JP2006191493A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (15)

Acquisition means for acquiring image data and auxiliary information thereof;
Reproducing means for reproducing the image data and reproducing the auxiliary information corresponding to the image data being reproduced;
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The reproduction means increases or decreases the information amount of the auxiliary information to be reproduced so that the information amount of the auxiliary information to be reproduced decreases as the reproduction speed increases according to the reproduction speed of the image data. , Image playback device. The auxiliary information has a hierarchical structure in which the upper hierarchy has two or more hierarchies with less information than the lower hierarchy,
It said reproducing means includes a selection means for selecting a hierarchy to be reproduced from among the hierarchies,
The image reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects an upper layer as the reproduction speed increases. Wherein the auxiliary information is a place name data corresponding to the imaging position of the image data, characterized in that it comprises a geographical name data indicating a geographic extensively as the upper layer, the image reproducing apparatus according to claim 2. Said auxiliary information, said a date data corresponding to the photographing date of the image data, characterized in that it comprises a date and time data indicating a more temporally long period upper layer, an image reproduction according to claim 2 or 3 apparatus. Wherein the auxiliary information, the a subtitle data corresponding to the image data, characterized in that it comprises a number of characters less caption data as the upper layer, the image reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4. 6. The image reproduction apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the subtitle data in the upper hierarchy of the subtitle data is a summary of the contents of the subtitle data in the lower hierarchy. Wherein the auxiliary information, the file name or the image data of the image data is characterized in that it comprises a directory name recorded, the image reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 6. Wherein the auxiliary information is a representative image of a predetermined time interval in the image data, characterized in that it comprises a representative image at a long time interval enough information of the upper hierarchy, according to any one of claims 2 to 7 Image playback device. Wherein the auxiliary information, place information, time information, characterized in that it is layered information based on user's operation, either or information obtained by combining such basis, any of claims 2 to 8 1 The image reproducing device according to item . It said reproducing means, the reproduction speed is predetermined abruptly changed if than the degree, and characterized by increasing or decreasing the amount of information stepwise the auxiliary information after waiting for the predetermined time to image reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9. When the playback speed of the image data is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, characterized in that it further comprises switching means for switching to make playing the auxiliary information to the reproducing device, any one of claims 1 to 10 The image reproducing device described in 1. It said reproducing means, characterized in that it comprises a hierarchical information display means for indicating the auxiliary information belongs hierarchy playing, an image reproduction apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 9. Imaging means for imaging the image data;
Image recording means for recording the captured image data in a storage medium;
Auxiliary information acquisition means for acquiring the auxiliary information of the image data at the time of imaging of the image data by the imaging means;
Auxiliary information recording means for recording the auxiliary information in the storage medium;
Characterized in that it comprises an image reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12. The image according to any one of claims 1 to 13 , further comprising auxiliary information input means for receiving input of information from a user and generating or updating the auxiliary information based on the received information. Playback device. An acquisition step of acquiring image data and its auxiliary information;
Reproducing the image data and reproducing the auxiliary information corresponding to the image data being reproduced,
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The reproduction step increases or decreases the information amount of the auxiliary information to be reproduced so that the information amount of the auxiliary information to be reproduced decreases as the reproduction speed increases according to the reproduction speed of the image data. , Image playback method.