DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20090228800A1
• Filed: 05/26/2006
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yasuda, Takehiko
• Application Number:
  US11/915,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20090228800A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/61 wherein solid state memory is used for storing A/V content storing computer data in solid state memories G06F
• 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 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

The present invention is provided to solve such a problem that a music is merely presented as a list but the user is not informed how the tune is arranged, in the music distributing system in the prior art in which the user can choose the music based on the analyzed result such as a feature, a tune, and the like of the music to get a favorite music. The present invention proposes a display device characterized in that plural pieces of symbol image information for symbolizing images of a contents are acquired and then a group of symbol images consisting of a plurality of symbol images constructed by plural pieces of symbol image information are output in such a manner that the group can be displayed in slide show style. At this time, the symbol image information can be acquired based on the analyzed result of the contents information. As a result, the symbol image can be displayed in response to the tune or the substance of the contents without users particular operation.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a contents information acquiring portion which acquires contents information;

a symbol image information acquiring portion which acquires plural pieces of symbol image information used for symbolizing an impression of a single contents based on the acquired contents information;

a symbol image group output portion which outputs a group of symbol images assembled by a plurality of the symbol images constructed by the plural pieces of symbol image information such that the group of the symbol images is displayed in slide show style; and

a symbol image database search portion which acquires the symbol image information associated with contents identification information based on the contents identification information contained in the contents information acquired by the contents information acquiring portion, and outputs the acquired symbol image information to the symbol image information acquiring portion.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the symbol image group output portion has a thumbnail outputting unit which displays plural groups of symbol images associated with a plurality of contents respectively on one screen in thumbnail style contents by contents.

3. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a contents information analysis portion which analyzes the contents information acquired by the contents information acquiring portion, acquires the symbol image information based on an analyzed result, and outputs the acquired symbol image information to the symbol image information acquiring portion.

5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the symbol image database search portion holds correspondence information as information that correlates the contents identification information with the symbol image information;

and

wherein an acquisition of the symbol image information is conducted based upon the held correspondence information.

6. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the symbol image database search portion is able to hold plural pieces of correspondence information, and selects the correspondence information utilized to acquire the symbol image information from plural pieces of held correspondence information.

7. The display device according to claim 6, wherein the symbol image database search portion has a managing unit which manages the held correspondence information.

4. (canceled)

8. A display device which is connected to an image outputting device or has the image outputting device, comprising:

a symbol image group output portion which outputs a plurality of symbol images in slide show style,

wherein the plurality of symbol images respectively represent a plurality of impressions which are different to each other; and

wherein the plurality of impressions relate to a single contents.

9. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the symbol image output portion outputs a plurality of symbol image groups having the plurality of the symbol images respectively to the image outputting device in slide show style.

10. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the display device is an audio device, a car navigation system or a mobile terminal device.