Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080229207 | Content Presentation System - There is provided a function for continuously viewing a content, which has been viewed using a viewing device, by using another viewing device. In a slave content presentation device, a user's viewing operation log is acquired for each content, and in a master content presentation device, this operation log is received as an input to generate information indicative of which portion of which content has not been viewed yet. Based on this information, a user can select the content, the viewing of which has not been finished, and view the remaining unviewed portion. | 09-18-2008 |
20090025032 | ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE DISPLAY METHOD - In the present invention, a remote control input analyzing part ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090051825 | VIDEO/AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE AND EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONTROL APPARATUS - The invention provides an external speaker control apparatus for causing only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus. The external speaker control apparatus includes a microcomputer for detecting the change of the power supply of an amplifier from an off state to an on state and a HDMI/CEC communication unit for outputting an instruction requesting output of information which indicates the audio output mode to the video and audio output apparatus while at the same time receiving the information indicating the audio output mode from the video and audio output apparatus in the case where the microcomputer detects the change of the power supply from an off state to an on state, wherein the microcomputer controls the output of the audio from the external speaker based on the information indicating the audio output mode. | 02-26-2009 |
20090070812 | PROGRAM TABLE GENERATOR, TELEVISION BROADCAST RECEIVER, AND PROGRAM TABLE GENERATION METHOD - A program table generator | 03-12-2009 |
20090103886 | SAME SCENE DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING PROGRAM - A same scene detecting apparatus includes comparison video storing unit that stores video and audio, video comparing unit that detects same scenes having same contents, and loop detecting unit that detects repeated appearance of the same scenes. With this configuration, when a user watches video and audio including same scenes or video and audio in which same scenes appear repeatedly, by detecting a loop, portions which are not overlapped can be selectively presented to the user. | 04-23-2009 |
20090119418 | CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROLLED DEVICE - The invention provides a control device and a controlled device capable of reducing a management burden on a manufacturer by means of an easy-to-use method. A TV is a control device which controls a DVD recorder, including: a device ID acquisition unit which requests the DVD recorder to transmit a device ID, and receives the device ID from the DVD recorder; a device ID determination unit which determines whether or not the device ID is an initial value; a device ID generation unit which generates a new device ID in the case where the device ID is determined to be the initial value; a device ID update unit which requests the DVD recorder to update to the new device ID; a device ID/attribute information storing unit which stores the new device ID as the device ID of the DVD recorder; and a connected device control unit which controls the DVD recorder by using the device ID stored in the device ID/attribute information storing unit. | 05-07-2009 |
20090141170 | VIDEO/AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE AND EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONTROL APPARATUS - The invention provides an external speaker control apparatus for causing only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus. The external speaker control apparatus includes a microcomputer for detecting the change of the power supply of an amplifier from an off state to an on state and a HDMI/CEC communication unit for outputting an instruction requesting output of information which indicates the audio output mode to the video and audio output apparatus while at the same time receiving the information indicating the audio output mode from the video and audio output apparatus in the case where the microcomputer detects the change of the power supply from an off state to an on state, wherein the microcomputer controls the output of the audio from the external speaker based on the information indicating the audio output mode. | 06-04-2009 |
20090262256 | VIDEO/SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE AND EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONTROL DEVICE - A television set includes: an internal speaker which outputs sound; a memory which holds information; a remote controller receiver which receives an instruction from the outside of the television set; a microcomputer which causes, based on a mode specifying instruction for specifying a sound output mode received by the remote controller receiver, the memory to hold any one of (a) information that indicates a first sound output mode in which sound is outputted from the internal speaker and (b) information that indicates a second sound output mode in which sound is outputted from an external speaker that is a speaker outside the television set; and an HDMI/CEC communication unit which outputs the information that indicates the sound output mode and that is held by the memory, to an amplifier which controls to operate or not operate the speaker outside the television set. | 10-22-2009 |
20090268620 | COMMUNICATION CONNECTING METHOD, COMMUNICATION CONNECTING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - A user is prompted to turn on power supply of a device to be connected with a screen. When it is detected that the power supply is turned on, the screen is displayed for confirming a user whether the device whose power supply is turned on should be connected or not. Thus, connection is carried out. With such a method, a communication connection method capable of selecting a device to be connected reliably is provided. | 10-29-2009 |
20100165200 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - When a right picture plus button or a left picture plus button is pressed in a one-picture mode, a picture mode shifts to a two-picture mode. Focus is set in a right picture as the right picture plus button is pressed and the right picture is increased in size as the right picture plus button is pressed. The focus is set in a left picture as the left picture plus button is pressed and the left picture is increased in size as the left picture plus button is pressed. When the right picture plus button or the left picture plus button is pressed in a state where the size of the right picture or the left picture is its maximum, the picture mode shifts to the one-picture mode. When a sound volume plus button is pressed in a state where the focus exists in the right picture, sound corresponding to the right picture is output from a speaker. When the sound volume plus button is pressed in a state where the focus exists in the left picture, sound corresponding to the left picture is output from the speaker. | 07-01-2010 |
