Reproduction device and display control method

• US 20070027923A1
• Filed: 07/20/2006
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takatsuka, Susumu, Kinouchi, Takashi, Asaka, Kotaro, Tsukazaki, Hideo
• Granted Patent: US 8,219,928 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A reproduction device including a reproduction unit configured to reproduce content data including at least one of audio, video, and text for which attribute data is assigned for each of a different plurality of attributes; a display unit; and a control unit configured to make the display unit display a playback screen containing at least one attribute data among the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data when reproducing the content data and, when one attribute data among the attribute data composing the playback screen is selected, switch the display content of the content from the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data.

Claims

1. A reproduction device comprising:

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce a content data including at least one of audio, video, and text for which attribute data is assigned for each of a different plurality of attributes;

a display unit;

a control unit configured to make the display unit display a playback screen containing at least one attribute data among the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data when reproducing the content data and, when one attribute data among the attribute data composing the playback screen is selected, switch the display content of the content from the playback screen to a list relating to the selected attribute data.

2. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the device further comprises an input part for receiving an operation content, and

the control unit makes the display unit display a playback screen containing at least one attribute data among the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data when reproducing the content data and switches the display content of the display unit from the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data when one attribute data among the attribute data composing the playback screen is selected based on the operation from the input part.

3. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the display unit displays a cursor on the playback screen, and

the control unit moves the cursor based on the operation from the input part and makes the display unit display the list relating to the attribute data selected by the cursor.

4. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 3, wherein

the control unit displays the attribute data by scrolling when the attribute data at which the cursor is arranged is containing a predetermined number or more of letters.

5. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 1, wherein after switching the display content of the display unit to the list relating to the specific attribute during reproduction of the content data, the control unit continues the reproduction of the content data being reproduced.

6. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 5, wherein after switching the display content of the display unit to the list relating to the specific attribute during reproduction of the content data, the control unit continues the reproduction of the content data being reproduced until reproduction of other content data is instructed.

7. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 1, wherein when switching the display content of the display unit from the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data, the control unit places a cursor at attribute data of certain selected content data in the list.

8. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 1, wherein, when any item of the list being displayed on the display unit is selected, the control unit makes the reproduction unit start the reproduction of the content data corresponding to the selected item and, switches the display content of the display unit from the list to the playback screen containing a plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data.

9. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control unit manages the content data by classifying it into a plurality of hierarchical levels based on the plurality of attributes, makes the display unit display any list of the plurality of lists composed responsive to the attributes, and, when any item is selected from among the displayed lists, makes the reproduction unit reproduce the content data corresponding to the selected item and switches the display content from the list to the playback screen containing the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data, and, when one attribute data is selected from among the plurality of attribute data on the playback screen, switches the playback screen to the selected attribute data.

10. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 9, wherein

the plurality of attributes are at least genres, artists, and track names of the content data, and

the control unit manages the content data by classifying the same to lists of the genre list, the artist list, and the track name list based on the attribute information, makes the display unit display any list of the lists, and, when any item is selected from among the displayed lists, makes the reproduction unit reproduce the content data corresponding to the selected item and switches the display content from the list to the playback screen containing the genre, artist name, and track name assigned to the content data, and, when the artist name is selected from among the genre, artist name, and track name on the playback screen, switches the playback screen to the artist list having the selected artist name as one of items.

11. The reproduction device as set forth in claim 9, wherein, when one attribute data is selected from among the plurality of attribute data on the playback screen, the control unit makes the display unit display a list other than the list displayed immediately before the switching to the playback screen.

12. A display control method when reproducing content data to which the attribute data concerning different plurality of attributes are assigned, comprising the steps of

making a display unit display a playback screen containing at least one attribute data among the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data to be reproduced and

switching the display content of the display unit from the playback screen to a list relating to selected attribute data when one attribute data is selected from among the attribute data composing the playback screen.

13. The display control method as set forth in claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

detecting operation content input from an input unit,

selecting one attribute data among attribute data composing the playback screen based on the operation content, and

switching the display content of the display unit from the playback screen to a list relating to the selected attribute data.

14. The display control method as set forth in claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a cursor on the playback screen,

moving the cursor based on the operation content input from the input unit, and

when one attribute data among the attribute data composing the playback screen is selected by the cursor, switching the display content of the display unit from the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data.

15. The display control method as set forth in claim 14, further comprising a step of displaying the attribute data by scrolling when attribute data at which the cursor is arranged, containing a predetermined number or more of letters.

16. The display control method as set forth in claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

starting reproduction of selected content when one attribute data among the attribute data composing the playback screen is selected, and

continuing the reproduction of the content data being reproduced even after switching the display content of the display to the list corresponding to the specific attribute during reproduction of the content data.

17. The display control method as set forth in claim 16, further comprising a step of continuing the reproduction of the content data being reproduced after switching the display content of the display to the list corresponding to the specific attribute during reproduction of the content data until the reproduction of other content data is instructed.

18. The display control method as set forth in claim 12, further comprising a step of arranging the cursor at attribute data of selected content data as one item of the list when switching the display content of the display from the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data.

19. The display control method as set forth in claim 12, further comprising the steps of, starting reproduction of content data corresponding to a selected item when any item of the list displayed on the display unit is selected, and switching the display content of the display from the list to the playback screen containing the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data.

20. The display control method as set forth in claim 12, further comprising the steps of,

managing the content data classifying the same into a plurality of hierarchical levels based on the plurality of attributes,

making the display unit display any list of the plurality of lists composed responsive to based on the attributes,

reproducing content data corresponding to the selected item when any item is selected from among the displayed lists,

switching the display content from the list to the playback screen containing the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data, and

switching the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data when one among the plurality of attribute data in the playback screen is selected.

21. The display control method as set forth in claim 20, wherein the plurality of attributes are at least genres, artists, and track names of content data, and

the method further comprises the steps of:

managing the content data classifying the same into lists of a genre list, an artist list, and a track name list based on the attribute information;

making the display unit display any list of the lists;

reproducing content data corresponding to a selected item when any item is selected from among displayed lists;

switching the display content from the list to the playback screen containing the genre, artist name, and track name assigned to the content data; and

switching the playback screen to the artist list having the selected artist name as one item when the artist name among the genre, artist name, and track name on the playback screen is selected.

22. The display control method as set forth in claim 20, further comprising a step of making the display unit display a list other than the list displayed immediately before the switching to the playback screen when one among the plurality of attribute data on the playback screen is selected.