JP2000209541A - Moving picture reproducing device and storage medium storing moving picture reproduction program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply retrieve a desired picture in a short time among moving pictures stored as moving picture files. SOLUTION: The moving picture reproducing device reproduces a moving picture from a moving picture file stored in a storage medium 26 or the like. In the case that retrieval of a desired scene included in a moving picture is requested, a CPU 10 executes picture search processing to divide a moving picture being a processing object into a plurality of pictures, reproduces a plurality of the moving picture divisions at the same time to be displayed on a display screen of a detection section 12 that is divided into a plurality of display areas at the same time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a moving picture reproducing apparatus for reproducing a moving picture based on a moving picture file containing moving picture data, and a storage medium storing a moving picture reproducing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, moving images have been recorded on recording media such as video tapes and optical disks. In order to search for a desired scene from the moving images stored in these recording media, a scene search operation is required. As a method of scene retrieval, a method of playing back while fast-forwarding from the beginning of the moving image, or a method of predicting an approximate recording position (time from the beginning of the moving image) and playing back the image has been adopted.

Conventionally, in order to efficiently perform such a scene search, a title is provided for each moving image of a predetermined unit to display a title list, and a title selected arbitrarily from the title list is displayed. A method of reproducing a moving image from a corresponding portion is also used.

[0004] In recent years, a moving image captured by an imaging device is converted into moving image data having a predetermined data format and stored as a moving image file. If multiple movie files are stored,
By selecting a moving image file to be reproduced, a moving image can be reproduced on a display screen of a personal computer or the like based on the selected moving image file. In this case, if the file name of the moving image file is such that the contents of the moving image can be imagined, the moving image including the desired scene can be easily reproduced in the same manner as in the case where the title is provided as described above. .

[0005]

However, in the prior art, if a file name that can imagine the contents of a moving image is given, a moving image including a desired scene can be selected as a reproduction target, but all moving images can be selected. Assigning a special file name to each file is extremely burdensome. Conventionally, when a special file name is not given, for example, a serial number is used as a file name, so a moving image file including a desired scene from a plurality of moving image files can be used as a playback target from a file name based on the serial number. Difficult to choose.

Further, even if a file name that can imagine the contents of a moving image is given, if one moving image is long, a scene search as described above is performed to search for a desired scene from the long moving image. Operation is required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a moving image reproducing apparatus capable of easily and quickly searching for a desired screen in a moving image stored as a moving image file. It is another object of the present invention to provide a storage medium storing a moving image reproducing program.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a moving picture reproducing apparatus for reproducing a moving picture based on a moving picture file, comprising: dividing means for dividing the data of the moving picture file into a plurality of pieces; And reproducing means for simultaneously reproducing and displaying each of the plurality of data of the plurality of moving image files in a plurality of display areas on a display screen.

That is, a moving image based on a moving image file is simultaneously reproduced from a plurality of divided positions, and the contents can be checked at the same time. Will be

Further, the dividing means has an input means for inputting designation of a range to be divided with respect to the data of the moving image file.

That is, when recording moving picture data as a moving picture file, it is not clear to the user which position (for example, the time from the beginning of the moving picture) of the whole moving picture contains what kind of scene. Is stored, if it is possible to designate a division position at which an unnecessary part is excluded from the reproduction target in consideration of the stored position, the moving image part to be subjected to the scene search can be narrowed down. Therefore, a desired scene can be searched in a shorter time.

Further, the dividing means has a dividing number determining means for determining a dividing number based on a time required for reproducing the entire data of the moving image file.

That is, when a moving image to be searched for is short, a desired scene can be searched without having to simultaneously play back from many places. When a moving image is long, more moving images can be searched. Since the desired scene can be searched in a shorter time by simultaneously playing back from the point, the moving image can be divided by determining the number of divisions into which the moving image is divided based on the time required for reproducing the entire moving image. Is appropriate.

[0014] Further, a moving image selecting means for selecting one of a plurality of moving images displayed by the reproducing means, and a moving image selected by the moving image selecting means being returned from a selected time point. Display means for displaying in one display area.

That is, when a desired scene is confirmed from a plurality of moving images reproduced on the divided display screen, the moving image to be displayed on the full screen is changed according to an instruction given from the outside. In addition to the selection, the desired scene is confirmed on the entire display screen by, for example, displaying the time from when the desired scene is confirmed to when an instruction is given from the outside.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a personal computer for realizing a moving image reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an electronic circuit configuration of the moving image reproducing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. The main moving image reproducing apparatus (personal computer) reads programs recorded on various recording media, and the operation is controlled by the read programs.

