JP6661295B2 - Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus for setting an attribute to content, a control method thereof, and a program.

  Conventionally, when a rating is assigned to an image, the image is displayed one by one, and a user raises or lowers the rating level of the displayed image using a dial operation unit or a key operation unit. (See Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-003404 A

  If the content is, for example, an image generated by an imaging device, images captured at similar times and locations tend to be similar. Therefore, there has been a demand that a user wants to set a rating for an image by a simple operation while comparing such images. However, in the related art, there is a problem that it is difficult to compare a plurality of images and the operation is complicated.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, one aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus, and stores a plurality of contents in an area having a first axis corresponding to a first attribute of the contents. Display control means for controlling the display to be arranged and displayed in accordance with the attribute; movement means for moving the content in a direction of a second axis intersecting the first axis in response to a user operation; First setting means for associating a second attribute with the content according to the position of the moved content, and second setting for setting a boundary line intersecting the second axis in response to a user operation Means for obtaining, as a search condition, a value of the second attribute corresponding to a position of the content on the second axis with respect to the boundary line, and obtaining the value related to the content by the first setting means. Vignetting second attribute and it was, characterized by comprising a notification means for notifying the obtained search condition by the acquisition unit to the first external device.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to set an attribute indicating an evaluation of an image with a simple operation while comparing a plurality of images having similar attributes such as a 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 showing an example of composition of a contents management device in one embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a server device in one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of an evaluation value setting screen in one embodiment of the present 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 flowchart figure which shows an example of operation | movement of the remote control apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an operation of the remote control device, the server device, and the content management device according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of an evaluation value setting screen in one embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of operation | movement of the remote control apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an operation of the remote control device, the server device, and the content management device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  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 are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

(First embodiment)
In this embodiment, a data management device according to the present invention will be described as an embodiment 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 composed of still images and moving images captured by the user with the digital camera 101 is sent to the content management apparatus 103 via wireless communication. Upon receiving the content, the content management apparatus 103 allocates a content identifier to the content and stores the original content. Then, a reduced content of the captured content is generated. If the content is a still image, the reduced size is generated by reducing the vertical and horizontal sizes. If the content is a moving image, the entire reduced content in which the vertical and horizontal sizes are reduced for all the frames of the moving image and some frames, such as a frame at a predetermined time from the beginning of the moving image, are extracted, and the vertical and horizontal sizes are extracted. Two types of reduced partial reduced content are generated. The reduced content is transmitted from the router with access point function 105 to the server device 104 via the Internet 106 together with the content identifier. Thus, the original content is managed by the content management device 103 and the reduced content is managed by the server device 104 under a common content identifier. The server device 104 generates attribute information for each received reduced content. The attribute information is auxiliary information for the content including an evaluation value and information indicating whether or not the content is to be deleted. In this system, the content management device 103 stores the original content, the server device 104 stores the reduced content corresponding to the original content, and the reduced content is managed in 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 device 103 and the server device 104 in association with the same content identifier. If the user owns a plurality of digital cameras 101, the content is a content library including the generated content shot by the plurality of digital cameras 101.

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

  The monitor 208 of the remote control device 102 has a touch panel function. A determined control command is transmitted from the access point function-equipped router 105 to the server device 104 via the Internet 106 in accordance with the content of the operation performed on the monitor by the user. The server device 104 not only executes processing according to the received control command, but also has a role of relaying the control command to the content management device 103 as necessary. The cooperation of the remote control device 102, the content management device 103, and the server device 104 provides an environment in which a user can utilize a content library.

  As a typical use of the content library, there is a use in which desired content is displayed on a large-screen monitor 107 connected to the content management apparatus 103 and viewed. The user selects content to be displayed on the large screen monitor 107 while viewing the reduced content on the remote control device 102, and executes a display instruction. The display instruction command having the content identifier of the display target content as an argument is transmitted from the remote control device 102 that has received the display instruction to the server device 104, and the command is transferred from the server device 104 to the content management device 103. The content management device 103 that has received the display instruction command specifies the original content having the content identifier from the stored content and displays the original content on the large screen monitor 107. In other words, the user can use the original content of the content management device 103 on the actual large-screen monitor 107 while giving a display instruction from the remote control device 102 under the light operability using the reduced content, and use the high-definition content. You can watch it on video.

