JP2001052191A - Information processing apparatus and storage medium storing information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To improve operability in finding a target image from a plurality of images and performing processing. A camera image window includes a thumbnail display image area and an auxiliary information display area.
6 and a detailed image display area 68 are provided. The operator
Click on any of the thumbnail images to move the cursor 7
4 is displayed around the thumbnail image. At this time, a detailed graphic image corresponding to the thumbnail image is displayed in a detailed image display area 68, and additional information attached to the image is displayed in an auxiliary information display area 66. When the object 70 is clicked, the display area of the thumbnail image display area 64 is reduced. When the object 78 is clicked, the display area of the attached information display area 66 is reduced, and the display area of the detailed graphic image display area 69 is accordingly enlarged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a storage medium storing an information processing program. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a graphic image or the like and a storage medium storing an information processing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a convenient display for searching for a target graphic image from a large number of graphic image data, there is a thumbnail list display. Graphic images displayed as thumbnails generally have lower resolution,
Since the number of colors is small, high-speed display is possible and the display is convenient for listing graphic image data. On the other hand, when performing a filter operation such as an unsharp mask or a color correction, it is desirable to display a large (detailed) graphic image to be processed in order to confirm whether a desired processing result is obtained. . In this case, the graphic image is displayed so as to reflect as much as possible the resolution, the number of colors, the gradation and the like of the original graphic image data. Hereinafter, in the present specification, a graphic image displayed by reflecting more information of the original graphic image data than a thumbnail image is referred to as a “detailed image”.
Called. Further, the graphic image is simply referred to as “image”.

When a target image is found from a plurality of images and an operation of performing a filter operation, a color correction and the like is repeatedly performed on the target image, the following procedure is repeated. First, when a thumbnail display window is opened, a plurality of thumbnail images are displayed in a list. The operator finds a desired image from the plurality of thumbnail images, and selects the thumbnail image. Then, a window for displaying a detailed image is opened, and a detailed image corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is displayed in this window. The operator performs processing such as filter operation and color correction while observing the detailed image.

[0004]

However, when the above procedure is repeated, the thumbnail display window may be hidden below the detailed image display window and may be temporarily invisible. In order for both windows to be visible, the user must move the display position of the window by dragging or adjust the display size of the window, which complicates the operation. Further, if the window for displaying the detailed image is to be enlarged, both windows cannot be displayed side by side. In this case, it is necessary to display the detailed image display window over the thumbnail display window. However, when an attempt is made to select a new image from the thumbnail display window, the detailed image display window is temporarily closed, or the thumbnail display window is displayed over the detailed image display window. Need to be changed. In this case as well, the operation becomes complicated, and the operability in a case where a target image is found from a plurality of images and an operation of performing a filter operation, a color correction, and the like on the image is repeated is reduced. Was.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to improve operability in finding a target image from a plurality of images and repeatedly performing operations such as filtering and color correction on the image. An object of the present invention is to provide a possible information processing device and a storage medium storing an information processing program.

[0006]

