the ROM 12 in FIG. 1 in which a program is recorded, the hard disk included in the storage unit 19 in FIG.

In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in time series along the order, but is not necessarily performed in time series, either in parallel or individually. The process to be executed is also included.
Further, in the present specification, the term “system” means an overall apparatus configured by a plurality of devices, a plurality of means, and the like.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this embodiment is only an illustration and does not limit the technical scope of this invention. The present invention can take other various embodiments, and various modifications such as omission and replacement can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention described in this specification and the like, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

The invention described in the scope of claims at the beginning of the filing of the present application will be appended.
[Appendix 1]
Display means;
Acquisition means for acquiring an image with additional information;
Selection means for selecting a combination of image types to be displayed on the display means, based on incidental information attached to the image acquired by the acquisition means;
An image display apparatus comprising: a first display control unit configured to display the images acquired by the acquisition unit in a plurality of display areas of the display unit in a combination selected by the selection unit.
[Appendix 2]
A second display control means for displaying the combination candidates on the display means;
The image display apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the selection unit selects the combination from a plurality of types of combination candidates displayed on the display unit based on a user operation.
[Appendix 3]
A third display control means for displaying the image type candidates on the display means;
The image display apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the selection unit selects the combination from image type candidates displayed on the display unit based on a user operation.
[Appendix 4]
A discriminating unit for discriminating the type of the image acquired by the acquiring unit;
The image display device according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the selection unit selects a combination of image types determined by the determination unit.
[Appendix 5]
In an image display method executed by an image display device that displays an image on a display means,
An acquisition step of acquiring an image with accompanying information;
A selection step of selecting a combination of types of images to be displayed on the display means based on incidental information attached to the image acquired by the acquisition step;
A display control step of displaying the image acquired by the acquisition step in a plurality of display areas of the display means in a combination of types selected by the selection step;
An image display method comprising:
[Appendix 6]
Computer
Acquisition means for acquiring an image with additional information;
Selection means for selecting a combination of image types to be displayed on the display means, based on incidental information attached to the image acquired by the acquisition means;
A program that functions as a display control unit that displays an image acquired by the acquisition unit in a plurality of display areas of the display unit in a combination selected by the selection unit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Image display apparatus, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 1
4 ... image processing unit, 15 ... bus, 16 ... input / output interface, 17 ...
Display unit 18 ... Operation unit 19 ... Storage unit 19 ... Drive 31 ... Removable media 110 ... Main control unit 111 ... Image DB creation unit 112 ... Selection unit, 113 ... acquisition unit, 114 ... discrimination unit, 115 ... display control unit

Claims (8)

Display means;
An acquisition means for acquiring an image;
A selection unit configured to select any one combination from a plurality of types of combinations , which includes types of images to be displayed on the display unit;
An image display apparatus comprising: a first display control unit configured to display the images acquired by the acquisition unit in a plurality of display areas of the display unit in a combination selected by the selection unit. The acquisition means acquires an image with additional information,
The selection unit selects a combination of image types to be displayed on the display unit based on incidental information attached to an image acquired by the acquisition unit.
The image display device described in 1. A second display control means for displaying the combination candidates on the display means;
The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects the combination from a plurality of types of combination candidates displayed on the display unit based on a user operation. A discriminating unit for discriminating the type of the image acquired by the acquiring unit;
It said selecting means, the image display apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that selecting a combination of types of determination image by the discrimination means. If there is an image whose type could not be determined by the determining unit, the determining unit is newly configured for an image whose type could not be determined based on predetermined information provided for each type of the image. The image display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the type is attached. The said selection means is provided so that the candidate of the combination which consists of the same kind can be selected as a candidate of the combination of the said kind of image, The selection of any one of Claim 1 thru | or 5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Image display device. In an image display method executed by an image display device that displays an image on a display means,
An acquisition step of acquiring an image;
A selection step of selecting any one type of combination from a plurality of types of combination candidates , which includes the types of images to be displayed on the display means;
A display control step of displaying the image acquired by the acquisition step in a plurality of display areas of the display means in a combination of types selected by the selection step;
An image display method comprising: Computer
Acquisition means for acquiring images,
A selection means for selecting any one combination from a plurality of kinds of combination candidates , comprising image types to be displayed on the display means;
A program that functions as a display control unit that displays an image acquired by the acquisition unit in a plurality of display areas of the display unit in a combination selected by the selection unit.

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