Image display system, image display apparatus, image providing apparatus and method thereof
View Patent ↗An image display apparatus disclosed in the present application is made up of an analytical precision calculating module, an image analyzing module, and an image providing module. The analytical precision calculating module calculates an analytical precision of an image which satisfies a designated restrictive condition. The image analyzing module analyzes image information based on the calculated analytical precision. The image providing module accepts an image designation, calculates differences between an analysis result of image information of the designated image and image information of images other than the designated image, and provides a list of images arranged in an ascending order of differences thereof as a search result.
1. An image display system comprising:
an image display apparatus; and
an image providing apparatus connected to the image display apparatus, the image providing apparatus providing the image display apparatus with one or more pieces of image information respectively including one or more components including information regarding color, time and position; wherein
the image providing apparatus includes:
a central processing unit and a memory;
a calculating module that calculates an analytical precision satisfying a restrictive condition designated for the provision of the one or more pieces of image information, based on current processing capacities of the image display apparatus and the image providing apparatus, a current communication processing capacity between the image display apparatus and the image providing apparatus, and an amount of information corresponding to the number of the one or more pieces of image information;
an analyzing module that analyzes the components of the respective pieces of image information with the calculated analytical precision, classifies colors used in the image information based on the analytical precision and calculates a percentage of each classified color; and
a providing module that receives an image designation and a designation of any one the components of color, time and position to create provision information by arranging the one or more pieces of image information so that image information other than the designated image is displayed in an order of analysis results of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image, and provides the provision information to the image display apparatus, the providing module creating, when color is designated from the components, provision information by arranging image information other than the designated image in an order of the calculated color percentages of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image; and
wherein the image display apparatus displays the provided provision information and image information included in the provision information;
wherein the restrictive condition is designated from any of time, power consumption and display screen size; and
wherein, when a time limit is designated as the restrictive condition,
the analytical precision is a function of an amount of information corresponding to the number of the one or more pieces of image information, a calculation time for one color in a piece of the image information, and the time limit,
the calculation time is a function of a current processing capacity of the image providing apparatus, and
the calculating module calculates the analytical precision such that the period of time from the moment the providing module receives an image designation to the moment the image display apparatus displays the provision information is equal to or within the designated time limit.
2. An image display apparatus that displays one or more pieces of image information respectively including one or more components, the image display apparatus comprising:
a central processing unit and a memory;
a calculating module that calculates an analytical precision satisfying a restrictive condition designated for the provision of the one or more pieces of image information;
an analyzing module that analyzes the components of the respective pieces of image information with the calculated analytical precision; and
a providing module that receives an image designation and a designation of the components, and creates and displays provision information in which image information other than the designated image is arranged in an order of analysis results of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image; and
wherein, when a time limit is designated as the restrictive condition,
the analytical precision is a function of an amount of information corresponding to the number of the one or more pieces of image information, a calculation time for one color in a piece of the image information, and the time limit,
the calculation time is a function of a current processing capacity of the image display apparatus, and
the calculating module calculates the analytical precision such that the period of time from the moment the providing module receives an image designation to the moment the image display apparatus displays the provision information is equal to or within the designated time limit.
3. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the restrictive condition is designated from any of time, power consumption and display screen size.
4. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
components of the image information include information regarding color, time and position, and
the providing module receives a designation of one type of information regarding color, time and position.
5. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
components of the image information include information regarding color,
the analyzing module analyzes colors of the image information, and
the providing module creates provision information by arranging image information other than the designated image in an order of colors of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image.
6. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the analyzing module classifies colors used in the image information based on the analytical precision and calculates a percentage of the respective classified colors, and
the providing module creates provision information by arranging image information other than the designated image in an order of the calculated color percentages of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image.
7. An image display system comprising:
an image display apparatus and
an image providing apparatus connected to the image display apparatus, the image providing apparatus providing the image display apparatus with one or more pieces of image information respectively including one or more components; wherein
the image providing apparatus includes:
a central processing unit and a memory;
a calculating module that calculates an analytical precision satisfying a restrictive condition designated for the provision of the one or more pieces of image information;
an analyzing module that analyzes the components of the respective pieces of image information with the calculated analytical precision;
and a providing module that receives an image designation and a designation of the components, creates provision information in which image information other than the designated image is arranged in an order of analysis results of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image, and provides the provision information to the image display apparatus; and
wherein the image display apparatus displays the provided provision information and image information included in the provision information, and
wherein, when a time limit is designated as the restrictive condition,
the analytical precision is a function of an amount of information corresponding to the number of the one or more pieces of image information, a calculation time for one color in a piece of the image information, and the time limit,
the calculation time is a function of a current processing capacity of the image providing apparatus, and
the calculating module calculates the analytical precision such that the period of time from the moment the providing module receives an image designation to the moment the display apparatus displays the provision information is equal to or within the designated time limit.
