Multimedia data processing device which can easily prepare multimedia contents and output changed contents

• US 8,640,025 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2010
• Issued: 01/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sudoh, Tatsuo, Sato, Junsei, Yagi, Ryota
• Primary Examiner(s): Ries, Laurie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dasgupta, Soumya
• Application Number:
  US12/909,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20110035649A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• Field of Search: 715/202, 715/234
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information

Abstract

A multimedia processing device implements a script having a data structure that is formed of a drawing information describing portion where media data is chronologically described, and a user navigation information describing portion where correspondence between events and actions and implementation conditions are chronologically described. The multimedia processing device implements this script, and thereby, media data is chronologically reproduced, and at the same time, a user interface showing operations that can be chronologically carried out is outputted. Then, a predetermined process, such as an insertion of media data, can be implemented by carrying out the operations following the user interface according to predetermined timing.

Claims

1. A multimedia data processing device including a control unit and a memory, said control unit reads a reproducing and editing engine program from the memory and performs processes in accordance with the reproducing and editing engine program, the reproducing and editing engine program comprising:

a script implementing unit for reproducing data in accordance with a script that is included in a template, wherein said script includes a plurality of chronological scenes with respect to at least one chronological time segment;

a user changeable data determining unit for determining whether or not data of a scene of said plurality of scenes with respect to the time segment is changeable by a user;

a data changing unit for changing said changeable scene with respect to the time segment; and

a script and data outputting unit for outputting at least either said script or said data changed, wherein said script and data outputting unit outputs at least one of said script and said data changed to a memory device inside said multimedia data processing device.

2. A multimedia data processing device including a control unit and a memory, said control unit reads a reproducing and editing engine program from the memory and performs processes in accordance with the reproducing and editing engine program, the reproducing and editing engine program comprising:

a script implementing unit for reproducing data in accordance with a script that is included in a template, wherein said script includes a plurality of chronological scenes with respect to at least one chronological time segment;

a user changeable data determining unit for determining whether or not data of a scene of said plurality of scenes with respect to the time segment is changeable by a user;

a data changing unit for changing said changeable scene with respect to the time segment; and

a script and data outputting unit for outputting at least either said script or said data changed, wherein said script and data outputting unit outputs at least one of said script and said data changed to another device via a network.

3. The multimedia data processing device according to claim 2, wherein said script and data outputting unit outputs at least one of said script and said data changed to said other device by using MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service).