MULTIMEDIA PLAYER AND MENU SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD
First Claim
1. A multimedia player capable of playing digital contents, comprising:
- an operation unit which receives an instruction as to content playing via a user'"'"'s operation;
a storage unit which stores data of a plurality of function icons representing the types of content playing functions, contents, data of a plurality of content icons representing items of the contents, and data of a semi-transparent folder icon representing a unit for displaying contents;
a display output unit which outputs, to a display apparatus, image data of a menu screen related to the playing of the content, and which plays an item of a content received from the storage unit in accordance with a user'"'"'s instruction received by the operation unit; and
a display control unit which relates the item of the content received from the storage unit to one of the types of the content playing functions and a plurality of folder icons, and which generates image data for the menu screen including a first array in which the plurality of function icons are arranged on the screen, and a second array in which the plurality of folder icons are arranged on the screen,wherein, with respect to each of the plurality of folder icons, the display control unit receives, as a folder attachment image, one of content icons representing related contents from the storage unit, and then displays, in the second array on the menu screen, the folder attachment image and the folder icon so that the folder attachment image is included in the folder icon superimposed thereon.
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Abstract
A menu management unit relates items of contents received from a storage unit to multiple folder icons 120, which represent units for displaying contents. A menu screen generating unit generates image data for a menu screen 50, which includes a function icon array 70 formed by multiple function icons 52-62 aligned horizontally, and a folder icon array 72 formed by multiple folder icons 120 aligned vertically. With respect to each of the multiple folder icons, an effect processing unit receives, as a folder attachment image 122, one of content icons representing related contents from the storage unit, and then displays, in the folder icon array 72, the folder attachment image 122 and the folder icon 120 so that the folder attachment image is included in the semi-transparent folder icon superimposed upon the image.
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13 Claims
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1. A multimedia player capable of playing digital contents, comprising:
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an operation unit which receives an instruction as to content playing via a user'"'"'s operation; a storage unit which stores data of a plurality of function icons representing the types of content playing functions, contents, data of a plurality of content icons representing items of the contents, and data of a semi-transparent folder icon representing a unit for displaying contents; a display output unit which outputs, to a display apparatus, image data of a menu screen related to the playing of the content, and which plays an item of a content received from the storage unit in accordance with a user'"'"'s instruction received by the operation unit; and a display control unit which relates the item of the content received from the storage unit to one of the types of the content playing functions and a plurality of folder icons, and which generates image data for the menu screen including a first array in which the plurality of function icons are arranged on the screen, and a second array in which the plurality of folder icons are arranged on the screen, wherein, with respect to each of the plurality of folder icons, the display control unit receives, as a folder attachment image, one of content icons representing related contents from the storage unit, and then displays, in the second array on the menu screen, the folder attachment image and the folder icon so that the folder attachment image is included in the folder icon superimposed thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A menu screen display method for displaying a menu screen using a content player, comprising:
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retrieving data of a plurality of function icons representing the types of content playing functions, contents, data of a plurality of content icons representing items of the contents, and data of a semi-transparent folder icon representing a unit for displaying contents; relating an item of a retrieved content to one of the types of the content playing functions and a plurality of folder icons, and generating image data for the menu screen including a first array in which the plurality of function icons are arranged on the screen, and a second array in which the plurality of folder icons are arranged on the screen; and outputting, to a display apparatus, image data of the menu screen related to the playing of the content, wherein, in the generating, one of content icons representing related contents is received as a folder attachment image, with respect to each of the plurality of folder icons, and the folder attachment image and the folder icon are displayed in the second array on the menu screen so that the folder attachment image is included in the folder icon superimposed thereon.
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12. A computer program product executed by a computer to display a menu screen on a display, comprising:
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a retrieving module which retrieves data of a plurality of function icons representing the types of content playing functions, contents, data of a plurality of content icons representing items of the contents, and data of a semi-transparent folder icon representing a unit for displaying contents; a generating module which relates an item of a retrieved content to one of the types of the content playing functions and a plurality of folder icons, and generates image data for the menu screen including a first array in which the plurality of function icons are arranged on the screen, and a second array in which the plurality of folder icons are arranged on the screen; and an outputting module which outputs, to a display apparatus, image data of the menu screen related to the playing of the content, wherein, with the generating module, one of content icons representing related contents is received as a folder attachment image, with respect to each of the plurality of folder icons, and the folder attachment image and the folder icon are displayed in the second array on the menu screen so that the folder attachment image is included in the folder icon superimposed thereon. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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