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

  The configuration of a computer device constituting the remote control device 102 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Each of the remote control devices 102 may be realized by a single computer device, or may be realized by distributing each function to a plurality of computer devices as needed. When a plurality of computer devices are used, they are connected by a local area network (LAN) or the like so that they can communicate with each other. The remote control device 102 is specifically realized by an information processing device such as a tablet terminal.

  In FIG. 2, a control unit 201 controls the entire remote control device 102, and is, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU). A read only memory (ROM) 202 is a rewritable nonvolatile memory and holds a program such as an operating system (OS) and a program supplied from an external device. A Random Access Memory (RAM) 203 is a volatile memory for temporarily storing 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 a flash memory, a hybrid drive using both a hard disk and a flash memory, a memory card, or the like. The external storage device 204 stores the reduced content acquired from the server device 104 and the like. The external storage device 204 stores software programs such as an OS and 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 another memory) and data transfer between the memory and each I / O device (for example, the network interface 209). The Video RAM (VRAM) 206 draws an image to be displayed on the display device (monitor) 208. The image generated in the VRAM 206 is transmitted to the monitor 208 according to a predetermined rule, whereby the monitor 208 displays the image. The monitor 208 is a touch panel having a touch sensor 207. Note that the touch panel is an input device that is configured to be planar when superimposed on the monitor 208, and that outputs coordinate information according 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 pen (hereinafter referred to as touch down). The touch panel is being touched with a finger or a pen (hereinafter, referred to as touch-on). Moving while touching the touch panel with a finger or a pen (hereinafter, referred to as “move”). Release of a finger or pen touching the touch panel (hereinafter referred to as touch-up). A state in which nothing is touching the touch panel (hereinafter, referred to as touch-off). These operations and the position coordinates where the finger or the pen is touching the touch panel are notified to the control unit 201, and the control unit 201 determines what operation has been performed on the touch panel based on the notified information. I do. For the move, the moving direction of the finger or pen moving on the touch panel can also be determined for each of the vertical and horizontal components on the touch panel based on the change in the position coordinates. It is also assumed that, when a touch-up operation is performed after a predetermined distance or more from a touch-down operation on the touch panel, a drop operation is performed via a drag operation (drag and drop operation). The touch panel may use any one of various types of touch panels, such as a resistive film type, a capacitive type, a surface acoustic wave type, an infrared type, an electromagnetic induction type, an image recognition type, and an optical sensor type. .

  The wireless network interface 209 communicates with the access point function-equipped router 105 by being connected to the wireless communication line 211. The system bus 210 connects the units 201 to 209 communicably.

  The configuration of a computer that constitutes the content management apparatus 103 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The content management device 103 may be realized by a single computer device, or may be realized by distributing each function to a plurality of computer devices as needed. When a plurality of computer devices are used, they are connected by a local area network (LAN) or the like so that they can communicate with each other. The content management device 103 is specifically realized by a large-capacity storage device such as an external hard disk or a recorder.

  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 device. A Random Access Memory (RAM) 303 is a volatile memory for temporarily storing programs and data. The 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) composed of a flash memory, a hybrid drive using both a hard disk and a flash memory, a memory card, or the like. The external storage device 304 stores the 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 another memory) and data transfer between the memory and each I / O device (for example, the network interface 307). The Video RAM (VRAM) 306 draws an image to be displayed on the large screen monitor 107. The image generated in the VRAM 206 is transmitted to the large screen monitor 107 according to a predetermined rule, and 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 when connected to the wireless network line 310, and communicates with the digital camera 101 when connected 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 constituting the server device 104 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The server device 104 may be realized by a single computer device, or may be realized by distributing each function to a plurality of computer devices as needed. When a plurality of computer devices are used, 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 an information processing device such as a cloud server.

  In FIG. 4, a control unit 401 controls the entire server device 104, and is, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU). A 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 device. A Random Access Memory (RAM) 403 is a volatile memory for temporarily storing programs and data. The storage unit 404 is a hard disk drive (HDD) fixedly installed in the server device 104, a solid state drive (SSD) composed of a flash memory, a hybrid drive using a hard disk and a flash memory, a memory card, or the like. The storage unit 404 stores attribute information including reduced content sent from the content management device 103, an evaluation value for the content generated by the server device 104, and information indicating whether or not the content is to be deleted.

  A Bit Move Unit (BMU) 405 controls, for example, data transfer between memories (for example, between the database unit 406 and another memory) 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 retrievability of reduced content and content attribute information recorded in the storage unit 404. It tells in which area of the storage unit 404 the content according to the 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.

