JPH1098667A - Picture reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely reproduce plural moving pictures in parallel with a simple operation and at the same timing by providing a picture reproducing device which executes a prescribed processing on thumb nails corresponding to the respective moving pictures and which is provided with a display means, a selection means, a reproduction means and an array display means. SOLUTION: The picture reproducing device displays the thumb nails of the moving pictures. The display means 1 reads the pictures (thumb nail pictures) displayed as the thumb nails and displays the list on the plural moving pictures recorded in a recording medium. An operator selects which moving picture is to be reproduced through the selection means 2. The reproduction means 3 reproduces the plural selected moving pictures in parallel at the same timing when a reproduction operation is executed. The array display means 4 arrays and displays the plural reproduced moving pictures on one screen. Sound can be added to the moving pictures.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image reproducing apparatus for simultaneous reproduction, and more particularly to an image reproducing apparatus for starting parallel reproduction of a plurality of moving images at the same timing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image from two tape media is known. In this image reproducing apparatus, since one rotary head and the other rotary head are independent, recording or reproduction is performed by one rotary head while recording or reproduction is performed by the other rotary head.

[0003] A current personal computer also corresponds to an apparatus for reproducing a plurality of moving images. The personal computer accesses a moving image file recorded on a hard disk or the like in a time-division manner and simultaneously reproduces a plurality of moving images.

[0004]

However, in the conventional image reproducing apparatus, one moving image is selected and reproduced, and then another moving image is selected and reproduced. Therefore, there is a problem that the reproduction of a plurality of moving images cannot be started at the same timing.

For this reason, it has not been possible to start reproduction of two moving images at the same timing and compare the two images. For example, when comparing an image of a golfer's own swing in golf with an image of a sample swing, if the reproduction is not started at the same timing, it is not possible to check the form in comparison.
An object of the present invention is to provide an image reproducing apparatus capable of starting reproduction of a plurality of moving images at the same timing in order to solve the above problems.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an image reproducing apparatus capable of efficiently using a display screen, in addition to the object of the first embodiment. Claims 3 and 4
Another object of the present invention is to provide an image reproducing apparatus that avoids repeating the same timing reproducing operation again in addition to the objects of the first and second aspects. Another object of the present invention is to provide an image reproducing apparatus capable of displaying a moving image more clearly in comparison with the objects of the first to fourth aspects.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention;
It is a principle block diagram of the invention of 5 described. According to the first aspect of the present invention, for a plurality of moving images recorded on a recording medium, a display unit 1 for displaying a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to each of the moving images on a screen, and in response to an external selection operation, A selection unit 2 for selecting a plurality of thumbnails displayed on the display unit 1, and a plurality of thumbnails selected by the selection unit 2, at the same timing according to an external reproduction operation, a moving image corresponding to each of these thumbnails.
It comprises a reproducing means 3 for starting reproduction and an array displaying means 4 for arranging and displaying a plurality of moving images reproduced by the reproducing means 3 on one screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect, the array display means 4 is arranged and displayed according to the number of moving images reproduced by the reproducing means 3. The display area is changed. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the principle of the third aspect of the present invention.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, for a plurality of moving images reproduced by the reproducing means 3, identification information for identifying the plurality of moving images is provided. A reproduction information storage unit for storing the moving image corresponding to the identification information in response to a call operation of the identification information stored in the reproduction information storage unit; Features.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus of the third aspect, the reproduction information storage means 5 includes, in addition to the identification information, a reproduction state indicating how each of the plurality of moving images was reproduced last time. The reproduction means 3 reproduces the reproduction state stored in the reproduction information storage means 5 for each of a plurality of moving images in response to a calling operation.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, when the display means 1 selects two thumbnails by the selection means 2, The display positions of the two thumbnails are switched.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claim 1.
5. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a screen operation unit that receives an operation on a screen, wherein the display unit corresponds to a start point position of the operation received by the screen operation unit. The thumbnail is moved and displayed to the end point of the operation, and when the end point is located between the two thumbnails on the screen, the thumbnail to be moved and displayed is displayed between the two thumbnails, and a new thumbnail on the screen is displayed. Are arranged in the order.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the operation on the screen is performed by dragging.
It is an AND-drop operation.

(Operation) The image reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect displays a thumbnail of a moving image. The thumbnail indicates a list of images.

The display means 1 reads an image to be displayed as a thumbnail (hereinafter, referred to as a "thumbnail image") for each of a plurality of moving images recorded on a recording medium and displays the list. The operator selects, via the selection means 2, which moving image he wants to reproduce. When the reproducing operation is performed, the reproducing unit 3 reproduces the selected moving images in parallel at the same timing.

The arrangement display means 4 arranges and displays a plurality of reproduced moving images on one screen. Note that sound may be added to these moving images. At this time, a plurality of sounds may be reproduced at the same timing together with the moving image, or only a plurality of sounds may be reproduced at the same timing without reproducing the moving image. In the image reproducing apparatus according to the second aspect, the array display means automatically changes the display area of the moving image according to the number of moving images reproduced by the reproducing means.

In the image reproducing apparatus according to a third aspect, the reproduction information storage means 5 includes, for a plurality of moving images reproduced by the reproducing means 3, identification information of each moving image (for example, file name, shooting date and time, identification information). Code, file size, etc.). When the operation of calling the identification information is performed, the identification information stored in the reproduction information storage unit 5 is transmitted to the reproduction unit 3. The reproducing means 3 reproduces the moving image corresponding to the identification information in parallel at the same timing.

In the image reproducing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the reproduction information storage means 5 stores a reproduction state indicating how the moving image has been reproduced, in addition to the identification information. When the operation of calling the identification information is performed, the reproducing unit 3 reproduces the moving image by reproducing the reproduction state. In the image reproducing apparatus according to the fifth aspect, when two thumbnails are selected by the selection means 2, the display positions of the thumbnails are switched.

In the image reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, when the operator starts an operation on a thumbnail on the screen, the thumbnail corresponding to the start point of the operation is moved and displayed following the operation. . Further, when the end point of the operation is between the two thumbnails on the screen, the display unit 1 inserts the displayed thumbnail between the two thumbnails and rearranges the thumbnails on the screen.

In the image reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, when the operator starts the drag operation on the thumbnail on the screen, the thumbnail corresponding to the starting point of the drag operation is moved and displayed following the drag operation. You. Further, when the drop operation is performed between two thumbnails on the screen, the display unit 1 inserts the moving and displayed thumbnail between the two thumbnails and rearranges the thumbnails on the screen.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
8 (corresponding to the inventions described in (1) to (7)).

In FIG. 5, a magneto-optical recording medium 22 is detachably mounted inside a main body 21. Data access unit 23 that reads from and writes to magneto-optical recording medium 22
Is transmitted to the frame memory 2 via the data compression / decompression unit 24.
5 is connected. The output of the frame memory 25 is
The data is input to the liquid crystal display unit 27 via the display image creation unit 26. On the other hand, a touch panel 28 is attached to the liquid crystal display unit 27, and position information detected by the touch panel 28 is input to the control unit 30 via the touch panel input unit 29.

The control output of the control unit 30 is input to the data compression / decompression unit 24 and the display image creation unit 26.
The output of the control unit 30 is connected to the data access unit 23. The functions of the data compression / decompression unit 24, the display image creation unit 26, the touch panel input unit 29, and the control unit 30 are realized by the microprocessor 31. Furthermore, body 2
One camera section 32 is provided with a photographing lens 33, and an image pickup device 34 is arranged at a position for receiving a subject image obtained through the photographing lens 33.

The output signal of the image sensor 34 is supplied to the A / D converter 3
5 and the signal processing unit 36, the frame memory 25
Is input to It should be noted that the correspondence between the invention described in the first, second, and fifth aspects and the present embodiment is described in the display means
Corresponds to the “function to acquire or generate thumbnails and display in a list” of the data access unit 23, the data compression / decompression unit 24, the frame memory 25, and the display image creation unit 26. The playback unit 3 corresponds to the data compression / expansion unit 24, the touch panel input unit 29, and the control unit 30. The array display unit 4 corresponds to the “function for synthesizing and displaying a playback image” of the display image creation unit 26. Corresponding to

The correspondence between the present invention described in claims 3 and 4 and the present embodiment is described in conjunction with the correspondence described above.
The reproduction information storage unit 5 corresponds to the magneto-optical recording medium 22, the data access unit 23, and the control unit 30. Claim 6,
Regarding the correspondence between the invention described in FIG. 7 and the present embodiment, the screen operation unit 6 corresponds to the touch panel 28 and the touch panel input unit 29 in addition to the correspondence described above.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of this embodiment. 8 to 17 are diagrams illustrating the thumbnail display screen. Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Magneto-optical recording medium 2 in main body 21
When 2 is mounted, the data access unit 23 reads the first scene of each of a plurality of moving images recorded on the magneto-optical recording medium 22. Display image creation unit 26
Creates a thumbnail based on these image data and displays a list on the liquid crystal display unit 27 (step S1 in FIG. 6).

FIG. 8A is a diagram for explaining an initial screen displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 27. A list of thumbnails 37 is displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display unit 27, and a standard size button 38 and a thumbnail display button 39 are arranged at the upper right of the liquid crystal display unit 27. Below that, there is a scroll button 40 for scrolling the thumbnail 37.
Is arranged.

At the lower right of the liquid crystal display section 27, operation buttons for recording and reproducing are arranged. From the upper left, a reverse skip button 41, a reverse feed button 42, a fast forward button 43,
Skip button 44, reverse play button 45, stop button 4
6, a play button 47, a reverse frame advance button 48, a pause button 49, a frame advance button 50, and a record button 51 are arranged.

To the left of the operation buttons, a selection scenario display field 52, a simultaneous mode button 53, a selection button 54, and a delete button 55 are arranged. When these operation buttons are operated, the buttons are switched to a highlight display, and their states are displayed.

The arrangement of these operation buttons can be changed by a drag-and-drop operation. Also, buttons that cannot be operated depending on the situation may be displayed in halftone. As shown in FIG. 8B, when the scroll button 40 is touched (operation 1), the display image creating unit 26 scrolls the display screen. Here, moving images A to P are recorded on the magneto-optical recording medium 22, and the display image creating unit 26 displays thumbnails corresponding to these moving images as thumbnails A to P.

It should be noted that all operations performed by the operator are performed through the touch panel 28, which is a well-known GUI.
(Graphical User Interface). That is, thumbnails and operation buttons are displayed as objects on the liquid crystal display unit 27, and the touch panel 28 and the touch panel input unit 29 sense a touch operation of the operator on these objects.

The control unit 30 responds to the contact operation by
Generate an object-specific message on the screen. Further, the display image creating unit 26 acquires the message,
Change the screen display. Hereinafter, description of this portion will be omitted. When the thumbnail is touched, the microprocessor 31 recognizes that the thumbnail and the moving image corresponding to the thumbnail have been selected, and highlights the thumbnail.

Further, a scenario showing how to reproduce the selected moving image (eg, slow reproduction, fast forward reproduction, fade-in fade-out reproduction, size of display area, etc.) in the selected moving image in a data format. A file is attached. The scenario file is added to a header portion of each moving image file and the like, and is recorded on the magneto-optical recording medium 22. This scenario file is defined in claim 3
And the reproduction state described in claim 4.

Here, as shown in FIG. 8B, the thumbnail F is selected (operation 2), and F1 is displayed as a scenario file. When the highlighted thumbnail is further touched, the microprocessor 31 detects the operation and displays a list of scenario files of moving images. The microprocessor 31 determines whether a touch operation has been performed on the list display area and the thumbnail of the scenario file, and recognizes which scenario file the operator has selected.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9C, when the thumbnail F is touched (operation 3), the microprocessor 31 displays a list of scenario files F1 to F4. When a touch operation is performed in the scenario file list display area (operation 4), the microprocessor 3
1 is displayed by moving the asterisks downward in order. When the touch operation is repeated, the * mark is displayed once.

When an asterisk is displayed beside F3,
When the thumbnail F is touched again (operation 5), the microprocessor 31 recognizes that F3 has been determined as the scenario file. Further, when a touch operation is performed on the selection button 54, the microprocessor 31
Recognizes that the confirmed scenario file has been selected, and displays the scenario file in the selected scenario display field 52.

As shown in FIG. 9D, the selection button 5
4 is touched (operation 6), the microprocessor 3
1 displays the scenario file F3 of the moving image F in the selected scenario display field 52. Note that, even if the operation 5 is omitted and the operation 6 is performed, the microprocessor 31 recognizes that the scenario file has been selected. The following selection method is also available. As shown in FIG. 10E, when the operator drags the thumbnail H (touches the touch panel 28 and moves it), the microprocessor 31 follows the operator's finger and moves the thumbnail H. Move to display. Next, when a drop operation (release a finger from the touch panel 28) is performed in the selected scenario display field 52, the microprocessor 31 sets the scenario file H
Recognizing that 1 has been selected, the selected scenario display field 5
2 shows the scenario file H1.

The microprocessor 31 displays a list of scenario files at the lower left of each thumbnail for the first row of thumbnails, and at the lower right of each thumbnail for the second row of thumbnails. Therefore, the list display of the scenario files does not overlap. (F) of FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing that scenario files P4 and D1 are also selected in the same manner.

When the delete button 55 is touched in this state, the microprocessor 31 cancels the selection of the scenario file (here, D1) in which the * mark is displayed beside the selected scenario display field 52, As shown in FIG. 11 (g), the scenario file is deleted from the selected scenario display field 52. FIG. 1 shows another erasing method.
As shown in FIG. 1 (h), the operator sets the scenario file D
When 1 is moved outside the selected scenario display field 52 by a drag-and-drop operation, the microprocessor 31 deletes the scenario file from the selected scenario display field 52.

FIG. 12I shows that the scenario file D2 is newly selected by the operation of selecting the scenario file. When the simultaneous mode button 53 is touched in a state where a plurality of scenario files are selected (steps S2 and S3 in FIG. 6), as shown in (j) of FIG. Only the thumbnails corresponding to the 52 scenario files are selectively displayed (step S4 in FIG. 6).

Next, when the play button 47 is touched (step S5 in FIG. 6), as shown in FIG. 13 (k), the microprocessor 31 sets the size of the thumbnail display area to correspond to each thumbnail. The reproduction of the moving image to be started is started at the same timing. Each moving image is reproduced in parallel according to the scenario file (step S in FIG. 6).
6), the reproduction ends sequentially from the one with the shorter reproduction time.

The operation of the parallel reproduction at the same timing will be described with reference to a flowchart (FIG. 7). The moving image F recorded on the magneto-optical recording medium 22 is sought (step S1 in FIG. 7), and the moving image F is read therefrom (step S2 in FIG. 7). The image data is expanded by the data compression / expansion unit 24 and stored in the frame memory 25 (step S3 in FIG. 7). Next, the image data of the moving image H, the moving image P, and the moving image D are sequentially read and stored in the frame memory 25 (steps S4, S5, and S6 in FIG. 7). The display image creation unit 26 creates image data based on each scenario file, and combines and displays each image data at a predetermined position (Step S7 in FIG. 7).

For example, if the scenario file F3 is a fast forward reproduction, image data with frames dropped is created. The above operation is repeated until the stop button 46 is pressed (step S8 in FIG. 7). As described above, the moving images are read in a time-division manner, the images are created, and the images are combined and displayed, thereby performing the same timing parallel reproduction.

Next, the creation of a scenario file for recording the currently performed parallel reproduction and reproducing the reproduction state will be described. When the recording button 51 is touched as shown in (l) of FIG. 13 at the time when the parallel reproduction is completed, the microprocessor 31 records the reproduction state just performed as sequential data, and changes the reproduction state. Create a new scenario file that can be reproduced.

The microprocessor 31 records this scenario file on the magneto-optical recording medium 22 via the data access unit 23. Here, information such as a file name of a moving image reproduced in parallel at the same timing, a scenario file attached to the moving image, a reproduction display position and a reproduction display area of each moving image are recorded. Specifically, moving images F, H, P, and D are F1, H1, P4, and D2, respectively.
A scenario file Q1 for giving an instruction to the microprocessor 31 is generated in the thumbnail display area in accordance with each of the scenario files in the thumbnail display area so as to be reproduced at the same timing.

