KR20150142746A - Video play apparatus with search bar including event image and non-event image and operation method thereof - Google Patents

Video play apparatus with search bar including event image and non-event image and operation method thereof Download PDF

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KR20150142746A
KR20150142746A KR1020140070669A KR20140070669A KR20150142746A KR 20150142746 A KR20150142746 A KR 20150142746A KR 1020140070669 A KR1020140070669 A KR 1020140070669A KR 20140070669 A KR20140070669 A KR 20140070669A KR 20150142746 A KR20150142746 A KR 20150142746A
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Abstract

Disclosed is an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image according to an embodiment of the present invention and an operation method thereof. Wherein the image reproduction apparatus determines at least one event image to be provided to a user based on event information of multimedia contents to be reproduced in a main image region, A control unit for generating a search bar including at least a part of the information and the event information; And an image output unit for displaying the image reproduced in the main image area and the search bar, and the event information includes at least one of identification information of an event, location of the event, content of the event, Of the refresh rate.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a video playback apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image, and a method of operating the same. [0002]

The present invention relates to an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image, and an operation method thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to an image reproducing apparatus, And an operation method thereof.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional multimedia content playback method. As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the multimedia contents to be reproduced are displayed to the user through the playback screen, and the navigation bar positioned at the bottom of the playback screen may be positioned. The user can change the playback position of the multimedia content being played back to a desired position by moving the current position identifier in the search bar to a desired position. However, according to this conventional method, a considerable inconvenience occurs in quickly searching for a desired reproduction position to change the reproduction position.

In order to solve such a conventional problem, a method of forming a thumbnail composed of an image extracted in a predetermined time unit in a search bar as shown in Fig. 1 (b) has been proposed. However, according to the navigation bar of the thumbnail method, it is difficult to grasp the situation or the image related to the content of each image constituting the thumbnail before reproducing the multimedia contents because only the image divided into predetermined time units is displayed to the user. .

Particularly, when the multimedia contents are sports game images, since highlight images relating to the main contents of the game and the game information are individually provided, in order to view the main scene of the game, the game information is checked first, There is an inconvenience to see.

Accordingly, there is a demand for an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image that can solve such a problem, and an operation method thereof.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an image display apparatus and a display method therefor, which can provide an event-based thumbnail search through a search bar composed of an event image and non- Reproducing apparatus and an operation method thereof.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image. Wherein the image reproduction apparatus determines at least one event image to be provided to a user based on event information of multimedia contents to be reproduced in a main image region, A control unit for generating a search bar including at least a part of the information and the event information; And an image output unit for displaying the image reproduced in the main image area and the search bar, and the event information includes at least one of identification information of an event, location of the event, content of the event, Of the refresh rate.

Preferably, the multimedia content is a sports competition image, and the event information may be generated based on a competition record of the sports.

Preferably, the controller determines at least one non-event image from the multimedia content according to a predetermined time interval, and outputs image information of the non-event image to at least a part of the search image area As shown in FIG.

Preferably, the event image and the non-event image determined by the control unit may be images within a search start time or a search end time of the search bar.

Preferably, the event image determined by the control unit is a predetermined priority determined by a search magnification based on the total playback time of the multimedia content, the search start time of the search bar, and the search end time Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > value. ≪ / RTI >

Also, preferably, the priority value of the event may be changeable according to a change in the refresh rate of at least one user for the event image.

Also, preferably, the predetermined time interval may be determined based on a total playback time of the multimedia content, a search start time of the search bar, and a search magnification based on the search end time.

Also, preferably, the controller may reproduce the event image in the search image area.

The control unit may further include a user input unit for receiving a user input for one of the at least one search image area, wherein the control unit displays the event image corresponding to the search image area indicated by the input, The multimedia content may be reproduced in the main image area from the reproduction position of the non-event image.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an operation method of an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image. The method includes: determining at least one event image to be provided to a user based on predetermined event information about multimedia contents to be played back in a main image area; Generating a search bar including at least a part of the event information and image information of the event image disposed in at least one search image area; And displaying the search bar, wherein the event information may include at least one of identification information of an event, a location of the event, a content of the event, a priority value of the event, and a refresh rate of the event have.

