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Image displaying method and video playback apparatus

  • US 20070223878A1
  • Filed: 02/27/2007
  • Published: 09/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A video playback apparatus comprising:

  • a thumbnail creating unit for creating thumbnail image data for a video file; and

    a user operation unit for receiving an instruction from a user, wherein the thumbnail creating unit divides a total playback duration time T of the video file into 2ˆ

    n (n is an integer not less than

         0) intervals, creates the thumbnail image data from image data of the first frame of each of the divided intervals, and supplies the created thumbnail image data to an image displaying unit to cause the image displaying unit to display thumbnail images corresponding to the thumbnail image data, and wherein upon the user operation unit receiving a first predetermined operation, the thumbnail creating unit increments the value n by 1 to increase the number of thumbnail images, corresponding to the thumbnail image data, to be displayed on the image displaying unit, whereas upon the user operation unit receiving a second predetermined operation, the thumbnail creating unit decrements the value n by 1 to decrease the number of thumbnail images, corresponding to the thumbnail image data, to be displayed on the image displaying unit.

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