Image Management Apparatus Folder Shooting Time Range Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users may misunderstand search results when image files are searched based on shooting time and displayed on a folder basis, as the time range of the searched images does not match the attribute information displayed for the folder.
Innovation Solution
An image management apparatus that acquires and displays shooting times of image files within folders, allowing users to set search conditions and update the list of thumbnail images and their corresponding shooting time ranges, ensuring accurate representation of searched results on a folder basis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If image files are searched based on shooting time and displayed on a folder basis, then users can easily confirm searched image files, but the time range of searched images does not match the attribute information displayed for the folder, causing user misunderstanding
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display area into separate regions: a folder attribute information display area showing the overall folder time range, and a searched result display area showing the time range of actually searched images. This segmentation allows both the folder's complete time range and the filtered search results to be displayed simultaneously without confusion, resolving the contradiction between easy confirmation of searched files and accuracy of time range information.
2Reliability
If the time range of all image files in a folder is displayed as attribute information, then folder information is complete, but it causes misunderstanding when only some images satisfy the search condition
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary element - a separate searched result display area that acts as a mediator between the folder attribute information and the actual search results. This intermediary region displays the time range specific to searched images, bridging the gap between the complete folder information and the filtered search results, thereby maintaining both reliability of folder attributes and accuracy of search result representation.
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AI summary
The present invention is directed to searching for image files based on shooting times thereof from among image files which are managed in each of folders and preventing a user from misunderstanding search results due to displayed contents when the search results are displayed for each of the folders. An image management apparatus according to the present invention searches an image file that satisfies a search condition in which a shooting time thereof is set by a user operation from among a plurality of image files, reads the shooting time of the searched image file, acquires a range of the shooting times for each of folders, and updates and displays thumbnail images indicating the searched image files together with acquired range of the shooting times for each of the folders.