The present specification relates to a display device, and more particularly to a display device for playback of video images which belong to a sequence.
A display device may have video capability and a function of playback of recorded video images which belong to a sequence. Upon playback of video images, the display device may further display a preview image along with each video image of the sequence. The display device may shift a playback point in time in response to a user input based on the preview image, and play back the video images starting from the corresponding point in time.
However, a conventional display device is configured to display a preview image at a predetermined time interval. Thus, the display device may need to provide a bookmark image with regard to a playback point in time set by a user.
Accordingly, the present specification is directed to a display device and a control method thereof that substantially obviate one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present specification is to provide a display device and a control method thereof, which may set a playback point in time for provision of a bookmark image with regard to video images being played back in the display device, and may display the bookmark image.
Additional advantages, objects, and features of the specification will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the specification. The objectives and other advantages of the specification may be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the specification, as embodied and broadly described herein, a display device includes a display unit configured to display a playback screen of video images which belong to a sequence, a sensor unit configured to detect a control input, and a controller configured to control the display unit and the sensor unit, wherein the playback screen of the video images includes one of the video images, bookmark images associated with the video images, and a progress bar configured to visualize the progression of the video images, wherein the bookmark images respectively include at least one of time information in the sequence of the video images and frame information regarding one of the video images corresponding to the time information, wherein the bookmark images are displayed close to the progress bar at positions corresponding to the time information regarding the respective bookmark images, and wherein the controller overlaps a first bookmark image and a second bookmark image among the bookmark images each other and displays the overlapped bookmark images when a difference between first time information regarding the first bookmark image and second time information regarding the second bookmark image is a time threshold or less.
In accordance with another embodiment of the present specification, a control method of a display device, includes displaying a playback screen of video images which belong to a sequence, wherein the playback screen of the video images contains one of the video images and a progress bar configured to visualize the progression of the video images, acquiring time information regarding respective bookmark images associated with the video images, wherein the bookmark images respectively include at least one of the time information in the sequence of the video images and frame information regarding one of the video images corresponding to the time information, and displaying the bookmark images close to the progress bar at positions corresponding to the time information regarding the respective bookmark images, wherein a first bookmark image and a second bookmark image among the bookmark images are displayed as overlapping each other when a difference between first time information regarding the first bookmark image and second time information regarding the second bookmark image is a time threshold or less.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present specification are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the specification as claimed.
According to the present specification, the display device may determine a position of a bookmark image based on time information regarding a still image captured during recording of video images which belong to a sequence.
According to the present specification, the display device may store a still image, captured during recording of video images which belong to a sequence, as a bookmark image with regard to the video images.
According to the present specification, the display device may display a still image, captured during recording of video images which belong to a sequence, as a bookmark image.
According to the present specification, the display device may play back video images starting from a playback point in time corresponding to a bookmark image when a control input to the bookmark image is detected.
According to the present specification, the display device may store a bookmark image including time information and frame information in conjunction with an associated one of video images which belong to a sequence.
According to the present specification, when a plurality of bookmark images is displayed along with one of video images which belong to a sequence, the display device may overlap two or more sequential bookmark images based on time information regarding the bookmark images, and display the overlapped bookmark images.
According to the present specification, when a control input to bookmark images displayed as overlapping each other is detected, the display device may spread the overlapped bookmark images, and display the respective bookmark images.
According to the present specification, when spreading overlapped bookmark images, the display device may determine a vertical or horizontal spread direction of the bookmark images based on time information regarding the bookmark images.
According to the present specification, when a control input to bookmark images displayed as overlapping each other is detected, the display device may change the overlap sequence of the bookmark images, and display the bookmark images in the changed sequence.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the specification and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the specification and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the specification. In the drawings:
Hereinafter, various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings and illustrations thereof, but it should be understood that the present specification is not restricted or limited by the embodiments that will be described hereinafter.
Although the terms used in the following description are selected, as much as possible, from general terms that are widely used at present while taking into consideration the functions obtained in accordance with the present specification, these terms may be replaced by other terms based on intensions of those skilled in the art, customs, emergence of new technologies, or the like. Also, in a particular case, terms that are arbitrarily selected by the applicant of the present specification may be used. In this case, the meanings of these terms may be described in corresponding description parts of the specification. Accordingly, it should be noted that the terms used herein should be construed based on practical meanings thereof and the whole content of this specification, rather than being simply construed based on names of the terms.
In the present specification, a display device may include a smart phone, a smart pad, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a monitor, a wall display, or a smart table.
