Electronic Apparatus and Display Method

• US 20090089837A1
• Filed: 09/03/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Momosaki, Kohei
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,114 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/40
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• 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: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 : the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a storage device which stores section attribute information which specifies a start time point and an end time point of at least one predetermined attribute section of a plurality of attribute sections which are included in the video content data. A display process module displays, on a display screen, a section bar including a bar area which is indicative of a position of the predetermined attribute section in a sequence of the video content data, on the basis of the section attribute information. A playback process module executes, on the display screen, playback of moving picture data in the video content data which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, on the basis of the section attribute information, in a case where an event of requesting playback of the video content data of the predetermined attribute section is input.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a storage device which stores section attribute information which specifies a start time point and an end time point of at least one predetermined attribute section of a plurality of attribute sections including a commercial section, a section other than the commercial section, a music section in which music is played, a talk section in which a talk is made by a person, a cheer section having a cheer level of a predetermined value or more and an excitement section having an excitement level of a predetermined value or more, which are included in the video content data;

a display process module configured to display, on a display screen, a section bar including a bar area which is indicative of a position of the predetermined attribute section in a sequence of the video content data, on the basis of the section attribute information; and

a playback process module configured to execute, on the display screen, playback of moving picture data in the video content data which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, on the basis of the section attribute information, in a case where an event of requesting playback of the video content data of the predetermined attribute section is input.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the section attribute information includes, in a case where the section attribute information includes a plurality of partial sections which are dispersedly present in the sequence of the video content data, information which specifies a start time point and an end time point of each of the plurality of partial sections, and

the display process module is configured to arrange, in the section bar, a plurality of bar areas which are indicative of positions of the plurality of partial sections in the sequence of the video content data.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display process module is configured to execute, in a case where one of a plurality of said bar areas is selected by a user, the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data, which belongs to a partial section corresponding to the selected bar area, on the display screen.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the section attribute information includes, in a case where the predetermined attribute section includes a first partial section and a second partial section which are dispersedly present in the sequence of the video content data, information which specifies a start time point and an end time point of each of the first partial section and the second partial section, and

the playback process module is configured to execute, on the display screen, the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data, which belongs to the first partial section, according to the section attribute information, and to execute on the display screen, after the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data, which belongs to the first partial section, is finished, the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data, which belongs to the second partial section, by skipping playback of a section intervening between the first partial section and the second partial section.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the playback process module is configured to execute a process of successively displaying, on the display screen, a plurality of still images which are extracted from the moving picture data in the video content data which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, thereby to execute the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data which belongs to the predetermined attribute section.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image extraction module configured to extract a still image of at least one frame from each of a plurality of sections which constitute the sequence of the video content data; and

a still image display module configured to display, on a predetermined display area on the display screen, the still images extracted by the image extraction module by arranging the still images in an order of time of appearance of the still images,

wherein the playback process module is configured to specify a section in the plurality of sections, which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, to specify an image display position on the display area, where the still image extracted from the specified section is displayed, and to start the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data, which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, on the specified image display position.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the playback process module is configured to successively display, on the specified image display position, a plurality of said still images which are extracted from the moving picture data In the video content data which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, thereby to execute the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data which belongs to the predetermined attribute section.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image extraction module which is configured to extract a still image of at least one frame from each of a plurality of sections which constitute the sequence of the video content data; and

a still image display module which is configured to display, on a predetermined display area on the display screen, the still images extracted by the image extraction module by arranging the still images in an order of time of appearance of the still images,

wherein the playback process module is configured to execute, in a case where a first section and a second section, which are continuous in the plurality of sections, belong to the predetermined attribute section, the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data, which belongs to the first section, on an image display position on the display area, where the still image extracted from the first section is displayed, to change, when the section that is an object of playback shifts from the first section to the second section with a progress of playback of the moving picture data, the image display position on the display area, which is used for the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, to an image display position on the display area, where the still image extracted from the second section is displayed, and to execute the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data of the second section on the changed image display position.

9. A display method for displaying an outline of video content data, comprising:

executing an indexing process of analyzing audio data included in the video content data, and outputting section attribute information which specifies a start time point and an end time point of at least one predetermined attribute section of a plurality of attribute sections including a commercial section, a section other than the commercial section, a music section in which music is played, a talk section in which a talk is made by a person, a cheer section having a cheer level of a predetermined value or more and an excitement section having an excitement level of a predetermined value or more, which are included in the video content data;

displaying, on a display screen, a section bar including a bar area which is indicative of a position of the predetermined attribute section in a sequence of the video content data, on the basis of the section attribute Information; and

executing, on the display screen, playback of moving picture data in the video content data which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, on the basis of the section attribute information, in a case where an event of requesting playback of the video content data of the predetermined attribute section is input.

10. The display method according to claim 9, further comprising:

extracting a still image of at least one frame from each of a plurality of sections which constitute the sequence of the video content data; and

displaying, on a predetermined display area on the display screen, the extracted still images by arranging the still images in an order of time of appearance of the still images,

wherein said executing the playback of the moving picture data includes specifying a section in the plurality of sections, which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, specifying an image display position on the display area, where the still image extracted from the specified section is displayed, and starting the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data, which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, on the specified image display position.

11. The display method according to claim 9, further comprising:

extracting a still image of at least one frame from each of a plurality of sections which constitute the sequence of the video content data; and

displaying, on a predetermined display area on the display screen, the extracted still images by arranging the still images in an order of time of appearance of the still images,

wherein said executing the playback of the moving picture data includes executing, in a case where a first section and a second section, which are continuous in the plurality of sections, belong to the predetermined attribute section, the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data, which belongs to the first section, on an image display position on the display area, where the still image extracted from the first section is displayed, changing, when the section that is an object of playback shifts from the first section to the second section with a progress of playback of the moving picture data, the image display position on the display area, which is used for the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data which belongs to the predetermined attribute section, to an image display position on the display area, where the still image extracted from the second section is displayed, and executing the playback of the moving picture data in the video content data of the second section on the changed image display position.