Abstract: Program information can be obtained quickly and accurately. An area X1 on which date and day are displayed is disposed at the left end of a screen and an area X2 in which time is displayed is disposed adjacent to the area X1 in the right-hand side. An area Y in which title of program, etc., are displayed is disposed adjacent to the area X2 in the right-hand side. An area Z in which genre is displayed is disposed adjacent to the area Y in the right-hand side. Information displayed on the respective areas are sequentially arranged in the longitudinal direction. A user can select information of a desired program by moving cursors 100X1, 100X2, 100Y, 100Z of the respective areas.

Abstract: A reception apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal which is transmitted from a transmitting side and which includes personalized information comprising data representing information about specific programs targeted for a specific viewer. The reception apparatus comprises: an extraction unit for extracting the data representing the information about the specific programs from the broadcast signal received; and a display unit for displaying the information about the specific programs on the basis of the data representing the information about the specific programs.

Abstract: There is provided a television system wherein a plurality of VTRs are connected to a television set so that they are capable of the recording, display and the like of a channel which is not incorporated in a given VTR using one of tuners in the other VTRs and a or the television set. A table listing the tuners and channels incorporated in the television set and VTRs connected thereto is created, and the switching, recording and display of a channel of the television set is performed based on the table. By mapping channels which can be actually used, the usable channels can be quickly selected and picked up.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for inputting coordinate information in which a relative coordinate mode and an absolute coordinate mode is automatically switched depending on a contact area. If a tablet is operated with a finger or a pen, a detection circuit detects the contact area. If the contact area is greater than a predefined threshold value, a signal corresponding to the relative coordinates of the point P at which the finger or the pen is contact with the tablet is output. If the contact area is equal to or smaller than the predefined threshold value, a signal corresponding to the absolute coordinates of the point P is output. The above output signal is supplied to a transmission module. The transmission module performs frequency modulation on the received signal and transmits the resultant signal via a transmission antenna. There are also provided buttons used for clicking operations.

Abstract: A TV system includes at least one VTR and a TV set. The VTR is operated on the basis of a predetermined control signal fed from one TV set connected thereto. The TV set includes: a timer for counting a time; an S-RAM for storing information of a time basis operation of each VTR connected to the TV set; a CPU for generating the predetermined control signal on the basis of the time information from the timer and the information of the time basis operation; and cables for feeding the predetermined control signal to each designated VTR.