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US 2003/0169288 A1Published application
Representative image generating apparatus
OwnerTakeshi Misawainventor
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Abstract
Playback time (display time) of an image represented by an image file contained in a folder is measured image by image, and folder icons (representative images) are generated using the images having the longest playback times. Since folder icons are created using images that the user considers important, merely observing a folder icon makes it possible for the user to grasp the content of images of a plurality of frames represented by the image files contained in the folder identified by this folder icon.
Claims5
An apparatus for generating a representative image, comprising:
- a playback-time measurement device for measuring playback times of a plurality of frames of images represented by image files contained in a folder;
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- a representative image data generating device for generating representative image data, which stands for the plurality of frames of images represented by the image files contained in the folder, based upon an image file that corresponds to the longest playback time among the playback times of the plurality of frames of images measured by said playback-time measurement device.
An apparatus for generating a representative image, comprising:
- a counting device for counting numbers-of-times of playback for a plurality of frames of images represented by image files contained in a folder;
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- a representative image data generating device for generating representative image data, which stands for the plurality of frames of images represented by the image files contained in the folder, based upon an image file that corresponds to the largest-number-of times of playback among the numbers-of-times of playback of the plurality of frames of images counted by said counting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.