JP6552318B2 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus for displaying a list of contents and instructing various processes for the contents, a control method therefor, and a program.

  Conventionally, when a rating is given to an image, the image is displayed one by one, and the user uses the dial operation unit and the key operation unit to raise or lower the rating level of the displayed image. (See Patent Document 1). Further, among files on the desktop, files to be deleted are moved to a trash can for temporary storage (see Patent Document 2).

JP 2008-003404 A JP, 2013-97574, A

  When the content is, for example, an image generated by an imaging device, images taken at similar times and places tend to be similar. Therefore, there has been a demand for the user to select an image to be subjected to various processes such as the above-described deletion process and evaluation value setting process with a simple operation while comparing such images. However, the conventional technique has a problem that it is difficult to compare an image selected as an object of various processes such as deletion and evaluation assignment with an unselected image.

  In order to solve the above problems, one of the inventions according to the present application is an information processing apparatus, in which a plurality of contents are arranged and displayed according to the attribute in an area having an axis corresponding to the attribute of the content. The display control means for controlling, moving means for moving the content in a direction crossing the axis in response to a user operation, and the area has a plurality of small areas corresponding to various processes, the movement The apparatus further comprises transmission means for transmitting, to an external device, an instruction for causing the content to execute processing corresponding to the small area in which the content exists, when the content is moved by the means, and the apparatus corresponds to the small area The processing is at least one of evaluation value setting processing, deletion processing, and reproduction instruction processing for the content.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to select an image to be executed by any of a plurality of various processes with a simple operation while comparing a plurality of images having similar attributes such as shooting date and time.

It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a data management system in one embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a remote control device in one embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the content management apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a server apparatus in one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the thumbnail list screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the evaluation value setting screen in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of operation | movement of the remote control apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of operation | movement of the remote control apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention, a server apparatus, and a content management apparatus. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of operation | movement of the remote control apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of operation | movement of the remote control apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention, a server apparatus, and a content management apparatus. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of operation | movement of the remote control apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention, a server apparatus, and a content management apparatus.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be illustratively described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the components described in this embodiment are merely examples, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to them.

First Embodiment
In the present embodiment, the data management apparatus according to the present invention is shown as an embodiment that is realized as a data management system including a plurality of devices.

  The system configuration of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the system diagram of FIG. This system includes a remote control device 102, a content management device 103, an imaging device (digital camera) 101, a large screen monitor 107, a router 105 with an access point function, the Internet 106, and a server device 104. Content consisting of still images / moving images taken by the user with the digital camera 101 is sent to the content management apparatus 103 via wireless communication. The content management apparatus 103 that has received the content allocates a content identifier to the content and stores the original content. Then, a reduced content of the captured content is generated. When the content is a still image, the reduced size is generated by reducing the vertical and horizontal size. When the content is a moving image, some frames such as whole reduced content with reduced vertical and horizontal size for all frames of the moving image, and a frame for a predetermined time from the beginning of the moving image are extracted, Generate two types of reduced partial reduced content. The reduced content is transmitted from the access point function-equipped router 105 to the server apparatus 104 together with the content identifier via the Internet 106. Thus, the original content is managed by the content management apparatus 103 and the reduced content is managed by the server apparatus 104 under a common content identifier. The server device 104 generates attribute information for each received reduced content. Attribute information is auxiliary information for content including information indicating an evaluation value and whether or not it is a deletion target. In this system, the content management apparatus 103 stores the original content, the server apparatus 104 stores the reduced content corresponding to the original content, and the reduced content is managed by the user's content library in association with the attribute information. . The original content and the corresponding reduced content are stored in the content management apparatus 103 and the server apparatus 104 in association with the same content identifier. If the user owns a plurality of digital cameras 101, it becomes a content library which is photographed by the plurality of digital cameras 101 and generated.

