Apparatus with thumbnail display
First Claim
1. An apparatus with thumbnail display for displaying thumbnail information of a content to select the content, comprising:
- storage means for storing the content, thumbnail information representing the outline of said content, and category information for classifying said content;
3D display means for disposing said content thumbnail information in an X-axis or a Y-axis direction, which is a surface direction, for each category information to display them in layers, and for disposing a plurality of said layers in a Z-axis direction, which is a depth direction, to three-dimensionally display them after changing the display size of the thumbnail information depending on the layer such that the size is larger for a more front side in the Z-axis direction; and
operation means for controlling the display layer of the thumbnail information by said 3d display means, and for selecting the content to be viewed or accessed by the apparatus with thumbnail display,wherein said 3D display means includes a category name display means for displaying the category name of the content of the thumbnail information disposed on the most front side layer in the Z-axis direction,wherein said 3D display means scroll-displays the thumbnail information in any of the X-axis direction or Y-axis direction, scroll-displays the thumbnail information in one direction of the Z-axis direction in units of a layer, and changes the category name display in conjunction with the scroll in the Z-axis direction, andwherein said 3D display means displays a predetermined number of thumbnails less than the number of the contents included in the category, wherein thumbnails are scroll-displayed in either the X-axis direction or Y-axis direction so that all of the contents included in the category are thumbnail displayed.
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Abstract
In a thumbnail screen, categories and category thumbnails are disposed and displayed in the depth (Z-axis) direction and in the horizontal (X axis) direction, respectively. When focus is given by a focus to any of upper and lower category thumbnails, which are displayed on the most front side, and a category name display part, the row (layers) of the thumbnails scrolls in the horizontal direction. When the right and left direction keys of a remote controller are operated while the category name display has focus, the scroll in the depth direction is performed, thus enabling the specification of a desired category. This three-dimensionally displays the thumbnails and facilitates the operation for viewing information.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus with thumbnail display for displaying thumbnail information of a content to select the content, comprising:
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storage means for storing the content, thumbnail information representing the outline of said content, and category information for classifying said content; 3D display means for disposing said content thumbnail information in an X-axis or a Y-axis direction, which is a surface direction, for each category information to display them in layers, and for disposing a plurality of said layers in a Z-axis direction, which is a depth direction, to three-dimensionally display them after changing the display size of the thumbnail information depending on the layer such that the size is larger for a more front side in the Z-axis direction; and operation means for controlling the display layer of the thumbnail information by said 3d display means, and for selecting the content to be viewed or accessed by the apparatus with thumbnail display, wherein said 3D display means includes a category name display means for displaying the category name of the content of the thumbnail information disposed on the most front side layer in the Z-axis direction, wherein said 3D display means scroll-displays the thumbnail information in any of the X-axis direction or Y-axis direction, scroll-displays the thumbnail information in one direction of the Z-axis direction in units of a layer, and changes the category name display in conjunction with the scroll in the Z-axis direction, and wherein said 3D display means displays a predetermined number of thumbnails less than the number of the contents included in the category, wherein thumbnails are scroll-displayed in either the X-axis direction or Y-axis direction so that all of the contents included in the category are thumbnail displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus with thumbnail display for displaying thumbnail information associated with a content, comprising:
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display means for displaying a thumbnail screen in which layers, one for a category, for indicating the kind of category are disposed in the Z-axis direction, which is the depth direction, thumbnails are disposed in the X-axis direction, which is the horizontal direction, for each of said layer, in a predetermined number less than the number of contents included in the category associated with the layer, wherein by conducting scrolling the screen in X-axis direction, all of the thumbnails included in the category are thumbnail displayed, and the thumbnails are displayed with the display size of the thumbnail information being changed depending on the layer such that the size is larger for a more front side layer in the Z-axis direction, said display means includes a category name display part for displaying category names of the content of the thumbnail information disposed on the most front side layer in the Z-axis direction; first operation means for selectively giving focus to any of a thumbnail located on a particular position on the layer of a highest rank layer category and said category name display part; second operation means for scrolling said layers disposed in the Z-axis direction in the Z-axis direction; third operation means for scrolling said thumbnails disposed on said layers in the X-axis direction in the X-axis direction; and fourth operation means for displaying the content corresponding to said thumbnail having focus on said display screen, wherein said apparatus with thumbnail display enables the Z-axis direction scroll to select a category and the X-axis direction scroll to select a desired thumbnail of said category. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A thumbnail displaying method for an apparatus with a thumbnail display for displaying thumbnail information of a content to select the content, comprising the steps of:
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storing the content, thumbnail information for representing the outline of said content, and category information of said content; selecting, for each of said category information, thumbnail information about a predetermined number of contents less than the number of contents included in the category; disposing the selected thumbnail information in the X-axis or Y-axis direction, which is a surface direction, for each category information to display them in layers, and disposing a plurality of layers in the Z-axis direction, which is a depth direction, to three-dimensionally display them after changing the display size of the thumbnail information depending on the layer such that the size is larger for a more front side layer in the Z-axis direction; scroll-displaying the thumbnail information disposed in the most front layer in the Z-axis direction in any of the X-axis and Y-axis directions; scroll-displaying the thumbnail information in one direction of the Z-axis direction in units of a layer; and displaying a category name of the content of the thumbnail information disposed on the most front side layer in the Z-axis direction.
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Specification