Map Display Control for Directional Shot Image Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display techniques for shot images on a map image struggle to efficiently extract and display images at a desired shooting position and direction, especially when multiple images are present at the same location, leading to difficulties in searching and selecting specific images due to overlapping icons and lack of direction-based filtering.
Innovation Solution
A display control apparatus and method that allows users to easily extract shot images by dragging on a map image, setting an extraction range based on direction and distance, and displaying images corresponding to the selected range, enabling sorting by shooting directions or distances, thereby simplifying the process of finding desired images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple shot images are displayed at the same shooting position on a map image, then the user can view shot images at desired locations intuitively, but it becomes difficult to arrange and select specific images among overlapping icons
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from displaying multiple shot images in a two-dimensional overlapping manner on the map to arranging them in a one-dimensional list format. This dimensional change eliminates icon overlap and allows users to easily distinguish and select specific images while maintaining the connection to the shooting position on the map.
2Device complexity
If shot images are displayed collectively as one icon on a map image, then icon overlap is avoided, but it becomes difficult to narrow down images using shooting directions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the shot images from their collective icon representation and presents them as individual items in a list. Each image in the list retains its associated shooting direction information, allowing users to filter and search by direction while maintaining clear visual separation between multiple images at the same location.
3Loss of information
If icons with directionality are displayed at shooting positions, then shooting direction information is preserved, but overlapping icons make it difficult to select desired images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves the selection difficulty by moving multiple shot images from the two-dimensional map overlay to a one-dimensional list structure. This allows directionality information to be preserved in each list item while providing clear visual separation and easy selection through linear scrolling and tapping.
4Loss of information
If a list of shot images is displayed by selecting an icon, then images at the desired position can be narrowed down, but additional operations are required to access the list
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by automatically generating and maintaining a list of shot images associated with each map location in advance. When the user views the map, the list is already prepared and can be accessed immediately through a simple tap operation, reducing the time and steps required to view and filter images by position and direction.
Data Source
AI summary
A display control apparatus displays, when a map image is to be displayed on a display unit, together with the map image, information corresponding to a plurality of images associated with position information that indicates positions included in a predetermined range within a display range of the map image, and when a predetermined operation with respect to the image has been accepted through an operation unit, the control unit performs control to display an image corresponding to a relationship between a direction based on a first operation position and a second operation position of the predetermined operation and direction information associated with the plurality of images.