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
The following invention will be described in association with. (1) The information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention
In one window 62 displayed on the screen, at least three display areas 64 and 6 having different display contents from each other.
6, 68 are provided; graphic objects are displayed in at least two 64 and 68 of the at least three display areas to achieve the above-mentioned object. (2) The information processing apparatus according to the invention described in claim 2 is:
A thumbnail image is displayed in the first display area 64 of the at least three display areas 64, 66, and 68. (3) The information processing apparatus according to the invention described in claim 3 is:
When one of the thumbnail images is designated, the detailed graphic image 69 corresponding to the designated thumbnail image is displayed in the second display area 68 of the at least three display areas 64, 66, 68, and Display area 68
The information related to the detailed graphic image 69 is displayed in the third display area 66 adjacent to. (4) The information processing apparatus according to the invention described in claim 4 is:
The size of at least one of the first and third display areas 64 and 66 can be reduced according to the setting of the operator. (5) Explaining in connection with FIGS. 2 to 4 showing one embodiment, the information processing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention changes a display position of a cursor displayed on a screen, The display device further includes pointing devices 8 and 10 used to select an object such as a button displayed on the screen; the size of at least one of the first and third display regions 64 and 66 is reduced. When the object is reduced, the objects 70L, 72A, 88A, 88 selectable by the pointing devices 8, 10 are displayed in the reduced display area.
B, 78L are displayed. The following invention will be described in association with FIG. 3 showing one embodiment. (6) Explaining in connection with FIG. 5 showing an embodiment, the information processing apparatus according to the invention described in claim 6 is a first information processing apparatus.
Thumbnail image displayed in the display area 64 of the
Detailed graphic image 69 displayed in the display area 68 of
When at least one of the rotation and the inversion is performed on any one of the images B, the same processing is performed on the corresponding other image. (7) The invention described in claim 7 is applied to a storage medium storing an information processing program of an information processing apparatus that displays a graphic image based on input information. Then, in one window 83 displayed on the screen, at least three display areas 64 having different display contents from each other,
66, 68, and at least three display areas 64, 6
A display procedure for displaying a graphic image on at least two 64, 68 out of 6, 68 is stored. (8) The storage medium according to claim 8 further stores a thumbnail image display procedure for displaying a thumbnail image in the first display area 64 of the at least three display areas 64, 66, and 68. Things. (9) A storage medium according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, wherein: a designation recognition procedure for recognizing that one of the thumbnail images is designated; and a detailed graphic image corresponding to the thumbnail image recognized in the designation recognition procedure. 69 is displayed in the second display area 68 of the at least three display areas 64, 66, 68, and a third display area adjacent to the second display area 68.
And an image / information display procedure for displaying information related to the detailed graphic image 69 in the display area 66 of FIG. (10) The storage medium according to the invention described in claim 10 is
A reduction setting recognition procedure for recognizing a setting for reducing the size of at least one of the first and third display areas 64 and 66; a first and a second setting based on the recognition result in the reduction setting recognition procedure. A display change procedure for reducing the size of at least one of the three display areas 64 and 66 is further stored. (11) Explaining in connection with FIG. 4 showing one embodiment, the storage medium according to the invention of claim 11 has a size of at least one of the first and third display areas 64 and 66. The object display procedure for displaying selectable objects 70L, 72A, 88A, 88B, and 78L in the reduced display area when the image is reduced is further stored. (12) Explaining in connection with FIG. 5 showing an embodiment, the storage medium according to the twelfth aspect is a
Thumbnail image displayed in the display area 64 of the
Detailed graphic image 69 displayed in the display area 68 of
B further stores an image data processing procedure in which, when at least one of the rotation and the inversion is performed on one of the images B, the same processing is performed on the corresponding other image. is there.

In the section of the means for solving the above-mentioned problems, which explains the configuration of the present invention, the drawings of the embodiments of the present invention are used to make the present invention easy to understand. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

[0008]

FIG. 1 shows a state in which an electronic camera is connected to an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. A display 6, a keyboard 8, and a mouse 10 are connected to the computer 4. In FIG. 1, a computer 4 and a display 6 constitute an information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. By causing the computer 4 to execute an information processing program described later, image data transferred from the electronic camera 2 to the computer 4 or an image based on image data recorded on a hard disk drive or the like of the computer 4 is displayed on the display 6. Is done.

The operator performs processes such as color adjustment and unsharp mask filter adjustment while checking the image displayed on the display 6. The processed image data is output and recorded on an auxiliary storage device such as a floppy disk drive, a hard disk drive, or an MO (magneto-optical recording medium) drive. Also, if there is an unnecessary image, it can be deleted.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of the electronic camera 2 and the computer 4. The connector 37 is connected to the electronic camera 2 and the connector 3 is connected to the computer 4.
8 are provided. One end of the cable 2A is detachably connected to the connector 37, and the other end is connected to the connector 38, respectively.

The configuration of the electronic camera 2 will be described. A photographing lens 12 is detachably attached to the electronic camera 2. A flash memory 36 in the form of a card is connected to the electronic camera 2 via a connector 34 so as to be insertable and removable. It is also possible to mount a card-like microminiature hard disk drive or the like instead of the flash memory 36.

Focusing of the lens 12 is controlled by the CPU 28 via the lens control unit 14. The aperture unit 16 incorporated in the lens 12 is also controlled by the control unit 14 through the CP.
It is controlled by U28. Open / close operation of shutter 18 is also C
It is controlled by the PU 28 and is opened when the CCD 20 receives the subject light transmitted through the photographing lens 12.

The switch 24 is a collective illustration of a plurality of switches.
It is composed of a playback changeover switch, a shooting mode changeover switch, an exposure compensation switch, and a release switch.

The mode display LCD 30 has a switch 24
Are displayed, the exposure value such as the shutter speed and the aperture value, the remaining battery level, and the like are displayed. The monitor LCD 32 can reproduce a captured image, display a histogram of image data, and the like.

The photographing operation will be described. When the release operation is performed by the photographer, the shutter 18 opens and closes.
At this time, the subject light transmitted through the photographing lens 12 is a CCD.
An object image is formed on the light receiving surface of the light receiving surface 20. CCD 20
An image signal based on the subject image is output to the ASIC 22. The RAM 26 is connected to the ASIC 22. This R
The AM 26 is also connected to the CPU 28 and the CPU 2
8 is also accessible.

