Moving image player device

1. A moving image player device, comprising:

a video input unit that receives a video consisting of a plurality of consecutive input frames;

an interpolated image generating unit that generates interpolated frames, each of which corresponding to a time between two adjacent input frames, using the two input frames among the plurality of input frames; and

a video playing unit that detects scene changes in the video, and based on the detection results, plays the video at an arbitrary playing speed by outputting the plurality of input frames or the interpolated frames in time series,

wherein when the scene change is detected, after displaying an input frame of a first scene or an interpolated frame of the first scene, the video playing unit skips display of the interpolated frames corresponding to time between an input frame at the end of a first scene and an input frame at the head of a second scene, and displays an input frame of the second scene or an interpolated frame of the second scene,

wherein when the scene change is detected between a first input frame at the end of the first scene and a second input frame at the head of the second scene,

the video playing unit displays a first interpolated frame generated using the first input frame and a third input frame that is adjacent immediately before the first input frame, the second input frame, and a second interpolated frame generated using the second input frame and a fourth input frame that is adjacent immediately after the second input frame in time series.

2. A moving image player device, comprising:

a video input unit that receives a video consisting of a plurality of consecutive input frames;

an interpolated image generating unit that generates interpolated frames, each of which corresponding to a time between two adjacent input frames, using the two input frames among the plurality of input frames; and

a video playing unit that detects scene changes in the video, and based on the detection results, plays the video at an arbitrary playing speed by outputting the plurality of input frames or the interpolated frames in time series,

wherein when the scene change is detected, after displaying an input frame of a first scene or an interpolated frame of the first scene, the video playing unit skips display of the interpolated frames corresponding to time between an input frame at the end of a first scene and an input frame at the head of a second scene, and displays an input frame of the second scene or an interpolated frame of the second scene,

wherein when the scene change is detected between a first input frame at the end of the first scene and a second input frame at the head of the second scene,

the video playing unit displays a first interpolated frame generated using the first input frame and a third input frame that is adjacent immediately before the first frame, the first input frame, a second interpolated frame that is generated using the second input frame and a fourth input frame that is adjacent immediately after the second input frame, and the fourth input frame in time series.

3. A moving image player device, comprising:

a video input unit that receives a video consisting of a plurality of consecutive input frames;

an extrapolated or interpolated image generating unit that generates extrapolated or interpolated frames, each of which corresponding to a time between or outside two adjacent input frames, using the two input frames among the plurality of input frames; and

a video playing unit that detects a scene change in the video, and based on the detection results, plays the video at an arbitrary playing speed by outputting the plurality of input frames, the extrapolated frames, or the interpolated frames in time series,

wherein when the scene change is detected, after displaying an input frame of a first scene or an interpolated frame of the first scene, the video playing unit displays extrapolated frames that are generated based on a plurality of input frames configuring an end part of the first scene or a head part of the second scene by the extrapolated or interpolated image generating unit,

wherein when the scene change is detected, the video playing unit displays an forward extrapolated frame generated at a later position on a time axis than an input frame at the end of the first scene based on the input frame at the end of the first scene and an input frame immediately before the input frame at the end of the first scene by the extrapolated or interpolated image generating unit subsequently to the input frame at the end of the first scene.

4. A moving image player device, comprising:

a video input unit that receives a video consisting of a plurality of consecutive input frames;

an extrapolated or interpolated image generating unit that generates extrapolated or interpolated frames, each of which corresponding to a time between or outside two adjacent input frames, using the two input frames among the plurality of input frames; and

a video playing unit that detects a scene change in the video, and based on the detection results, plays the video at an arbitrary playing speed by outputting the plurality of input frames, the extrapolated frames, or the interpolated frames in time series,

wherein when the scene change is detected, after displaying an input frame of a first scene or an interpolated frame of the first scene, the video playing unit displays extrapolated frames that are generated based on a plurality of input frames configuring an end part of the first scene or a head part of the second scene by the extrapolated or interpolated image generating unit,

wherein when the scene change is detected, the video playing unit displays a backward extrapolated frame that is generated at an earlier position on the time axis than an input frame at the head of the second scene based on the input frame at the head of the second scene and an input frame immediately after the input frame at the head of the second scene by the extrapolated or interpolated image generating unit subsequently to the input frame at the end of the first scene.

5. A moving image player device, comprising:

a video input unit that receives a video consisting of a plurality of consecutive input frames;

an interpolated image generating unit that generates interpolated frames, each of which corresponding to a time between two adjacent input frames, using the two input frames among the plurality of input frames;

a video effect processing unit that generates new interpolated frames in which two or more consecutive frames among the plurality of input frames or the interpolated frames are overlapped while changing a relative weight of the two or more frames based on a positional relation on a time axis; and

a video playing unit that detects a scene change in the video, and based on the detection results, plays the video at an arbitrary playing speed by outputting the plurality of input frames, the interpolated frames, or the new interpolated frames in time series,

wherein when the scene change is detected, after displaying an input frame of a first scene or an interpolated frame of the first scene, the video playing unit displays the new interpolated frames corresponding to time between an input frame at the end of the first scene and an input frame at the head of a second scene, and displays an input frame of the second scene or the interpolated frame of the second scene.

6. The moving image player device according to claim 5 ,

when the video playing unit detects the scene change between a first input frame at the end of the first scene and a second input frame at the head of the second scene, the video effect processing unit generates the new interpolated frames using two or more frames from among the first input frame, a first interpolated frame that is closest in the position on the time axis to the first input frame among interpolated frames generated from the first input frame and a third input frame that is adjacent immediately before the first input frame, the second input frame, and a second interpolated frame that is closest in the position on the time axis to the second input frame among interpolated frames generated from the second input frame and a fourth input frame that is adjacent immediately after the second input frame.