Preferably, the multimedia content is a sports competition image, and the event information may be generated based on a competition record of the sports.

Preferably, the method further comprises determining at least one non-event image from the multimedia content according to a predetermined time interval, wherein the step of generating the search bar comprises: And arranging the image information in at least a part of the search image area.

In addition, preferably, the event image and the non-event image may be images within a search start time or a search end time of the search bar.

Preferably, the event image includes a priority value of a predetermined priority value or more determined by a search magnification based on a total playback time of the multimedia content, the search start time of the search bar, and the search end time .

Also, preferably, the priority value of the event may be changeable according to a change in the refresh rate of at least one user for the event image.

Also, preferably, the predetermined time interval may be determined based on a total playback time of the multimedia content, a search start time of the search bar, and a search magnification based on the search end time.

In addition, the method may further include reproducing the event image in the search image area.

Also, preferably, the method further comprises: receiving a user's input for one of the at least one search image region; And reproducing the multimedia contents in the main image area from a reproduction position of the event image or the non-event image corresponding to the search image area indicated by the input.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing a method of operating an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image.

According to the present invention, not only image information according to time intervals is provided, but thumbnail search is provided through a search bar composed of an event image and a non-event image, thereby facilitating searching and grasping of main contents among multimedia contents .

Also, according to the present invention, event information about an event image and the like can be provided together so that information on the main contents of the multimedia contents can be easily grasped only by the navigation bar, and a desired location for playback can be easily searched.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems which are not mentioned can be understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional multimedia content playback method.
FIG. 2 illustrates an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates an operation method of an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary image playback apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 illustrates an example of event information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary video playback apparatus having a search bar including an event video and a non-event video according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 7 illustrates an example of a search bar in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. In addition, embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto and can be variously modified by those skilled in the art.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" . Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

It should be understood that any reference to an element using assignments such as "first", "second", etc., generally does not limit the number or order of such elements. Rather, these assignments can be used herein as a convenient way of distinguishing between two or more elements or instances of an element. Thus, references to the first and second elements do not imply that only two elements can be used there, or that the first element must precede the second element in a certain way.

A video playback apparatus having a search bar including an event video and a non-event video according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal capable of playing multimedia contents, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a laptop computer, a smart phone, a netbook, a mobile Internet device (MID), an ultra mobile PC (UMPC), a tablet personal computer (PC), a navigation device, a MP3 And a smart TV (TeleVision). However, by way of example, the image reproducing apparatus can be variously utilized according to the embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 illustrates an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the image reproducing apparatus 200 includes a control unit 210, an image output unit 220, an audio output unit 230, a memory unit 240, a user input unit 260, and a communication unit 250. [ . ≪ / RTI >

The control unit 210 controls the overall operation of each component of the image reproducing apparatus 200. Specifically, the control unit 210 can play multimedia contents such as moving pictures in a main video area or a search video area. For this, the controller 210 may perform various voice and / or image processing processes on the multimedia contents, and may transmit the processed multimedia contents to the video output unit 220 and / or the audio output unit 230 To the user. Here, the type of the voice and / or image processing process performed by the controller 210 is not limited. For example, decoding, de-interlacing, scaling, And the like.

In addition, the control unit 210 can generate a search bar by extracting at least one piece of image information included in the image and arranging it in the search image area. The extracted image information may include at least one of image information of an event image and image information of a non-event image. In particular, in order to extract the image information of the event image, the control unit 210 may determine the event image based on the event information of the multimedia contents stored in the memory unit 240, and extract the image information included in the determined event image . In order to extract the image information of the non-event image, the controller 210 determines a non-event image from the multimedia content according to a predetermined time interval determined by, for example, a search magnification, It is possible to extract image information included in the image. Here, the search magnification can be determined at the entire playback time of the multimedia content, the search start time of the search bar, and the search end time, and thus the time interval for extracting the image information can be changed if the search magnification is changed. In order to determine the event image and / or the non-event image and to extract the image information included in the image, the control unit 210 sets the search range (i.e., the range of the search start time to the search end time) and / Rank values can be considered. Specifically, the control unit 210 may determine an event image and a non-event image within a search range by a search bar, extract image information included in the image, and / or the control unit 210 may determine Image information of an event image having a priority value greater than or equal to a predetermined priority value determined by the priority information.