  A process in which the remote control device 102 of the present embodiment assigns an evaluation value to each content will be described with reference to flowcharts of FIGS. In the following operation, the control unit 201 of the remote control device 102 executes an OS or a content management application program (hereinafter, referred to as a content management application) in response to a user operation, and controls each unit of the remote control device 102 accordingly. Is realized by:

  When requesting the content to the server device 104 via the Internet 106, the control unit 201 acquires the reduced content and its attribute information from the server device 104 (S601). Communication between the remote control device 102 and the server device 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 BMU 205 moves the request message from the RAM 203 to the wireless network interface 209, whereby the request processing can be realized. In response to this request, the control unit 401 of the server device 104 specifies the desired content by searching the database unit 406, and notifies the RAM 403 of information (for example, URL) for acquiring the corresponding reduced content on the RAM 403. Create a response message. Then, the BMU 405 moves the response message from the RAM 403 to the wired network interface 407. Then, a URL (Universal Resource Locator) for acquiring the reduced content and a URL for acquiring the attribute information are described in a response message and transmitted to the remote control apparatus 102. The remote control device 102 transmits a request for acquiring reduced content and its attribute information to the server device 104. 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 the message to the server device 104. In response, the control unit 401 of the server device 104 transmits the reduced content and the attribute information from the storage unit 404 to the wired network interface 407 to the remote control device 102 by the BMU 405.

  The reduced content is obtained by reducing the content stored in the content management device 103, and the server device 104 receives the reduced content from the content management device 103 and stores the reduced content in the storage unit 404 in advance. Further, the server device 104 acquires the attribute information of the corresponding content together with the reduced content from the content management device 103, and stores the attribute information in the storage unit 404 in association with the reduced content. In the present embodiment, the content is an image generated by the imaging device, the attribute information includes shooting information of the image, a shooting time and a shooting location of the image, a subject appearing in the shot image, and the like. 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 controls the display so that the reduced content is arranged and displayed in the display area of the GUI screen of the content management application (S602). First, the control unit 201 reads template data of the GUI screen. The reading process of the template data 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 the basic data of the GUI screen recorded in the ROM 202. A GUI screen is generated by superimposing a thumbnail image of the content on the template data. In the display area of this embodiment, the horizontal axis is 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 display area is restricted by 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, when the range on the time axis is changed, the content is switched to the reduced content associated with the shooting time of the new range and displayed. There are several ways to determine the content to be displayed first. A method of displaying content starting from the new content at the shooting time, a method of displaying content starting from the old content, and a method of storing and displaying the previously displayed content can be considered.

  In response to the user's operation, when detecting an instruction to shift to the evaluation value setting mode (Yes in S603), the control unit 201 displays an evaluation value setting screen 510 as shown in FIG. In the evaluation value setting screen 510, the horizontal axis 501 represents time, and the vertical axis 502 represents the content evaluation value. Each reduced content is arranged at a position on the horizontal axis 501 corresponding to the shooting time. In the evaluation value setting screen 510, the evaluation value is in four levels from 0 to 3 according to the height on the vertical axis, and each reduced content is arranged at a height corresponding to the evaluation value assigned to each. Is done. In addition, as an initial value, a mark 503, which is managed by the server device 104 and indicates the evaluation value of the content, is displayed near the corresponding reduced content. Then, in response to the move operation in the vertical axis direction of the user operation, the reduced content moves up and down, and the mark indicating the evaluation value changes to a mark of the evaluation value corresponding to the display position of the reduced content and dynamically. Will be displayed.

  When detecting a touch-down operation by the user via the touch sensor 207 (Yes in S604), the control unit 201 determines whether there is a touch-up (S605). When there is no touch-up and the touch-on state is continued (No in S605), when the control unit 201 detects a move operation by the user (Yes in S606), the direction of the move operation is calculated and the direction of the vertical axis is calculated. Is determined (S607). Here, the angle between the vector connecting the coordinates of the touch-on start position 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 a predetermined range, the direction of the move operation is vertical. It is regarded as parallel to the axis, and is determined to be the direction of the vertical axis.

  If the direction of the move operation is the direction of the vertical axis (Yes in S607), the control unit 201 determines whether or not the reduced content exists at the touched-on position (S608). Specifically, the coordinates of the touched-on position on the display area and the coordinates of the vertices of each reduced content are acquired. Then, if the coordinates of the 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. For example, in a state like the pointing member 504 in FIG. 5A, the direction of the move operation is the direction of the vertical axis, and it is determined that the reduced content exists at the touch-on position.

