Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090037472 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a control method for an information processing apparatus includes acquiring metadata in which one or more pieces of meta-information including an address attribute required to download the multimedia data file from a program site are written by using a built-in communication circuit in a main body, detecting a recording format of each multimedia data file written in each piece of meta-information written in the metadata, judging whether the multimedia data file written in each piece of meta-information written in the metadata is reproducible by the reproducing unit based on a recording format detection result, deleting the meta-information having the multimedia data file determined to be unreproducible written therein from the metadata to generate new metadata, and displaying a list of the multimedia data files written in the meta-information included in the new metadata in the display unit. | 02-05-2009 |
20090082889 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND STORAGE METHOD - According to one embodiment, a storage apparatus comprises storage devices, a first selection module configured to select a first storage device in accordance with selection made by a user, a determination module configured to determine whether or not the first storage device can store data, a second selection module configured to select a second storage device when the determination module determines that the first storage device cannot store data, and a storage control module configured to store data in the first storage device when the determination module determines that the first storage device can store data, and to store data in the second storage device when the determination module determines that the first storage device cannot store data. | 03-26-2009 |
20090089212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTENT LIST DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a communication module configured to communicate through a network with a content server which provides contents and a license server which manages license information of the contents provided by the content server, an inquiry module configured to inquire of the license server permission to acquire a content provided by the content server via the communication module, and a display module configured to display a list of the contents provided by the content server in accordance with a result of inquiry made by the inquiry module. | 04-02-2009 |
20090160792 | PORTABLE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a portable device includes a casing, a display contained in the casing and having a first side in proximity to a position of the casing which is held by a user with a hand, a plurality of icons displayed on the display, a touch panel which is provided over the display and by which the icons are operated, and a sensor which is provided in the casing and senses the position held by the user. The icons are arranged in a first area defined by an arc of a circle about a first corner as a center located at a lower end of the first side, and chords extending between the arc and the first corner. | 06-25-2009 |
20090210424 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an authentication apparatus comprises a storage module configured to store permission information unique to a type of an apparatus which is permitted to access a database, a reception module configured to receive a data-acquisition request from a terminal apparatus, a check module configured to check unique information to a type of the terminal apparatus contained in the data-acquisition request with the permission information stored in the storage module, an access permitting module configured to permit the terminal apparatus to access the database when the unique information coincides with the permission information as a result of check performed by the check module. | 08-20-2009 |
20090276068 | MUSIC DATA TRANSFER METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - One embodiment of invention is useful when updating data of a database which is configured to take in data through a network, has a part to be updated, and takes in information of media stored in a local storage, and characterized by that a result of retrieval is outputted with additional information of an updated date/time of information updated by connecting to a network, and the output result is informed. | 11-05-2009 |
20100058312 | Content Data Providing System, Content Providing Apparatus and Content Data Processing Terminal - According to one embodiment, making an account management server manage also a user ID in the recording medium in a way, which transfers a firmware update toll of a set-top box (STB) terminal by using a recording medium such as a Secure Digital card as a medium, associates a medium and an account with each other. When loading the recording medium in the STB terminal, the STB terminal also associates an STB property with the account management server as account management data. Thereby, when loading a recording medium the next time, the update tool is automatically downloaded to the recording medium if a firmware function update tool is provided. If the recording medium is shared with a plurality of STB terminals, all of necessary firmware tools for the STB terminals are downloaded to the recording medium. | 03-04-2010 |
20100166189 | Key Management Apparatus and Key Management Method - According to one embodiment, a key management apparatus comprises a decrypting module configured to read a first media unique key and an encrypted content key corresponding to a selected content from a first information storage medium and to decrypt the encrypted content key with the first media unique key in order to obtain a content key in a plain version, an encryption module configured to read a second media unique key from a second information storage medium and to encrypt the content key in the plain version with the second media unique key in order to obtain an encrypted content key for the second medium, and a write module configured to write the encrypted content key for the second medium to a user data area of the second medium. | 07-01-2010 |
20110245947 | MUSIC DATA TRANSFER METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - One embodiment of invention is useful when updating data of a database which is configured to take in data through a network, has a part to be updated, and takes in information of media stored in a local storage, and characterized by that a result of retrieval is outputted with additional information of an updated date/time of information updated by connecting to a network, and the output result is informed. | 10-06-2011 |
