Video display for displaying a series of representative images for video

• US 9,535,991 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2005
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Europe (Amsterdam) BV (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Europe Limited (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Trepess, David William
• Primary Examiner(s): Riegler, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LE V
• Application Number:
  US11/296,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20060256131A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,044 Days
• Field of Search: 715/721, 715/800, 715/781, 715/838, 715/792, 472/1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/739 in form of a video summary, e.g. the video summary being a video sequence, a composite still image or having synthesized frames
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/3081 used signal is a video-frame or a video-field (P.I.P)
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• 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 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• 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 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream

Abstract

A video display apparatus for displaying a catalog of one or more candidate video items for replay, each video item being represented in the catalog by a catalog entry having at least one displayed representative image comprises a user control device operable to resize a displayed catalog entry by a select-and-drag operation; and means responsive to a resizing of a catalog entry to select a number of distinct representative images, for display in respect of that video item, so that the number displayed increases with increasing size of the catalog entry while the display size of each representative image stays substantially constant with respect to changes in the catalog entry size.

Claims

1. A video display apparatus for displaying a plurality of video clips for replay, the apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

display in a window the plurality of video clips, each of the plurality of video clips corresponding to a different piece of video material and being represented in the window by an image, and to display in the window a first image representing a first video clip of the plurality of video clips,

display, within the window, in response to a select-and-drag operation of the first image, a box that surrounds the first image, wherein dimensions of the box are configured to be varied by a drag operation of the select-and-drag operation of the first image, and

add one or more additional images representing temporally different keyframe images of a same first video clip as the first image, in response to a change in the dimensions of the box, which is within the window and which surrounds the first image representing the first video clip of the plurality of video clips displayed in the window, each additional image being a predetermined constant size and being revealed as the dimensions of the box, which is within the window and which surrounds the first image, change to accommodate the respective additional image.

2. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to operate the display to display a video in a paused fashion that corresponds to a displayed image in a replay window, upon selection of the displayed image.

3. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each additional image that is being revealed as the dimensions of the box increase obscures at least a part of the other images representing the plurality of video clips displayed in the window.

4. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a size of the first image remains constant as the dimensions of the box change.

5. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a size of the first image is a same as a size of each of the one or more additional images.

6. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the box surrounds the first image, without surrounding the other images representing the plurality of video clips displayed in the window.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program instructions which cause a computer to implement a method of displaying a plurality of video clips for replay, the method comprising:

displaying in a window the plurality of video clips, each of the plurality of video clips corresponding to a different piece of video material and being represented in the window by an image;

displaying in the window a first image representing a first video clip of the plurality of video clips;

displaying, within the window, in response to a holding-and-dragging operation of the first image, a box that surrounds the first image;

causing a display to vary a size of the box, which is within the window and which surrounds the first image representing the first video clip of the plurality of video clips displayed in the window, upon a dragging operation of the holding-and-dragging operation of the first image; and

displaying one or more additional images representing temporally different keyframe images of the same first video clip as the first image, each additional image being displayed in response to a change of a size of the box, and when the size of the box increases, displaying an increasing number of additional images as dimensions of the box change to accommodate the respective additional image.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 7, further comprising displaying a video in a paused fashion that corresponds to a displayed image in a replay window, upon selection of the displayed image.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein a size of the first image remains constant as the dimensions of the box change.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein a size of the first image is a same as a size of each of the one or more additional images.

11. A method implemented by an apparatus including processing circuitry, for displaying a plurality of video clips for replay, the method comprising:

displaying in a window the plurality of video clips, each of the plurality of video clips corresponding to a different piece of video material and being represented in the window by an image;

displaying in the window a first image representing a first video clip of the plurality of video clips;

displaying, within the window, in response to a holding-and-dragging operation of the first image, a box that surrounds the first image;

causing, by the processing circuitry, a display to vary a size of the box, which is within the window and which surrounds the first image representing the first video clip of the plurality of video clips displayed in the window, upon a dragging operation of the holding-and-dragging operation of the first image; and

displaying one or more additional images representing temporally different keyframe images of the same first video clip as the first image, each additional image being displayed in response to a change of a size of the box, and when the size of the box increases, displaying an increasing number of additional images as dimensions of the box change to accommodate the respective additional image.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising displaying a video in a paused fashion that corresponds to a displayed image in a replay window, upon selection of the displayed image.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein a size of the first image remains constant as the dimensions of the box change.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein a size of the first image is a same as a size of each of the one or more additional images.