  When the user uses the content library, the operation is performed from the remote control device 102. The remote control apparatus 102 communicates with the server apparatus 104 via the Internet 106 from the router 105 with access point function. An environment for accessing the content library can be provided by acquiring reduced content and attribute information in the server apparatus 104 and displaying the information on a monitor on the remote control apparatus 102. In the present system in which the remote control device 102 uses the reduced content stored in the server device 104, there is an advantage that the processing can be performed lightly even if the processing capability of the remote control device 102 is poor.

  The monitor 208 of the remote control device 102 has a touch panel function. According to the contents of the operation performed by the user on the monitor, the determined control command is transmitted from the router 105 with access point function to the server apparatus 104 via the Internet 106. The server apparatus 104 not only executes processing according to the received control command, but also plays a role of relaying the control command to the content management apparatus 103 as necessary. The remote control device 102, the content management device 103, and the server device 104 cooperate to provide the user with an environment where the content library can be used.

  As a typical use of the content library, there is a use of displaying desired content on the large screen monitor 107 connected to the content management apparatus 103 and viewing it. The user selects content to be displayed on the large screen monitor 107 while viewing reduced content on the remote control apparatus 102, and executes a display instruction. The remote control apparatus 102 that has received the display instruction transmits a display instruction command having the content identifier of the display target content as an argument to the server apparatus 104, and the command is transferred from the server apparatus 104 to the content management apparatus 103. The content management apparatus 103 that has received the display instruction command specifies the original content having the content identifier from the stored content, and displays it on the large screen monitor 107. That is, while the user issues a display instruction from the remote control device 102 under light operability using reduced content, the user uses the original content of the content management device 103 on the actual large screen monitor 107 to obtain high quality. I can appreciate it with a picture.

  Hereinafter, a case where the remote control device 102 and the content management device 103 transmit and receive various data and commands via the server device 104 will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the remote control apparatus 102 and the content management apparatus 103 may directly transmit and receive these pieces of information.

  The configuration of a computer apparatus constituting the remote control apparatus 102 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Each remote control device 102 may be realized by a single computer device, or each function may be distributed to a plurality of computer devices as needed. When it comprises a plurality of computer devices, they are connected by a Local Area Network (LAN) or the like so that they can communicate with each other. Specifically, the remote control device 102 is implemented by, for example, an information processing device such as a tablet terminal.

  In FIG. 2, a control unit 201 controls the entire remote control apparatus 102, and is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU). The Read Only Memory (ROM) 202 is a rewritable non-volatile memory and holds a program such as an operating system (OS) and a program supplied from an external apparatus. A random access memory (RAM) 203 is a volatile memory that temporarily stores programs and data. The external storage device 204 is a hard disk drive (HDD) fixedly installed in the remote control device 102. Alternatively, the external storage device 204 may be a solid state drive (SSD) composed of flash memory, a hybrid drive using a combination of a hard disk and flash memory, a memory card, or the like. The external storage device 204 stores reduced content acquired from the server device 104. The external storage device 204 also stores an OS and software programs such as a content management application program described later.

  The Bit Move Unit (BMU) 205 controls, for example, data transfer between memories (for example, between the VRAM 206 and other memories), and between memory and each I / O device (for example, the network interface 209). A video RAM (VRAM) 206 draws an image to be displayed on a display device (monitor) 208. The generated image in the VRAM 206 is transmitted to the monitor 208 according to a predetermined rule, whereby the monitor 208 displays the image. A monitor 208 is a touch panel having a touch sensor 207. Note that the touch panel is an input device that is configured to overlap with the monitor 208 and is configured to output coordinate information corresponding to the touched position. The control unit 201 can detect the following operations on the touch panel. Touching the touch panel with a finger or a pen (hereinafter referred to as touch-down). The touch panel is in a state of being touched with a finger or a pen (hereinafter referred to as touch on). The touch panel is moved while being touched with a finger or a pen (hereinafter referred to as a move). Release of a finger or pen touching the touch panel (hereinafter referred to as touch-up). A state where nothing is touched on the touch panel (hereinafter referred to as touch-off). The control unit 201 is notified of these operations and position coordinates where a finger or a pen is touching on the touch panel, and the control unit 201 determines what kind of operation has been performed on the touch panel based on the notified information. To do. With regard to the move, the moving direction of the finger or pen moving on the touch panel can also be determined for each vertical component and horizontal component on the touch panel based on the change in position coordinates. In addition, when touch-up is performed on the touch panel through a move of a predetermined distance or more from touch-down, it is assumed that the drop is performed after the drag (drag and drop). The touch panel may be any of various touch panels such as resistive film type, capacitive type, surface acoustic wave type, infrared type, electromagnetic induction type, image recognition type, optical sensor type, etc. .

