Patent ID: 9734865
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to play back a sequence of images on the display unit; a detection unit configured to detect an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; an obtaining unit configured to obtain orientation information whether an image to be displayed is a landscape image or a portrait image; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to, in either one of a case where the attitude detected by the detection unit is horizontally-oriented and the orientation information obtained by the obtaining unit indicates that the image to be displayed is the portrait image, and a case where the attitude detected by the detection unit is vertically-oriented and the orientation information obtained by the obtaining unit indicates that the image to be displayed is the landscape image, pause playback of the sequence of images and display said sequence of images in a reduced state against when said sequence of images is not rotated and in a rotated state according to the attitude detected by the detection unit, and display an item to start playback of said sequence of images, even when playback of the sequence of images is started, wherein the control unit is configured to start playback of said sequence of images in the rotated and the reduced state when the s operated.