The scenario file Q1 is stored in the magneto-optical recording medium 22 via the data access unit 23. Further, as shown in (m) of FIG. 14, the microprocessor 31 displays the thumbnail Q at the very end of the thumbnail display screen.
Is additionally displayed. At this time, the same image as the thumbnail F is used as the image used for the thumbnail Q.

Thereafter, when the scenario file Q1 is selected and the play button 47 is pressed, the microprocessor 31 sends the scenario file Q1 from the magneto-optical recording medium 22.
And reproduce the reproduction state according to the scenario file. Here, the state of (k) in FIG. 13 is reproduced,
Parallel playback is performed at the same timing. Next, the rearrangement of thumbnails will be described.

In FIG. 12 (j), when the operator wants to rearrange the selected and displayed thumbnails, the operator moves the thumbnail to a position where the thumbnail is to be inserted by dragging and dropping, and all the thumbnails are rearranged. Is displayed. Here, the thumbnail F is inserted between the thumbnails H and P as shown in FIG. 14 (n), and the thumbnails are rearranged as shown in FIG. 15 (o).

At this time, the microprocessor 31 selects a thumbnail (here, thumbnail F) corresponding to the touched position, and follows the drag operation of the operator,
The thumbnail F is moved and displayed, the thumbnail F is inserted at the position where the thumbnail F is dropped (between the thumbnail H and the thumbnail P), and the thumbnails are rearranged and displayed.

Also, thumbnails may be switched by the operation shown in FIG. When the thumbnails H and F are quickly touched twice (corresponding to a double click of the mouse) (operations 7 and 8), the microprocessor 31 replaces the two thumbnails H and F with each other. Recognize the selection.
Next, the microprocessor 31 interchanges the display positions of the two selected thumbnails and displays the thumbnails as shown in FIG. 16 (q).

When the standard size button 38 is touched, the display area of the selected thumbnail changes, and
It is displayed large. The display format is changed, for example, as shown in FIG. When the standard size button 38 is touched, the microprocessor 31
The image display area is enlarged and displayed. In this method, the number of pixels is multiplied by an integer, divided into predetermined blocks, and averaged to create an image of a new size.

As shown in FIG. 17 (s), the reproduction display area may be maximized during the parallel reproduction. Further, when there are two moving images to be reproduced in parallel at the same timing, the moving images are displayed as shown in FIG. This is because the size of the display area corresponding to the number of moving images to be reproduced is set in the microprocessor 31 in advance, and the display area is appropriately changed according to the number of moving images to be reproduced. I have.

The main body 21 is provided with a camera section 32, and an image obtained through the photographing lens 33 is taken by the image pickup device 3
Reference numeral 4 denotes photoelectric conversion, and the signal is converted into a digital signal by an A / D converter 35. The signal processing unit 36 performs signal processing such as white balance adjustment, gamma correction, and pixel interpolation, and performs data compression / expansion via the frame memory 25.
Compressed. The compressed data is recorded on the magneto-optical recording medium 22 via the data access unit 23.

On the other hand, the photographed image data in the frame memory 25 is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 27 via the display image creating unit 26 on the monitor. As described above, in the image reproducing apparatus according to the present embodiment, a plurality of moving images can be reproduced in parallel at the same timing. Further, the display area can be appropriately changed according to the number of moving images to be reproduced.

Further, the reproduction state of the previous moving image can be reproduced by a simple operation. Furthermore, the thumbnails can be rearranged by a simple operation, and the moving images can be effectively compared and displayed. As another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 18, the data access unit 23a,
23b, data compression / decompression units 24a and 24b, and frame memories 25a and 25b,
The same timing parallel reproduction may be performed on a plurality of moving images.

In this embodiment, a thumbnail is automatically created for the first scene of a moving image file.
It is not limited to this. For example, the operator may select an arbitrary scene of the moving image file and display it as a thumbnail. Further, the scenario file is recorded on the magneto-optical recording medium 22 together with the moving image. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and another recording medium may be provided and recorded thereon.

In this embodiment, the file name is used as the identification information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Information for identifying a moving image, for example, address information may be used. In the present embodiment, the touch panel is used as the operation input unit, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an operation button may be provided separately, or a mouse may be used.

In this embodiment, a magneto-optical recording medium is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a semiconductor recording medium, or the like may be used.