As shown in FIG. 2, the moving picture reproducing apparatus has a CP
U10, display unit 12, tablet 14, keyboard 1
6, a communication unit 18, a CCD camera unit 20, a memory 22, and a storage device 24.

The CPU 10 controls the entire moving picture reproducing apparatus, and reproduces a moving picture according to a moving picture reproducing program stored in the memory 22 in response to a key operation signal from the keyboard 16 (to be reproduced). (Including an image search process for acquiring moving image data), and recording of a moving image by a moving image file by a moving image recording program. The CPU 10 reads the program code recorded in the storage medium 26 of the storage device 24 and
And can be executed.

The display unit 12 includes a liquid crystal display (LC)
D), a screen corresponding to execution of various functions is displayed in addition to reproduction and display of a moving image based on a moving image file. The display unit 12 can divide the display screen into a plurality of display areas and display different moving images in each of the display areas.

The tablet 14 is, for example, a display unit 12 (L
It is configured to be integrated with a display surface of a CD), and by directly pointing an object displayed by the display unit 12 with a pen or a fingertip, coordinate data of a corresponding position can be input. .

The keyboard 16 is used for inputting an instruction for defining the operation of the moving picture reproducing apparatus and various data.

The communication section 18 is a unit for communicating with external devices via a network.

The CCD camera section 20 is mounted on the apparatus main body as shown in FIG. 1, for example, and is rotatable so that the imaging direction can be arbitrarily changed. The CCD camera section 20 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 1 and may be mounted on other parts of the apparatus, or may be independently configured and connected by a cable or the like.

The memory 22 includes a system program for controlling the entire moving picture reproducing apparatus, a moving picture reproducing program for reproducing moving pictures (including image search processing), a moving picture recording program for recording moving pictures, and the like. In addition to various programs corresponding to the various functions described above, various files to be processed (moving image files and the like), various data temporarily used in accordance with the processing contents, and the like are stored as necessary and accessed by the CPU 10. You. In the image search processing for acquiring moving image data to be reproduced, data such as the number of divided reproductions, a search start position, and a search end position are temporarily stored. Specific usage of each data will be described later.

The storage device 24 has a storage medium 26 in which programs, data, etc. are recorded in advance, and this storage medium 26 is constituted by a magnetic or optical storage medium or a semiconductor memory. The storage medium 26 is fixedly provided in the storage device 24 or is detachably mounted. The program, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 26 may be received and stored from another device connected via a communication line or the like. A storage device having a storage medium may be provided on another device side, and the program and data stored in the storage medium may be used via a communication line.

The programs stored in the storage device 24 include a moving image reproducing program for reproducing a moving image (including an image search process) based on a moving image file. Each function is realized by executing each program by the CPU 10. Further, programs and data stored in the storage device 24 are read out to the memory 22 as needed and accessed by the CPU 10.

Next, the operation of the moving picture reproducing apparatus will be described.

First, recording of a moving image will be described. When an instruction to capture a moving image is input by operating the keyboard 16 or the tablet 14, the CPU
10 starts a moving image recording program and sets a state in which moving images can be recorded. That is, the CCD camera unit 20
The moving image captured by the above is converted into a predetermined data format using a moving image storage encoding method or the like, and is stored as a moving image file by the storage device 24 in the storage medium 26 or the like.

At this time, the CPU 10 receives a file name for the stored moving image file. Keyboard 1
When a character string is arbitrarily input by the operation of step 6, the CPU
Numeral 10 adds and stores a file based on the input character string to the moving image file. For example, if it is a moving image of the athletic meet, the file name will be "athletic meet"
Thus, when a moving image file to be reproduced is selected, the contents of the moving image can be imagined from the file name.

When a special file name is not input, the CPU 10 assigns a file name using a serial number to the moving image file instead. For example, for video files for which no file name was specified,
File names such as “File1,” “File2,” “File3,”... Are sequentially assigned.

In this manner, moving image files are accumulated in the storage medium 26.

As described above, a moving image file of a moving image picked up by the CCD camera unit 20 provided in the apparatus is not targeted, but an image picked up outside is stored in another storage medium 26. Of course, a moving image file of a moving image or a moving image file obtained via the communication line by the communication unit 18 can be targeted.

Next, an operation for reproducing a moving image including a desired scene based on the moving image file stored in the storage medium 26 will be described. When an instruction to reproduce a moving image is input by operating the keyboard 16 or the tablet 14, the CPU 10 activates a moving image reproducing program and executes the moving image reproduction based on the moving image file stored in the storage medium 26 or the like. Start processing for playback.

If the desired scene is included in any moving image (moving image file) and its recording position (time from the beginning of the moving image) is clearly known, the moving image file to be reproduced is By directly designating the file name and the playback position, a moving image of a desired scene portion can be played back.

That is, when a moving image file name is specified, the CPU 10 fetches the specified moving image file from the storage medium 26 and stores it in the memory 22 so that moving image data having a predetermined data format can be reproduced. The moving image data is reproduced, and the moving image is displayed on the display unit 12.

On the other hand, when it is not known which moving image (moving image file) contains the desired scene, or because the moving image file is given a file name using a serial number, the moving image content is In such a case, it is possible to efficiently search for a desired scene in a short time by the image search processing described below.

Next, an image search process for searching for a desired scene will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. In the image search process, the display screen of the display unit 12 is divided into a plurality of display areas and a plurality of moving images are displayed at the same time, so that the content of the moving image can be confirmed in a short time, and a desired scene can be displayed. Make searches faster.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of the entire image search process.

First, when the execution of the image search process is instructed, the CPU 10 executes a process for specifying a moving image file which seems to include a desired scene as a search target (step A1). In other words, if it is possible to narrow down to a certain extent a video file including a desired scene among a plurality of video files stored in the storage medium 26, the video file to be processed is specified in accordance with an instruction from the user. Identify. In addition, the number of moving images to be simultaneously reproduced in the display screen of the display unit 12, that is, the number of divisions of the display area of the display screen is set according to the number of moving image files to be processed. Basically, when the number of moving image files is large, the number of moving images to be played back simultaneously is increased to shorten the time required for searching the entire moving image. The details of the specific processing of the moving image file will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Next, the CPU 10 specifies a range of a moving image portion to be reproduced for the moving image file specified as the processing target (step A2) and sets the number of divisions for the moving image to be reproduced (step A3). Perform

That is, designation of a moving image portion to be reproduced is unnecessary when it is almost known where the recording position (time from the beginning of the moving image) containing the desired scene is in the entire moving image. This is an operation for narrowing down a moving image portion to be searched by excluding a portion that is a target for reproduction.

The setting of the number of divisions is an operation for designating the number of moving images to be reproduced simultaneously on the display screen of the display unit 12. For example, if a setting is made to divide a moving image into n parts, a moving image from each of the divided head positions is simultaneously reproduced and displayed in each of the plurality of divided display areas, so that a search for a desired scene is performed. Time one
/ N.

The details of the process of designating the range of the moving image portion to be reproduced and setting the number of divisions for the moving image portion will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

After specifying the moving image file to be processed, specifying the range of the moving image portion to be reproduced, and setting the number of divisions for the moving image, the CPU 10
In accordance with the contents of the setting, the moving image is simultaneously reproduced and displayed in each of the display areas of the display screen divided into a plurality, and a moving image including a desired scene is selected from the moving images. That is, by inputting designation of a moving image including a desired scene, a moving image to be displayed on the full screen is determined, and further, designation of a desired scene in the moving image is input, and a required image is determined. (Step A4). The CPU 10 executes a process of capturing the determined image (step A5).

For details of the image determination processing,
This will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In this manner, an image of a desired scene can be obtained from a plurality of moving image files stored in the storage medium 26.

Next, the details of the file specifying process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the CPU 10 causes the display section 12 to display a menu screen for inputting an instruction for selecting a moving image file to be processed (step B1). FIG. 7A shows an example of the menu screen. On this menu screen, a list of file names of a plurality of moving image files stored in the storage medium 26 and “all files” for specifying all moving image files as processing targets are displayed.
Button and “O” for instructing confirmation of file selection.
A "K" button is provided.

By pointing the display screen with a pen or the like with respect to this menu screen, coordinate data of the pointing position is input from the tablet 14, and from this coordinate data, an instruction is given to any area in the display screen. That is, it is determined which button or file name is the instruction to select.

For example, when the "all files" button is selected, the CPU 10 determines that all the moving image files stored in the storage medium 26 have been selected as search targets (step B2). If the number of all moving image files is, for example, “8” or less, C
The PU 10 divides the display screen of the display unit 12 into four parts, and sets so that the search is performed while displaying four moving images simultaneously (step B4). In this case, if the number of files is 5 or more, the reproduction is performed twice.

On the other hand, if the number of files exceeds “8”, the CPU 10 divides the display screen of the display unit 12 into 16 parts so that the search is performed while simultaneously displaying up to 16 moving images simultaneously. It is set (step B5).

FIG. 7B shows an example in which the display screen of the display unit 12 is divided into 16 parts. As shown in FIG. 7B, in the case of 16 divisions, the display screen is equally divided to provide 16 display areas of the same size. A moving image is displayed in each of the display areas thus provided. Note that, in this example, display by screen division is described, but each display area may be displayed in a window format.

When an arbitrary file name is designated in the file name list on the menu screen, the CPU 10
Sets the moving image file corresponding to the specified file name as a candidate for processing by, for example, highlighting the specified file name (step B6). However, in this embodiment, it is assumed that up to two moving image files can be set.

When the file names of up to two moving image files are set and the "OK" button is designated (step B)
7), the CPU 10 specifies the candidate set at that time as a moving image file to be processed.

Next, the process of specifying a range and setting the number of divisions (step A3 in FIG. 3) will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this process, the number of divisions is determined when one or two files are specified in the file specifying process. When all the files are specified, the settings in steps B4 and B5 are performed. It becomes the number of divisions.

First, the CPU 10 displays a designation screen for inputting the designation of the range of the moving image portion to be reproduced and the number of divisions for the moving image, for example, as shown in FIG. C1). A designation screen shown in FIG. 7C includes an area for inputting designation of a range of a moving image portion to be reproduced with respect to a moving image file specified as a processing target, and a moving image (moving image) to be reproduced. An item for inputting designation of the number of divisions for the image portion is provided.

For example, in FIG. 7C, as a region for specifying a range of a moving image portion to be reproduced, a band-shaped region representing the entire time required for reproducing a moving image file is to be processed. Video files, such as "File
7 ”and“ File 8 ”are provided for each of two moving image files to which file names are given.

Also, the time required to reproduce the moving image file representing the entire band-shaped area is displayed. FIG. 7 (c)
In the example shown in FIG.
In the case of the moving image file “File 8”, it takes six minutes to reproduce. As a result, the approximate recording position in the band-shaped area moving image can be easily grasped, and the range to be reproduced can be appropriately specified.

By pointing (or dragging) with respect to this band-shaped area using a pen or the like, the corresponding coordinate data is input from the tablet 14. The CPU 10 determines a portion of the moving image data corresponding to the moving image file for which the range has been specified based on the input coordinate data. FIG. 7C shows that the latter half of File 7 is specified.

As described above, the entire moving image data is not always targeted, but an arbitrary range can be designated. For example, the recording position of a desired scene can be set to “5 minutes after the start of shooting. If it is recorded as "recorded in the part after the passage of time", "recorded somewhere in the remaining 10 minutes", "is never included in the 7 minutes from the beginning and 8 minutes after the end of the moving image" By specifying a range based on this storage, a moving image portion to be searched can be narrowed down. Therefore, the search efficiency is improved as compared with the case where the video data is always reproduced from the head position.

On the other hand, in the item for specifying the number of divisions, either “specify” or “not specify” can be selected. When “specify” is selected, the number of divisions can be arbitrarily specified. You can do it. FIG.
In the example shown in (c), it is specified that the reproduced moving image is divided into four parts based on two moving image files.

When the range of the data of the moving image file is not specified on the specification screen, the CPU 10
With the range to be searched for the moving image file as the entire range, the head position of the moving image is temporarily stored in the memory 22 as the search start position, and the end position of the moving image as the search end position (Step C2)
→ C4). On the other hand, if the range is specified, the CPU
Reference numeral 10 denotes a moving image data portion to be reproduced based on the ratio of the entire designated range to the band-shaped region and the time required for reproducing the entire moving image, and searches for a head position of the moving image data portion. The start position and the final position of the moving image portion are temporarily stored in the memory 22 as the search end position (step C2 → C3).

When "specify" is selected for the number of divisions (step C5), the CPU 10 further reproduces the specified number of divisions ("4" in the example shown in FIG. 7C). The number is temporarily stored in the memory 22 (step C6).

On the other hand, when "not specified" is selected for the number of divisions (step C5), the CPU 10 calculates the number of divisions according to the time required for reproducing the moving image file to be processed as follows. This is performed (step C7), and the number of divisions obtained by the calculation is temporarily stored in the memory 22 as the number of divided reproductions (step C8).

The calculation of the number of divisions in step C7 is performed as follows.

