# US 2014/0153897 A1 · Display apparatus and control method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153897 A1 - Document ID: US20140153897A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/094,213 - Filed: 2013-12-02 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hiroshi Hosoe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153897A1 ## CPC - G11B 27/005: {Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording (for television signals H04N5/783)} - H04N 5/772: {the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure} - H04N 9/87: Regeneration of colour television signals (H04N9/80 takes precedence) - H04N 23/667: Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes - H04N 5/76: Television signal recording - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A display apparatus including a display unit, adapted to playback a sequence of images, comprises: a detection configured to detect an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; a control unit configured to control the display unit to pause playback of the sequence of images, if the detected attitude of the display apparatus is not substantially aligned with the orientation of an image to be displayed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus including a display unit, arranged to playback a sequence of images, comprising: a detection unit configured to detect an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; a control unit configured to control the display unit to pause playback of the sequence of images, if the detected attitude of the display apparatus is not substantially aligned with the orientation of an image to be displayed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the display unit, so that an image to be displayed is oriented according to the attitude detected by the detection unit and the orientation obtained of the image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the orientation of the image to be displayed is determined based on information included with the image indicating the attitude of an image pickup apparatus upon capturing the image. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if after pausing of the playback of the sequence of images, the detection unit detects a change in attitude of the display apparatus to be substantially aligned with the orientation of an image to be displayed, the control unit controls the display unit to resume playback of said sequence of images. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the orientation of the current image to be displayed coincides with the orientation of the preceding image displayed, and the attitude of the display apparatus at the time of the playback of the preceding image is the same as the attitude detected by the detection unit when playing back the current image, the control unit is adapted to control playback of the current image without pausing following the playback of the preceding image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information of the orientation comprises information representing a top and/or bottom direction of the image. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) An apparatus according to claim 1, further arranged to display an orientation icon indicating the orientation of an image when displaying the image in the paused playback state. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display apparatus comprises an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup unit. ### Claim 9 A control method of a display apparatus including a display unit adapted to playback a sequence of images, comprising: a detection step of detecting an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; a control step of controlling said display unit to pause playback of said sequence of images, if the detected attitude of the display apparatus is not substantially aligned with the orientation of an image to be displayed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as each unit of a display apparatus of claim 1. ### Claim 11 A display apparatus including a display unit arranged to playback a sequence of images, comprising: a detection unit that detects an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; and a control unit adapted to control said display unit to play back a second image continuously following playback of a first image, if the orientation of the first image corresponds with the orientation of the second image, and to pause playback of the second image if the orientation of the first image does not correspond with the orientation of the second image. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said control unit is adapted to control said display unit to play back a second image without pausing following playback of a first image, if the attitude of the display apparatus at the time of the playback of the first image is the same as the attitude detected by the detection unit when playing back the second image. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the orientation of the second image is determined based on information included with the image indicating the attitude of an image pickup apparatus upon capturing the image. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the information of the orientation comprises information representing a top and/or bottom direction of the image. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) An apparatus according to claim 11, further arranged to display an orientation icon indicating the orientation of an image when displaying the image in the paused playback state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the display apparatus comprises an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup unit. ### Claim 17 A control method of a display apparatus including a display unit, comprising: a detection step of detecting an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; and a control step of controlling to play back a second image without pausing following playback of a first image, if the orientation of the first image corresponds with the orientation of the second image, and to pause playback of the second image if the orientation of the first image does not correspond with the orientation of the second image. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as each unit of a display apparatus of claim 11. ### Claim 19 A display apparatus including a display unit, arranged to playback an image sequence, comprising: a detection unit that detects an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; an obtaining unit that obtains information of a time of length of the image sequence to be played back; and a control unit adapted to control said display to play back the image sequence to be oriented irrespectively of the attitude detected by the detection unit if the time of length of the image sequence obtained by the obtaining unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined time, and to rotate the image sequence in accordance with the attitude detected by the detection unit and display the image sequence on the display unit if the time of length of the image sequence obtained by the obtaining unit is less than the predetermined time. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the obtaining unit further obtains information of an orientation of the image sequence, and if the time of length of the image sequence obtained by the obtaining unit is less than the predetermined time, the control unit is adapted to rotate the image sequence in accordance with a relationship between the information of the orientation and the attitude detected by the detection unit. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein if the time of length of the image sequence is less than the predetermined time, the control unit is adapted not to rotate the image sequence even if the attitude detected by the detection unit changes while the image sequence is displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein if the time of length of the image sequence is less than the predetermined time, the apparatus is adapted to display to a user a prompt not to change the attitude of the display apparatus and/or the display unit. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) An apparatus according to claim 20, wherein when the time of length of the image sequence is greater than or equal to the predetermined time, and the attitude detected by the detection unit does not correspond with the information of the orientation of the image sequence, the apparatus is adapted to display to a user a prompt to change the attitude of the display apparatus and/or the display unit. ### Claim 24 A control method of playback of an image sequence on a display apparatus including a display unit, comprising: a detection step of detecting an attitude of the display apparatus or the display unit; an obtaining step of obtaining information of a time of length of the image sequence to be played back; and a control step of controlling to play back, on the display unit, the image sequence to be oriented irrespectively of the attitude detected in the detection step if the time of length of the image sequence obtained in the obtaining step is greater than or equal to a predetermined time, and to rotate the image sequence in accordance with the attitude detected in the detection step and display the image sequence on the display unit if the time of length of the image sequence obtained in the obtaining step is less than the predetermined time. ### Claim 25 (depends on 19) A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as each unit of a display apparatus of claim 19.