When the computer 4 is not connected to the electronic camera 2 via the cable 2A, the ASIC 22
The image signal from the CD 20 is processed and recorded in the flash memory 36.

When the electronic camera 2 is set to the reproduction mode, the image data recorded in the flash memory 36 is read by the ASIC 22 and expanded on the RAM 26. The CPU 28 displays an image based on the image data on the RAM 26 on the monitor LCD 32.

When the computer 4 is connected to the electronic camera 2 via the cable 2A, the image data generated by the release operation is stored in the flash memory 36.
Without being recorded in the RAM directly on the computer 4.
42 is recorded via the cable 2A.

The configuration of the computer 4 will be described.
A RAM 42 and a ROM 44 are connected to the CPU 40. The CPU 40 also has an interface (I /
F) 46, a CD-ROM drive 53, a hard disk drive (HDD) 52, a floppy disk drive (FDD) 50, an MO drive 48, and the like are connected.

The CPU 40 is a CPU 28 of the electronic camera 2
Image signal output from the RAM 42 or HDD
The temporary image is temporarily recorded in a temporary area 52, and a thumbnail image, a detailed image, and additional information related to the detailed image are displayed on the display 6 as described later. By operating the mouse 10 and the keyboard 8, the operator adjusts the color tone and contrast of the image data, or performs processing such as an unsharp mask filter. Image data finally obtained after the processing (hereinafter referred to as “processed image data” in the present specification) is stored in the HDD 52.
Or an auxiliary storage device such as the FDD 50 or the MO drive 48 for recording.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display 6 when the computer 4 executes an information processing program described later. A window 83 is displayed when the execution of the information processing program is started.
At this time, nothing is displayed in the display area 83W in the window 83. On the menu bar 84, available functions are displayed side by side. Mouse 10 on toolbar 86
A plurality of objects (buttons) that can be selected by are displayed side by side. By operating the mouse 10 and moving the cursor over the camera image button 60 of the above objects, and operating a switch provided on the mouse 10, the camera image window 62 is displayed on the display area 83W. Hereinafter, in this specification, mouse 10
Is operated to move the cursor over a desired object, and to operate a switch provided on the mouse 10 is simply referred to as "clicking". Further, clicking the same object twice in a relatively short time is referred to as “double-clicking”. Further, an operation of moving the mouse 10 while pressing the switch after moving the cursor on a desired object is referred to as “drag”.

The camera image window 62 will be described. The camera image window 62 is roughly provided with three categories of display areas, namely, a thumbnail image display area 64, an attached information display area 66, and a detailed image display area 68. Note that FIG. 3 shows a state in which a detailed image 69 is displayed in the detailed image display area 68 and the accompanying information is displayed in the attached information display area 66. Detailed image display area 68 and attached information display area 6
6 is not displayed.

In the thumbnail image display area 64, a thumbnail image based on image data transferred from the electronic camera 2 to the computer 4 or image data read from the HDD 52 of the computer 4 is displayed. If there is a large amount of image data and all the thumbnail images cannot be displayed at once in the thumbnail image display area 64, a scroll bar 76 is displayed at the bottom of the thumbnail image display area 64. Electronic camera 2 connected to computer 4
When a shooting operation is performed in the computer 4, the image data is transferred to the computer 4
And a thumbnail image is also added. The photographing operation of the electronic camera 2 can be performed by directly operating the electronic camera 2 or by operating the mouse 10 or the keyboard 8 to perform the photographing operation from the computer 4 side.
A specific example in the case of operating from the computer 4 will be described below. When an object 92 on which a camera icon is displayed is clicked on the toolbar 86, a camera control window (not shown) is displayed on the display 6. The operator operates the mouse 10 and the keyboard 8 to set a shooting mode on the camera control window, and issues a release operation start command.

The operator operates the button 76C at the left end of the scroll bar 76 or the button 76B at the right end.
By clicking, the thumbnail image display area 6
4 can be scrolled rightward or leftward in FIG. The same can be done by dragging the scroll box 76A in the left-right direction in FIG.