  The wireless network interface 209 communicates with the router 105 with an access point function by connecting to the wireless communication line 211. The system bus 210 connects the units 201 to 209 so that they can communicate with each other.

  The configuration of a computer apparatus constituting the content management apparatus 103 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Each content management apparatus 103 may be realized by a single computer apparatus, or each function may be distributed to plural computer apparatuses as needed. When it comprises a plurality of computer devices, they are connected by a Local Area Network (LAN) or the like so that they can communicate with each other. Specifically, the content management apparatus 103 is realized by, for example, a large-capacity storage device such as an external hard disk or a recorder.

  In FIG. 3, a control unit 301 controls the entire content management apparatus 103, and is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU). A read only memory (ROM) 302 is a rewritable non-volatile memory and holds a program such as an operating system (OS) and a program supplied from an external apparatus. A random access memory (RAM) 303 is a volatile memory that temporarily stores programs and data. An external storage device 304 is a hard disk drive (HDD) fixedly installed in the content management device 103. Alternatively, the external storage device 304 is a solid state drive (SSD) configured by a flash memory, a hybrid drive using a hard disk and a flash memory in combination, a memory card, or the like. The external storage device 304 stores original content acquired from the digital camera 101.

  The Bit Move Unit (BMU) 305 controls, for example, data transfer between memories (for example, between the VRAM 306 and other memories), and between memory and each I / O device (for example, the network interface 307). A Video RAM (VRAM) 306 draws an image to be displayed on the large screen monitor 107. The image generated on the VRAM 206 is transmitted to the large screen monitor 107 in accordance with a predetermined rule, whereby the image is displayed on the large screen monitor 107.

  The wireless network interface 307 communicates with the router 105 with an access point function by connecting to the wireless network line 310, and communicates with the digital camera 101 by connecting to the wireless network line 310. A system bus 309 connects the units 301 to 307 so that they can communicate with each other.

  The configuration of a computer device that constitutes the server device 104 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Each server device 104 may be realized by a single computer device, or each function may be distributed to a plurality of computer devices as needed. When it comprises a plurality of computer devices, they are connected by a Local Area Network (LAN) or the like so that they can communicate with each other. The server device 104 is specifically realized by, for example, an information processing device such as a cloud server.

  In FIG. 4, a control unit 401 controls the entire server apparatus 104 and is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU). The read only memory (ROM) 402 is a rewritable non-volatile memory and holds a program such as an operating system (OS) and a program supplied from an external apparatus. A random access memory (RAM) 403 is a volatile memory that temporarily stores programs and data. A storage unit 404 is a hard disk drive (HDD) fixedly installed in the server apparatus 104, a solid state drive (SSD) configured by a flash memory, a hybrid drive using a hard disk and a flash memory in combination, a memory card, or the like. The storage unit 404 stores attribute information including reduced content sent from the content management device 103, evaluation values for content generated by the server device 104, information indicating whether or not to be deleted, and the like.

  The Bit Move Unit (BMU) 405 controls, for example, data transfer between memories (for example, between the database unit 406 and other memories), and data transfer between the memory and each I / O device (for example, the wired network interface 407). . The database unit 406 has a management function for improving the searchability of reduced content and content attribute information recorded in the storage unit 404. It tells in which area of the storage unit 404 content according to a predetermined condition is recorded.

  The wired network interface 407 is connected to the Internet 106 by being connected to the network line 409. A system bus 408 connects the units 401 to 408 so that they can communicate with each other.

