IP Library Patent Application 10550660
Patent Application
App. No. 10/550,660

Moving picture processing device, information processing device, and program thereof

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App. No.
10/550,660
Abstract

To present a moving picture processing device having a user interface very easy to use when selecting part of moving pictures from multiple moving pictures. The moving picture processing device comprises a moving picture display unit for displaying whole or part of plural stored moving pictures sequentially, an input accepting unit for accepting an input for display of moving picture, a moving picture menu compiling unit for compiling a menu of moving pictures displayed when the input accepting unit accepts the input, and a menu display unit for displaying a menu of moving pictures compiled by the moving picture menu compiling unit.

Claims (56)

1 . An information processing device for displaying an electronic program guide, comprising:

a program information storage unit storing one or more pieces of program information as information about programs for composing an electronic program guide;

a moving picture storage unit storing one or more moving pictures for identifying the program information; and

a program guide display unit for displaying an electronic program guide including moving pictures, by using one or more pieces of program information in the program information storage unit, and one or more moving pictures in the moving picture storage unit,

wherein the program guide display unit displays a moving picture for identifying a program by changing the size of the program depending on the output duration of the program.

2 . An information processing device for displaying a moving picture for identifying a program in an electronic program guide,

wherein a moving picture for identifying a program is displayed by changing the size of the moving picture depending on the output duration of the program.

3 . An information processing device for displaying an electronic program guide having one or more pieces of program information having a program identifier as information for identifying a program and time zone information as information showing an on-air time zone of the program, comprising:

a program information storage unit storing one or more pieces of program information; and

a program information display unit for displaying one or more pieces of program information out of the program information stored in the program information storage unit,

wherein the program information display unit determines the size of display frame of one or more pieces of program information to be displayed, on the basis of one or more pieces of time zone information possessed by one or more pieces of program information to be displayed, out of one or more pieces of program information stored in the program information storage unit.

4 . An information processing device for displaying an electronic program guide having one or more pieces of program information having a program identifier as information for identifying a program and time zone information as information showing an on-air time zone of the program, comprising:

a program information storage unit storing one or more pieces of program information;

a program information display unit for displaying one or more pieces of program information out of the program information stored in the program information storage unit; and

an input accepting unit for accepting an input of instruction of program information to be focused out of one or more programs displayed by the program information display unit,

wherein the program information display unit determines the size of display frame of one or more pieces of program information to be displayed, on the basis of the time zone information possessed by the focused program information by the input of the input accepting unit.

5 . An information processing device for displaying an electronic program guide having one or more pieces of program information having a program identifier as information for identifying a program and time zone information as information showing an on-air time zone of the program,

wherein the size of display frame of program information is changed, on the basis of one or more pieces of time zone information possessed by one or more pieces of program information being displayed or time zone information possessed by the focused program information.

6 . The information processing device of claim 3 , wherein the program information includes a moving picture.

7 . An information processing device for displaying an electronic program guide having one or more pieces of program information including a moving program identifier, time zone information, and a moving picture,

wherein the moving picture possessed by the program information is displayed by changing the display method of moving picture on the basis of the time zone information.

8 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein the program information includes a program identifier and time zone information, and the program guide display unit displays the moving picture by changing the display method on the basis of the time zone information.

9 . The information processing device of claim 7 , wherein the display method of moving picture is moving picture reproduction, display of still picture contained in the moving picture, or frame feed reproduction of the moving picture.

10 . The information processing device of claim 7 , wherein the moving picture is displayed by changing the reproduction speed on the basis of the time zone information.

11 . The information processing device of claim 7 , wherein only part of object for composing the moving picture may be displayed on the basis of the time zone information.

12 . The information processing device of claim 9 , wherein the representative still picture as still picture representing the moving picture holds a representative identifier in pair as information for identifying the pertinent representative still picture, and the still picture is displayed as display of still picture identified by the representative identifier.

13 . A program causing a computer to execute, comprising:

a step of displaying a frame of program guide;

a step of determining the display position and display area of moving picture for identifying the program information on the basis of the program information; and

a step of displaying the moving picture for identifying the program information in the program guide on the basis of the determination.

14 . A program causing a computer to execute, comprising:

an input accepting step of accepting an input of display instruction of electronic program guide or moving instruction of displayed electronic program list;

a display program information acquiring step of acquiring program information to be displayed on the basis of the accepted input;

a display frame size determining step of determining the size of display frame of one or more pieces of program information to be displayed, on the basis of one or more pieces of time zone information possessed in one or more pieces of program information acquired at the display program acquiring step; and

a step of displaying by composing an electronic program guide on the basis of the display frame size determined at the display frame size determining step.

15 . A program causing a computer to execute, comprising:

an input accepting step of accepting an input of instruction of program information to be focused out of one or more displayed programs;

a step of acquiring time zone information possessed by the program information focused by the input;

a step of determining the size of display frame of program information on the basis of the time zone information; and

a step of displaying by composing an electronic program guide on the basis of the determined display frame size.

16 . A program causing a computer to execute, comprising:

a display program information acquiring step of acquiring one or more pieces of program information to be displayed;

a time zone information acquiring step of acquiring each time zone information possessed in one or more pieces of program information acquired at the display program information acquiring step;

a display method determining step of determining the display method on the basis of each time zone information acquired at the time zone information acquiring step;

a moving picture acquiring step of acquiring one or more moving pictures corresponding to one or more pieces of program information; and

a program guide display step of displaying one or more moving pictures acquired at the moving picture acquiring step, on the basis of the display method determined at the display method determining step, and displaying an electronic program guide including the moving pictures.

17 . The information processing device of claim 4 , wherein the program information includes a moving picture.

18 . The information processing device of claim 5 , wherein the program information includes a moving picture.

19 . The information processing device of claim 8 , wherein the display method of moving picture is moving picture reproduction, display of still picture contained in the moving picture, or frame feed reproduction of the moving picture.

20 . The information processing device of claim 8 , wherein the moving picture is displayed by changing the reproduction speed on the basis of the time zone information.

21 . The information processing device of claim 8 , wherein only part of object for composing the moving picture may be displayed on the basis of the time zone information.

22 . The information processing device of claim 19 , wherein the representative still picture as still picture representing the moving picture holds a representative identifier in pair as information for identifying the pertinent representative still picture, and the still picture is displayed as display of still picture identified by the representative identifier.

23 . The information processing device of claim 2 , wherein the program information includes a program identifier and time zone information, and the program guide display unit displays the moving picture by changing the display method on the basis of the time zone information.

24 . The information processing device of claim 6 , wherein the program information includes a program identifier and time zone information, and the program guide display unit displays the moving picture by changing the display method on the basis of the time zone information.

25 . The information processing device of claim 17 , wherein the program information includes a program identifier and time zone information, and the program guide display unit displays the moving picture by changing the display method on the basis of the time zone information.

26 . The information processing device of claim 18 , wherein the program information includes a program identifier and time zone information, and the program guide display unit displays the moving picture by changing the display method on the basis of the time zone information.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0689 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2006
From: SUZUKI, AKIHIKO; HIRAGA, KAZUAKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017442/0154 →