8. The image display system according to claim 7 , wherein
the calculating module calculates the analytical precision based on current processing capacities of the image display apparatus and the image providing apparatus and a current communication processing capacity between the image display apparatus and the image providing apparatus.
9. The image display system according to claim 7 , wherein
the restrictive condition is designated from any of time, power consumption and display screen size.
10. The image display system according to claim 7 , wherein
components of the image information include information regarding color, time and position, and
the providing module receives a designation of one type of information regarding color, time and position.
11. The image display system according to claim 7 , wherein
components of the image information include information regarding color,
the analyzing module analyzes colors of the image information, and
the providing module creates provision information by arranging image information other than the designated image in an order of colors of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image.
12. The image display system according to claim 7 , wherein
the analyzing module classifies colors used in the image information based on the analytical precision and calculates a percentage of the respective classified colors, and
the providing module creates provision information by arranging image information other than the designated image in an order of the calculated color percentages of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image.
13. An image providing apparatus connected to the image display apparatus, the image providing apparatus providing the image display apparatus with one or more pieces of image information respectively including one or more components, wherein
the image providing apparatus comprises:
a central processing unit and a memory;
a calculating module that calculates an analytical precision satisfying a restrictive condition designated for the provision of the one or more pieces of image information;
an analyzing module that analyzes the components of the image respective pieces of information with the calculated analytical precision; and
a providing module that receives an image designation and a designation of the components, creates provision information in which image information other than the designated image is arranged in an order of analysis results of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image, and provides the provision information to the image display apparatus; and
wherein, when a time limit is designated as the restrictive condition,
the analytical precision is a function of an amount of information corresponding to the number of the one or more pieces of image information, a calculation time for one color in a piece of the image information, and the time limit,
the calculation time is a function of a current processing capacity of the image providing apparatus, and
the calculating module calculates the analytical precision such that the period of time from the moment the providing module receives an image designation to the moment the image display apparatus displays the provision information is equal to or within the designated time limit.
14. An image display method executed by
an image display apparatus and
an image providing apparatus connected to the image display apparatus, the image providing apparatus providing the image display apparatus with one or more pieces of image information respectively including one or more components, the image display method comprising:
the image providing apparatus, including a central processing unit and a memory, calculating an analytical precision satisfying a restrictive condition designated for the provision of the one or more pieces of image information;
the image providing apparatus analyzing the components of the respective pieces of image information with the calculated analytical precision;
the image providing apparatus receiving an image designation and a designation of the components, creating provision information in which image information other than the designated image is arranged in an order of analysis results of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image, and providing the provision information to the image display apparatus; and
the image display apparatus displaying the provided provision information and image information included in the provision information; and
wherein, when a time limit is designated as the restrictive condition,
the analytical precision is a function of an amount of information corresponding to the number of the one or more pieces of image information, a calculation time for one color in a piece of the image information, and the time limit,
the calculation time is a function of a current processing capacity of the image providing apparatus, and
the image providing apparatus calculates the analytical precision such that the period of time from the moment the providing apparatus receives an image designation to the moment the display apparatus displays the provision information is equal to or within the designated time limit.
15. An image providing method executed by an image providing apparatus connected to an image display apparatus, the image providing apparatus providing the image display apparatus with one or more pieces of image information respectively including one or more components, the image providing method comprising:
calculating an analytical precision satisfying a restrictive condition designated for the provision of the one or more pieces of image information;
analyzing the components of the respective pieces of image information with the calculated analytical precision;
receiving an image designation and designation of the components, creating provision information in which image information other than the designated image is arranged in an order of analysis results of nearest to farthest from the image information of the designated image, and providing the provision information to the image display apparatus; and
wherein, when a time limit is designated as the restrictive condition,
the analytical precision is a function of an amount of information corresponding to the number of the one or more pieces of image information, a calculation time for one color in a piece of the image information, and the time limit,
the calculation time is a function of a current processing capacity of the image providing apparatus, and
an image providing apparatus, including a central processing unit and a memory, calculates the analytical precision such that the period of time from the moment the providing apparatus receives an image designation to the moment the image display apparatus displays the provision information is equal to or within the designated time limit.