Clicking on the desired thumbnail image,
Since the cursor 74 is displayed around the thumbnail image, the operator can know which thumbnail image is selected. At this time, the detailed image display area 68
Displays a detailed image 69 of the designated image, and in the additional information display area 66, additional information related to the detailed image 69 is displayed. This additional information is related information recorded with the image data. Examples of additional information include the date and time of shooting, the data format of the image data, the type of lens used, the exposure mode, the metering mode, the shutter speed, the aperture value, the exposure compensation amount, the shift amount of the program curve, and the center-weighted metering. The difference between the value and the photometry value of the divided photometry, the use of the flash device, the setting sensitivity, the white balance mode,
There are a gradation correction mode, presence / absence of contour enhancement, and the like. If all the information is too large to display all the information in the additional information display area 66 at once, a scroll bar 80 is displayed at the bottom of the additional information display area 66. The operator can view desired additional information by clicking the buttons 80C or 80B at the left and right ends of the scroll bar 80, or by dragging the scroll box 80A in the left and right directions in FIG.

The display magnification of the detailed image 69 can be changed by the enlargement / reduction tool 93 provided on the toolbar 86 in FIG. When the user clicks on the scaling tool 93, the mouse cursor becomes a magnifying glass with a “+” mark. When an arbitrary point on the detailed image 69 is clicked, the detailed image is enlarged and displayed around the point. To lower the display magnification, the above-described operation may be performed while pressing the “control” key of the keyboard 8. That is, while the "control" key is being depressed, a "-" mark is displayed on the mouse cursor in the shape of a magnifying glass. When an arbitrary point on the detailed image 69 is clicked in this state, the detailed image 69 is reduced and displayed. The display magnification that changes each time the above-described operation is performed once is, for example, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 5 times.
The predetermined values are / 3 times, 2 times, and 4 times. For example, when the detailed image 69 is displayed at the same magnification, if an arbitrary point on the detailed image 69 is clicked, the display magnification is enlarged to 5/3 times while the "control" key is pressed. Clicking on reduces the display magnification to 2/3 times. Hereinafter, each time the same operation is performed once, the display magnification changes by one step.

If the display magnification of the detailed image 69 is too large to display all of it in the detailed image display area 68, a scroll bar is displayed at the bottom or right end of the detailed image display area. In the example of FIG. 3, the entire width direction of the detailed image 69 is displayed, and the display in the vertical direction is partially missing. Therefore, the vertical scroll bar 82 is displayed at the right end of the detailed image display area 68. I have. The operator can view a desired portion of the detailed image 69 by clicking the buttons 82B or 82C at the upper and lower ends of the scroll bar 82 or by dragging the scroll box 82A in the up and down direction in FIG. The operator corrects the gradation, the color tone, or the unsharp mask filter while viewing the detailed image 69. The processed image data obtained in this manner is output to an auxiliary storage device such as the HDD 52, the FDD 50, or the MO drive 48 and recorded.

As described above, the camera image window 62 is provided with three display areas having different display contents, that is, the thumbnail image display area 64, the attached information display area 66, and the detailed image display area 68. An image is displayed in the area, that is, the thumbnail image display area 64 and the detailed image display area 68. At this time, since the attached information display area 66 is provided adjacent to the detailed image display area 68, the displayed detailed image and the attached information can be compared and viewed with a smaller moving amount of the line of sight. . By performing such display, it is easy to find a desired image from among a plurality of images, and it is easy to check details of the selected image and to check attached information. Therefore, operability is improved, and information processing can be performed quickly. In this regard, in the related art, these displays are made in separate windows, and these windows are displayed in an overlapping manner. For this reason, it is necessary to activate the window in which the information or image to be viewed is displayed, or to adjust the size of each window and display the windows side by side on the display screen. It was complicated.

Here, the object 72 of the X mark displayed in the thumbnail image display area 64 will be described. The object 72 is called an erase button or the like. As shown in FIG. 3, when one of the thumbnail images is clicked and the object 72 is clicked while the cursor 74 is displayed, the designated image data is erased. You.

The thumbnail image display area 6 described above
The display area 4 and the attached information display area 66 can be simplified and displayed as necessary, and the size of the display area can be reduced or restored to the original size. Hereinafter, a method for reducing and restoring the display area will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, an object 7 is displayed in the upper left portion of each of the thumbnail image display area 64 and the attached information display area 66.
0 and 78 are displayed respectively. Object 70
Clicking on reduces the size of the thumbnail image display area 64, and clicking on the object 78 reduces the size of the attached information display area 66.

FIG. 4 shows that the thumbnail image display area 64 and the attached information display area 66 are displayed in a reduced size. As shown in FIG. 4, by reducing both display areas 64 and 66, the detailed image display area 6 is reduced.
8, the display area can be increased. By increasing the display area of the detailed image display area 68 in this manner, it is possible to look almost over the entire image without reducing the display magnification of the detailed image. In addition, even when the display magnification of the detailed image is increased, the size of the area that can be seen at a time becomes large, so that it is possible to easily confirm the composition, whether or not unnecessary objects are reflected, or the color balance and the like. .

