IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING MULTIPLE MOVING-IMAGE THUMBNAILS

1 . An image reproduction apparatus for simultaneously displaying multiple moving-image thumbnails, the image reproduction apparatus comprising:

a multi-image reproducer for simultaneously reproducing moving-image thumbnails corresponding to one or more moving-image contents;

a display unit for displaying the simultaneously reproduced moving-image thumbnails; and

a controller for generating a moving-image contents list including the moving-image thumbnails when a request for displaying the moving-image contents list is input, controlling the multi-image reproducer to simultaneously reproduce the moving-image thumbnails, and displaying the moving-image contents list including the simultaneously reproduced moving-image thumbnails through the display unit.

2 . The image reproduction apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an image converter for generating the moving-image thumbnails by converting the one or more moving-image contents.

3 . The image reproduction apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the moving-image thumbnails are generated while the image reproduction apparatus is in one of a charging mode or sleep mode.

4 . The image reproduction apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more moving-image contents are converted into the moving-image thumbnails having a resolution, a file format, and a compression scheme desired by a user.

5 . The image reproduction apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the moving-image thumbnails has a preset size that is smaller than a size of the one or more moving-image contents.

6 . The image reproduction apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the moving-image contents list further comprises image information comprising at least one of a title, a reproduction time, a producer, a creator, and a description of the one or more moving-image contents.

7 . The image reproduction apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the controller controls the multi-image reproducer to reproduce section-based moving-image thumbnails for particular moving-image contents when a request for displaying the section-based moving-image thumbnails is input, and displays the reproduced section-based moving-image thumbnails through the display unit.

8 . The image reproduction apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the image converter divides the particular moving-image contents into moving-image sections according to a preset condition, and generates a moving-image thumbnail corresponding to each of the moving-image sections.

9 . The image reproduction apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of time, motion detection, face detection, facial expression detection, voice detection, and scene change.

10 . The image reproduction apparatus of claim 7 , wherein, when a selection of one of the section-based moving-image thumbnails displayed through the display unit is input, the controller reproduces and displays moving-image contents of a moving-image section corresponding to the selected one of the moving-image thumbnails.

11 . An image reproduction method for simultaneously displaying multiple moving-image thumbnails in an image reproduction apparatus, the image reproduction method comprising the steps of:

generating, at a controller of the image reproduction apparatus, a moving-image contents list including moving-image thumbnails corresponding to one or more moving-image contents, when a request for displaying the moving-image contents list is input;

simultaneously reproducing, at a multi-image reproducer of the image reproduction apparatus, the moving-image thumbnails; and

displaying the moving-image contents list including the simultaneously reproduced moving-image thumbnails, at a display unit of the image reproduction apparatus.

12 . The image reproduction method of claim 11 , further comprising generating the moving-image thumbnails by converting the one or more moving-image contents.

13 . The image reproduction method of claim 12 , wherein the moving-image thumbnails are generated while the image reproduction apparatus is in one of a charging mode or sleep mode.

14 . The image reproduction method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more moving-image contents are converted into the moving-image thumbnails having a resolution, a file format, and a compression scheme desired by a user.

15 . The image reproduction method of claim 11 , wherein each of the moving-image thumbnails has a preset size that is smaller than a size of the one or more moving-image contents.

16 . The image reproduction method of claim 11 , wherein the moving-image contents list further comprises image information comprising at least one of a title, a reproduction time, a producer, a creator, and a description of the one or more moving-image contents.

17 . The image reproduction method of claim 12 , further comprising:

reproducing section-based moving-image thumbnails for particular moving-image contents, when a request for displaying the section-based moving-image thumbnails is input; and

displaying the reproduced section-based moving-image thumbnails through the display unit.

18 . The image reproduction method of claim 17 , further comprising:

dividing the particular moving-image contents into moving-image sections according to a preset condition; and

generating a moving-image thumbnail corresponding to each of the moving-image sections.

19 . The image reproduction method of claim 18 , wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of time, motion detection, face detection, facial expression detection, voice detection, and scene change.

20 . The image reproduction method of claim 17 , further comprising:

when a selection of one of the section-based moving-image thumbnails displayed through the display unit is input, reproducing and displaying moving-image contents of a moving-image section corresponding to the one of the selected moving-image thumbnails.