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US 8,429,563 B2Granted
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideo Takiguchi
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Abstract
It is difficult appropriately to select only a favorite image in a list display screen of small images such as a thumbnail image. An image processing apparatus is provided that has, in various embodiments, one or more of the features of an indicator for indicating a reduced image to be subjected to a specific image processing among displayed reduced images; a display controller for displaying an image in a size larger than the size of the reduced image indicated by the indicator; and an executor for executing the specific image processing on the stored image after the mentioned display controller displays the image in the size larger than the size of the reduced image.
Claims15
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an obtaining unit adapted to obtain a plurality of reduction images from a storage medium storing storage images, each of the reduction images corresponding to a respective one of the storage images;
- a first display control unit adapted to cause a display device to display the plurality of reduction images obtained by said obtaining unit;
- a reduction image selection unit adapted to select reduction images from among the plurality of reduction images displayed by said first display control unit;
- a second display control unit adapted to effect, in a size larger than that of the reduction images, automatic sequential display of images corresponding to the stored images which correspond respectively to the reduction images selected by said reduction image selection unit;
- a designating unit adapted to designate a plurality of images among the images displayed by said second display control unit in the size larger than that of the reduction images, as an image to be subjected later to a specific image process;
- a storing unit adapted to continue, at least up to completion of the automatic and sequential display with the larger size by said second display control unit, to store information indicating the plurality of images designated by said designating unit as the images to be subjected later to the specific image process;
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- a specifying unit adapted to specify the storage images corresponding to the plurality of images indicated by the information stored by said storing unit as an image group to be subjected to the specific image process, when the automatic sequential display by said second display control unit is completed.
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An image processing method comprising:
- an obtaining step of obtaining a plurality of reduction images from a storage medium storing storage images, each of the plurality of reduction images corresponding to a respective one of the storage images;
- a first display control step of causing a display device to display the plurality of reduction images obtained in said obtaining step;
- a reduction image selection step of selecting reduction images from among the plurality of reduction images displayed on the display in said first display control step;
- a second display control step of effecting, in a size larger than that of the reduction images, automatic sequential display of images corresponding to the stored images which correspond respectively to the reduction images selected in said reduction image selection step;
- a designating step of designating a plurality of images among the images displayed in said second display control step in the size larger than that of the reduction image, as images to be subjected later to a specific image process;
- a storing step of continuing, at least up to completion of the automatic and sequential display with the larger size in said second display control step, to store information indicating the plurality of images designated in said designating step as the images to be subjected later to the specific image process;
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- a specifying step of specifying the storage image corresponding to the plurality of images indicated by the information stored in said storing step, as an image group to be subjected to the specific image process, when the automatic sequential display in said second display control step is completed.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program to cause a computer to perform an image processing method comprising:
- an obtaining step of obtaining a plurality of reduction images from a storage medium storing storage images, each of the plurality of reduction images corresponding to a respective one of the storage images;
- a first display control step of causing a display device to display the plurality of reduction images obtained in said obtaining step;
- a reduction image selection step of selecting reduction images from among the plurality of reduction images displayed on the display in said first display control step;
- a second display control step of effecting, in a size larger than that of the reduction images, automatic sequential display of images corresponding to the stored images which correspond respectively to the reduction images selected in said reduction image selection step;
- a designating step of designating a plurality of images among the images displayed in said second display control step in the size larger than that of the reduction image, as images to be subjected later to a specific image process;
- a storing step of continuing, at least up to completion of the automatic and sequential display with the larger size in said second display control step, to store information indicating the plurality of images designated in said designating step as the images to be subjected later to the specific image process;
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- a specifying step of specifying the storage image corresponding to the plurality of images indicated by the information stored in said storing step, as an image group to be subjected to the specific image process, when the automatic sequential display in said second display control step is completed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.