Patent ID: 8472778
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video player for playing back and displaying a moving image, the video player including a processor and comprising: a moving-image playback and display section executed by the video player and configured for playing back to display the moving image on the basis of video data representing the moving image including a display object for which an action is defined; a selection acceptance section executed by the video player and configured for accepting from a user a selection of the display object included in the moving image being played back and displayed by the moving-image playback and display section using a cursor displayed on the moving image and capable of being moved; an action execution section executed by the video player and configured for executing the action defined for the display object the selection of which is accepted by the selection acceptance section; a selection support section executed by the video player and including a selection-operation occurrence prediction section configured for detecting an occurrence of a selection preparatory operation as a move operation of the cursor by the user, wherein when the selection-operation occurrence prediction section detects the occurrence of the selection preparatory operation, a playback-speed control section changes a playback speed of the moving image to a playback speed of displaying the moving image by slow display or pause display, and content description information of a display object in the moving image whose description type matches a type set by the user in advance is displayed; a display-object detection section executed by the video player and configured for detecting an appearance of the display object in the moving image whose description type matches a type set by the user in advance, wherein in response to the display-object detection section detecting the appearance, the playback-speed control section changes a playback speed of the moving image to a playback speed of displaying the moving image by slow display or pause display; and a receiver configured for receiving the video data as a broadcast, wherein the moving-image playback and display section plays back and displays the moving image on the basis of the video data being received by the receiver in real time with the reception of the video data, and when the playback-speed control section of the selection support section changes a playback speed of the moving image to a playback speed of displaying the moving image by slow display or pause display, the playback-speed control section starts recording for time-shift playback of the video data being received by the receiver, terminates playback of the moving image at a playback speed of displaying the moving image by slow display or pause display at a predetermined time, and starts time-shift playback of the moving image using video data recorded at the playback position at which playback was terminated; wherein the playback-speed control section of the selection support section automatically causes the moving-image playback and display section to perform the time-shift playback at a playback speed such that the moving image is displayed at a faster than normal speed until reaching a playback position at the current time, at which the moving image is played back in real time with the reception of the video data.