METHOD AND APPARATUS OF NOTIFYING SELECTED IMAGE

• Main Authors: YAHIRO TAKAO, WATANABE MASASHI, KATANO ISAO, SUWA MASAE, YOSHITANI YUSAKU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.04.2006
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SEALS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable notifying an image selected from among a plurality of images with simple image processing. SOLUTION: The notification of the selected image is executed by using a method including a step of arranging a plurality of images in a single screen; a mask generating step of generating a mask having an opening for exposing one part of each of the arranged images; a mask superimposing step of superimposing the generated mask on a screen so that one part of each of the images may be displayed; and an opening changing step of changing at least any one of the shape and size of the opening corresponding to the selected image, and the shape and size of openings other than the above opening into different shapes and sizes. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI