CONTENT PLAY DEVICE HAVING CONTENT FORMING FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR FORMING CONTENT THEREOF

• US 20100138013A1
• Filed: 08/28/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Jung-il
• Granted Patent: US 9,153,285 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take 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

Abstract

A content play device capable of forming content and a method for forming content thereof. The method for forming content of the content play device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, comprises providing a content forming user interface (UI) which reflects a plurality of data to be played, receiving a play time of each of the plurality of data via the content forming UI, and forming content in which the plurality of data is reproduced according to a received play time of each data. Accordingly, a user may easily form content in which background music is set for each image file.

Claims

1. A method for forming content in a content play device, the method comprising:

providing a content forming user interface (UI) comprising a plurality of data items to be played;

receiving a play time of each data item of the plurality of data items via the content forming UI; and

forming content in which the plurality of data items is played according to the received play time of each data item of the plurality of data items.

2. The method for forming content as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of data items includes at least one first data item and at least one second data item.

3. The method for forming content as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first data item is an image file and the second data item is a music file.

4. The method for forming content as claimed in claim 2, wherein the content forming UI includes a first data list area which provides a list of the at least one first data item;

and a second data list area which provides a list of the at least one second data item.

5. The method for forming content as claimed in claim 4, wherein the list of the at least one first data item and the list of the at least one second data item is provided in a bar shape.

6. The method for forming content as claimed in claim 4, wherein in the providing the content forming UI,

the first data list area is evenly divided according to a number of the at least one first data item, and identifying information for each data item of the at least one first data item is displayed on the divided area, and a plurality of first pointers for setting a play time for each data item of the at least one first data item is displayed on the border of the divided area to change a play time of each data item of the at least one first data item, and

the second data list area is divided according to a play time of the at least one second data item and identifying information for each data item of the at least one second data item is displayed on the divided area, and a plurality of second pointers are displayed on the border of the divided area to change a play time of each data item of the at least one second data item.

7. The method for forming content as claimed in claim 6, wherein in the providing the content forming UI, a play time of for each data item of the at least one first data item is displayed in the divided area of the first data list area with reference to an entire play time of the at least one second data item, and a play time of each data item of the at least one second data item is displayed in the divided area of the second data list area.

8. The method for forming content as claimed in claim 7, wherein in the receiving the play time, a play time added to the originally allocated play time for the at least one first data item is received as the first pointer moves, and a play time added to the originally allocated play time for the at least one second data item is received as the second pointer moves.

9. A content play device comprising:

a user interface (UI) unit which provides a content forming UI comprising a plurality of data items to be displayed; and

a content forming unit which forms content to play each data item of the plurality of data items according to a play time received for each data item of the plurality of data items.

10. The content play device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the plurality of data items includes at least one first data item and at least one a second data.

11. The content play device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first data item is an image file and the second data item is a music file.

12. The content play device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the content forming UI comprises a first data list area which provides a list of the at least one first data item;

and a second data list area which provides a list of the at least one second data item.

13. The content play device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the list of the at least one first data item and the list of the at least one second data item are provided in a bar shape.

14. The content play device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the user interface unit provides the content forming UI in which the first data list area is evenly divided according to a number of the at least one first data item, and identifying information for each data item of the at least one first data item is displayed on the divided area, and a plurality of first pointers for setting a play time for each data item of the at least one first data item is displayed on the border of the divided area to change a play time of each data item of the at least one first data, and

the second data list area is divided according to a play time of the at least one second data item and identifying information for each data item of the at least one second data item is displayed on the divided area, and a plurality of second pointers are displayed on the border of the divided area to change a play time of each data item of the at least one second data item.

15. The content play device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the user interface unit provides the content forming UI in which a play time of for each data item of the at least one first data item is displayed in the divided area of the first data list area with reference to an entire play time of the at least one second data item, and a play time of each data item of the at least one second data item is displayed in the divided area of the second data list area.

16. The content play device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the user interface unit receives a play time added to the originally allocated play time for the at least one first data item as the first pointer moves, and a play time added to the originally allocated play time for the at least one second data item as the second pointer moves.

17. A method for forming content in a content play device, the method comprising:

displaying a first interface for selecting at least one image file and at least one music file;

displaying a second interface for specifying playback times for each image file of the at least one image file and for each music file of the at least one music file; and

generating the content according to the specified playback times.

18. The method for forming content as claimed in claim 17, wherein an image file list area which provides a list of the at least one image file and a music file list area which provides a list of the at least one music file are provided in the second interface.

19. The method for forming content as claimed in claim 18, wherein a plurality of pointers for specifying playback times are provided in the second interface.

20. A content play device comprising:

means for displaying a first interface for selecting at least one image file and at least one music file;

means for displaying a second interface for specifying playback times for each image file of the at least one image file and for each music file of the at least one music file; and

means for generating the content according to the specified playback times.