IP Library Granted Patent US 8,181,121
Granted Patent B2
US 8,181,121 · App. 11/910,170 · Granted May 15, 2012

Display unit and display method

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Patent No.
US 8,181,121
App. No.
11/910,170
Granted
May 15, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

When displaying on a display ( 46 ) a plurality of thumbnails respectively corresponding to a plurality of image files selected from an external memory card ( 40 ), the CPU 26 determines whether each image file is a moving image file or a still image file, and creates an enlarged thumbnails by clipping the center of the thumbnail corresponding to the moving image file and enlarging it by an electronic zoom processing circuit ( 37 ). Then, a first screen including the plurality of thumbnails and a second screen including the enlarged thumbnail in place of the thumbnail corresponding to the moving image file on the first screen are alternately displayed.

Claims (23)

1. A display unit capable of displaying a plurality of reduced images respectively corresponding to a plurality of original images, comprising:

an identifier that identifies each kind of said plurality of original images;

a processor that performs predetermined processing on a first reduced image corresponding to an original image in response to the original image being identified by said identifier as being a specific kind, and the predetermined processing generates a second reduced image; and

a display that is controlled by said processor to alternately display a first screen including said first reduced image and a second screen including said second reduced image in place of said first reduced image on said first screen, wherein said first screen further includes a third reduced image corresponding to an original image whose identification result by said identifier indicates a kind except for said specific kind, and said second screen further includes a fourth reduced image the same as said third reduced image, wherein said processor automatically alternates the display of said first screen and the display of said second screen at a predetermined time interval.

2. A display unit according to claim 1 , wherein said predetermined processing is processing of clipping a part of said first reduced image and enlarging it.

3. A display unit according to claim 2 , wherein

each of said plurality of original images is any one of a still image and a moving image, and

said first reduced image corresponds to a moving image, and said third reduced image corresponds to a still image.

4. A display unit according to claim 1 , wherein said second reduced image has a size equal to or almost equal to a size of said first reduced image.

5. A display method capable of displaying a plurality of reduced images respectively corresponding to a plurality of original images, comprising:

an identifying step for identifying each kind of said plurality of original images;

a processing step for performing predetermined processing on a first reduced image corresponding to an original image in response to the original image being identified by said identifying step as being a specific kind, and the predetermined processing generates a second reduced image; and

a displaying step for alternately displaying a first screen including said first reduced image and a second screen including said second reduced image in place of said first reduced image on said first screen, wherein said first screen further includes a third reduced image corresponding to an original image whose identification result by said identifying step indicates a kind except for said specific kind, and said second screen further includes a fourth reduced image the same as said third reduced image, wherein said displaying step automatically alternates the display of said first screen and the display of said second screen at a predetermined time interval.

6. A display method according to claim 5 , wherein said predetermined processing is processing of clipping a part of said first reduced image and enlarging it.

7. A display method according to claim 6 , wherein

each of said plurality of original images is any one of a still image and a moving image, and

said first reduced image corresponds to a moving image, and said third reduced image corresponds to a still image.

8. A display method according to claim 5 , wherein said second reduced image has a size equal to or almost equal to a size of said first reduced image.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a display program for a display unit capable of displaying a plurality of reduced images respectively corresponding to a plurality of original images, said display program, when executed, causes a processor of said display unit to execute a method, comprising:

an identifying step for identifying each kind of said plurality of original images;

a processing step for performing predetermined processing on a first reduced image corresponding to an original image in response to the original image being identified by said identifying step as being a specific kind, and the predetermined processing generates a second reduced image; and

a displaying step for alternately displaying a first screen including said first reduced image and a second screen including said second reduced image in place of said first reduced image on said first screen, wherein said first screen further includes a third reduced image corresponding to an original image whose identification result by said identifying step indicates a kind except for said specific kind, and said second screen further includes a fourth reduced image the same as said third reduced image, wherein said displaying step automatically alternates the display of said first screen and the display of said second screen at a predetermined time interval.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein said second reduced image has a size equal to or almost equal to a size of said first reduced image.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT PATENT NUMBER 13/446,454, AND REPLACE WITH 13/466,454 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032467 FRAME 0095. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032601/0646 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032467/0095 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2007
From: KINEMURA, HIROYUKI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019969/0725 →