20110296491 | ACCOUNT SERVER AND NETWORK ACCESS METHOD USING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an account server includes a first communication module, a second communication module, a database, and a controller. The first communication module receives a logon request from an electronic device, and establishes a session with the device. The second communication module obtains data from a service site connected to a network. The database associatively stores data for identifying electronic devices, data for identifying and accessing service sites, and names of services. The controller receives a service name from an electronic device which is established a session, obtains data from a service site by using data for identifying and accessing the site, and sends the data to the electronic device which is established a session. | 12-01-2011 |
20120027385 | PROGRAM RECORDER, PROGRAM RECORDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDED PROGRAM MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a recording management system including, a retaining module configured to independently retain, information on a program recorded by a first recorder and information on a program recorded by a second recorder independent of the first recorder, a list creating module configured to create a combined recorded program list, the combined recorded program list including a combination of the information on the program recorded by the first recorder and the information on the program recorded by the second recorder that are retained by the retaining module, and a managing module configured to create a list of the programs reproducible by a reproducer from the combined recorded program list retained by the list creating module in response to a request from the reproducer for the list of the programs reproducible by this reproducer, the managing module sending back the generated reproducible program list to the reproducer. | 02-02-2012 |
20120159309 | PICTURE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PICTURE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a picture display apparatus includes: a web page acquiring section configured to acquire a web page; a focus-display section configured to split the web page into a plurality of areas and configured to focus-display one of the split areas on a picture display section; and a navigation display section configured to display a navigation on the picture display section indicating where the focus-displayed split-area is located on the web page. | 06-21-2012 |
20130050443 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer detector that acquires position information of a viewer from video photographed by a camera, a viewer selector that selects, when a plurality of the viewers are present, a viewer considered to have the highest viewing desire out of the plural viewers taking into account the current time of day and/or information concerning a program being viewed, a viewing area information calculator that calculates, using position information of the selected viewer, a control parameter for setting a viewing area in which the selected viewer is set, a viewing area controller that controls the viewing area according to the control parameter, a display that displays plural parallax images that the viewer present in the viewing area can observe as a stereoscopic video, and an apertural area controller that outputs the plural parallax images displayed on the display in a predetermined direction. | 02-28-2013 |
20130050449 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer detector that performs face recognition using a video photographed by a camera and acquires position information of a viewer, a correction amount calculator that calculates a correction amount for compensating for an error of the position information involved in deviation of an attaching position of the camera, a position information corrector that corrects the position information using the correction amount calculated by the correction amount calculator, a viewing area information calculator that calculates, using the position information corrected by the position information corrector, a control parameter for setting a viewing area in which the viewer is set, and a viewing area controller that controls the viewing area according to the control parameter. | 02-28-2013 |
20130113899 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing device has a viewer detector to recognize a face of a viewer using a video shot by a camera in order to acquire position information of the viewer, a subscreen display controller to superimpose a live video shot by the camera on a part of a display screen of a display device as a subscreen, a viewing area frame display controller to display, in the live video in the subscreen, a viewing area frame representing a viewing position where the viewer is viewable a stereoscopic video, and a face frame display controller to display a first face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is viewable when the viewer is located within the frame, and to display a second face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is not viewable when the viewer is located outside the frame. | 05-09-2013 |
20130147929 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a video processing device includes a test pattern controller configured to output a test pattern to a display capable of displaying stereoscopically. The test pattern is indicative of whether a viewer is substantially at a center of a viewing area in which a video is viewed stereoscopically. The test pattern includes first to sixth parallax images corresponding to respective first to sixth viewing points arranged in a horizontal direction. The third parallax image and the fourth parallax image include a first mark The first parallax image and the sixth parallax image include a second mark different from the first mark. The second parallax image and the fifth parallax image include neither the first mark nor second mark. | 06-13-2013 |
20140314337 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - In an image display method, when image editing is performed for image data of a captured still image by an image editing program, file data of the edited image data is transmitted from a personal computer for performing the image editing to a television. After the file data of the edited image is received by a television, the file data of the edited image data is decoded by a decoder, and a still image generated by decoding is displayed on a screen of the television. | 10-23-2014 |
20150039993 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display, a recognition controller, a converter, a browser and a display processor. The recognition controller is configured to analyze broadcast video comprising a two-dimensional code and to recognize the two-dimensional code. The converter is configured to convert the recognized two-dimensional code into address information. The browser is configured to access a web page indicated by the address information and to display the web page on a browser screen. The display processor is configured to display a screen of the broadcast video and the browser screen on the display at the same time. | 02-05-2015 |