  FIG. 5A is an example of a thumbnail list screen displayed when the control unit 201 of the remote control apparatus 102 activates a content management application program (hereinafter referred to as a content management application) in response to a user operation. The control unit 201 acquires thumbnail images as reduced content from the server apparatus 104 via the wireless network interface 209, and expands the images on the VRAM 206 to perform display control so as to display a list on the monitor 208. A thumbnail list screen 500 is a GUI for operating control on a content library managed by the server apparatus 104 or the content management apparatus 103. In the thumbnail display area 501, thumbnail images acquired from the server apparatus 104 are displayed in order of shooting date and time. FIG. 5B is a diagram for explaining an operation of displaying and reproducing the original content held by the content management apparatus 103 on the monitor 107 using the thumbnail list screen 500. The user's instruction member 504 moves to a predetermined position by performing a move operation upward in a direction intersecting the time axis of the thumbnail list screen 500 while touching the thumbnail image to be reproduced. When the control unit 201 detects such an operation, the identifier of the thumbnail image and the image reproduction command are transmitted to the content management apparatus 103 via the server apparatus 104. When a move operation in the upward direction is detected in FIG. 5 (b), when the thumbnail image other than the thumbnail image to be reproduced is grayed out or the thumbnail image to be reproduced reaches a predetermined position, it goes out of the screen. You may make it give the animation effect which goes. Thereby, the user can recognize that the operation is detected. Also, when the transmission of the image reproduction command is completed, the control unit 201 returns the thumbnail list screen to the display mode as shown in FIG.

  The operation of the remote control device 102 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. In the following operation, the control unit 201 of the remote control device 102 executes the OS and the content management application program (hereinafter referred to as a content management application) in response to the user's operation, and controls each unit of the remote control device 102 accordingly. It is realized by.

  When the control unit 201 requests content to the server apparatus 104 via the Internet 106, the control unit 201 acquires reduced content and its attribute information from the server apparatus 104 (S701). Communication between the remote control apparatus 102 and the server apparatus 104 is performed according to a communication standard conforming to HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). In addition, after the control unit 201 creates a request message on the RAM 203, the request processing can be realized by causing the BMU 205 to move the request message from the RAM 203 to the wireless network interface 209. In response to the request, the control unit 401 of the server device 104 searches the database unit 406 to specify the desired content, and notifies the RAM 403 of information (for example, URL) for acquiring the corresponding reduced content. Create a response message. Then, the BMU 405 moves the response message from the RAM 403 to the wired network interface 407. Then, the URL (Universal Resource Locator) for acquiring the reduced content and the URL for acquiring the attribute information are described in the response message and transmitted to the remote control device 102. The remote control apparatus 102 transmits, to the server apparatus 104, an acquisition request for the reduced content and its attribute information. Specifically, after the control unit 201 creates a message based on the URL on the RAM 203, the BMU 205 moves the message from the RAM 203 to the wireless network interface 209 and transmits it to the server device 104. In response to this, the control unit 401 of the server apparatus 104 transmits the reduced content and the attribute information from the storage unit 404 to the wired network interface 407 by transmitting the reduced content and the attribute information to the remote control apparatus 102.

  The reduced content is obtained by reducing the content stored in the content management apparatus 103, and the server apparatus 104 receives the reduced content from the content management apparatus 103 in advance and holds the content in the storage unit 404. In addition to the reduced content, the server device 104 acquires attribute information of the corresponding content from the content management device 103 and stores it in the storage unit 404 in association with the reduced content. In the present embodiment, the content is an image generated by the imaging apparatus, and the attribute information includes image shooting information, such as the shooting time and shooting location of the image, the subject in the shot image, and the like. Further, the attribute information includes rating information of the image, and indicates an evaluation value for the image set by the user.

