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Multimedia playback device and playback method

A playback device and multimedia technology, applied in the direction of carrier indicating device, record carrier type, solid medium carrier, etc., can solve the problem of not being the best convenience

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-06-28
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC +1
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Specifically, for users who are not used to PCs, the operation method used routinely on PCs may not be optimal in terms of convenience

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[0023] Hereinafter, a multimedia reproducing system embodying the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0024] A multimedia reproduction system according to the present invention is a composite system capable of reproducing or executing a plurality of contents such as still images, moving images, music, broadcasts, or games spanning a plurality of media. For the screen image, the screen of the TV receiver is used, and as a driving part, content is displayed on the screen image, and the operation buttons of the controller are used. When reproducing a plurality of contents spanning a plurality of media on a PC, an independent program such as a dedicated reader program is used for each content. These separate programs are made by different vendors and often do not have a common interface. There is no uniformity between the individual methods of operation. If there is unity in the common interface, such as the so-called port...

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Disclosed is a multimedia reproducing apparatus for selecting and reproducing favorite content from among many contents recorded in a plurality of different types of media. A media icon array (70) consisting of a plurality of media icons indicates the type of reproducible media, while a content icon array (72) consisting of a plurality of content icons indicates an item of reproducible content, the media icon array (70) and the content icon The array (72) is arranged in a crosswise manner in the middle portion of the display image (50). The moving picture icon (56) is a media icon displayed at the intersection (76) region of the media icon array (70) and the content icon array (72), the moving picture icon (56) being displayed in a color different from the color of the remaining media icons is the magnification ratio. Thumbnails of interest (64) immediately below the moving picture icon (56) are also displayed in a different color as an enlarged scale. Attributes of the content are displayed to the right of the thumbnail of interest (64).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a multimedia reproducing device and a multimedia reproducing method, in particular to a multimedia reproducing device and a multimedia reproducing method providing a user interface for instructing multimedia reproducing. [0002] This application contains subject matter related to Japanese Patent Application JP2003-149924 filed in Japan on May 27, 2003, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference. Background technique [0003] Recently, a process of diversification of so-called digital home electronics is developing. For example, in recording television programs, a hard disk recorder, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) recorder, or a composite system thereof is used. In music reproduction, in addition to devices for reproducing conventional CDs (Compact Discs), various devices are used to reproduce compressed data recorded in a large number of various memory cards or hard disks. [0004] Since digital ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/93G06F3/00G06F3/0481G06F3/0482G06F17/30G11B19/02G11B27/00G11B27/34H04N5/44H04N5/445H04N5/76H04N5/765
CPCG06F3/04817G11B19/025G11B27/002G11B27/34G11B2220/2545G11B2220/2562G11B2220/61H04N21/4312H04N21/4314H04N21/4325H04N21/478H04N21/482H04N21/47H04N5/93H04N5/445H04N5/44
Inventor 守田彻平松修治榎本繁埃德加·A·图
Owner SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC