IP Library Granted Patent US 8,839,152
Granted Patent B2
US 8,839,152 · App. 13/154,717 · Granted Sep 16, 2014

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

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Patent No.
US 8,839,152
App. No.
13/154,717
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first display control unit configured to display in a first display region a list of thumbnail images of image data on a display device. A direction receiving unit configured to acquire a selection by a user for the image data. A second display control unit configured to display a list of one or more thumbnail images of image data that have been selected by the user in a second display region, which is displayed simultaneously with but in a different region from the first display region on the display device where the thumbnail images to be displayed by the first display control unit are displayed. Herein, the first display control unit acquires the selection by the user from the direction receiving unit and displays, on the display device, the one or more thumbnail images of the image data that have been selected by the user and thumbnail images of the image data that have not been selected by the user, in different display modes.

Claims (23)

1. An image processing apparatus for album editing comprising:

a first display control unit configured to display a list of thumbnail images of image data from said album in a first belt-shaped region on a display device, the first belt-shaped region being distinguishable from a background displayed on the display device;

a direction receiving unit configured to acquire a selection by a user of one or more of the thumbnail images; and

a second display control unit configured to display in a second belt-shaped display region a list of one or more thumbnail images of image data that have been selected by the user, the second belt-shaped region being displayed simultaneously with but in a different region from the first belt-shaped display region on the display device where the thumbnail images to be displayed by the first display control unit are displayed, the second belt-shaped region being distinguishable from a background displayed on the display device, wherein:

the first and second belt-shaped regions are displayed parallel to one another;

the first display control unit is configured to acquire the selection by the user from the direction receiving unit and is configured to display, on the display device,

the one or more thumbnail images of the image data that have been selected by the user and thumbnail images of the image data that have not been selected by the user, in different display modes in which the luminance, chroma, or contrast of the thumbnail image is lower than that of the thumbnail image not selected by the user; and

the second display control unit is configured to arrange and display a thumbnail image that has been selected by the user, at a horizontal position in the second belt-shaped display region which corresponds to the horizontal position of the same thumbnail image in the first belt-shaped region.

2. An image processing method for album editing executable by a processor, comprising:

displaying a list of thumbnail images of image data from said album in a first belt-shaped region on a display device, the first belt-shaped region being distinguishable from a background displayed on the display device;

acquiring a selection by a user of one or more of the thumbnail images;

displaying in a second belt-shaped region a list of one or more thumbnail images of image data that have been selected by the user,

the second belt-shaped region being displayed simultaneously with, but in a different region from, the first belt-shaped region, the second belt-shaped region being distinguishable from a background displayed on the display device

wherein the thumbnail images to be displayed in the second belt-shaped region are displayed on the display device, the second belt-shaped region being displayed parallel to the first belt-shaped region;

displaying, in the first belt-shaped region, the thumbnail images of the image data that have been selected by the user and thumbnail images of the image data that have not been selected by the user, in different display modes in which the luminance, chroma, or contrast of the thumbnail image is lower than that of the thumbnail image not selected by the user; and

displaying, on the display device, a thumbnail image that has been selected by the user, at a horizontal position in the second belt-shaped region, which corresponds to the horizontal position of the same thumbnail image in the first belt-shaped region.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with a program for album editing, comprising:

a module configured to display a list of thumbnail images of image data from said album in a first belt-shaped region on a display device, the first belt-shaped region being distinguishable from a background displayed on the display device;

a module configured to acquire a selection by a user of one or more of the thumbnail images;

a module configured to display, in a second belt-shaped region, a list of one or more thumbnail images of image data that have been selected by the user, the second belt-shaped region being displayed simultaneously with, but in a different region from, the first belt-shaped region, the second belt-shaped region being distinguishable from a background displayed on the display device

wherein the thumbnail images to be displayed in the second belt-shaped region are displayed on the display device, the second belt-shaped region being displayed parallel to the first belt-shaped region;

a module configured to display, in the first belt-shaped region, the thumbnail images of the image data that have been selected by the user and thumbnail images of the image data that have not been selected by the user, in different display modes in which the luminance, chroma, or contrast of the thumbnail image is lower than that of the thumbnail image not selected by the user; and

a module configured to display, on the display device, a thumbnail image that has been selected by the user, at a horizontal position in the second belt-shaped region, which corresponds to the horizontal position of the same thumbnail image in the first belt-shaped region.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0975 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2014
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033302/0751 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2011
From: OHKUBO, HIROMASA; SHINOHARA, TAKAYUKI; MORISADA, HIDEHIKO; UMEDA, TAKASHI; MORIYAMA, TAKAHIRO
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.,
Reel/Frame 026779/0876 →