JP2003116108A - Moving image display device, moving image display method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to quickly and easily select his or her desired moving picture among a plurality of moving pictures without enforcing the user to make advance settings. SOLUTION: The display device displays two moving pictures or more which are decoded and reproduced at the same time. The reproduction of the moving picture selected by the user among the displayed moving pictures is continued while being displayed on entire screens of the display device and the reproduction and display of the other moving pictures are interrupted until the reproduction display of the selected moving picture is finished.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a moving image display device, for example, to a field of a moving image display device capable of displaying a desired moving image selected by a user from a plurality of moving images.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed a moving image display device for reproducing and displaying moving image information (moving image data) in a predetermined format while decoding it.

Using such a moving image display device, a user-desired one is selected from a storage medium (moving image medium) in which a plurality of moving image data files (hereinafter, simply referred to as "moving image data") are recorded. When locating the moving image data of, the user performs an operation of gradually reproducing each moving image data recorded in the storage medium,
It is general to select moving image data desired by the user from a plurality of moving image data.

Many disc-type moving image media represented by a laser disc (registered trademark) have a function of "index search", and this function is used for the moving image data desired by the user. The selection work is a part of automation, and the moving picture data desired by the user is searched by sequentially reproducing about 5 to 10 seconds from the beginning of each moving picture data.

Further, a digital moving image medium such as a DVD (digital video disc) is further provided with a function of "index menu". With this function, a frame or title name that captures the characteristics of each moving image data is displayed on the graphical menu screen, and the reproduction of the desired moving image data is started according to the user's selection operation.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional method, the "index search" function requires a few minutes only for searching when the number of moving image data is more than tens, so that it is not practical, and it is not a moving image. There is a problem that the image data cannot be searched efficiently.

Further, in the "index menu" function, in order to realize a selection operation by the user, a title is added to each moving image data, preparation is made for selecting a characteristic frame, etc. Must be created in advance. Therefore, although it is suitable for commercial DVD software, it is not practical for home use such as searching for a desired one from a plurality of personal contents shot by a home video camera. is there.

Therefore, the present invention provides a moving image display apparatus and a moving image display capable of quickly and easily selecting a moving image desired by a user from a plurality of moving images without forcing the user to perform a setting operation in advance. Display method and computer
The purpose is to provide the program.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a moving image display device according to the present invention is characterized by the following configurations.

That is, the user can select any one of the display control means for simultaneously reproducing and displaying a plurality of moving images on a display in a predetermined display mode and the plurality of moving images reproduced and displayed by the display means. A display unit for displaying the moving image selected by the selecting unit on the full screen and continuing the reproduction, and temporarily stopping the reproducing display of other moving images. And

Alternatively, in order to achieve the same object, the display control means sets the moving image selected by the selecting means in a reproduction state and the non-selected moving image in a pause state.

In a preferred embodiment, the display control means switches the selected moving image from the full screen display to the display state in the predetermined display mode while continuing the reproduction display, and the other It is recommended to restart the playback display of the moving image of.

Further, for example, the display control means: When simultaneously reproducing and displaying the plurality of moving images in the predetermined display mode, reproduces a sound corresponding to the selected moving image and displays the other moving images. The sound corresponding to the image may be muted, or, when the plurality of moving images are simultaneously reproduced and displayed in the predetermined display mode, the sounds corresponding to the plurality of moving images may be mixed and reproduced.

Further, for example, the display control means may switch the selected moving image from the display state in the predetermined display mode to the full screen display by zooming in.

The same object can also be achieved by a moving image display method corresponding to the moving image display device having the above-mentioned configurations.

The same object is also achieved by a program code for realizing a moving image display device having each of the above configurations by a computer and a computer-readable storage medium storing the program code.

Further, the same object is also achieved by a program code for instructing an operation of a moving image display method corresponding to the moving image display device having the above-mentioned configurations, and a computer-readable storage medium storing the program code. To be achieved.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a moving image display apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a computer system to which the moving image display device according to the present invention can be applied.

In the figure, 101 is a CPU for controlling the entire system. Reference numeral 102 denotes a keyboard, which constitutes input means to the present system together with a mouse 102a which is an example of a pointing device. 103 is a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display. A ROM 104 stores a boot program and the like. 105 is the CPU1 while this system is running.
RAM used as a temporary storage area for programs executed by 01 and various parameters.

Reference numeral 106 is a hard disk device, and 107 is a floppy (registered trademark) disk device, which constitutes a storage device for storing various information such as a plurality of digital moving image data (digital moving image data files) and programs. Reference numeral 108 is a printer.

Reference numeral 109 is a video capture device,
The video signal output from the VCR 110 is digitized by the video capture device 109,
Can be incorporated into this system.

The video deck 110 is not limited to a video deck as long as it is an image reproducing apparatus for transmitting a moving image signal, and an LD player, DVD player, video camera, T
It may be a V tuner or the like.