In addition, the controller 210 may further arrange information on event information, non-event information, and / or search bar in the search bar. Here, the event information includes identification information of an event, location of an event, content of an event, priority value of an event, frequency of reproduction of an event, and the non-event information includes information about a reproduction position of a non- And the information on the search bar may include information on the search range, information on the search magnification, information on the entire time line, and the like.

In addition, the controller 210 can reproduce the event image in the search image area. That is, the multimedia contents corresponding to the event image can be reproduced not only in the main image area but also in the search image area. The multimedia contents reproduced in the search image area may be related to at least some reproduction time of the entire reproduction time of the event image. In particular, an image reproduced even in a search image area is limited to an event image, thereby being distinguishable from a non-event image.

In addition, the controller 210 may change the playback position of the multimedia content to be played back in the main video area based on user input for at least a part of the search video area. That is, the control unit 210 can reproduce the multimedia contents in the main video area from the playback position (or playback start time) of the event or non-event video in the search main video area indicated by the input.

In addition, the control unit 210 can change the search range, the search magnification, and the like of the search bar based on the user's input to the search bar. According to the change to the search bar, the image information of the search image area displayed in the search bar can also be changed.

The image output unit 220 may receive various image information received from the control unit 210 and visually provide the image information to the user. Here, the information provided by the video output unit 220 may be, for example, information related to multimedia contents, a search bar, and the like, which are reproduced by the control unit 210. The image output unit 220 may include a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), Organic Light Emitting Diodes (AMOLED), Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED), flexible displays, 3D displays, and the like Can be implemented.

The voice output unit 230 may receive various voice information from the control unit 210 and provide the voice information to the user. Here, the voice signal received from the control unit 210 is a result of image processing of various multimedia contents, and may be, for example, output of voice accompanying reproduction of multimedia contents. The voice output unit 230 may be implemented by a speaker or the like, but it is for exemplary purposes only and various voice output techniques may be applied according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

The memory unit 240 stores signals or data input / output corresponding to the operations of the video output unit 220, the audio output, the user input unit 260, and / or the communication unit 250 under the control of the control unit 210 . In addition, the memory unit 240 may store control programs and applications for controlling the image reproducing apparatus 200 or the control unit 210. In addition, the memory 240 may store multimedia contents corresponding to a playback object, and the storage may be performed using a wired (e.g., USB connection) or wireless (e.g., streaming) communication Lt; / RTI > The memory unit 240 may further include event information on the multimedia contents. Here, the event information may include the identification information of the event, the occurrence position (i.e., the playback range) of the event, the content of the event, the priority value of the event, The priority value is related to the priority between the event images. For example, only an event image having a priority value equal to or higher than a predetermined priority value determined by the search magnification may be provided to the user. Where the priority value of the event may be fixed or variable. For example, the refresh rate of at least one user for an event image may be summed and the priority value may accordingly be changed.

The memory unit 240 may be a hard disk drive (HDD), a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), an electrically erasable and programmable read only memory (EEPROM) flash memory, CF (Compact Flash) card, SD (Secure Digital) card, SM (Smart Media) card, MMC (Multimedia) card or Memory Stick And may be provided inside the video reproducing apparatus 200 or may be provided in a separate apparatus.

The user input unit 260 may sense a user input related to the operation of the image reproducing apparatus 200 and may transmit the sensed input to the controller 210. The user's input sensed by the user input unit 260 may include, for example, a user input relating to image reproduction, a user input regarding a search range or a search magnification, and the like.

The user input unit 260 may be implemented as various sensors capable of sensing a user's input, such as a touch sensor, a motion recognition sensor, a vision recognition sensor, a position recognition sensor, and a voice recognition sensor. However, it is to be understood that the user input unit 260 may be embodied as various sensors for sensing user input according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

The communication unit 250 may be connected to an external device (e.g., a terminal, a server, etc.) through communication with the image reproducing apparatus 200 under the control of the controller 210. [ For example, the communication unit 250 communicates multimedia contents (e.g., moving pictures) corresponding to a playback object, codecs necessary for image processing of multimedia contents, and information on the playback frequency of an event image .