For example, in the moving picture reproducing apparatus, FIG.
As shown in (b), it is assumed that a setting for defining the number of divisions of a moving image has been made in advance. The definition shown in FIG.
FIG. 8B shows the definition of the number of divisions when the moving image file to be processed is one file, and the definition shown in FIG. This is the definition of the number of divisions when all files or two files are specified.

In the case of one file, assuming that the time required for reproducing the entire moving image file is t, if this time t is shorter than a preset time A, the number of divisions is “4” and the time A It is defined that the number of divisions is “9” when the time is shorter than the time B and is longer than the time B, and that the number of divisions is “16” when the time is longer than the time B.
That is, a search can be performed in a shorter time for a moving image file requiring a longer time for the entire reproduction, and when the time required for the reproduction of the moving image file is relatively short, the number of divisions is reduced and the reproduction is performed simultaneously. The confirmation of the moving image to be performed is facilitated.

In the case of two files, if the time t required for reproducing the entire moving image file is shorter than a preset time C, the number of divisions is “4”, and Has a definition that the number of divisions is “16”. That is, in the case of two files, each file is divided into a plurality of files and displayed simultaneously, so that the number of divisions is simply set to “4” or “16”.

By dividing a moving image into a plurality of moving images, it is necessary to reproduce a plurality of moving images at the same time when the reproduction time of one divided moving image is shorter than a predetermined time. If it is too short, no division is performed.

The number of divisions for a moving image file is not limited to 4, 9, 16 as shown in FIG.
The number of divisions such as 5,. For example, the number of divisions that can efficiently display a plurality of moving images simultaneously is defined in accordance with the number of divisions of the display screen.

Next, the details of the image determination process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The CPU 10 determines the number of screen divisions determined in the file specification process (FIG. 4) based on the moving image file specified as the processing target (moving image portion when the range is specified). The display screen of the display unit 12 is divided into a plurality of display areas, and a moving image is reproduced and displayed on each of the display areas (step D1).

For example, when the range of a moving image portion to be reproduced is not specified for one moving image file, as shown in FIG. 9A, the moving image file is divided into the number of divided reproductions (n ) Are equally divided into n, and the respective division positions ((1), (2), (3) ...
(N)) reproducing a moving image using the moving image data from
It is displayed in the display area corresponding to each.

On the other hand, when the range of the moving image portion is designated, as shown in FIG.
Similarly, the moving image portion of B is equally divided into n according to the number of divided reproductions (n), and each divided position ((1)
(2) The moving image is reproduced using the moving image data from (3)... (N) and displayed in the corresponding display areas.

As described above, the moving image file is equally divided into n and simultaneously displayed in the display area of the display screen which is divided into a plurality of parts, so that the time required for searching for a desired scene for the target moving image file is obtained. Can be reduced to 1 / n at the maximum.

When two moving image files are to be displayed, that is, when two files are specified as search targets, or when all files are specified, FIGS. 9C and 9D As shown in (2), each of the two moving image files is equally divided (in this case, divided into two), a moving image is reproduced using moving image data from each of the divided positions, and displayed in the corresponding display areas. . That is, for the moving image file 1, (1
-1) Simultaneous reproduction is performed from the position (1-2), and the moving image file 2 is simultaneously reproduced from the positions (2-1) and (2-2).

In FIG. 10 (a), as shown in FIGS. 9 (c) and 9 (d), a moving image when two moving image files are each divided into two is reproduced and displayed on a display screen divided into four parts. An example is shown. In FIG. 10A, moving images of different moving image files are displayed in the upper two display areas and the lower two display areas.

A moving image to be displayed on the full screen can be arbitrarily selected from the screen on which a plurality of moving images are simultaneously displayed. That is, a search for a desired scene is performed by confirming the contents of a plurality of moving images reproduced and displayed at the same time, and when the display of the desired scene is confirmed, the display on the display screen where the moving image is displayed is displayed. An area can be selected by designating the area with, for example, a pen.

When the coordinate data contained in any of the display areas is input from the tablet 14 in response to an instruction with the pen or the like on the display area (step D2), the CPU 10 displays the moving image displayed in the display area corresponding to the coordinate data. The image is determined as a target for full-screen display.

Further, the CPU 10 returns a predetermined time from the reproduction position at the time of selection of the moving image determined as the target of the full screen display, and as shown in FIG. Display an image (Step D
3). That is, a desired scene can be confirmed on the full screen display by slightly returning the playback position of the moving image. The moving image on the entire display screen shown in FIG. 10B shows a case where the moving image displayed in the upper right display area of FIG. 10A is selected.

