JPH0696185A - Image browsing display processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention provides visual characteristics of images, how the images are combined during image composition and editing, and image quality even when the size is small. The objective is to show how much expansion ratio can withstand. Constitution: In the image browsing display processing, for example, at the initial stage of display, there is a display means capable of confirming the size of the original image for each candidate image.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention selects a plurality of candidate images satisfying a search condition from among images having various sizes and aspect ratios accumulated for composite editing, and determines the size and aspect ratio of each image. The present invention relates to an image browsing display processing method capable of presenting a ratio so that it can be confirmed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Browsing display of images means a display for scanning and searching for images, such as turning pages of a book, displaying a large number of images sequentially in a short time, or displaying candidate images on the same screen. Is displayed collectively.

In the conventional browsing display processing method, the display size of the candidate image is fixed. That is, when an image with a different size or aspect ratio is displayed by browsing, the display size is fixed by changing the enlargement / reduction ratio for each image. Therefore, the magnification of each image is different, and at the stage of browsing display, it is not known how the images are combined when the images are combined and edited. Moreover, when enlarging and composing a small size image, it is not possible to determine what degree of enlargement the image quality can withstand.

Alternatively, in the conventional browsing display processing method, by making the magnification constant for each image, how the images are combined when the images are combined and edited, and the enlargement rate of the image quality. Although technology that can confirm whether or not it can withstand is realized, the magnification to enlarge / reduce is often decided according to the image of the largest size among the candidates, so it is displayed when displaying a small image. The visibility of the image is deteriorated.

Further, the method of looking at the size of the image file of the original image has a problem that it is difficult to intuitively understand when the images have different aspect ratios.

[0006]

As described above, when compositing and editing images, the size and aspect ratio of the original image are important, and a means for knowing the size and aspect ratio of the original image is necessary at the initial stage of retrieval. Is.

According to the present invention, the visual characteristics of an image are presented, how the images are combined at the time of combining and editing the images, and the enlargement ratio of the image quality even when the size is small. The purpose is to show that you can withstand.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. That is, according to the present invention, image data having an arbitrary size and aspect ratio is stored in an image storage device, and a plurality of image data satisfying a search condition designated by a terminal is taken out from the image data storage device to obtain an image. A browsing display processing method for enlarging / reducing candidate images on a display device and sequentially arranging the candidate images satisfying the search condition by enlarging / reducing them in accordance with the number or size of display input from a terminal. And a step of displaying a screen on which the original size and aspect ratio of the candidate image can be confirmed.

FIG. 1 shows the overall structure, a display device 11 for displaying search results and the like, a processing device 12 for performing a search process, a composition edit process, etc., an image storage device 13 for storing image data, A management information storage device 14 for storing attribute information and the like added to an image, a terminal 15 having input means such as a keyboard 15A and a mouse 15B for inputting a size of an image to be reduced and a search condition, and the like. To be done. The display device 11 and the terminal 15 may be connected to the processing device 12 via a data line or a LAN.

[0010]

In the present invention, at the stage of performing browsing display in the initial stage of retrieval, a means for confirming the size of the original image or the like for each candidate image is used to instruct the prospect for the subsequent processing.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of a software program for executing the image browsing display processing method in the image retrieval system of the present invention. Thereafter, the processing device 12 executes image retrieval and browsing display processing according to this program. In FIG. 2, Mx is the horizontal size of the display device 11, My is the vertical size of the display device 11, Dx is the horizontal size of the candidate image, Dy is the vertical size of the candidate image, Sx is the horizontal size of the image data, and Sy is the image. Indicates the horizontal size of data.

(Step S1): An image retrieval condition and the number or size of images to be displayed are input from the terminal 15. (Step S2): The processing device 12 is the management information storage device 1
4 to search for an image.

(Step S3): Image data is read from the image storage device 13. (Step S4): The display number or size of the input image and the horizontal size Dx and vertical size Dy when displaying the image data read from the horizontal size Mx and the vertical size My of the display device 11 are calculated.

(Step S5): When the horizontal size of the read original image is Sx and the vertical size is Sy, Dx / S
It is determined whether x < Dy / Sy. (Step S6): In step S5, Dx / Sx <
If it is Dy / Sy, the original image is magnified by the magnification Dx / Sx.
Reduce and display.

(Step S7): When it is determined in step S5 that Dx / Sx < Dy / Sy is not satisfied,
The original image is enlarged / reduced at the magnification Dy / Sy and displayed. (Step S8): The image sizes Sx and S are displayed so that the size of the image displayed by such a procedure can be confirmed.
y, the sizes Mx and My of the display device 11, and the area ratio (Sx ^*
Display Sy) / (Mx ^* My).

(Step S9): If an image remains, the process returns to step S5. FIG. 3 shows an example displayed on the screen of the display device 11. Here, FIG. 3 shows the candidate image browsing display window 3
1, the size Sx and Sy of the candidate image 32, the sizes Mx and My of the display device 11, the area ratio (Sx ^* Sy) / (Mx ^* My) are displayed on the image attribute display window 34 such as the size.
Is an example of displaying. The pointer 33 is moved by the mouse 15B or the like to instruct display of the size of the candidate image 32. This is an example in which the area ratio is 25%, but the ratio of the candidate image 32 to the entire screen size of the display device 11 can be intuitively known. Further, the image attribute display window 35 such as the size is an example in which the area ratio is 300%. In this example, the size of the candidate image 32 may be significantly larger than the size of the display device 11.

The display of image attributes such as size may be performed on the same window as the browsing display of candidate images. At this time, in the case of overlapping the candidate image, the brightness or the like of a part of the candidate image is increased or decreased to improve the visibility.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, by using the means for confirming the size and aspect ratio of the original image for each candidate image at the initial stage of browsing display at the initial stage of search, While presenting the visual characteristics of an image, such as what kind of image it is, how the images are composited during composite composition and editing, and how large the image quality is when the size is small It is possible to show whether or not the image processing can be endured, or how much image processing should be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of an image search apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a software program for implementing the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which two candidate images are displayed so that the original sizes and aspect ratios can be confirmed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Display Device 12 Processing Device 13 Image Storage Device 14 Management Information Storage Device 15 Terminal 15A Keyboard 15B Mouse 31 Candidate Image Browsing Display Window 32 Candidate Image 33 Pointer 34 Image Attribute Display Window 1 of Size etc. 35 Image Attribute Display Window of 35 Size etc. 36 root window (display screen of display device 11)

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Image data having an arbitrary size and aspect ratio is stored in an image storage device, and a plurality of image data satisfying a search condition designated by a terminal is taken out from the image storage device and an image display device is displayed. Enlarge the candidate image to
In a browsing display processing method of reducing and sequentially arranging, a process of sequentially scaling up and down a candidate image satisfying the search condition in accordance with the number of displays or size input from a terminal, and sequentially displaying the candidate image. And a process for displaying a screen on which the size and aspect ratio of the image can be confirmed, and an image browsing display processing method.