  The control unit 201 performs display control so that the reduced content is arranged and displayed in the display area of the GUI screen of the content management application as shown in FIG. 5 (S702). First, the control unit 201 reads the template data on the GUI screen. The template data reading process can be realized by the BMU 205 transferring the template data recorded in the ROM 202 to the VRAM 206 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 201. The template data is basic data of the GUI screen recorded in the ROM 202. A GUI screen (thumbnail list screen 500) as shown in FIG. 5 is generated by superimposing thumbnail images of content on the template data. The thumbnail display area 501 in FIG. 5 has the horizontal axis as the time axis, and the reduced content is displayed at a position on the time axis corresponding to the shooting date and time. Since the size of the thumbnail display area 501 is limited depending on the size of the GUI screen, reduced content associated with a predetermined range of shooting time is extracted and displayed on the time axis. Then, by changing the range on the time axis, the reduced content associated with the new range of shooting time is switched and displayed. There are several ways to determine the content to be displayed first. A method of displaying from the new content at the shooting time, a method of displaying from the old content on the contrary, a method of storing and displaying the previously displayed content, and the like can be considered.

  When the control unit 201 detects a touch-down operation by the user via the touch sensor 207 (Yes in S703), the control unit 201 determines whether there is touch-up (S704). When there is no touch-up and the touch-on state continues, when the control unit 201 detects a move operation by the user (Yes in S705), the direction of the move operation is calculated and it is determined whether it is the direction of the vertical axis. (S706). Here, an angle between a coordinate connecting the coordinates of the start position of touch on and the coordinates of the current position and the vertical axis is calculated as the direction of the move operation, and if the angle is within the predetermined range, the direction of the move operation is vertical. The direction is assumed to be parallel to the axis and the direction of the vertical axis.

  On the other hand, if the direction of the move operation is not the direction of the vertical axis (No in S706), the control unit 201 changes the range of the horizontal axis of the display area in accordance with the change of the position of the move operation (S707). Then, the content displayed in the display area of the evaluation value setting screen 510 is switched to the reduced content having the shooting time included in the changed range and displayed (S 708). Thereafter, the control unit 201 repeats the processes of S707 and S708 until a touch-up is detected. When a touch-up is detected (Yes in S709), the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the direction of the move operation is the direction of the vertical axis (Yes in S706), the control unit 201 determines whether reduced content exists at the touch-on position (S710). Specifically, the coordinates of the touch-on position on the display area and the coordinates of the vertex of each reduced content are acquired. If the coordinates of touch-on are included in the range surrounded by the vertices of any reduced content, it is determined that the reduced content exists at the touch-on position.

  If the reduced content exists at the position where the touch is on (Yes in S710), the reduced content is moved and displayed according to the change of the position on the vertical axis of the move operation (S711). At this time, the position of the reduced content on the horizontal axis is not changed.

  The control unit 201 determines whether the content is present in the thumbnail display area 501 of the thumbnail list screen 500 (S712). If the content exists in the thumbnail display area 501 (Yes in S712), the thumbnail list screen 500 is switched to the evaluation value setting screen 600 as shown in FIG. 6 and displayed (S713). In the evaluation value setting screen 600, the horizontal axis 601 represents time, and the vertical axis 602 represents content evaluation values. Each reduced content is placed at a position on the horizontal axis 601 corresponding to its shooting time. Further, in the evaluation value setting screen 600, the evaluation value is four stages of 0 to 3 depending on the height on the vertical axis, and each reduced content is arranged at the height corresponding to the evaluation value given to each. Is done. Further, as an initial value, a mark 603 representing the evaluation value of the content managed by the server device 104 is displayed in the vicinity of the corresponding reduced content. Then, in response to the move operation in the direction of the vertical axis of the user's operation, the reduced content moves up and down, and the mark representing the evaluation value changes to a mark of the evaluation value corresponding to the display position of the reduced content Is displayed.

  Then, when detecting the touch-up (Yes in S714), the control unit 201 acquires the content identification information of the reduced content that has been touched on and the display position at that time, and the display position on the vertical axis of the reduced content And the evaluation value corresponding to (S715). For example, if touch-up is detected in the state of the instruction member 604 of FIG. 6, an evaluation value “2” corresponding to the position on the vertical axis of the reduced content is calculated. The control unit 201 acquires the calculated evaluation value (S716), and notifies the server device 104 of the evaluation value in association with the content identifier of the reduced content (S717). The control unit 201 receives a response indicating that the evaluation value of the content has been updated from the server apparatus 104, and displays a mark corresponding to the updated evaluation value in the vicinity of the reduced content (S718).