  If the reduced content exists at the touch-on position (Yes in S608), the reduced content is moved and displayed in accordance with the change in the position on the vertical axis of the move operation (S609). At this time, the position of the reduced content on the horizontal axis is not changed.

  When detecting the touch-up (Yes in S610), the control unit 201 obtains the content identifier of the reduced content that has been touched on and the display position at that time, and displays the display position of the reduced content on the vertical axis. A corresponding evaluation value is calculated (S611). For example, if the touch-up is detected in the state of the pointing member 504 in FIG. 5A, the 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 (S612), and notifies the server device 104 of the evaluation value in association with the content identifier of the reduced content (S613). The control unit 201 receives a response indicating that the content evaluation value has been updated from the server device 104, and displays a mark 503 corresponding to the updated evaluation value near the reduced content (S614).

  On the other hand, if the direction of the move operation is not the direction of the vertical axis (No in S607), the control unit 201 changes the range of the horizontal axis of the display area in accordance with the change in the position of the move operation (S615). 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 (S616). After that, the control unit 201 repeats the processing of S615 and S616 until a touch-up is detected. When the touch-up is detected (Yes in S617), the processing ends.

  If there is no reduced content at the touched-on position (No in S608), as shown in FIG. 5B, a threshold handle for setting a condition for performing a search based on the evaluation value 511 is displayed at the position on the vertical axis that is touched on (S701). FIG. 5B shows that the reduced content arranged above the threshold handle 511 is selected by using the threshold handle 511 as a boundary line, and the reduced content arranged below is not selected. Indicates a choice. The area of the evaluation value below the threshold handle 511 is grayed out, and the display area of the selected content and the display area of the non-selected content are displayed so as to be identifiable. The change of the display color of the display area is also executed in accordance with the move operation on the threshold value handle 511. Instead of changing the color of the area, the display color may be changed for each reduced content depending on whether or not the content is to be selected. Also, in the present embodiment, a case will be described in which a content having an evaluation value higher than the evaluation value corresponding to the threshold handle 511 is selected, but an evaluation value lower than the evaluation value corresponding to the threshold handle 511 is described. May be selected, and it can be realized similarly.

  Then, the control unit 201 moves and displays the threshold value handle 511 in accordance with the change of the position on the vertical axis of the move operation (S702). When detecting the touch-up (Yes in S703), the control unit 201 maintains the display position of the threshold handle 511 at that time, and displays the evaluation value corresponding to the display position of the threshold handle on the vertical axis. It is calculated (S704). For example, if the touch-up is detected in the state of the pointing member 522 in FIG. 5B, the evaluation value “2” corresponding to the position on the vertical axis of the threshold handle 511 is calculated. Then, the control unit 201 notifies the server device 104 of the calculated evaluation value as a search condition (S705).

  After the touch-up is detected in step S703, a move operation is detected, and when the direction of the detected move operation intersects the vertical axis, as indicated by an instruction member 521 in FIG. The same processing as steps S615 and S617 described above is executed. Then, if the move operation in the vertical axis direction on the threshold value handle 511 as shown by the instruction member 522 in FIG. 5B is not performed after the end of the move operation, the processing of steps S611 to S614 is executed. You may do it. As a result, the reduced content in the display area of the threshold setting screen 520 is switched, and after the user confirms more reduced content to be selected by the threshold handle 511, the search condition is transmitted to the server device 104. It becomes possible to notify.

  Next, the operations of the server device 104 and the content management device 103 after the remote control device 102 notifies the server device 104 of the update of the content evaluation value in step S613 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 the OS and a predetermined application program and controlling each unit of the server device 104 according to the execution. The control unit 301 of the content management apparatus 103 executes the OS or a predetermined application program, and controls each unit of the content management apparatus 103 in accordance with the execution. Communication between the remote control device 102 and the server device 104 and communication between the server device 104 and the content management device 103 are performed according to a communication standard conforming to HTTP.

  Upon receiving the evaluation value of the content from the remote control device 102 (S801), the server device 104 updates the evaluation value associated with the content and stores the updated evaluation value in the storage unit 404 (S802). It notifies the control device 102 (S803). When the remote control device 102 receives the notification of the completion of the process of updating the evaluation value of the content from the server device 104, the remote control device 102 performs the display process reflecting the update result of the evaluation value in step S614 as described above. Then, the remote control device 102 transmits the evaluation value to the server device 104 as a search condition in step S705 as described above.