The communication unit 250 may be a communication unit such as a LAN, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), a Long Term Evolution (LTE), a Wireless Broadband Internet (WiBro) , Wireless Fidelity (NFC), Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, and infrared communication. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various kinds of wired and wireless communication technologies applicable to the related art may be used according to the embodiments to which the present invention is applied.

A more detailed description of the operation of the video reproducing apparatus 200 of FIG. 2 will be given later with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.

2, the control unit 210, the video output unit 220, the audio output unit 230, the memory unit 240, the user input unit 260, and the communication unit 250 are connected by a plurality of physical devices And may be implemented by a single physical device. For example, each of the control unit 210, the video output unit 220, the audio output unit 230, the memory unit 240, the user input unit 260, and the communication unit 250 may be variously used, Methods can be used.

FIG. 3 illustrates an operation method of an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The method 300 includes determining an event image (S310); Determining a non-event image (operation S320); A step of generating a search bar (step S330); And displaying a search bar (step S340).

In step S310, the control unit 210 may determine an event image of the multimedia contents. In operation S310, when the control unit 210 provides the multimedia contents to the user through the video output unit 220 and / or the audio output unit 230, . Here, the event information may include at least one of the identification information of the event, the occurrence position (i.e., the playback range) of the event, the content of the event, the priority value of the event, In one embodiment, step S310 may be performed based on the priority value of the event information. That is, the event image determined by the control unit 210 has a priority value equal to or higher than a predetermined priority value determined by the search magnification based on the total reproduction time of the multimedia contents, the search start time of the search bar, Event image.

In step S320, the controller 210 may determine a non-event image of the multimedia contents. Step S320 may be performed at predetermined time intervals from the multimedia contents. In one embodiment, the time interval may be determined based on the total playback time of the multimedia content, the search start time of the search bar, and the search magnification based on the search end time. Accordingly, when the search magnification is changed, the time interval is changed, and the non-event image determined in step S320 can also be changed.

According to the embodiment, steps S310 and S320 may be based on the search range of the search bar. That is, the event image and the non-event image determined in steps S310 and S320 may be images within the search start time or search end time of the search bar.

In step S330, the control unit 210 may generate a search bar. Here, the search bar generated by the control unit 210 includes at least one search image area, and image information of an event image and / or a non-event image may be arranged in at least a part of each search image area. The image information may be arranged in the search image area in time order according to the reproduction position of each image.

In one embodiment, the search bar generated in step S330 may further include at least one of event information, non-event information, and information related to the search bar. Here, the non-event information includes information on the playback position of the non-event image, and the information on the search bar may include information on the search range, information on the search magnification, information on the entire time line, .

In step S340, the image output unit 220 may display the search bar generated in step S330.

In one embodiment, the method 300 may further include the step of the controller 210 changing the priority value in the event information. That is, the priority value of each event image can be changed according to the refresh rate of at least one user for the event image, and accordingly, the communication unit 250 shares information about the refresh rate by the user with another user, The control unit 210 may change the priority value in the event information according to the accumulated value of the refresh rate of at least one user.

In one embodiment, the method 300 may further include the step of the controller 210 reproducing the event image within the search image region. The event image in the search image area is reproduced separately from the multimedia contents reproduced in the main image area, thereby allowing the user to more clearly grasp the contents of each event. In addition, by allowing only the event image to be reproduced rather than the non-event image, the user can more intuitively distinguish the event image and the non-event image.

In one embodiment, the method 300 includes the steps of the user input 260 receiving input of a user for one of at least one search image region; And the controller 210 may reproduce the multimedia contents in the main image area from the reproduction position of the event image or the non-event image corresponding to the search image area indicated by the input.

In one embodiment, the method 300 includes the steps of the user input 260 receiving user input to a search bar; And the control unit 210 may change the search range according to the input. If the search range is changed, steps S310 to S340 of the method 300 may be performed again according to the changed search range.

FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary image playback apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the screen 400 may include a main image area 410 in which multimedia contents to be reproduced are displayed, and a search bar 420 provided at the bottom of the screen.

Here, the search bar 420 is composed of at least one search image area 430, and image information of an event image and / or a non-event image is displayed in each of the search image areas 430 to form a thumbnail .