The display device 10 may record the video images 11 which belong to a sequence upon detecting a control input to the video image trigger 12. The display device 10 may store the successive video images 11 of an object. Upon detecting a control input to the still image trigger 13 during recording of the video images 11, the display device 10 may capture one of the video images 11, displayed on a display unit at a point in time when the control input is detected, as a still image. The display device 10 may display the thumbnail image 14 of the captured still image along with the recording interface to record video images. In the case in which a plurality of still images is captured during recording of the video images, the display device 10 may display a plurality of preview images 14 corresponding to the respective still images. The display device 10 may overlap the preview images 14 each other and display the overlapped preview images 14 as exemplarily shown in
The display device 10 may play back video images 21 which belong to a sequence. Here, the video images 21 may be video images recorded via the recording interface, or video images downloaded via a network. The display device 10 may display a progress bar 22 along with the video images 21, and the user may check and control the progression of the video images 21 being played back via the progress bar 22. The display device 10 may display information, regarding a still image associated with the video images 21, on the progress bar 22 or on a region close to the progress bar 22. Here, the still image associated with the video images 21 may include a still image captured during recording of the video images 21, or a still image captured during playback of the video images 21. When the still image is captured during recording or playback of the video images 21, the display device 10 may store time information in the sequence of the video images 21 in conjunction with the captured still image. Hereinafter, the still image stored in conjunction with the time information in the sequence of the video images 21 may be referred to as a bookmark image.
The display device 10 may check whether or not a bookmark image is present upon playback of the video images 21. When the bookmark image with regard to the video images 21 being played back is present, the display device 10 may display an indicator, used to indicate the bookmark image, on the progress bar 22 using time information regarding the bookmark image. For example, in the case in which a first bookmark image, a second bookmark image, and a third bookmark image with regard to the video images 21 being played back as exemplarily shown in
In addition, the display device 10 may display the first bookmark image 26 at a position close to the progress bar 22. More particularly, the display device 10 may display the first bookmark image 26 at a position close to one point on the progress bar 22 corresponding to first time information regarding the first bookmark image 26. Likewise, the display device 10 may display the second bookmark image 27 and the third bookmark image at positions close to respective points on the progress bar 22 corresponding to second time information regarding the second bookmark image 27 and third time information regarding the third bookmark image.
In this case, when a difference between the second time information and the third time information is a time threshold or less, the display device 10 may overlap the second bookmark image 27 and the third bookmark image each other, and display the overlapped bookmark images. The overlapped second and third bookmark images may be sequential images. Here, the time threshold may be changed based on the size of the bookmark images and the entire playback time of the video images 21. That is, the display device 10 may set the time threshold in proportion to the size of the bookmark images, and may set the time threshold in proportion to the entire playback time of the video images 21. In one example, the display device 10 may set the time threshold to a first time when the bookmark images have a first size, and may set the time threshold to a second time when the bookmark images have a second size. Here, when the first size is greater than the second size, the display device 10 may set the first time to be greater than the second time. In another example, the display device 10 may set the time threshold to a third time when the entire playback time of the video images is a first playback time, and may set the time threshold to a fourth time when the entire playback time of the video images is a second playback time. Here, when the first playback time is greater than the second playback time, the display device 10 may set the third time to be greater than the fourth time.
In the case in which the second bookmark image 27 and the third bookmark image overlap each other, the display device 10 may determine an overlap method based on time information regarding the respective bookmark images. When the second time information regarding the second bookmark image 27 is earlier than the third time information regarding the third bookmark image, the display device 10 may overlap the third bookmark image with the second bookmark image 27. As such, the display device 10 may display the second bookmark image 27 as exemplarily shown in
The display device 10 may add a playback indicator (not shown) to the playback interface. The display device 10 may play back the video images starting from the beginning upon detecting a control input to the playback indicator (not shown).
As exemplarily shown at the upper end of
The display device 10 may detect a control input 32 to the overlapped bookmark images 31. The control input 32 may be a sliding input as a touch on the display unit that displays the overlapped bookmark images 31. Alternatively, the control input 32 may be a hovering input of hovering over the display unit that displays the overlapped bookmark images 31.
The display device 10 may change the overlap sequence of the displayed bookmark images based on the control input 32 to replace the overlapped bookmark images with each other. That is, the display device 10 may replace the displayed second bookmark image 31 with the third bookmark image overlapped with the second bookmark image 31. As exemplarily shown at the lower end of
In this way, the user may check the overlapped bookmark images using the control input to replace the overlapped bookmark images with each other.
The display device 10 may display one of video images 41 corresponding to a playback point in time. When a control input 43 to select a displayed bookmark image 42 is detected, the display device 10 may change a playback point in time to a point in time corresponding to time information regarding the selected bookmark image 42. The display device 10 may play back video images starting from a frame 44 corresponding to the changed playback point in time. Here, the bookmark image 42 and the frame 44 corresponding to the time information regarding the bookmark image 42 may show the same image. In addition, the bookmark image may include frame information, and the display device 10 may change a playback frame to the frame 44 corresponding to frame information regarding the selected bookmark image 42.
In the above described case as exemplarily shown at the upper end of
The display device 10, as exemplarily shown at the upper end of
When the control input 52 to spread the overlapped bookmark images is detected, the display device 10 may spread the overlapped bookmark images and display the respective bookmark images. That is, the display device may spread the bookmark images displayed overlapping one another, so as to display the second bookmark image 51, the third bookmark image 53, and the fourth bookmark image 54 respectively.