The time required to return the playback position is a time sufficient to exceed the time required for the general user to confirm the desired scene in the moving image and to complete the operation of instructing the display area using a pen or the like. Shall be secured. Further, the time for returning the reproduction position may be set arbitrarily, and full-screen display may be performed according to the set time.

As a result of checking the moving images displayed on the entire display screen in this way, if the scene is not the desired scene, the display returns to the divided screen display in which a plurality of moving images are simultaneously displayed. Then, a desired scene can be searched again. That is, if there has been no selection operation on the moving image displayed on the full screen for a certain period of time or more, or if there has been an instruction to return to a screen display that is explicitly divided into a plurality of screens, the CPU 10 performs the processing of step D1 Then, a plurality of moving images are simultaneously reproduced and displayed again.

On the other hand, when an image of a desired scene is confirmed with respect to the moving image displayed on the full screen, and an instruction to confirm the search result is input (step D4), the CPU 10
Makes the currently displayed moving image stationary and fixes the display of the image of the desired scene.

The fixed image can be stored in accordance with an arbitrary instruction input by operating the keyboard 16 and used for other processing, or can be used for a moving image including an image of the scene. It is also possible to take out the unit and output it to another personal computer or the like via the communication unit 18 (image capture processing in step A5 in FIG. 3).

As described above, a moving image based on a moving image file is simultaneously reproduced from a plurality of locations, and the contents of the moving image can be confirmed at the same time. Therefore, a desired scene included in the moving image can be searched for. Can be executed in a short time. Therefore, even when the moving image file stored in the storage medium 26 is not given a file name that can imagine the contents of the moving image, it is possible to obtain an image of a desired scene from a plurality of moving image files in a short time. , And other processing.

In the above description, the display screen of the display unit 12 is divided into a plurality of display areas, and a plurality of moving images are simultaneously displayed at the same time. By increasing the playback speed, the time required for searching for a desired scene may be reduced, or for each moving image displayed in each display area, fast forward, rewind,
Switching of moving images to be reproduced may be performed individually.

The display screen of the display unit 12 is divided into four parts,
The display area is described as being divided into any of the six divisions. However, according to the number of moving images that need to be displayed simultaneously, the display area is provided with a division number other than 4, 16 and displayed. Is also good. Further, the sizes of the display areas do not have to be the same.

[0089]

As described above, according to the moving picture reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, a moving picture to be reproduced based on a moving picture file is divided into a plurality of moving pictures, and the moving pictures are simultaneously reproduced from a plurality of divided positions. Since the contents of the moving image can be checked at the same time, a search for a desired scene for the entire moving image is performed in a short time, and a desired screen in the moving image stored as a moving image file is displayed. Searching can be performed easily and in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exemplary perspective view showing the external configuration of a personal computer that realizes a moving image reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the moving image reproducing device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the overall processing flow of an image search process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of a file specifying process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of specifying a range and setting a number of divisions.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating details of an image determination process.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a display screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of setting contents for defining the number of divisions of a moving image.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining division of a moving image.

FIG. 10 is a view showing an example of a display screen on which a moving image is reproduced.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 CPU 12 display unit 14 tablet 16 keyboard 18 communication unit 20 CCD camera unit 22 memory 24 storage device 26 storage medium

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A moving image reproducing apparatus for reproducing a moving image based on a moving image file, comprising: dividing means for dividing data of the moving image file into a plurality of data; data of a plurality of moving image files divided by the dividing means And a reproducing means for simultaneously reproducing and displaying each of the images in a plurality of display areas on a display screen. 2. The moving picture reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said dividing means has input means for inputting designation of a range to be divided with respect to the data of the moving image file. 3. The moving image according to claim 1, wherein the dividing unit includes a division number determining unit that determines a division number based on a time required for reproducing the entire data of the moving image file. Playback device. 4. A moving picture selecting means for selecting one of a plurality of moving pictures displayed by said reproducing means, and returning the moving picture selected by said moving picture selecting means from a time point selected. 2. The moving picture reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display means for displaying in one display area. 5. A storage medium having a program code readable by a computer for reproducing a moving image based on a moving image file, wherein the dividing means divides the data of the moving image file into a plurality of pieces. A moving image having a computer readable program code for causing the data of the plurality of moving image files divided by the dividing means to function as a reproducing means for simultaneously reproducing and displaying the data in a plurality of display areas on a display screen. A storage medium storing a reproduction program.