  The operation of the system of this embodiment after the remote control apparatus 102 transmits the evaluation value and the content identifier to the server apparatus 104 in step S717 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. The following operation is realized by the control unit 401 of the server device 104 executing an OS or a predetermined application program and controlling each unit of the server device 104 according to the execution. In addition, the control unit 301 of the content management apparatus 103 executes the OS and a predetermined application program, and controls the respective units of the content management apparatus 103 accordingly. Further, communication between the remote control device 102 and the server device 104 and between the server device 104 and the content management device 103 is performed in accordance with a communication standard conforming to HTTP.

  When the server apparatus 104 receives the evaluation value of the content from the remote control apparatus 102 (S801), the server apparatus 104 updates the evaluation value associated with the content and stores it in the storage unit 404 (S802). It notifies the control device 102 (S803). When the remote control device 102 receives a notification of completion of the content evaluation value update processing from the server device 104, the remote control device 102 performs display processing reflecting the update result of the evaluation value in step S718 as described above.

  When the server apparatus 104 receives an evaluation value as a search condition from the remote control apparatus 102 (S804), the server apparatus 104 refers to the association between the content stored in the storage unit 404 and the evaluation value, and stores the content identifier corresponding to the search condition as a search result (S805). When the server apparatus 104 receives an output instruction of the search result from the remote control apparatus 102 (S806), the server apparatus 104 transmits the search result and the output instruction to the content management apparatus 103 (S807).

  Upon receiving the content search result and output instruction from the server device 104, the content management device 103 reads the corresponding content from the external storage device 304 based on the content identifier included in the search result (S831). The content management apparatus 103 executes output processing on the read content in accordance with the output instruction (S832). The output instruction is, for example, a slide show display, and the content management apparatus 103 transmits the read content to the large screen monitor 107 in order and controls the display to be displayed. Alternatively, the output instruction is printing, and the content management apparatus 103 transmits the read content to the printer and controls to print.

  On the other hand, if the content does not exist in the thumbnail display area 501 (No in S712), it is determined whether it exists in the deletion candidate area 502 (S719). The operation of the remote control apparatus 102 when content exists in the deletion candidate area 502 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  If the reduced content is in the deletion candidate area 502 (Yes in S1010), the control unit 201 changes the display mode of the reduced content to be different from that in the thumbnail display area 501 and displays it (S911) . For example, in the present embodiment, the size is changed so that it is smaller when it exists in the deletion candidate area 502 than when it exists in the thumbnail display area 501. Alternatively, the color of the reduced content frame may be changed. This enables the user to more clearly recognize whether or not the user is a deletion candidate. If the control unit 201 determines that the coordinates of the position of the reduced content do not exist in the deletion candidate area 502 before detecting the touch-up (No in S912) (No in S913), the display mode of the reduced content is restored. (S914).

  The control unit 201 sets the content identifier of the reduced content as a deletion target when touch-up is detected (Yes in S912) while the coordinates of the position of the reduced content exist in the deletion candidate area 502 (Yes in S913). (S915). Then, the content identifier set as the deletion target is notified to the server apparatus 104 together with the deletion instruction (S916). Note that the notification may be periodically and collectively executed at predetermined time intervals, or may be collectively executed when the number of contents set as a deletion target reaches a predetermined number. However, it may be executed collectively when the content management application is terminated. Alternatively, it may be performed every time content to be deleted is set.

  As for the change of the display mode of the content, for example, if the reduced content is a moving image, reproduction is performed when it is in the thumbnail display area 501, and when it is in the deletion candidate area 502, reproduction is paused or ended. It may be.