Objects 70L, 72A, 88A and 88B are displayed in the reduced thumbnail image display area 64, and an object 78L is displayed in the reduced attached information display area 66. The operator can perform the operations described below by clicking on these objects 70L, 72A, 88A, 88B, or 78L. That is, the object 70L
When the button is clicked, the thumbnail image display area 64 that has been reduced returns to the state shown in FIG. When the object 72A is clicked, the detailed image display area 6 is displayed in the same manner as when the object 72 shown in FIG. 3 is clicked.
The image data of the image displayed in 8 is deleted. When the object 88A or 88B is clicked, the right or left thumbnail image adjacent to the currently selected (the detailed image is displayed) thumbnail image is selected, and the corresponding detailed image is displayed in the detailed image display area 6.
8 (at this time, the selected thumbnail image is not displayed). As a specific example, when the objects 70 and 78 are sequentially clicked in the screen display state shown in FIG. 3, the thumbnail image display area 64 and the attached image display area 68 are reduced as shown in FIG. When the object 88B is clicked twice in this state, the thumbnail image (frame number 31) selected in FIG.
The thumbnail image (the image with the frame number 29) adjacent to the image next to the image with the frame number 29 is selected, and the detailed image 69A of the image with the frame number 29 is displayed in the detailed image display area 68. Is displayed. When the object 78L is clicked, the reduced attached information display area 66 returns to the state shown in FIG.

For example, when it is possible to make corrections without looking at the thumbnail image, such as when sequentially processing images that have been shot, or when it is not necessary to look at additional information for another reason. In detail, the detailed image display area 68 can be enlarged by reducing the display areas 64 and 66, and the operability is improved. With respect to these display areas, only the thumbnail display area 64 or only the attached information display area 66 can be reduced. Also,
When the attached information display area 66 is reduced, an object displaying icons such as a photographing lens, an aperture, a shutter, and a photometric pattern may be displayed. Then, in response to the operator clicking one of these objects, information on the photographing lens, setting aperture, shutter speed, and photometric mode may be displayed. Further, the detailed image display area 68 may be reduced, and when the detailed image display area 68 is reduced, the thumbnail image display area 64 may be made larger than usual to increase the number of thumbnail images that can be listed. . In the above description, an example in which thumbnail images and additional information are not displayed in the reduced display area has been described. It may be.

The image selected in FIG. 3, ie, the image displayed in the detailed image display area 68,
In FIG. 3, both the thumbnail image and the detailed image are displayed in a state of being laid down sideways because the image is obtained by shooting the vertical composition. The orientation of the displayed image can be rotated for easier viewing as described below.

As shown in FIG. 5, objects 90A and 90 for rotating the image are displayed on the toolbar 86.
0B is provided. By clicking the object 90A or 90B while the desired image is selected, the selected image can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise by 90 °. FIG. 5 shows a state after clicking the object 90A once or a state after clicking the object 90B three times. As shown in FIG. 5, when the object is clicked and the image is rotated, the thumbnail image and the detailed image 69B are both rotated and displayed. Therefore, there is no need to perform a rotation operation on each of the thumbnail image and the detailed image 69B, and the workability is excellent. At this time, if the above rotation or inversion processing is performed on the detailed image 69B, the thumbnail image may be rotated or inverted and displayed in conjunction with the detailed image 69B. May be rotated and reversed.

In the above description, the processing of rotating an image has been described as an example. However, the same applies to a case where processing such as inversion of an image (also referred to as a flip and displaying an image as if it were turned over) is performed.

Referring again to FIG. 3, the information processing apparatus described above has a window 8
3 is displayed, and when the operator performs an operation there, another window, for example, the camera image window 62 is displayed in this window 83. Then, in the camera image window 62, three display areas 64, 66, and 68 having different display contents from each other.
Is provided. In the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, another window can be displayed in the window 83. Hereinafter, an example of displaying another window described above with reference to FIG. 6 will be described.

In FIG. 6, a camera image window 62 and a copy window 94 are displayed in a display area 83W in a window 83. A detailed image display area 68 in the camera image window 62 includes a detailed image 69B corresponding to the thumbnail image clicked by the operator.
Is displayed. There are two operation methods for displaying the copy window 94 as described below.

A first operation method for displaying the copy window 94 is a method of clicking an item 84 A displayed as “File” on the menu bar 84.
With this operation, a plurality of menus related to the file operation are displayed in a pull-down menu format. By clicking an item of “Create Copy” (not shown) from among them, a copy window 94 is displayed.

A second operation method for displaying the copy window 94 is a method of double-clicking a thumbnail image displayed in the thumbnail image display area 64.

