INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR

• US 20110289446A1
• Filed: 05/09/2011
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fukui, Koji, Oonuma, Kensuke
• Application Number:
  US13/103,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20110289446A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit, a reproduction unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit obtains, of moving image data including images of pages having serial page numbers and an image of motion of turning the pages one by one in order of the page numbers, first moving image data in which a page time being a time on the moving image data is assigned to each page. The reproduction unit reproduces the first moving image data, generates a moving image, and displays the moving image on a display screen. The input unit receives a designation of a second page different from a first page of the first moving image data currently displayed on the display screen. The control unit calculates a page time difference therebetween and controls a reproduction speed of the first moving image data depending on it.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to obtain, of moving image data including images of a plurality of pages having serial page numbers and an image of motion of turning the plurality of pages one by one in order of the page numbers, first moving image data in which a page time being a time on the moving image data is assigned to each of the plurality of pages;

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the first moving image data obtained by the acquisition unit, to generate a moving image, and to display the moving image on a display screen;

an input unit configured to receive, from a user, a designation of a second page different from a first page, the first page being a page of the first moving image data currently displayed on the display screen; and

a control unit configured to calculate a page time difference being a difference between a page time of the first page and a page time of the second page, and to control a reproduction speed of the first moving image data depending on the page time difference.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit selects a first reproduction speed being a normal speed in a case where the page time difference is smaller than a predetermined first time difference, and

the control unit selects a reproduction speed at which a period of time for reproducing the moving image corresponding to the page time difference is the closest to the first time difference in a case where the page time difference is equal to or larger than the first time difference.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit jumps the reproduction time of the first moving image data in a case where the page time difference is equal to or larger than a second time difference, the second time difference being set in advance within a range larger than the first time difference.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit varies the second reproduction speed depending on the reproduction time.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the acquisition unit further obtains second moving image data constituted of an image of motion of turning the plurality of pages one by one in order of the page numbers, and

the control unit causes the reproduction unit to reproduce the second moving image data in a case where the page time difference is equal to or larger than a second time difference, the second time difference being set in advance within a range larger than the first time difference.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the acquisition unit further obtains third moving image data including a motion of turning the plurality of pages one by one in reverse order of the page numbers, and

the control unit causes the reproduction unit to reproduce the third moving image data in a case where the page number of the second page is smaller than the page number of the first page.

7. An information processing method, comprising:

obtaining, by an acquisition unit, of moving image data including images of a plurality of pages having serial page numbers and an image of motion of turning the plurality of pages one by one in order of the page numbers, first moving image data in which a page time being a time on the moving image data is assigned to each of the plurality of pages;

reproducing, by a reproduction unit, the first moving image data obtained by the acquisition unit, generating a moving image, and displaying the moving image on a display screen;

receiving, by an input unit, from a user, a designation of a second page different from a first page, the first page being a page of the first moving image data currently displayed on the display screen; and

calculating, by a control unit, a page time difference being a difference between a page time of the first page and a page time of the second page, and controlling the reproduction speed of the first moving image data depending on the page time difference.

8. A program to cause a computer to function as:

an acquisition unit configured to obtain, of moving image data including images of a plurality of pages having serial page numbers and an image of motion of turning the plurality of pages one by one in order of the page numbers, first moving image data in which a page time being a time on the moving image data is assigned to each of the plurality of pages;

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the first moving image data obtained by the acquisition unit, to generate a moving image, and to display the moving image on a display screen;

an input unit configured to receive, from a user, a designation of a second page different from a first page, the first page being a page of the first moving image data currently displayed on the display screen; and

a control unit configured to calculate a page time difference being a difference between a page time of the first page and a page time of the second page, and to control the reproduction speed of the first moving image data depending on the page time difference.