  Next, operations of the server apparatus 104 and the content management apparatus 103 after the remote control apparatus 102 notifies the server apparatus 104 of the content identifier to be deleted in step S916 will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. The following operation is realized by the control unit 401 of the server device 104 executing an OS or a predetermined application program and controlling each unit of the server device 104 according to the execution. Further, the control unit 301 of the content management apparatus 103 executes the OS and a predetermined application program, and controls the respective units of the server apparatus 104 accordingly. Further, communication between the remote control device 102 and the server device 104 and between the server device 104 and the content management device 103 is performed in accordance with a communication standard conforming to HTTP.

  When the server apparatus 104 receives a content identifier to be deleted from the remote control apparatus 102 (S1001), the server apparatus 104 transmits a message including a command requesting deletion of content and a content identifier to be deleted to the content management apparatus 103 (S1002).

  When the content management device 103 receives a message from the server device 104, the content management device 103 deletes the content corresponding to the content identifier included in the message from the external storage device 304 (S1031). Then, when the deletion processing is completed, a message including the content identifier of the deleted content is transmitted to the server apparatus 104 as a response (S1032). The server apparatus 104 deletes the reduced content and the attribute information corresponding to the content identifier based on the message (S1003).

  In the present embodiment, the deletion process is described as an example of the predetermined process. However, other processes such as an upload process to an external apparatus, a distribution process to another apparatus, and the like can be similarly realized. .

  On the other hand, if the reduced content is not in the deletion candidate area 502 (No in S719), the control unit 201 determines whether the content is present in the reproduction instruction area 503 or not. If the content exists in the reproduction instruction area 503, the system of the present embodiment including the remote control device 102 executes the content reproduction process (S721).

  The operation when the system of this embodiment executes the content reproduction process will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. The following operation is realized by the control unit 401 of the server device 104 executing an OS or a predetermined application program and controlling each unit of the server device 104 according to the execution. In addition, the control unit 301 of the content management apparatus 103 executes the OS and a predetermined application program, and controls the respective units of the content management apparatus 103 accordingly. Further, communication between the remote control device 102 and the server device 104 and between the server device 104 and the content management device 103 is performed in accordance with a communication standard conforming to HTTP.

  The remote control device 102 detects that the content has moved to the reproduction instruction area 503 by the move operation on the thumbnail image on the thumbnail list screen 500 as described above (S1101). In response to this, the remote control device 102 transmits the content identifier of the thumbnail image and the reproduction start instruction command for instructing the reproduction start of the moving image corresponding to the thumbnail image to the server device 104 (S 1102). When the server apparatus 104 receives the content identifier and the reproduction start instruction command, the server apparatus 104 transmits these to the content management apparatus 103 holding the moving image corresponding to the content identifier (S1103). When the content management device 103 receives the content identifier and the reproduction start instruction command, the content management device 103 reads out a moving image associated with the content identifier from the external storage device 304. Then, the read moving image is decoded, expanded in the VRAM 306, and transmitted to the monitor 107, so that the moving image is controlled to be displayed and reproduced on the large screen monitor 107 (S1104). The content management device 103 monitors the playback state of the moving image on the large screen monitor 107 and periodically notifies the server device 104 of the content identifier and the playback state (S1105). When the server apparatus 104 receives the content identifier and the reproduction state, it determines the presence or absence of a change in the reproduction state, and if there is a change, notifies the remote control apparatus 102 of the content identifier and the reproduction state (S1106). The remote control device 102 performs display control so as to display an icon corresponding to the reproduction state in the vicinity of the thumbnail image corresponding to the received content identifier (S1107). Note that the processing in steps S1104 to S1106 is repeated for each frame in order until the last frame of the moving image is played back or until a playback stop instruction to be described later is instructed. When the frame at the end of the moving image is reproduced, the next moving image may be automatically selected and reproduced. In this case, the processing of steps S1104 to S1106 is repeated for the next moving image.

  In response to the user operation, the remote control device 102 detects a touch-on to a playback stop button (not shown) arranged on the thumbnail list screen 500 (S1108). In response to this, a reproduction stop instruction command for instructing the reproduction stop is transmitted to the server device 104 (S1109). When receiving the reproduction stop instruction command, the server device 104 transmits the reproduction stop instruction command to the content management apparatus 103 (S1110).

