IP Library Granted Patent US 8,792,772
Granted Patent B2
US 8,792,772 · App. 12/011,612 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Playback control device, method and program

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Patent No.
US 8,792,772
App. No.
12/011,612
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A playback control device includes a selection means for selecting a moving picture of a moving picture file having a file name satisfying prescribed conditions or a moving picture of a moving picture file having a prescribed file format and a still picture in still pictures and moving pictures, and a playback control means for controlling playback of the still pictures and the moving pictures so that still pictures and the moving pictures selected by the selection means are played back sequentially in the prescribed order.

Claims (26)

1. A display device including a playback control device comprising:

a list generation unit references respective still pictures and moving pictures stored in a folder, designated by a user, as contents to be displayed in a slide show manner and generates a display list in which display items, as information, indicating the contents are arranged in a prescribed order;

a selection unit selects (a) a moving picture of a moving picture file having at least one of (1) a file name satisfying prescribed standards for an imaging apparatus and (2) a prescribed file format, and (b) a still picture among still pictures and moving pictures stored in a recording unit which also stores moving pictures which do not satisfy the prescribed standards and prescribed file format; and

a hardware implemented playback control unit controls playback of the selected still pictures and controls playback of the moving pictures so that still pictures and the moving pictures, selected by the selection unit, are played back sequentially in the prescribed order in the slide show manner, the playback control unit controls playback of the moving picture during playback so that playback of a still picture or a moving picture, which is previous or next to the moving picture during playback in the prescribed order is started when a given operation was performed by the user to an input means.

2. The display device including the playback control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the selection unit selects the moving picture of the moving picture file which is compliant with a previously prescribed standard based on the file name and the file format.

3. The display device including the playback control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the input means operated when instructing playback control of the still picture and the moving picture during play back of the moving picture selected by the selection unit.

4. The display device including the playback control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein control, which is different from playback control performed according to the given operation during playback of the moving picture selected by the selection unit in the slide show manner, is performed in the case that the given operation is performed when only one moving picture designated by the user is played back.

5. The display device including playback control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the playback control unit controls playback of the still picture during playback so that playback of a still picture or a moving picture which is previous or next to the still picture during playback in the prescribed order in the slide show manner is started when the given operation was performed during playback of the still picture selected by the selection unit.

6. The display device including playback control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the playback control unit controls playback of the still picture and the moving picture so that a next still picture or moving picture selected by the selection unit is played back when playback of one moving picture selected by the selection unit ended.

7. A playback control method of a playback control device comprising the steps of:

referencing respective still pictures and moving pictures stored in a folder, designated by a user, as contents to be displayed in a slide show manner and generating a display list in which display items, as information, indicating the contents are arranged in a prescribed order;

selecting, by a selection means (a) a moving picture of a moving picture file having at least one of (1) a file name satisfying prescribed standards of an imaging apparatus and (2) a prescribed file format and (b) a still picture among still pictures and moving pictures stored on a recording unit which also stores moving pictures which do not satisfy the prescribed standards and prescribed file format; and

controlling playback of the still pictures and controlling playback of the moving pictures so that still pictures and the moving pictures, selected by the selection means, are played back sequentially in the prescribed order in the slide show manner, and controlling playback of the moving picture during playback so that playback of a still picture or a moving picture, which is previous or next to the moving picture during playback in the prescribed order is started when a given operation was performed by the user to an input means.

8. A program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium allowing a computer to execute processing including the steps of:

referencing respective still pictures and moving pictures stored in a folder, designated by a user, as contents to be displayed in a slide show manner and generating a display list in which display items, as information, indicating the contents are arranged in a prescribed order;

selecting, by a selection means, (a) a moving picture of a moving picture file having at least one of (1) a file name satisfying prescribed standards for an imaging apparatus and (2) a prescribed file format and (b) a still picture among still pictures and moving pictures stored on a recording unit which also stores moving pictures which do not satisfy the prescribed standards and prescribed file format; and

controlling playback of the still pictures and controlling playback of the moving pictures so that still pictures and the moving pictures, selected by the selection means, are played back sequentially in the prescribed order in the slide show manner, and controlling playback of the moving picture during playback so that playback of a still picture or a moving picture, which is previous or next to the moving picture during playback in the prescribed order is started when a given operation was performed by the user to an input means.

9. A display device including a playback control device comprising:

a list generation unit references respective still pictures and moving pictures stored in a folder, designated by a user, as contents to be displayed in a slide show manner and generates a display list in which display items, as information, indicating the contents are arranged in a prescribed order;

a selection unit selects (a) a moving picture of a moving picture file having at least one of (1) a file name satisfying prescribed standards for an imaging apparatus and (2) a prescribed file format, and (b) a still picture among still pictures and moving pictures recorded on a recording unit which also stores moving pictures which do not satisfy the prescribed standards and prescribed file format, and

a hardware implemented playback control unit controls playback of the still pictures and controls playback of the moving pictures so that still pictures and the moving pictures, selected by the selection unit, are played back sequentially in the prescribed order in the slide show manner, the playback control unit controls playback of the moving picture during playback so that playback of a still picture or a moving picture, which is previous or next to the moving picture during playback in the prescribed order is started when a given operation was performed by the user to an input means.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2008
From: SAKAI, SHINJI; KOBAYASHI, ARITO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020461/0531 →