  Upon receiving the evaluation value as a search condition from the remote control device 102 (S804), the server device 104 refers to the association between the content and the evaluation value stored in the storage unit 404 and uses the identifier of the content corresponding to the search condition as a search result. It is stored (S805). Upon receiving the search result output instruction from the remote control device 102 (S806), the server device 104 transmits the search result and the output instruction to the content management device 103 (S807).

  Upon receiving the content search result and the 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 device 103 performs an output process on the read content according to the output instruction (S832). The output instruction is, for example, a slide show display, and the content management device 103 controls the read content to be sequentially transmitted to the large-screen monitor 107 and displayed. Alternatively, the output instruction is printing, and the content management device 103 transmits the read content to the printer device and controls the content to be printed.

  In the above, the case where the evaluation value setting screen 510 and the threshold value setting screen 520 are switched and displayed has been described. However, as shown in FIG. 5C, a screen 530 capable of both setting an evaluation value according to the movement of the reduced content and setting a search condition according to the movement of the threshold handle is displayed as shown in FIG. You may make it.

  As described above, a plurality of nearby reduced contents are displayed on the screen in the order of the shooting time, so that the user moves the target reduced content up and down while comparing the reduced contents having similar contents. Evaluation values can be assigned to contents. Also, since the assigned evaluation value is represented by the level of the position on the vertical axis, the user can intuitively recognize the evaluation value of the content. Also, when setting the search conditions, the threshold value handle is displayed on the reduced content list, and the evaluation value can be set by moving the threshold handle up and down, so that the user can easily recognize the content to be searched. This makes it easy to set an evaluation value for obtaining a desired search result.

  In the present embodiment, the photographing time has been described as an example of the attribute information corresponding to the horizontal axis. However, the photographing place and the subject, the model and lens of the photographing apparatus used for the photographing, the setting parameters at the time of photographing, The present invention can be similarly implemented with other attribute information such as weather information. Further, in the present embodiment, the horizontal axis represents the photographing time and the vertical axis represents the evaluation value. However, the present invention can be similarly realized when the horizontal axis represents the evaluation value and the vertical axis represents the photographing time.

  In the present embodiment, the content is a captured image. However, the content is not limited to a still image but may be a moving image. When the content is a moving image, the reduced content is a still image generated from one frame in the moving image. The content is not limited to an image but may be a sound. In this case, the reduced content is an icon corresponding to the sound.

(Second embodiment)
In the present embodiment, a case will be described where a content to be subjected to a predetermined process on the content is selected. In this embodiment, a detailed description of the same configuration as that of the above-described first embodiment will be omitted. Further, a description will be given of a deletion process as an example of the predetermined process.

  In the present embodiment, an evaluation value setting screen 900 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. A deletion candidate line 901 is displayed in the display area of the evaluation value setting screen 900, and contents corresponding to reduced content arranged in an area below the deletion candidate line 901 are to be subjected to deletion processing. As in the first embodiment, the reduced content can move in the vertical axis direction in response to the user's move operation. The user can select the content to be deleted by moving the reduced content to be deleted to the deletion candidate area below the deletion candidate line 901 by a move operation.

  A process in which the remote control device 102 of the present embodiment selects a content to be subjected to the predetermined process will be described with reference to FIG.

  After executing the processing of steps S601 to S609 in FIG. 6 as in the first embodiment, the control unit 201 determines whether or not the reduced content is in the deletion candidate area (S1010). In a state like the instruction member 902 in FIG. 9, it is determined that the reduced content is in the deletion candidate area. If the reduced content is in the deletion candidate area (Yes in S1010), the control unit 201 changes and displays the display mode of the reduced content so as to be different from that when the reduced content is present above the deletion candidate line 901 (S1011). ). For example, in the present embodiment, the size is changed and displayed so as to be smaller when it exists below the deletion candidate line 901 than when it exists above it. Alternatively, the color of the frame of the reduced content may be changed. Thereby, the user can 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 (No in S1013) before detecting the touch-up (No in S1012), the display mode of the reduced content is returned to the original state (No in S1013). S1014).