[0058]

According to the image reproducing apparatus of the first aspect, a plurality of moving images can be reproduced in parallel at a precise timing with a simple operation.

Therefore, in the case where a plurality of moving images are reproduced and compared, for example, at the time of presentation, a moving image obtained by photographing two products is reproduced at the same timing to compare the performance of the two products. Can be clarified. In the image reproducing apparatus according to the second aspect, the display area of the moving image is automatically changed according to the number of moving images to be reproduced. Therefore, the moving image is always displayed large, and the visibility of the operator is improved. In other words, the display space can be effectively used.

In the image reproducing apparatus according to the third aspect, the reproduction information storage means stores the identification information of the moving image reproduced at the same timing. Therefore, once the scene is stored, the operator can arbitrarily call and reproduce the scene by a simple operation. In particular, in the case of repetitive viewing, it is not necessary to perform the operation of parallel reproduction at the same timing, which is very effective.

[0061] In the image reproducing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the reproduction information storage means also stores the reproduction state of a plurality of moving images. Therefore, the operator can reproduce the reproduction state by a simple operation. In the image reproducing device according to claim 5,
The two thumbnails can be switched by a simple operation. Therefore, by arranging the thumbnails freely, the operator can effectively compare and display a plurality of moving images at the same time in parallel reproduction.

In the image reproducing apparatus according to the sixth and seventh aspects,
You can rearrange thumbnails freely. Therefore, by rearranging the thumbnails freely, the operator can reproduce and display a plurality of moving images so that the moving images can be compared more clearly. In this way, in the image reproducing apparatus to which the present invention is applied, a plurality of moving images can be reproduced reliably and accurately in parallel at the same timing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a principle block diagram of the invention according to claim 3;

FIG. 3 is a principle block diagram of the invention according to claim 4;

FIG. 4 is a principle block diagram of the invention according to claims 6 and 7;

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a parallel reproduction routine.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a thumbnail display screen.

FIG. 18 is a functional block diagram of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 display means 2 selection means 3 reproduction means 4 array display means 5 reproduction information storage means 6 screen operation means 21 main body 22 magneto-optical recording medium 23, 23a, 23b data access section 24, 24a, 24b data compression / decompression section 25, 25a, 25b Frame memory 26 Display image creation unit 27 Liquid crystal display unit 28 Touch panel 29 Touch panel input unit 30 Control unit 31 Microprocessor 32 Camera unit 33 Shooting lens 34 Image sensor 35 A / D conversion unit 36 Signal processing unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A display means for displaying, on a screen, a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to each of a plurality of moving images recorded on a recording medium, the display means comprising: Selecting means for selecting a plurality of thumbnails to be displayed; and reproducing means for starting reproduction of moving images corresponding to each of the plurality of thumbnails selected by the selecting means at the same timing in response to an external reproducing operation. And an array display unit for displaying a plurality of moving images reproduced by the reproduction unit in an array on one screen. 2. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the array display unit is configured to:
An image reproducing apparatus characterized by changing a display area of moving images arranged and displayed. 3. The reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, for a plurality of moving images reproduced by the reproduction unit, identification information for identifying the plurality of moving images is stored. An image characterized by comprising a storage unit, wherein the reproduction unit reproduces a plurality of moving images corresponding to the identification information in parallel according to a call operation of the identification information stored in the reproduction information storage unit. Playback device. 4. The image reproduction device according to claim 3, wherein the reproduction information storage unit stores a reproduction state indicating how each of the plurality of moving images was reproduced last time, in addition to the identification information. An image reproducing apparatus, wherein the reproducing unit reproduces a reproduction state stored in the reproduction information storage unit for each of the plurality of moving images in response to the call operation. 5. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured to: when two thumbnails are selected by the selection unit, display positions of the two thumbnails. An image reproducing apparatus, wherein 6. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a screen operation unit that receives an operation on the screen, wherein the display unit is received by the screen operation unit. The thumbnail corresponding to the start point position of the operation is moved to the end point position of the operation, and when the end point position is between the two thumbnails on the screen, the thumbnail to be moved and displayed is displayed as the thumbnail.
An image reproducing apparatus which displays between two thumbnails and rearranges the order of the thumbnails on the screen. 7. The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the operation on the screen is a drag-and-drop operation.