An accessory information display area 96 and a detailed image display area 98 are provided in the copy window 94 which can be displayed by any of the above-mentioned operation methods. In the detailed image display area 98, a copy image 69 of the detailed image 69B is displayed.
C is displayed. The operator activates one of the camera image window 62 and the copy window 94 and then clicks an object on the toolbar 86. Then, gradation correction, color correction, processing of an unsharp mask filter, and the like are performed. By displaying the same two detailed images and performing the above-described processing on one of them, the result of the image processing can be easily confirmed. In this manner, the image data of the detailed image for which a more preferable processing result has been obtained can be recorded in the auxiliary storage device or the like. Even if the image data processed as described above is recorded in the auxiliary storage device or the like, the original (before processing) image data is retained. Therefore, it is also possible to perform another image processing and save it in another file.

As described above, there are roughly the following two methods for recording image data recorded by image processing. One is a method in which correction parameters such as gradation correction, color correction, and unsharp mask filter are added as tag information to original image data and recorded.
The other is a method of recording image data obtained by processing original image data. The former recording method has compatibility with only an information processing apparatus or an information processing program capable of recognizing the above-described tag information and performing processing on image data based on the tag information. In the latter recording method, JPEG, BMP, T
Recording can be performed in a general-purpose file format such as IFF and EXIF, and post-processing can be performed using general-purpose software such as so-called photo retouching software.

FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart for explaining an information processing program for executing the above-described information processing on the computer 4. The information processing program shown in FIG. 7 is executed by the CPU 40 in the computer 4 to perform the above-described information processing. This program is stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a floppy disk, and is usually installed in the hard disk drive 52 before execution by the CPU 40.
Alternatively, the information processing program may be written in the ROM 44, an EEPROM (not shown), or the like. Further, a part or all of the information processing program may be loaded from another computer or the like connected via a communication line or a network, or a part or all of the information processing program may be downloaded through the Internet or the like. Is also good.

The information processing program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. This information processing program is started when the operator clicks the object 60 on the toolbar 86 after the window 83 shown in FIG. 3 or the like is displayed. Then, the information processing program displays the camera image window 62, displays the thumbnail image, the attached information, the detailed image, and the like according to the operation of the operator as described above, and performs the gradation correction, the color correction, and the Correction processing such as a sharp mask filter is performed. The display processing of the copy window 94 described with reference to FIG. 6 is also performed by this information processing program. In the description below, it is assumed that image data and additional information attached to the image data are sequentially output from the electronic camera 2 to the computer 4.

In step S100, the CPU 40
The display of the camera image window 62 is initialized.
Specifically, the display area of the camera image window 62 is secured and the title bar is displayed, and the thumbnail image display area 64, the attached information display area 66, and the detailed image display area 68 are secured.

The CPU 40 inputs image data from the electronic camera 2 in step S101, and displays a thumbnail image in the thumbnail image display area 64 in step S102 based on the image data. The CPU 40 detects an operation of selecting a thumbnail image by the operator in step S103. In step S104, the CPU 40
The detailed image 69 corresponding to the specified thumbnail image is displayed in the detailed image display area 68, and then, in step S105
Displays the additional information corresponding to the detailed image 69 in the additional information display area 66.

In step S106, the CPU 40
It is determined whether the operator has operated the keyboard 8 and the mouse 10 and the like, and whether a new image has been input from the electronic camera 2. If the determination in step S106 is negative, the polling state is set, and if the determination is positive, the process proceeds to step S107.

In step S107, the CPU 40
It is determined whether there is a thumbnail screen display change instruction. That is, the CPU 40 changes from the state in which the thumbnail images are displayed in the thumbnail image display area 64 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to change the display to a state where the thumbnail image display area 64 is displayed in a reduced size, or vice versa. And step S107
If the determination in step is affirmative, the thumbnail screen display is changed in step S108. If the determination in step S107 is negative, the CPU 40 branches to step S109.

In step S109, the CPU 40
Determines whether there is an instruction to change the display of the attached information display screen. That is, the CPU 40 changes the state of displaying the attached information in the attached information display area 66 as shown in FIG. 3 to the state of reducing and displaying the attached information display area 66 as shown in FIG. It is determined whether there is an instruction to change the display. If the determination in step S109 is affirmative, in step S110, a process for changing the attached information display is performed. If the determination in step S109 is negative, the CP
U40 branches to step S111.

