User interface for displaying and playing multimedia contents, apparatus comprising the same, and control method thereof

• US 9,939,989 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2014
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwangbo, Kyoung Nyo, Ku, Tae Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): NABI, REZA U
• Application Number:
  US14/290,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20140281998A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,412 Days
• Field of Search: 715716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/64 Browsing; Visualisation therefor generation of a list or set of audio data G06F16/638
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A user interface for displaying and playing multimedia contents is capable of allowing the user to easily recognize information about multimedia contents at a glance, and allowing the user to more easily retrieve desired information, through an image pre-play function. An apparatus includes the user interface, and a control method for the apparatus are includes displaying a sorting item of a multimedia content, and arranging file information included in the sorting item and having the form of a playable image.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display;

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of video data; and

a controller configured to;

display a plurality of video items corresponding to the plurality of video data, respectively, on the display,

each video item of the plurality of video items being displayed at a same, first size, and including

a still image for the corresponding video data and being displayed at a second size less than the first size,

title information for the corresponding video data, and

a visual indicator indicating a length of play of the corresponding video data, and

in response to a selection of a video item of the plurality of video items displayed on the display,

pre-playing the video data corresponding to the selected video item on the display in a form of a thumbnail having a third size greater than the second size, with at least a portion of the thumbnail having a changed color with respect to the display of the still image included in the selected video item, to thereby emphasize the pre-playing video data with respect to non-selected video items of the plurality of video items, while displaying the non-selected video items of the plurality of video items in an inactivated state at the first size along with the pre-playing video data on the display, wherein the thumbnail is displayed in an activated state at the third size so as to cover at least a portion of the still image of at least one of the non-selected video items.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit comprises information about the length of play.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller determines whether each of the plurality of video data is pre-playable, and displays a button user interface item on a video item corresponding to video data determined to be pre-playable.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when a respective video item of the plurality of video items displayed on the display is dragged, the controller moves a position of the respective video item, based on the dragging.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether each of the plurality of video data is pre-playable, and displays a button user interface item on a video item corresponding to video data determined to be pre-playable.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:

at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions and at least one hardware processor to execute the stored computer executable instructions to cause;

displaying, on a display, a plurality of video items respectively corresponding to a plurality of video data stored in a storage, each video item of the plurality of video items being displayed on the display at a same, first size, and including;

a still image for the corresponding video data and being displayed at a second size less than the first size,

title information for the corresponding video data, and

a visual indicator indicating a length of play of the corresponding video data, and

pre-playing, in response to a video item of the plurality of displayed video items being selected, the video data corresponding to the selected video item on the display in a form of a thumbnail having a third size greater than the second size, with at least a portion of the thumbnail having a changed color with respect to the display of the still image included in the selected video item, to thereby emphasize the pre-playing video data with respect to non-selected video items of the plurality of video items, while displaying the non-selected video items of the plurality of video items in an inactivated state at the first size along with the pre-playing video data on the display, wherein the thumbnail is displayed in an activated state at the third size so as to cover at least a portion of the still image of at least one of the non-selected video items.