Patent ID: 8418063
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A content creation aiding device for aiding the creation of content in which a display area taken from a plurality of images that are subject to display is moved according to a scenario file, which includes a list of respective frame parameters for a plurality of key frames that are to be displayed at specific points in time to show the movement of the display area, and where the frame parameters of each of the key frames include at least one of: x-direction offset, y-direction offset, magnification, and rotation, the device comprising: a storage device configured to store a link configuration file and data for the plurality of images subject to display, the link configuration file being provided to: (i) define a switch from a first of the images being displayed to a second of the images to be displayed when movement of the display area reaches a specified linked area within the first image, and (ii) associate the specified linked area within the first image with a specified linked area of the second image, such that after the switch, the display area is moved starting at the specified linked area of the of the second image; a request acknowledging unit configured to receive frame parameters of a plurality of user specified key frames serving as a starting point for determining the plurality of key frames of the scenario file; a key frame interpolation unit configured to insert a plurality of continuous key frames between the user-specified key frames to define the movement of the display area to the linked area of the first image, and to additionally insert a boundary key frame between the continuous key frames that represents a boundary for switching between the first and second images; and a scenario file output unit configured to create the scenario file that describes the frame parameters corresponding to the user specified key frames, the inserted continuous key frames, and the boundary key frame, and to output the created file.