  When the playback stop instruction command is received, the content management apparatus 103 stops decoding of the moving image being played back, initializes the VRAM, and enters a display mode before the large screen monitor 107 starts playing the moving image. Control is performed (S1111). When the content management apparatus 103 notifies the server apparatus 104 that the reproduction of the moving image is stopped as a result of monitoring the reproduction state of the moving image on the large screen monitor 107 (S1112), the server apparatus 104 remotely notifies the notification. It transfers to the control apparatus 102 (S1113). When receiving the notification that the reproduction of the moving image has been stopped, the remote control device performs display control so as to display an icon corresponding to the reproduction stop state in the vicinity of the thumbnail image (S1114).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, a plurality of contents are arranged and listed on the time axis according to the shooting time, and on the screen, the reproduction instruction area, the thumbnail display area, and the deletion candidate area in the direction intersecting the time axis There are small areas in order, etc. Also, in response to the user's move operation on the content, the content is moved in the direction crossing the time axis. Then, in accordance with which small area the moved content exists, an instruction to execute various processing corresponding to the small area is transmitted to the external apparatus (server apparatus 104). As a result, the user simply performs the move operation on the content on the information processing apparatus (remote control apparatus 102) at hand, the content, the type of processing to be executed on the content in the external device, and an instruction to execute the processing. It can be performed.

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The present invention supplies a program that implements one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus via a network or storage medium, and one or more processors in a computer of the system or apparatus read and execute the program. Can also be realized. It can also be implemented by a circuit (eg, an ASIC) that implements one or more functions.

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Display control means for controlling to arrange and display a plurality of contents according to the attribute in an area having an axis corresponding to the attribute of the content;
Moving means for moving the content in a direction crossing the axis in response to a user operation;
The area has a plurality of small areas corresponding to various processes, and when the content is moved by the moving means, the content is subjected to a process corresponding to the small area in which the content exists. A transmitting means for transmitting the instruction to the external device ;
An information processing apparatus characterized in that the process corresponding to the small area is at least one of an evaluation value setting process, a deletion process and a reproduction instruction process for the content . When the direction of user operation indicates a direction intersecting the axis, the moving means moves the content,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the direction of the user's operation indicates the direction of the axis, the display control means changes the range of the attribute to be displayed.   The display control means controls to change and display the display mode of the content when the content is moved to a predetermined small area by the moving means. Information processing device. The transmission means transmits the identifier of the content moved to the small area to the external device,
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external device instructs a content management device storing original content corresponding to the identifier to execute processing corresponding to the small area on the original content. The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above. The display control means controls to display the content on a display device having a touch panel,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , further comprising detection means for detecting the user's operation through the touch panel. The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the content is an image generated by an imaging device, and the attribute is one of a photographing time and a photographing place and a subject included in photographing information of the image. An information processing apparatus according to item 1. Controlling to arrange and display a plurality of contents according to the attribute in an area having an axis corresponding to the attribute of the content;
Moving the content in a direction intersecting the axis in response to a user operation;
The area has a plurality of small areas corresponding to various processes, and when the content is moved, an instruction for causing the content to execute the process corresponding to the small area in which the content exists is an external device. comprising the step of transmitting to,
A control method of an information processing apparatus, wherein the process corresponding to the small area is at least one of an evaluation value setting process, a deletion process, and a reproduction instruction process for the content . On the computer
Controlling to arrange and display a plurality of contents according to the attribute in an area having an axis corresponding to the attribute of the content;
Moving the content in a direction intersecting the axis in response to a user operation;
The area has a plurality of small areas corresponding to various processes, and when the content is moved, an instruction for causing the content to execute the process corresponding to the small area in which the content exists is an external device. to execute the step of transmitting to,
The program corresponding to the small area is at least one of an evaluation value setting process, a deletion process, and a reproduction instruction process for the content .

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