Image display system, image display apparatus, image providing apparatus and method thereof

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.