Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080250457 | RECORDING CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A recording control apparatus for controlling execution of recording in a recording apparatus, comprising, a channel selection acceptance unit configured to accept a channel selection from a user, a display controller to control a display unit to display program data which is selected among received program data via broadcast signal and is corresponding to the accepted channel selection, an obtaining unit configured to obtain reserve-recording information to be executed, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the program displayed on the display unit corresponds to a program according to the reserve-recording information, wherein when the determination unit determines that the program displayed on the display unit corresponds to a program according to the reserve-recording information, the display controller controls the display unit to display a query screen to inquire of the user whether to erase recorded data corresponding to the reserve-recording information in the recording apparatus. | 10-09-2008 |
20090070849 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - A broadcast receiving apparatus determines whether a broadcast signal that is being played back and that includes print information is a broadcast signal that is being broadcasted or a broadcast signal that is played back by a recording apparatus. The broadcast receiving apparatus also determines whether the print information included in the broadcast signal that is being played back includes acquisition instructing information instructing acquisition of a print content item transmitted from an external server. If it is determined that the print information included in the broadcast signal that is being played back includes the acquisition instructing information and the broadcast signal that is being played back is played back by the recording apparatus, the broadcast receiving apparatus notifies a user that a print content item which the print information included in the broadcast signal that is being played back intended to acquire during broadcasting cannot possibly be acquired. | 03-12-2009 |
20100005391 | ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS, ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND ACCESS CONTROL PROGRAM - Additional information indicating photographic conditions for a received image signal is compared with additional information indicating photographic conditions for an access target image signal. If the both conditions satisfy a predetermined relationship, an access to the access target image signal is permitted. | 01-07-2010 |
20100125870 | CONTENT PLAYER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A content player which receives a broadcast content and an information content and plays back a video image concerning a content, comprises a channel selection unit configured to select a channel to view the broadcast content; an acquisition unit configured to acquire location information of an information content corresponding to the broadcast content on the channel selected by the channel selection unit; a detection unit configured to detect that the broadcast content on the selected channel has been viewed starting halfway; a determination unit configured to, if the detection unit has detected that the broadcast content has been viewed starting halfway, determine whether to notify that it is possible to view, from the beginning, the broadcast content that has been viewed starting halfway; and a notification unit configured to generate a notification image for notification when the determination unit has determined to notify. | 05-20-2010 |
20100195148 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER CONTROL METHOD - A print control unit | 08-05-2010 |
20100202763 | VIDEO RECORDING AND PLAYING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - A video recording and playing apparatus for recording and playing a broadcast program, according to the present invention, the apparatus comprises a recording unit to record broadcast programs on a storage unit, and a deletion unit to automatically delete a broadcast program recorded on the storage unit. The deletion unit determines, from among a plurality of broadcast programs recorded on the storage unit, a broadcast program which becomes a target of deletion, based on an audio signal or a rating of each broadcast program, in cases where a video recording capacity of the storage unit becomes smaller than a predetermined value. | 08-12-2010 |
20100309224 | IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY - An image displaying method of displaying an image selected from images stored in an image storing apparatus onto a display has the step of displaying the image selected from the images stored in the image storing apparatus into a partial area on the display based on a relative positional relation between the image storing apparatus and the display. | 12-09-2010 |
20130016306 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUSAANM Ohno; TomoyukiAACI Zama-shiAACO JPAAGP Ohno; Tomoyuki Zama-shi JPAANM Takayanagi; DaisukeAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Takayanagi; Daisuke Kawasaki-shi JP - Disclosed is a backlight apparatus of an image display apparatus capable of changing an position of a screen; the backlight apparatus comprising a plurality of light sources which are provided for a plurality of light source blocks and for which light emission can be controlled independently in relation to each of the light source blocks; a storage unit which stores data to be used in order to determine a driving signal for the light source, the data being determined so that a luminance of each of the light source blocks is included within a predetermined allowable range with respect to a target luminance in relation to each of the positions of the screen; an acquiring unit which acquires the position of the screen; and a control unit which determines the driving signal for the light source by using the data corresponding to the position of the screen. | 01-17-2013 |
20130181612 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A light emitting apparatus having a plurality of light sources comprises a brightness sensor; a first malfunction detecting unit configured to detect any malfunction of each of the light sources; a second malfunction detecting unit configured to detect any malfunction of the brightness sensor; a storage unit configured to store a target value of a detected value of the brightness of each of the light sources; and a control unit configured to determine a light emission control value of each of the light sources so as to decrease a difference between the target value and the detected value of the brightness of each of the light sources; wherein the control unit allows the light emission control value to be set to a fixed value if the malfunction of at least any one of the light source and the brightness sensor is detected. | 07-18-2013 |
20140085360 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus comprises: a display unit configured to display an image; a light emission unit configured to be capable of individually controlling light emission for each of a plurality of divided regions; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each divided region, a characteristic value of the image displayed on each of the divided regions; and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls light emission of the light emission unit such that: in a moving image region, in which only a moving image is displayed, among the plurality of divided regions, light is emitted at brightness based on a characteristic value of the moving image region; and in a mixed region, in which both of the moving image and a still image are displayed, among the plurality of divided regions, light is emitted at predetermined brightness. | 03-27-2014 |