Video display for displaying a series of representative images for video

摘要

A video display apparatus for displaying a catalog of one or more candidate video items for replay, each video item being represented in the catalog by a catalog entry having at least one displayed representative image comprises a user control device operable to resize a displayed catalog entry by a select-and-drag operation; and means responsive to a resizing of a catalog entry to select a number of distinct representative images, for display in respect of that video item, so that the number displayed increases with increasing size of the catalog entry while the display size of each representative image stays substantially constant with respect to changes in the catalog entry size.

主权项

1. A video display apparatus for displaying a plurality of video clips for replay, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to display in a window the plurality of video clips, each of the plurality of video clips corresponding to a different piece of video material and being represented in the window by an image, and to display in the window a first image representing a first video clip of the plurality of video clips, display, within the window, in response to a select-and-drag operation of the first image, a box that surrounds the first image, wherein dimensions of the box are configured to be varied by a drag operation of the select-and-drag operation of the first image, and add one or more additional images representing temporally different keyframe images of a same first video clip as the first image, in response to a change in the dimensions of the box, which is within the window and which surrounds the first image representing the first video clip of the plurality of video clips displayed in the window, each additional image being a predetermined constant size and being revealed as the dimensions of the box, which is within the window and which surrounds the first image, change to accommodate the respective additional image.