Patent ID: 11909985
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. An electronic device connected to an external storage device storing a plurality of multimedia files, the electronic device comprising:
a memory configured to store a plurality of video thumbnail files respectively corresponding to the plurality of multimedia files;
a first decoder configured to decode all frames configuring a single video thumbnail file from among the plurality of video thumbnail files and output a first decoded file;
a second decoder configured to decode sample frames sampled from the plurality of video thumbnail files and output a second decoded file;
a user input module configured to output a selection signal;
a controller configured to read the plurality of video thumbnail files from the memory, to control the first decoder to generate the first decoded file based on a selected video thumbnail file selected from the plurality of video thumbnail files based on the selection signal, control the second decoder to output the second decoded file, and process the first decoded file and the second decoded file; and
a display device configured to display still thumbnail images and a video thumbnail image based on the first and second decoded files processed by the controller.