In step S111, the CPU 40
The presence or absence of an image copy creation instruction is determined as follows. That is, as described with reference to FIG. 6, the CPU 40 sets the item 8 displayed as “File” on the menu bar 84.
It is determined whether or not the “Create Copy” item in the pull-down menu that appears when 4A is clicked is clicked. Alternatively, the CPU 40 determines whether or not the thumbnail image displayed in the thumbnail image display area 64 has been double-clicked.

If the determination in step S111 is affirmative, the CPU 40 proceeds to step S112 to secure the display area of the copy window 94 as described with reference to FIG. A detailed image display area 98 is provided. Next, the CPU 40 displays the copy image 69C in the detailed image display area 98, and displays the additional information attached to the image data of the copy image 69C in the additional information display area 96. If a negative determination is made in step S111, the CPU 40 branches to step S113.

In step S113, the CPU 40
It is determined whether there is new image data that can be output from the electronic camera 2 to the computer 4. If the determination in step S113 is affirmative, the CPU 40 proceeds to step S114 to perform a process of inputting new image data from the electronic camera 2. Then, when the thumbnail image display area 64 is in a state where thumbnail images can be displayed as shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 40 additionally displays a thumbnail image based on new image data. If a negative determination is made in step S113, the CPU 40 proceeds to step S116.

In step S116, the CPU 40
It is determined whether there is an instruction for another process. Here, the “instructions for other processing” means instructions other than those described above. For example, a process performed in response to an instruction of a process of adjusting a color tone or a contrast of image data, a filter, or the like, or an operation of an object displayed in the window 83 illustrated in FIG.
include. In addition, the processing of rotating and reversing the image described with reference to FIG. 5 is also included in the “other processing”. Furthermore, the processing performed in response to the operation of the scroll bar displayed everywhere, the change of the window size, the movement of the window display position, the maximization / minimization of the window, and the operation of closing the window are also referred to as “other processing”. "include.

In the above description of the embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, one window 83 has three display areas, namely, a thumbnail image display area 64, an attached information display area 66, and a detailed image display area 68. Are provided, and an example in which an image is displayed in two of them is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and four or more display areas may be provided. In this case, it is possible to display two or more regions in which images are displayed.

Although an example in which the computer 4 is used as the information processing device has been described above, an information processing device dedicated for the above-described information processing may be used. Further, the device connected to the information processing apparatus is not limited to the electronic camera 2, but may be another image input device such as an image scanner, or a measuring device. Also, the displayed image is not only image data generated based on the image signal output from the image sensor,
Image data generated by computer graphics, etc.
Alternatively, it may display image data generated for visualizing measurement data, audio data, and the like.
At this time, the attached information may be generated on the information processing device side. Furthermore, the example in which the keyboard 8 and the mouse 10 are used as the pointing device has been described, but other pointing devices such as a light pen, a touch panel, a touch pad, a trackball and a joystick,
Alternatively, a device that detects the line of sight of the operator or that recognizes the voice uttered by the operator may be used.

In the correspondence between the above-described embodiment and the claims, the thumbnail image display area 64, the attached information display area 66, and the detailed image display area 68 have three display areas.
The computer 4 and the display 6 serve as an information processing device, the thumbnail image display area 64 serves as a first display area,
The detailed image display area 68 indicates the second display area, the attached information display area 66 indicates the third display area, the keyboard 8 and the mouse 10 indicate the pointing device, the processing steps in step S100 in FIG. The processing step of S102 is a thumbnail image display procedure, the processing procedure of step S103 is a designation recognition procedure, the processing steps of steps S104 to S105 are an image / information display procedure, and the processing steps of steps S107 and S109 are reduction setting recognition. The processing steps of step S108 and step S110 correspond to the display change procedure.
The processing steps 108 and S110 constitute an object display procedure, and the processing steps of step S117 constitute an image data processing procedure.

