Patent ID: 8019195
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A moving image playback apparatus comprising: a playback unit constructed to play back a moving image one scene at a time in a moving image playback area; a thumbnail image sequence display unit constructed to display, at the same time as the playback of the moving image by said playback unit, a plurality of thumbnail images respectively corresponding to a plurality of consecutive scenes of the moving image in a thumbnail image area; a playback control unit constructed to control said playback unit to start the playback from a scene corresponding to a thumbnail image in the thumbnail image area that is designated; a scroll unit constructed to scroll the thumbnail image area in synchronism with the playback of the moving image by said playback unit such that the plurality of thumbnail images includes a thumbnail image corresponding to the scene which is being displayed in the moving image playback area; an inhibition unit constructed to inhibit the execution of said scroll unit while a cursor falls within a predetermined area in which a thumbnail image can be designated; a restart control unit constructed to, when the cursor goes out of the predetermined area, restart the execution of said scroll unit; and a symbol display unit constructed to display a symbol that points to the thumbnail image in the thumbnail image area which corresponds to the scene being displayed in the moving image playback area, wherein said symbol display unit changes a display form of the symbol while the execution of said scroll unit is inhibited by said inhibition unit.