  When the touch-up is detected (Yes in S1012) in a state where the coordinates of the position of the reduced content exist in the deletion candidate area (Yes in S1013), the control unit 201 sets the content identifier of the reduced content as a deletion target ( S1015). Then, it notifies the server device 104 of the content identifier set as the deletion target together with the deletion instruction (S1016). The notification may be collectively executed periodically at a predetermined time interval, or may be collectively executed when the number of contents set as a deletion target reaches a predetermined number. Then, when the content management application is terminated, it may be executed collectively. Alternatively, it may be performed each time the content to be deleted is set.

  When the display mode of the reduced content is changed with the deletion candidate line 901 as a boundary, for example, if the reduced content is a moving image, playback is performed when the reduction content is above the deletion candidate line 901 and playback is performed when the reduction content is below the deletion candidate line 901. May be temporarily stopped or terminated.

  Next, the operation of the server device 104 and the content management device 103 after the remote control device 102 notifies the server device 104 of the content identifier to be deleted in step S1016 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 the OS and a predetermined application program and controlling each unit of the server device 104 according to the execution. The control unit 301 of the content management apparatus 103 executes the OS or a predetermined application program, and controls each unit of the server apparatus 104 in accordance with the execution. Communication between the remote control device 102 and the server device 104 and communication between the server device 104 and the content management device 103 are performed according to a communication standard conforming to HTTP.

  Upon receiving the content identifier to be deleted from the remote control device 102 (S1101), the server device 104 transmits a command requesting content deletion and a message including the content identifier to be deleted to the content management device 103 (S1102).

  Upon receiving the 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 (S1131). Then, when the deletion processing is completed, a message including the content identifier of the deleted content is transmitted to the server device 104 (S1132). The server device 104 deletes the reduced content and the attribute information corresponding to the content identifier based on the message (S1103).

  Note that, in the present embodiment, the deletion process has been described as an example of the predetermined process. However, for example, an upload process to an external device, a distribution process to another device, or the like can also be realized in a similar manner. .

(Other embodiments)
The present invention supplies a program for realizing one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus via a network or a storage medium, and one or more processors in a computer of the system or the apparatus read and execute the program. This processing can be realized. Further, it can also be realized by a circuit (for example, an ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

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An information processing device,
Display control means for controlling a plurality of contents to be arranged and displayed according to the first attribute in an area having a first axis corresponding to the first attribute of the content;
Moving means for moving the content in a direction of a second axis intersecting the first axis in response to a user operation;
First setting means for associating a second attribute with the content according to the position of the moved content ;
Second setting means for setting a boundary line intersecting with the second axis in response to a user operation;
Acquiring means for acquiring, as a search condition, a value of the second attribute corresponding to a position of the content on the second axis with respect to the boundary line,
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a notifying unit that notifies a second attribute associated with the content by the first setting unit and a search condition acquired by the acquiring unit to a first external device. . When the user's operation indicates the direction of the second axis, the moving means moves the content,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the user operation indicates a direction of a first axis, the display control unit changes a range of the first attribute to be displayed. The display control means controls to display the content on a display device having a touch panel,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the operation of the user further comprising a detection means for detecting via the touch panel. The content is an image generated by an imaging device, the first attribute is one of a shooting time, a shooting location, and a subject included in shooting information of the image, and the second attribute is a value corresponding to the image. the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the rating information showing evaluation. A method for controlling an information processing device, comprising:
Controlling a plurality of contents to be arranged and displayed in an area having a first axis corresponding to the first attribute of the content according to the first attribute;
Moving the content in a direction of a second axis intersecting the first axis in response to a user operation;
Associating a second attribute with the content according to the location of the moved content ;
Setting a boundary line that intersects the second axis in response to a user operation;
Acquiring as a search condition a value of the second attribute corresponding to a position of the content on the second axis with respect to the boundary line;
A control method , comprising: notifying a second external attribute associated with the content by the first setting unit and a search condition acquired by the acquisition unit to a first external device . On the computer,
Controlling a plurality of contents to be arranged and displayed in an area having a first axis corresponding to the first attribute of the content according to the first attribute;
Moving the content in a direction of a second axis intersecting the first axis in response to a user operation;
Associating a second attribute with the content according to the location of the moved content ;
Setting a boundary line that intersects the second axis in response to a user operation;
Acquiring as a search condition a value of the second attribute corresponding to a position of the content on the second axis with respect to the boundary line;
A program for executing a step of notifying a first external device of a second attribute associated with the content by the first setting unit and a search condition obtained by the obtaining unit .

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