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As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (1) According to the invention described in claim 1 or 7, at least three display areas having different display contents are provided in one window displayed on the screen, and among these at least three display areas, By displaying graphic images on at least two of the above, it is possible to classify and display various displays and improve the information listing. In addition, since images are displayed in at least two of the three display areas as described above, it is very easy to find a necessary image, perform processing, and confirm the processing result. it can. (2) According to the invention described in claim 2 or 8, thumbnail images are displayed in the first display area of at least three display areas, so that a necessary image can be selected from a plurality of images. It is easy to find out. (3) According to the third or ninth aspect of the invention, when one of the thumbnail images is designated, the detailed graphic image corresponding to the designated thumbnail image is placed in the second one of the at least three display areas. The information related to the detailed graphic image is displayed in the third display area adjacent to the second display area in the third display area adjacent to the second display area. To see the details and information of the graphic image in a single window. For this reason, it is possible to smoothly and reliably search for an image, process the searched image, or select the image. (4) According to the invention described in claim 4 or 10, at least one of the at least three display areas can individually reduce the size of the display area according to the setting of the operator. Thus, the remaining display area can be enlarged. Therefore, the amount of information to be viewed increases, and it becomes very easy to confirm the information. In particular, when the information to be viewed is a graphic image, it is possible to increase the display magnification of the image or to increase the display area, and it is easy to list the details of the graphic image and the entire image. (5) According to the invention as set forth in claim 5 or 11, even when the display area is reduced by displaying an object selectable by the pointing device in the reduced display area. The above objects can be selected. For this reason, when performing a predetermined operation with the pointing device,
Since it is not necessary to return the simplified display to the original display, the operability of the information processing device can be improved. (6) According to the invention as set forth in claim 6 or 12, the rotation and rotation are applied to one of the detailed graphic image displayed in the second display area and the thumbnail image displayed in the first display area. When at least one of the inversion processing is performed, the same processing is performed on the other corresponding image, so that the display of both the detailed graphic image and the thumbnail image can be reversed with a smaller number of operation procedures. The display of rotation can be changed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an electronic camera is connected to an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic camera and an information processing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state where the thumbnail image display area and the attached information display area are reduced on the display screen of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the display direction of a detailed image and a thumbnail image corresponding to the detailed image is changed on the display screen of the information display device according to the embodiment of the present invention. .

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a copy window is displayed on the display screen of the information display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing program executed by a CPU incorporated in the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... electronic camera 4 ... computer 6 ... display 8 ... keyboard 10 ... mouse 40 ... CPU 62 ... camera image window 64 ... thumbnail image display area 66 ... auxiliary information display area 68 ... detailed image display area 69 ... detailed image 83 ... window 84 … Menu bar 86… Tool bar 70L, 72A, 78L, 88A, 88B… Object 94… Copy window

Claims (12)

[Claims] At least three display areas having different display contents are provided in one window displayed on a screen, and a graphic image is displayed in at least two of the at least three display areas. An information processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a thumbnail image is displayed in a first display area of said at least three display areas. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when one of the thumbnail images is designated, a detailed graphic image corresponding to the designated thumbnail image is displayed in a third one of the at least three display areas. An information processing apparatus, wherein information related to the detailed graphic image is displayed in a third display area adjacent to the second display area and displayed in a second display area. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the size of at least one of the first and third display areas is set by an operator. An information processing apparatus characterized in that the information processing apparatus can be reduced according to the size. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information is used for changing a display position of a cursor displayed on the screen and selecting an object such as a button displayed on the screen. The display device further includes a pointing device, and when the size of at least one of the first and third display regions is reduced, the reduced display region can be selected by the pointing device. An information processing apparatus, wherein the object is displayed. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the thumbnail image displayed in the first display area and the detailed graphic image displayed in the second display area. An information processing apparatus characterized in that when at least one of rotation and inversion is performed on one of the images, the same processing is performed on the corresponding other image. 7. A storage medium storing an information processing program of an information processing apparatus for displaying a graphic image based on input information, wherein at least different display contents are provided in one window displayed on a screen. A storage medium provided with three display areas and storing a display procedure for displaying a graphic image in at least two of the at least three display areas. 8. A storage medium storing the information processing program according to claim 7, further comprising a thumbnail image display procedure for displaying a thumbnail image in a first display area of said at least three display areas. A storage medium characterized by the above-mentioned. 9. A storage medium storing the information processing program according to claim 8, wherein: a designation recognition procedure for recognizing that one of the thumbnail images is designated; and a thumbnail image recognized in the designation recognition procedure. Is displayed in a second display area of the at least three display areas, and information related to the detailed graphic image is displayed in a third display area adjacent to the second display area. A storage medium further storing an image / information display procedure to be displayed. 10. A storage medium storing the information processing program according to claim 7, wherein a size of at least one of the first and third display areas is reduced. A reduction setting recognition procedure for recognizing a setting to be performed, and a display change procedure for reducing the size of at least one of the first and third display areas based on the recognition result in the reduction setting recognition procedure. A storage medium further stored. 11. A storage medium storing the information processing program according to claim 10, wherein a selectable object is selected when at least one of the first and third display areas is reduced in size. A storage medium further storing an object display procedure to be displayed in a reduced display area. 12. A storage medium storing the information processing program according to claim 9, wherein a thumbnail image displayed on said first display area and a thumbnail image displayed on said second display area. Further, when one of the detailed graphic images is subjected to at least one of rotation and inversion processing, an image data processing procedure of performing the same processing on the other corresponding image is further provided. A storage medium characterized by being stored.