Patent ID: 8292711

Claim:
A moving picture processing device comprising: an overall-moving-picture memory into which an overall-moving-picture data item for use in playing an overall moving picture is written, the overall moving picture occupying an image area comprising a plurality of sectional areas that do not overlap each other, the overall moving picture having a playing time and comprising a plurality of sectional moving pictures each having a playing time that is the same as the playing time of the overall moving picture, the sectional moving pictures being located at the sectional areas, respectively; a moving-picture player for playing the overall moving picture using the overall-moving-picture data item written into the overall-moving-picture memory; a location data memory into which a location data item is written, the location data item describing locations of the plurality of sectional moving pictures within the overall moving picture, the location data item describing a correlation between the plurality of sectional areas and the plurality of sectional moving pictures; a selection acceptor for accepting selection of at least one sectional area from among sectional areas by a user; a sectional-moving-picture determiner for determining, among the plurality of sectional moving pictures, a sectional moving picture correlated to the sectional area accepted by the selection accepter on the basis of the location data item written into the location data memory; and an information outputter for outputting information in accordance with the sectional moving picture determined by the sectional-moving-picture determiner.