20100186047 | PROGRAM RESERVATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM RESERVING METHOD - In a receiving device, a receiver receives extended program information. A user selects a program to be reserved by a selection operation using an operation input unit. An extended reservation manager causes an instruction receiver to transmit an extended reservation instruction based on an extended program identifier for identifying the selected program. In a recording device, a receiver receives program data, mapping information, and program information. The instruction receiver receives the extended reservation instruction transmitted from the receiver. An extended reservation executer acquires an extended program identifier from the received extended reservation instruction and acquires a program identifier corresponding to the extended program identifier on the basis of the mapping information, to store a program reservation on the basis of the program identifier. A program recorder/reproducer records and/or reproduces the program data in accordance with the stored program reservation. The extended reservation instruction is configured so as not to be recognized as a reservation instruction by a recording/reproducing appliance that is not adapted to the extended program information. | 07-22-2010 |
20100191533 | CHARACTER INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE - The text information presentation device calculates an optimum readout speed on the basis of the content of text information being input, its arriving time, and its previous arriving time; speech-synthesizes text information being input, at the readout speed calculated; and outputs it as an audio signal, or alternatively controls the speed at which a video signal is output according to an output state of the speech synthesizing unit. | 07-29-2010 |
20100199309 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - A program table includes a time axis indicating broadcast schedule time of programs, a date axis provided to cross the time axis to indicate the broadcast schedule days of the programs, and a plurality of program display sections provided to extend along the time axis for individual dates along the date axis. At least one program frame showing information about a program is displayed in any of the plurality of program display sections. The areas of the plurality of program display sections displayed on the screen are moved along the time axis on the basis of an operation of an operation device. In the movement, when the areas of the plurality of program display sections displayed on the screen include the ends of the program display sections of the individual dates and the beginnings of the program display sections of the next dates, the ends of the program display sections of the individual dates and the beginnings of the program display sections of the next dates are displayed continuously in the same program display sections. | 08-05-2010 |
20100205633 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - This display apparatus includes a receiver that receives a broadcast signal and extracts program scheduling information from the received broadcast signal, a program table generator that generates a program table in a selected time zone selected by a user, on the basis of the program scheduling information extracted by the receiver, a display that displays the program table generated by the program table generator, and a controller that controls the program table generator. The program table displayed in the display includes a time axis indicating broadcast schedule time and a program display section that displays program frames indicating information about broadcast-scheduled programs along the time axis. On the basis of the program scheduling information, program frames indicating broadcast-scheduled programs firmly scheduled in the selected time zone are displayed as first program frames in the program display section. On the basis of the program scheduling information, a determination is made as to whether there is an empty display region where no first program frame is present in the program display section. When there is an empty display region, a program frame indicating a broadcast-scheduled program firmly scheduled in a time zone out of the selected time zone is displayed as a second program frame in the empty display region. | 08-12-2010 |
20110285921 | VIDEO/SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE AND EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONTROL DEVICE - A television set includes: an internal speaker which outputs sound; a memory which holds information; a remote controller receiver which receives an instruction from the outside of the television set; a microcomputer which causes, based on a mode specifying instruction for specifying a sound output mode received by the remote controller receiver, the memory to hold any one of (a) information that indicates a first sound output mode in which sound is outputted from the internal speaker and (b) information that indicates a second sound output mode in which sound is outputted from an external speaker that is a speaker outside the television set; and an HDMI/CEC communication unit which outputs the information that indicates the sound output mode and that is held by the memory, to an amplifier which controls to operate or not operate the speaker outside the television set. | 11-24-2011 |
20110310308 | VIDEO/AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE AND EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONTROL APPARATUS - An external speaker control apparatus causes only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus. The external speaker control apparatus includes a microcomputer for detecting the change of the power supply of an amplifier from an off state to an on state and a HDMI/CEC communication unit or outputting an instruction requesting output of information which indicates the audio output mode to the video and audio output apparatus while at the same time receiving the information indicating the audio detects the change of the power supply from an off state to an on state, wherein the microcomputer controls the output of the audio from the external speaker according to the information indicating the audio output mode. | 12-22-2011 |
20140240472 | 3D SUBTITLE PROCESS DEVICE AND 3D SUBTITLE PROCESS METHOD - A 3D subtitle process device causes a 3D display device to three-dimensionally display subtitles each indicated in corresponding subtitle data, including the following units. A setting control unit controls subtitle display setting regarding a subtitle display method performed by the 3D display device. A depth correction unit corrects at least one depth information included in corresponding subtitle data, so that a subtitle that starts display earlier among the subtitles is three-dimensionally displayed to appear deeper, when the subtitle display setting instructs a change of the subtitle display method and subtitles each indicated in corresponding subtitle data are to be displayed temporally overlapping on a screen. A subtitle drawing unit generates a 3D subtitle image from the pieces of the subtitle data in which at least one depth information has been corrected, so as to cause the 3D display device to three-dimensionally display the subtitles. | 08-28-2014 |
20150023589 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD - The image recording device includes: an image information obtaining unit obtaining a first image of the object viewed from a first viewpoint, a second image of the object viewed from a second viewpoint, and viewpoint positions each for one of the viewpoints; a depth information generating unit generating depth information items each indicating a depth of the object included in the first and second images; an image generating unit generating a third image and a viewpoint position of the third image, using the depth information items, the first image, and the second image, the third image being of the object viewed from a third viewpoint different from the first and second viewpoints; and a recording unit recording on the image file the first, second and third images in association with the viewpoint positions each for one of the first, second, and third images. | 01-22-2015 |