Content display device and method for controlling display according to complexity of content and content display program

• US 20070165030A1
• Filed: 05/02/2003
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nakanishi, Masahiro
• Application Number:
  US10/511,539
• Publication Number:
  US 20070165030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/16 involving adaptation to the client's capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/14 Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation H04N19/146 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/156 Availability of hardware or computational resources, e.g. encoding based on power-saving criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/192 the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type being iterative or recursive
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/44 Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/90 using coding techniques not provided for in groups H04N19/10-H04N19/85, e.g. fractals

Abstract

The content display apparatus related to mobile terminals, mobile phones, computer apparatuses and others performs the following process to accurately display the content. The content to be reproduced is stored in a storage unit. Data of the content to be reproduced is evaluated, and complexity of the content is calculated. When the obtained complexity is smaller than the upper limit of processing capability of the terminal (the upper limit of complexity), the content can be reproduced as it is. If the obtained complexity exceeds the upper limit of the processing capability of the terminal, part of the functions of the terminal are invalidated to suppress display of part of the content, and complexity is calculated again. The process is repeated such that the content is reproduced within the processing capability of the terminal.

Claims

1. A content display apparatus displaying a content including a plurality of objects, priorities in display being assigned to said plurality of objects, respectively, comprising:

complexity calculating means for calculating complexity when displaying said content based on said plurality of objects; and

control means for suppressing display of part of the objects included in said content based on said calculated complexity, said priorities, and an upper limit of processing capability of the apparatus.

2. The content display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said content includes animation formed of a plurality of frames,

said complexity calculating means calculates complexity in display for each of said plurality of frames, and

said control means performs control of display of each of said plurality of frames.

3. A content display apparatus displaying a content, priorities being assigned to functions for displaying objects, comprising:

complexity calculating means for calculating complexity when displaying said content; and

control means for invalidating part of the functions for displaying said objects based on said calculated complexity, said priorities, and an upper limit of processing capability of the apparatus.

4. The content display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

said content includes animation formed of a plurality of frames,

said complexity calculating means calculates complexity in display for each of said plurality of frames, and

said control means performs control of display of each of said plurality of frames.

5. A content display apparatus displaying animation formed of a plurality of frames as a content, comprising:

complexity calculating means for calculating, for each of said plurality of frames, complexity when displaying the relevant frame; and

control means for suppressing display of the frame for which said calculated complexity exceeds an upper limit of complexity.

6. A content display program for displaying a content including a plurality of objects, priorities in display being assigned to said plurality of objects, respectively, the program causing a computer to perform:

the complexity calculating step of calculating complexity when displaying said content based on said plurality of objects; and

the control step of suppressing display of part of the objects included in said content based on said calculated complexity, said priorities, and an upper limit of processing capability of the apparatus.

7. The content display program according to claim 6, wherein

said content includes animation formed of a plurality of frames,

said complexity calculating step includes the step of calculating complexity in display for each of said plurality of frames, and

said control step includes the step of performing control of display of each of said plurality of frames.

16. A computer readable recording medium recorded with the content display program according to claim 6.

8. A content display program for displaying a content, priorities being assigned to functions for displaying objects, the program causing a computer to perform:

the complexity calculating step of calculating complexity when displaying said content; and

the control step of invalidating part of the functions for displaying said objects based on said calculated complexity, said priorities, and an upper limit of processing capability of the apparatus.

9. The content display program according to claim 8, wherein

said content includes animation formed of a plurality of frames,

said complexity calculating step includes the step of calculating complexity in display for each of said plurality of frames, and

said control step includes the step of performing control of display of each of said plurality of frames.

10. A content display program for displaying animation formed of a plurality of frames as a content, causing a computer to perform:

the complexity calculating step of calculating, for each of said plurality of frames, complexity when displaying the relevant frame; and

the control step of suppressing display of the frame for which said calculated complexity exceeds an upper limit of complexity.

11. A content display method for displaying a content including a plurality of objects, priorities in display being assigned to said plurality of objects, respectively, comprising:

the complexity calculating step of calculating complexity when displaying said content based on said plurality of objects; and

the control step of suppressing display of part of the objects included in said content based on said calculated complexity, said priorities, and an upper limit of processing capability of the apparatus.

12. The content display method according to claim 11, wherein said content includes animation formed of a plurality of frames,

said complexity calculating step includes the step of calculating complexity in display for each of said plurality of frames, and

said control step includes the step of performing control of display of each of said plurality of frames.

13. A content display method for displaying a content, priorities being assigned to functions for displaying objects, comprising:

the complexity calculating step of calculating complexity when displaying said content; and

the control step of invalidating part of the functions for displaying said objects based on said calculated complexity, said priorities, and an upper limit of processing capability of the apparatus.

14. The content display method according to claim 13, wherein

said content includes animation formed of a plurality of frames,

said complexity calculating step includes the step of calculating complexity in display for each of said plurality of frames, and

said control step includes the step of performing control of display of each of said plurality of frames.

15. A content display method for displaying animation formed of a plurality of frames as a content, comprising:

the complexity calculating step of calculating, for each of said plurality of frames, complexity when displaying the relevant frame; and

the control step of suppressing display of the frame for which said calculated complexity exceeds an upper limit of complexity.