The operation of the entire system can be operated by the user using the remote controller 111.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the remote controller 111, and the move key 1001 is used for instructing the up / down / left / right movement of the selection cursor. 1002 is a cancel button, and 1003 is an OK button. 1004 is a wired or wireless interface.

The hard disk 106 stores N digital moving image data files. Each moving image data is MPEG (Moving Picture coding Experts Group)
1, previously encoded according to a general moving image compression format such as MPEG2, and in accordance with a user's operation with respect to this system, the CPU 101 appropriately performs a decoding process to display a full screen on the display device 103. ,
Alternatively, a reduced display is possible.

Incidentally, since a general method can be adopted for the decoding process at present, detailed description thereof will be omitted in this embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the user can quickly find a desired one from the N digital moving image data by executing the control process described below in the CPU 101.

FIG. 2 shows the display device 103 in this embodiment.
It is a figure which shows the moving image selection screen displayed on FIG.

In the figure, reduced display areas 21-1 to 21-4
Indicates a state in which the moving images 1 to 4 included in the N digital moving image data are reduced and displayed by the decoding processing by the CPU 101.

A rectangle 22 is an indicator showing a moving image in the selected state, and in the example of FIG. 2, a reduced display area.
21-1 shows the selected state. The user can change the selected image by using the move key 1001 of the remote controller 111. For example, in the state shown in FIG.
When the operation in the downward direction of 1001 is performed, the rectangle 22 indicating the selected image is changed from the reduced display area 21-1 to the reduced display area 21-2.
Move to.

In FIG. 3, among the N pieces of digital moving image data, moving images 1 to 4 are reduced display areas 21-1 to 21 as an example.
-4 is a timing chart when it is reduced to -4, and videos 1 to 4 have different lengths (video 1 for 3 minutes, video 2 for 5 minutes, video 3 for 3 minutes, video 4 for 4 minutes) , Each of which is repeatedly played.

In the reduced display areas 21-1 to 21-4, the operation of displaying each moving image is repeated from the beginning when it reaches the end. This operation is continued until the user selects / determines any moving image as described later. In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 2, an example is shown in which any one of the four moving images is selected, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of simultaneously displayed moving images is
It is configured so that the user can set in advance on a setting screen (not shown).

It should be noted that the display device 103 is provided with a plurality of reduced display areas to reproduce a moving image, the rectangle 22 is overlapped and displayed in the reduced display areas, and the rectangle 22 is displayed in response to the operation of the move key 1001. Since a general method can be adopted for the process of moving the display position, detailed description thereof in the present embodiment will be omitted.

FIG. 4 shows the remote controller 111 in this embodiment.
10 is a flowchart showing a control process when the OK button 1003 of the CPU 101 is pressed.
The procedure of the program is shown.

In the figure, step S41: display device 103
Among the plurality of moving images displayed in, the moving image selected by the user (hereinafter, selected moving image) is left, and the other moving images are in a pause (temporary stop) state. In the example shown in FIG. 2, since the reduced display area 21-1 is selected, the reduced display areas 21-2, 3 and 4 are in the pause state.

Step S42: The displayed coordinates of the selected reduced display area (in this case, reduced display area 21-1) are stored in the RAM 105 or the like. Here, the display area of the display device 103 is such that the upper left corner is (0, 0), the width is W pixels, and the height is
Suppose it is an H pixel. At this time, the upper left coordinates of the selected moving image are (x0, y0), the width is w0, and the height is h0.

Step S43: The value 0 is assigned to the variable i.

Step S44: The following calculation formula, x ← x0 * (10-i) / 10, y ← y0 * (10-i) / 10, w ← w0 + (W-w0) * i / 10, h ← h0 + (H-h0) * i / 10, According to, the display coordinates of the selected moving image are changed.

Step S45: Insert a delay of 0.1 second.

Step S46: Increment i by 1.

Step S47: i is compared with the value 10. If i is larger, the process is completed. Otherwise, it returns to step S44.

By the above control processing, the display area of the display device 103 gradually expands as the value of i increases, and i =
When 10 is set, the entire screen becomes the moving image display area. Such an operation appears to the user as if the selected moving image is zoomed in and enlarged on the entire screen, but the display content is continuously reproduced.

When the reproduction of the selected moving image is completed,
Alternatively, when the user presses the cancel button 1002 to end the browsing of the selected moving image, the CPU 101 causes the CPU 101 of FIG.
By the operation opposite to the procedure described above with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, the moving image displayed on the full screen zooms out, and the screen returns to the screen of FIG. Then, the reproduction of the other three moving images in the paused state is started.

As described above, according to this embodiment, a plurality of reduced moving images are simultaneously displayed on the screen, and the reduced moving image selected by the user among the reduced moving images is enlarged and displayed on the entire screen. With this, it is possible to quickly and easily select a user-desired moving image data from a plurality of moving image data without forcing the user to perform the setting work which has been conventionally performed by the "index menu" function or the like. You can

<Modification of Embodiment> Next, a modification based on the above-described embodiment will be described. In the following description, a duplicate description of the same configuration as that of the above-described embodiment will be omitted, and the description will focus on the characteristic part of the present embodiment.

