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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2004
Kazutaka Nishio, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Takumi Hasebe, Wakayama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image reproducing deviceis composed of the following units: an image input unitfor obtaining image data and shooting information included in the image data; an image/shooting information storage unit for storing the image data and the shooting information; an image/shooting information analysis unitfor analyzing the shooting information; a display method selection unitfor receiving a selection of a method for displaying an icon indicating the image data; a drawing/map reading unitfor reading map data; a drawing/map display unitfor displaying the read-in map data on a display device; a position display unitfor displaying the icon in the position corresponding to either a shooting in which an image is shot or an object position indicated on the map, based on the analysis result obtained by the image/shooting information analysis unit; a selected image reproduction unitfor receiving a selection of the displayed icon and reproducing the image data corresponding to the selected icon; a reproduction information measurement and retention unitfor measuring information relating to the reproduction of the image data; and a symbol attribute change and display unitfor changing the display of the icon based on the selected display method, the analysis result obtained by the image/shooting information analysis unitand the measurement result obtained by the reproduction information measurement and retention unit