Upon spreading the bookmark images, the display device 10 may determine a spread direction based on a difference between time information regarding the respective bookmark images. When a difference between second time information regarding the second bookmark image 51 and third time information regarding the third bookmark image 53 is a first time threshold or less, the display device 10 may spread the second bookmark image 51 and the third bookmark image 53 up and down. That is, the third bookmark image 53 may be displayed below the second bookmark image 51.
In addition, when a difference between second time information regarding the second bookmark image 51 and fourth time information regarding the fourth bookmark image 54 exceeds the first time threshold and is a second time threshold or less, the display device 10 may spread the second bookmark image 51 and the fourth bookmark image 54 next to each other. That is, the fourth bookmark image 54 may be displayed at the right side of the second bookmark image 51.
That is, the display device 10 may set time information regarding the earliest bookmark image among the overlapped bookmark images to reference time information, and may determine a spread direction of the bookmark images based on a difference between time information regarding the respective bookmark images. Accordingly, the display device 10 may spread the overlapped bookmark images in multiple directions in a 2-dimensional plane.
The display device 10 may display one of video images 60 corresponding to a playback point in time. When a control input 63 to select one of spread bookmark images 61 and 62 is detected, the display device 10 may change a playback point in time to a point in time corresponding to time information regarding the selected bookmark image 62. The display device 10 may play back video images starting from a frame 64 corresponding to the changed playback point in time. Here, the bookmark image 62 and the frame 64 corresponding to time information regarding the bookmark image 62 may show the same image. In addition, the bookmark image may include frame information, and the display device 10 may change a playback frame to the frame 64 corresponding to frame information regarding the selected bookmark image 62. When the playback point in time or the playback frame is changed, the display device 10 may remove the displayed bookmark images from the playback interface. In this case, according to embodiments, the display device 10 may continuously display indicators with regard to the displayed bookmark images on the progress bar.
The display unit 101 may display video images which belong to a sequence. As described above with reference to
The display unit 101, according to embodiments, may include at least one of a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display, an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an electronic ink display, and a flexible display. The display unit 101 may include a touch sensitive display unit, and may detect a control input as a touch on the display unit 101.
The sensor unit 102 may detect a control input to the recording interface and the playback interface. The sensor unit 102 may detect a touch input as well as a non-touch input such as a hovering input. The sensor unit 102 may detect whether an input to a bookmark image is a replacement input or a selection input, and may transmit information regarding the detected input to the controller 104.
The camera unit 103 may record video images and capture a still image upon sensing of an external object. When a control input to the still image trigger is input during recording of the video images, the camera unit 103 may store one of the video images captured at a corresponding point in time as a still image.
The controller 104 may control the display unit 101 and the camera unit 103 using information transmitted from the sensor unit 102. The controller 104, as described above with reference to
The display device may further include the optional storage unit in which video images which belong to a sequence and a still image are stored. The storage unit may store recorded video images and a still image captured during recording of the video images in association with each other. The controller 104 may store the video images and the still image in the same folder of the storage unit. In addition, the controller may store the still image as a bookmark image, and may store time information and frame information regarding the bookmark image in the sequence of the video images together in the storage unit.
The display device may acquire time information regarding respective bookmark images, which are associated with the video images and respectively include at least one of time information and frame information (S20). The display device may acquire information regarding bookmark images associated with the video images. Then, the display device may acquire time information regarding the bookmark images. In addition, according to embodiments, the display device may acquire frame information regarding the bookmark images.
The display device may display the bookmark images at positions close to the progress bar corresponding to time information (S30). The display device may display indicators with regard to the bookmark images on the progress bar based on time information regarding the respective bookmark images. In addition, the display device may display bookmark images at positions close to the progress bar corresponding to time information regarding the respective bookmark images. Although position setting depending on time information has been described above, the display device may set positions of the bookmark images based on frame information.
When a difference between first time information regarding a first bookmark image and second time information regarding a second bookmark image among the bookmark images is a time threshold or less, the display device may overlap the first bookmark image and the second bookmark image each other and display the overlapped bookmark images (S40). The display device may determine whether or not to overlap the bookmark images each other based on time information regarding the bookmark images. When a difference between first time information regarding a first bookmark image and second time information regarding a second bookmark image is a time threshold or less, the display device may overlap the first bookmark image and the second bookmark image each other and display the overlapped bookmark images. As described above with reference to
As described above, the display device of the present specification may store a still image captured during recording of video images as a bookmark image. In addition, the display device may display the bookmark image upon playback of the video images, thereby assisting the user in easily moving to a desired playback point in time.
As is apparent from the above description, according to the present specification, a display device may provide a bookmark image with regard to a playback point in time set by a user.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present specification without departing from the spirit or scope of the specification. Thus, it is intended that the present specification covers the modifications and variations of this specification provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
Various embodiments have been described in the best mode for carrying out the invention.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
As described above, the present invention is totally or partially applicable to electronic devices.
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10-2014-0017938 | Feb 2014 | KR | national |
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PCT/KR2014/003173 | 4/14/2014 | WO | 00 |