Method and apparatus for playing back a moving picture

• US 9,294,706 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Kwang-Tai, Kang, Jae-Hyeon, Lee, Yo-Han
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, William
• Application Number:
  US14/137,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20140178044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 386/243, 386/248
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44016 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate

Abstract

A method of playing back a moving picture in a portable terminal includes recognizing at least one playback list including moving picture files having file names that are more similar than a determined degree from among all moving picture files, identifying at least one overlap playback section formed of identical frames by analyzing frames of moving picture files included in the generated playback list, and upon playing one of the moving picture files included in the generated playback list, determining whether an auto-skipping function is activated, and playing the requested one of moving picture files based on the determination.

Claims

1. A method of playing a moving picture, the method comprising:

recognizing at least one playback list including a plurality of moving picture files;

identifying at least one first playback section in each moving picture file included in the at least one playback list by comparing each moving picture file to one another, wherein the at least one first playback section in each moving picture file includes at least one same frame as frames of another moving picture file;

when playing at least one moving picture file in the at least one playback list, determining whether to skip the first playback section of the at least one moving picture file;

skipping the at least one first playback section of the at least one moving picture file according to a result of the determination; and

playing a second playback section in the at least one moving picture file, wherein the second playback portion is a remaining playback section of the at least one moving picture file, not including the at least one first playback section.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein recognizing the playback list comprises:

generating the at least one playback list comprising the moving picture files with the file names that have higher similarities than a threshold;

determining play settings; and

displaying the generated at least one playback list based on the determined play settings.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein recognizing the at least one playback list comprises:

generating the at least one playback list from the moving picture files with the file names that have higher similarities than a threshold;

determining display settings; and

hiding the generated play list based on the determined play settings.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein playing the second playback section in the at least one moving picture file comprises:

receiving a request for playing back the one moving picture file included in the generated playback list; and

playing the second playback section in the requested one moving picture file by skipping the at least one first playback section when an auto-skipping function is activated.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein playing the second playback section in the at least one moving picture file comprises:

receiving a request for playing back the one moving picture file included in the generated playback list;

playing the second playback section in the requested one moving picture file by skipping the at least one first playback section when an auto-skipping function is activated; and

terminating playing the one moving picture file when playback of the second playback section is completed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein playing the second playback section in the at least one moving picture file comprises:

receiving a request for playing back the one moving picture file included in the generated playback list;

playing back the requested one moving picture file from a playback section excluding the overlap playback section when the auto-skipping function is activated; and

displaying the identified at least one first playback section on a progress bar associated with the entire play section of the requested one moving picture file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein playing the second playback section in the at least one moving picture file comprises:

receiving a request for playing back the one moving picture file included in the generated playback list;

when an auto-skipping function is inactivated, playing the requested one moving picture file by including the identified playback section on a progress bar associated with an entire playback section of the requested one moving picture file.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

when a predetermined position is selected from the progress bar by a user, playing back the requested one moving picture file from a playback position corresponding to the selected position.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the auto-skipping function is automatically activated when a number of the moving picture file, that has file names that have higher similarities than a threshold, is greater than or equal to a predetermined number.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined number is greater than one.

11. An apparatus for playing back a moving picture, the apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store at least one moving picture file; and

a controller configured to;

perform a control to recognize at least one play list including moving picture files to identify at least one first playback section in each moving picture file included in the at least one playback list by comparing each moving picture file to one another, wherein the at least one first playback section in each moving picture file includes at least one same frame as frames of another moving picture file, when playing at least one moving picture file in the at least one playback list;

determine whether to skip the at least one first playback section of the at least one moving picture file, and to skip the at least one first playback section of the at least one moving picture file according to as a result of the determination; and

play a second playback section in the at least one moving picture file, wherein the second playback portion is a remaining playback section of the at least one moving picture file, not including the at least one first playback section.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to generate the at least one playback list including the moving picture files having file names that are more similar than a threshold from among the moving picture files stored in the memory, to determine display settings and to display the generated at least one playback list.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:

generate the at least one playback list including the moving picture files having the file names that have higher similarities than a determined from among the moving picture files stored in the memory, determine display settings, and hide the generated at least one playback list.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein, when playing the one moving picture file, the controller is configured to:

play the second playback section in the one moving picture file by skipping the at least one first playback section when an auto-skipping function is activated.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein, when playing the one moving picture file, the controller is configured to:

play the second playback section in the one moving picture file by skipping the at least one first playback section when an auto-skipping function is activated; and

terminate playing the one moving picture file when playing the second play section is completed.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:

play the second playback section in the one moving picture file by skipping the at least one first playback section when an auto-skipping function is activated; and

display the at least one first playback section on a progress bar associated with the entire playback section of the one moving picture file.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:

play the second playback section in the one moving picture file including the identified at least one first playback section on a progress bar indicating a play position when an auto-skipping function is inactivated.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein, when the play position is selected from the progress bar by a user, the controller is configured to play the one moving picture corresponding to the selected play position.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the auto-skipping function is automatically activated when a number of the moving picture files, that has file names with higher similarities than a threshold, is greater than or equal to a predetermined number.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the predetermined number is greater than one.