In addition, the search bar 420 may further include information related to the image information displayed in the search image area 430 (i.e., event information, non-event information, and the like). The information may be time information or the like. Particularly, when the image reproduced in the main image area is a sports game image, the information may be character information, score information, time information, information on the progress of the game, and the like. The information may be located in any area within the search bar 420.

In addition, the search bar 420 may further include information regarding the search range of the search bar 420, the search magnification, the entire time line, and the like. Here, the search range relates to the selection range of the image included in the search bar 420, and may be determined by the search start time and the search end time. For example, although not shown in FIG. 4, The search start time may be displayed on the left end and the search end time may be displayed on the right end. The search magnification may be determined as a ratio of the search range to the total playback time of the multimedia content, and the entire time line may indicate the playback range (or time) or the playback progress of the entire multimedia content.

The screen 400 of the image reproducing apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 4 is illustrative, and various configurations can be applied according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. For example, the search bar 420 may be located at a location other than the bottom of the screen, and the information associated with the image information may also be located at another location.

5 illustrates an example of event information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 5, if the multimedia content is related to a sporting event video, the event information can be selected based on a sporting event record.

Referring to FIG. 5 (a), when the baseball game ends, records are recorded regarding scores, hits, home runs, and stolen points of both teams. These records are illustrative, and in addition to the records shown in Fig. 5 (a), the record of the game contents can also be made for each athlete. On the basis of such a game record, it is possible to define a meaningful game content that affects the game record as an event.

5B, the event information includes at least one of a location where an event occurs or a playback range (i.e., start time and end time), a main player of the event, the content of the event, a priority value of the event, . ≪ / RTI > For example, in case of Event 2, this OO player refers to an event in which a player hits, and the related image can be reproduced within the range of 15:32 to 15:34. If the playback range of Event 2 is included in the search range, event 2 can be displayed in the navigation bar. Also, event 2 has a priority value of 2, and event 2 can be displayed in the navigation bar only if the priority value determined by the search magnification is 2 or more, as will be described in more detail below. Event 2 also has a refresh rate of 230. The refresh rate is a sum of refresh rates of at least one user. If the refresh rate is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the priority value of event 2 may increase.

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary video playback apparatus having a search bar including an event video and a non-event video according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the screen 600 may include a main image area 610 in which multimedia contents to be reproduced are displayed, and a search bar 620 provided at the bottom of the screen. The search bar 620 includes at least one search image area 630 and image information of an event image and / or a non-event image is displayed in each of the search image areas 630 to form a thumbnail have. Here, the event image and the non-event image are images within the search range of the search bar. Specifically, the event image is information on a main event such as out, score, etc. based on the event information, The image may be an image determined at a predetermined time interval.

In addition, the navigation bar 620 may display event notification, non-event information, information related to the search bar, and the like. As shown in the figure, the information includes information on the character of the event image (hands OO, Kim OO, etc.), score information (3: 2, 4: 3, Etc.). Although not shown in FIG. 6, information such as time information, search range of the search bar (i.e., search start time, search end time) can be displayed in the search bar.

The screen 600 of the image reproducing apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 6 is illustrative, and various configurations can be applied according to the embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 7 illustrates an example of a search bar in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7 (a), the search range of the search bar may correspond to the total playback time of the multimedia contents to be played in the main video area. The image information of the non-event image is displayed in the search image area and the image information of the event-image is displayed in the search image area at the first time interval within the search range. Here, the event image displayed in the search image area may be for an event having a priority value equal to or higher than the first priority value.

FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating the search range of the search bar in FIG. 7A (ie, enlarging the search magnification). As shown in FIG. 7B, in the search bar, The image information of the non-event image is displayed in the search image area. Also, in the search bar, the image information of the event-image is displayed in the search image area, and the event image may be for an event having a priority value of a second priority value lower than the first priority value.

FIG. 7C shows the search range of the search bar of FIG. 7B is reduced (that is, the search magnification is enlarged). As shown in FIG. 7B, the search bar is divided into a third time interval The image information of the non-event image is displayed in the search image area. Also, in the search bar, the image information of the event-image is displayed in the search image area, and the event image may be for an event having a priority value of a third priority value lower than the second priority value.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented by hardware, firmware, middleware, microcode, software, and / or a combination thereof. For example, various embodiments may include one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays ), Processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions set forth herein, or a combination thereof.

