DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD
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Abstract
A holding unit 24 generates and holds viewing history information corresponding to the video image from the information on the reproduced video image and the information on the reproduced time of the video image received from a video image display control unit 22. When receiving information of a video image to be displayed by a thumbnail from a thumbnail display control unit 21, a determination unit 25 receives viewing history information of a corresponding video image from the holding unit 24, and determines whether to display a corresponding thumbnail by a moving image or by a still image. A selection unit 26 selects, based on an instruction from the determination unit 25, which of still image data or moving image data is used as video image data to be displayed by the thumbnail for each thumbnail to be displayed by a list on a screen, and outputs the selected one to the thumbnail display control unit 21.
In this way, when the thumbnail is displayed by a list, a plurality of thumbnails are able to be displayed by a moving image in a form that is appropriate for a viewing situation of a user.
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13. A display apparatus capable of displaying a list of a plurality of video images, accumulated or transmitted, in a display form which is directly obtained from the vide image, comprising:
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holding means for holding viewing history information of the video image; determination means for setting the display form of which an information amount is reduced, for the video image that is able to be determined as a viewer'"'"'s memory is more certain, based on the viewing history information; and display controlling means for controlling the display form of the video image at the time of list display based on the setting by the determination means, wherein the viewing history information includes information showing an elapsed time from a last viewing, and the determination means sets the display form of which an information amount is reduced when the elapsed time as the viewing history information is shorter than a predetermined time, and sets the display form of which an information amount is increased when the elapsed time as the viewing history information is equivalent to or more than the predetermined time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A display method capable of displaying a list of a plurality of video images, accumulated or transmitted, in a display form which is directly obtained from the video image, comprising the steps of:
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reading out viewing history information of the video image that has been held in holding means; setting the display form of which an information amount is reduced for the video image that is able to be determined as remaining in a viewer'"'"'s memory based on the viewing history information read out by a determination means; and controlling the display form of the video image at the time of list display based on the setting, wherein the viewing history information includes information showing an elapsed time from a last viewing, and wherein the determination means carries out that, the display form of which an information amount is reduced is set when the elapsed time as the viewing history information is shorter than a predetermined time, and the display form of which an information amount is increased is set when the elapsed time as the viewing history information is equivalent to or more than the predetermined time.
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Specification