Moving image reproduction apparatus, candidate jump destination display method, and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11199950-B2
Application number	US-201715808207-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2017
Priority date	Nov 14, 2016
Publication date	Dec 14, 2021
Grant date	Dec 14, 2021

Abstract

A moving image reproduction apparatus for reproducing a moving image for explaining a work including a plurality of steps, includes: a reproducer that reproduces the moving image; a progress display that displays an indicator indicating a progress of reproduction of the moving image and a position on the indicator where the moving image is being currently reproduced; and a candidate display that displays a candidate image corresponding to at least one jump destination included in the moving image when a predetermined operation is performed on the indicator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A candidate display method in a moving image reproduction apparatus for reproducing a moving image for explaining a work including a plurality of steps, the moving image reproduction apparatus having a display device including a display screen, the method comprising:
reproducing the moving image on the display screen of the display device;
displaying, on the display screen of the display device, an indicator indicating a progress of reproduction of the moving image and a position on the indicator where the moving image is being currently reproduced, wherein the indicator comprises a progress bar whose length represents a time duration of the moving image;
determining a current step that is being performed from among the plurality of steps of the work based on a detection result of a sensor that is provided in a body of an electronic apparatus on which the work is being performed, wherein the sensor detects a physical state change in the body of the electronic apparatus and outputs, as the detection result, a detection result indicating the detected physical state change in the body of the electronic apparatus, wherein the current step that is being performed is determined based on the detected physical state change indicated by the detection result output by the sensor; and
when a user performs a predetermined operation on the progress bar, displaying, on the display screen of the display device, (i) a first candidate image corresponding to a first jump destination included in the moving image, and (ii) a second candidate image corresponding to a second jump destination included in the moving image, wherein the first candidate image is a frame image at a representative time in the moving image of the determined current step being performed in the electronic apparatus, and the second candidate image is a frame image at a representative time in the moving image of another step among the plurality of steps that precedes or follows the determined current step being performed in the electronic apparatus, in the moving image,
wherein the first jump destination corresponds to a time point in the moving image of the determined current step,
wherein the second jump destination corresponds a time point in the moving image of said another step that precedes or follows the determined current step, in the moving image,
wherein the first candidate image is displayed at a position along the length of the progress bar that corresponds to the determined current step, and the second candidate image is displayed at a position along the length of the progress bar that corresponds to said another step,
wherein the first candidate image and the second candidate image are displayed simultaneously at their respective corresponding positions along the length of the progress bar, and
wherein the method further comprises:
detecting another operation by the user specifying one of the displayed first candidate image and the displayed second candidate image;
in a case in which the first candidate image is specified by said another operation, reproducing the moving image from the time point of the first jump destination; and
in a case in which the second candidate image is specified by said another operation, reproducing the moving image from the time point of the second jump destination.

2. A moving image reproduction apparatus for reproducing a moving image for explaining a work including a plurality of steps, the apparatus comprising:
a display device including a display screen; and
a hardware processor which is configured to:
reproduce the moving image on the display screen;
control the display device to display, on the display screen, an indicator indicating a progress of reproduction of the moving image and a position on the indicator where the moving image is being currently reproduced, wherein the indicator comprises a progress bar whose length represents a time duration of the moving image;
determine a current step that is being performed from among the plurality of steps of the work based on a detection result of a sensor that is provided in a body of an electronic apparatus on which the work is being performed, wherein the sensor detects a physical state change in the body of the electronic apparatus and outputs, as the detection result, a detection result indicating the detected physical state change in the body of the electronic apparatus, wherein the current step that is being performed is determined based on the detected physical state change indicated by the detection result output by the sensor; and
when a user performs a predetermined operation on the progress bar, control the display device to display, on the display screen, (i) a first candidate image corresponding to a first jump destination included in the moving image, and (ii) a second candidate image corresponding to a second jump destination included in the moving image, wherein the first candidate image is a frame image at a representative time in the moving image of the determined current step being performed in the electronic apparatus, and the second candidate image is a frame image at a representative time in the moving image of another step among the plurality of steps that precedes or follows the determined current step being performed in the electronic apparatus, in the moving image,
wherein the first jump destination corresponds to a time point in the moving image of the determined current step,
wherein the second jump destination corresponds a time point in the moving image of said another step that precedes or follows the determined current step, in the moving image,
wherein the first candidate image is displayed at a position along the length of the progress bar that corresponds to the determined current step, and the second candidate image is displayed at a position along the length of the progress bar that corresponds to said another step,
wherein the first candidate image and the second candidate image are displayed simultaneously at their respective corresponding positions along the length of the progress bar, and
wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
detect another operation by the user specifying one of the displayed first candidate image and the displayed second candidate image;
in a case in which the first candidate image is specified by said another operation, reproduce the moving image from the time point of the first jump destination; and
in a case in which the second candidate image is specified by said another operation, reproduce the moving image from the time point of the second jump destination.

3. The moving image reproduction apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to control the display device to display, as the first candidate image, a thumbnail of the frame image at the representative time in the moving image of the determined current step, and to display, as the second candidate image, a thumbnail of the frame image at the representative time in the moving image of said another step.

4. The moving image reproduction apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the time point of the first jump destination is a head of the determined current step corresponding to the first jump destination, and the time point of the second jump destination is a head of said another step corresponding to the second jump destination.

5. The moving image reproduction apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to control the display device to display, as the first candidate image, an image indicating a first step immediately after a last-completed step among the steps, the first step being determined as the current step.

6. The moving image reproduction apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the hardware processo

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Qu Zhenhuan
• Tomita Atsushi
• Kurumasa Yoichi
• Haba Shoko
• Nishimura Ryosuke
• Kawabata Mie
• Tomiyasu Kazuhiro

Classifications

• H04N1/00129 Primary

  with a display device, e.g. CRT or LCD monitor (with a television apparatus H04N1/00283; arrangements for control of display devices G09G) · CPC title

• H04N1/00411

  the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen · CPC title

• G06F3/0484 Primary

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/32122

  in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data · CPC title