Also, various embodiments may be stored or encoded in a computer-readable medium including instructions. The instructions stored or encoded in the computer-readable medium may cause a programmable processor or other processor to perform the method, for example, when the instructions are executed. The computer-readable medium includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. The storage medium may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage media, magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, Or any other medium that can be used to carry or store data in the form of data structures.

Such hardware, software, firmware, etc. may be implemented within the same device or within separate devices to support the various operations and functions described herein. Additionally, components, units, modules, components, etc. described in the present invention as "parts" may be implemented separately or together as separate but interoperable logic devices. The description of different features for modules, units, etc. is intended to emphasize different functional embodiments and does not necessarily imply that they must be implemented by individual hardware or software components. Rather, the functionality associated with one or more modules or units may be performed by separate hardware or software components, or may be incorporated within common or separate hardware or software components.

Although acts in a particular order are shown in the figures, it should be understood that these acts are performed in the specific order shown, or in a sequential order, or that all illustrated acts need to be performed to achieve the desired result . In any environment, multi-tasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the division of various components in the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such a distinction in all embodiments, and the components described may generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products It should be understood.

As described above, an optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specification. Although specific terms have been employed herein, they are used for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

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1. An operation method of an image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image,
Determining at least one event image to be provided to a user based on predetermined event information about multimedia contents to be reproduced in a main image area;
Generating a search bar including at least a part of the event information and image information of the event image disposed in at least one search image area; And
And displaying the search bar,
Wherein the event information includes at least one of identification information of an event, a location of the event, a content of the event, a priority value of the event, and a refresh rate of the event. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the multimedia content is a sports competition video, and the event information is generated based on a competition record of the sports. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising determining at least one non-event image from the multimedia content according to a predetermined time interval,
Wherein generating the search bar further comprises placing image information of the non-event image in at least a portion of the search image region. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the event image and the non-event image are within a search start time or a search end time of the search bar. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the event image is a video having a priority value greater than or equal to a predetermined priority value determined by a search magnification based on a total playback time of the multimedia content, the search start time of the search bar, . 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the priority value of the event is changeable according to a change in the refresh rate of at least one user for the event image. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the predetermined time interval is determined to a search magnification based on a total playback time of the multimedia content, the search start time of the search bar, and the search end time. The method according to claim 1,
And reproducing the event image in the search image region. The method of claim 3,
Receiving an input of a user for one of the at least one search image region; And
Reproducing the multimedia content in the main video area from the reproduction position of the event image or the non-event image corresponding to the search video area indicated by the input. 10. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9. An image reproducing apparatus having a search bar including an event image and a non-event image,
Determining at least one event image to be provided to a user on the basis of event information of multimedia contents reproduced in a main image area, and determining at least one of the image information of the event image and the event information A control unit for generating a search bar including at least a part thereof; And
An image reproduced in the main image area and an image output part displaying the search bar,
Wherein the event information includes at least one of identification information of an event, a location of the event, a content of the event, a priority value of the event, and a refresh rate of the event. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the multimedia content is a sports competition image, and the event information is generated based on a competition record of the sports. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the controller determines at least one non-event image at a predetermined time interval from the multimedia content and arranges the image information of the non-event image in at least a part of the search image area, Playback apparatus. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the event image and the non-event image determined by the controller are within a search start time or a search end time of the search bar. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the event image determined by the controller includes a priority value that is greater than or equal to a predetermined priority value determined by a search magnification based on a total reproduction time of the multimedia content, the search start time of the search bar, Wherein the image is a video having an image. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the priority value of the event is changeable according to a change in the refresh rate of at least one user with respect to the event image. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the predetermined time interval is determined as a search magnification based on a total playback time of the multimedia content, the search start time of the search bar, and the search end time. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the controller reproduces the event image in the search image area. 12. The method of claim 11,
Further comprising a user input for receiving a user input for one of the at least one search video region,
Wherein the controller reproduces the multimedia content in the main video area from a reproduction position of the event image or the non-event video corresponding to the search video area indicated by the input.
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