Moving image reproducing apparatus and control method of moving image reproducing apparatus

A moving image reproducing apparatus capable of displaying a plurality of moving images at the same time in a manner of picture-in-picture display in which a main picture and a sub picture are superimposed, the apparatus comprising:

• a setting unit that selects a detection method of high light scenes of the images displayed respectively in the main picture and the sub picture from among a plurality of detection methods to set a plurality of selected detection methods as the detection methods of the high light scenes of the respective main picture and sub picture, the setting unit being arranged to set a degree of importance for high light scene detection to each of the plurality of detection methods set to the respective main picture and sub picture;
• an informing unit that informs a viewer of occurrence of a high light scene if the image displayed in the sub picture is the high light scene;
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• a control unit that if the image displayed in the main picture is the high light scene and at the same time the image displayed in the sub picture is the high light scene, compares a degree of importance set to the detection method which is set to the main picture and detects the image displayed in the main picture as the high light scene, with a degree of importance set to the detection method which is set to the sub picture and detects the image displayed in the sub picture as the high light scene, and controls the informing unit not to inform the occurrence of the high light scene if the degree of importance corresponding to the main picture is higher than the degree of importance corresponding to the sub picture.

A control method of a moving image reproducing apparatus capable of displaying a plurality of moving images at the same time in a manner of picture-in-picture display in which a main picture and a sub picture are superimposed, the method comprising the steps of:

• detecting a high light scene from images displayed respectively in the main picture and the sub picture;
• setting whether to execute the detecting of the high light scene from the images displayed respectively in the main picture and the sub picture or not;
• informing a viewer of occurrence of the high light scene if the image displayed in the sub picture is the high light scene;
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• controlling the informing step not to inform the occurrence of the high light scene if the image displayed in the main picture is the high light scene and at the same time, the image displayed in the sub picture is the high light scene in a case where the setting step sets detection of the high light scenes from the images displayed respectively in the main picture and the sub picture.

A control method of a moving image reproducing apparatus capable of displaying a plurality of moving images at the same time in a manner of picture-in-picture display in which a main picture and a sub picture are superimposed, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting a detection method of a high light scenes of the images displayed respectively in the main picture and the sub picture from among a plurality of detection methods to set a plurality of selected detection methods as the detection methods of the high light scenes of the respective main picture and sub picture, the setting step being arranged to set a degree of importance for high light scene detection to each of the plurality of detection methods set to the respective main picture and sub picture;
• informing a viewer of occurrence of a high light scene if the image displayed in the sub picture becomes the high light scene;
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• if the image displayed in the main picture is the high light scene and at the same time the image displayed in the sub picture is the high light scene, comparing a degree of importance set to the detection method which is set to the main picture and detects the image displayed in the main picture as the high light scene, with a degree of importance set to the detection method which is set to the sub picture and detects the image displayed in the sub picture as the high light scene, and controlling the forming step not to inform the occurrence of the high light scene if the degree of importance corresponding to the main picture is higher than the degree of importance corresponding to the sub picture.