When the audio data is recorded in synchronization with each moving image data, the CPU 101 mixes and reproduces four audios when simultaneously displaying four moving images as shown in FIG. Alternatively, the sound of the selected moving image is reproduced and the other three sounds are muted. Alternatively, the sound corresponding to the selected moving image is reproduced in a state of being relatively louder than the sounds corresponding to other moving images.

Further, in the above embodiment, four moving images are reproduced at the same time as shown in FIG. 2, but there are cases where only one moving image data can be decoded at the same time due to the limitation of hardware. In that case, it suffices to play only the selected one and pause the other three. Every time you change the selection of moving image using the move key 1001, pause the moving image that was selected and played until then,
The pose of the newly selected moving image may be released.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, by designing a spread book in the background of the moving image selection screen,
The operation feeling may be improved.

[0050]

Other Embodiments It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage medium (or recording medium) recording a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments as a device that operates as the above-described moving image display device. It is also achieved by supplying, and the computer (or CPU or MPU) of those systems or devices reads and executes the program code stored in the storage medium. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the function of the above-described embodiment, and is acquired as a computer program product via the storage medium storing the program code, the electric communication line, or the like. The program code constitutes the present invention.

Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the operating system (OS) running on the computer is executed based on the instruction of the program code. ) And the like perform part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the function expansion card inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code. It also includes a case where the CPU or the like included in the function expansion card or the function expansion unit performs a part or all of the actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

[0053]

According to the present invention, a moving image display apparatus capable of quickly and easily selecting a moving image desired by a user from a plurality of moving images without forcing the user to perform a setting operation in advance. The present invention realizes the provision of a moving image display method and a computer program.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a computer system to which a moving image display device according to the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a moving image selection screen displayed on a display device 103 in the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a timing chart when moving images 1 to 4 among N pieces of digital moving image data are reduced and displayed in reduced display areas 21-1 to 21-4 as an example.

FIG. 4 shows an OK button 1 of the remote controller 111 in this embodiment.
8 is a flowchart showing a control process when 003 is pressed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a moving image selection screen displayed on a display device 103 in a modified example of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a remote controller 111.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: CPU, 102: keyboard, 103: display, 104: ROM, 105: RAM, 106: Hard disk, 107: floppy disk, 108: printer, 109: Video capture, 110: VCR,

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A display control unit for simultaneously reproducing and displaying a plurality of moving images on a display in a predetermined display mode, and a user can select any one of a plurality of moving images reproduced and displayed by the display unit. A display unit for displaying the moving image selected by the selecting unit on the full screen and continuing the reproduction, and temporarily stopping the reproducing display of other moving images. And a moving image display device. 2. The display control means, in a state where reproduction display of the selected moving image is continued,
The moving image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the full-screen display is switched to a display state in the predetermined display mode, and the reproduction display of the other moving images is resumed. 3. The display mode according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined display mode is a display mode in which the plurality of moving images are displayed in total of two in the vertical direction and two in the horizontal direction. Video display device. 4. The moving image display device according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined display mode further includes a design simulating a book spread in the background. 5. The display control means, when simultaneously reproducing and displaying the plurality of moving images in the predetermined display mode, reproduces a sound corresponding to the selected moving image and displays the other moving images. The moving image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding sound is muted. 6. The display control means, when simultaneously reproducing and displaying the plurality of moving images in the predetermined display mode, mixes and reproduces sounds corresponding to the plurality of moving images. The moving image display device according to claim 1. 7. The moving image display according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit switches the selected moving image from a display state in the predetermined display mode to the full screen display by zooming in. apparatus. 8. A display control means for simultaneously reproducing and displaying a plurality of moving images on a display in a predetermined display mode, and a user can select any one of a plurality of moving images reproduced and displayed by the display means. And a display unit, wherein the display control unit puts the moving image selected by the selection unit into a reproduction state,
A moving image display device characterized in that a moving image that has not been selected is put in a pause state. 9. When reproducing and displaying a plurality of moving images on a display in a predetermined display mode, among the moving images,
A moving image display method characterized in that a moving image selected by a user is displayed on a full screen of the display and reproduction is continued, and reproduction and display of other moving images are temporarily stopped. 10. When reproducing and displaying a plurality of moving images on a display in a predetermined display mode, a moving image selected by the user among the moving images is set to a reproducing state on the display, and a moving image that is not selected is displayed. A method of displaying a moving image, which is characterized by setting a pause state. 11. A computer program as the moving image display apparatus according to claim 1, which gives instructions to operate a computer. 12. A computer program, which gives a moving image display method according to claim 9 or claim 10 and which is operable by a computer.