Abstract: A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of the table. Focal position information is acquired from Exif header information on image data of an image, and a location of one of the indexes in the table at which no image data is registered is searched in an ascending order of the indexes. According to the table, the images are arranged so that the focal position of each image differs from the unexposed part at the display position of the image.

Abstract: A television receiver which allows a user to view at least an image of a broadcast program, includes a first display unit adapted to display a video of a broadcast program upon selection of a first channel, a second display unit adapted to display a slide show that switches and displays images included in a first image group designated from image groups including a plurality of still images or moving images upon selection of a second channel, and an operation unit adapted to execute at least two channel selection operations including a direct channel selection as an operation for directly selecting the first channel and the second channel, and a sequential channel selection as an operation for sequentially selecting the channels, and a display mode of the slide show by the second display unit is varied in correspondence with the channel selection operation of the channel made upon starting the slide show.

Abstract: This invention implements an image display technique capable of setting a display effect and providing a more effective display which reflects a feature in an image without performing any cumbersome operation by a viewing user in a slide show of sequentially displaying digital images. An image display method of adding a special effect to a plurality of images, changing the plurality of images in time series, and sequentially displaying the plurality of images includes an input step of inputting an image, an area detection step of detecting a plurality of feature areas from the input image, a determination step of determining the content of the special effect on the basis of the detection results of the plurality of detected feature areas, and a display control step of displaying the image with the determined special effect.

Abstract: A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of the table. Focal position information is acquired from Exit header information on image data of an image, and a location of one of the indexes in the table at which no image data is registered is searched in an ascending order of the indexes. According to the table, the images are arranged so that the focal position of each image differs from the unexposed part at the display position of the image.

Abstract: A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of the table. Focal position information is acquired from Exif header information on image data of an image, and a location of one of the indexes in the table at which no image data is registered is searched in an ascending order of the indexes. According to the table, the images are arranged so that the focal position of each image differs from the unexposed part at the display position of the image.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus, the operation of which is controlled by a remote controller, designates procedure for reproducing an image signal stored on a recording medium; allocates a reproduction function corresponding to the designated reproduction procedure to the operating key of the remote controller; generates reproduction management data that includes operating key information indicating the operating key to which the reproduction function is allocated, and reproduction procedure information indicating the designated reproduction procedure; and writes the reproduction procedure management information to the recording medium.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus, the operation of which is controlled by a remote controller, designates procedure for reproducing an image signal stored on a recording medium; allocates a reproduction function corresponding to the designated reproduction procedure to the operating key of the remote controller; generates reproduction management data that includes operating key information indicating the operating key to which the reproduction function is allocated, and reproduction procedure information indicating the designated reproduction procedure; and writes the reproduction procedure management information to the recording medium.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a receiving unit for receiving television broadcasts and a communication unit for receiving streaming broadcasts via a network. A guide information producing unit produces guide information for displaying a program guide for television broadcast programs and a program guide for streaming broadcast programs on the same screen. An outputting unit outputs to a display device image data on the television broadcasts, image data on the streaming broadcasts, and the guide information.

Abstract: In a slide show, image displaying method and apparatus are provided that can automatically set a display effect suitable for a picture on the basis of information proper to individual pictures. After at least one image data is obtained, in executing a slide show of this image, characteristic areas such as faces in the image are detected, and a display effect is selected from a plurality of predetermined display effects on the basis of the number and/or size of the characteristic areas. The image is displayed while being changed in time series on the basis of this selected display effect.

Abstract: A control system includes a control apparatus and a remote control device. The control apparatus receives an operation panel from a controlled apparatus. The operation panel includes display elements used to control the controlled apparatus. The display elements include a specific display element used to control a specific function of the controlled apparatus. The remote control device has first and second operating units. The first operating unit is used to control the specific function of the controlled apparatus using the operation panel. The second operating unit is used to control the specific function of the controlled apparatus. The control apparatus receives a control signal from the remote control device, and generates one of a first command and a second command in accordance with the control signal. The first and second commands are used to control the specific function of the controlled apparatus.

Abstract: A recording control apparatus is connected to and in communication with a recording apparatus capable of recording a broadcasting video image on a storage unit and has two or more operating state levels that differ in power consumption. The recording control apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire program information about a program currently being viewed, a determination unit configured to determine a user's recording tendency level as to a program currently being viewed based on the program information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a control unit configured to issue a command to control the operating state level of the recording apparatus based on the recording tendency level determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: A recorder control apparatus which controls execution of broadcast program recording in a plurality of recorders connected thereto, comprises an acceptance unit configured to accept a request to execute broadcast program recording, an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from each recorder, reservation information related to reserved program recording to be executed by the recorder after a point at which the execution request is accepted, a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of recorders, a recorder capable of executing broadcast program recording corresponding to the execution request for a longest duration, based on the reservation information, and a request unit configured to request the recorder selected by the selection unit to execute broadcast program recording corresponding to the execution request.

Abstract: To select a recording device for recording a program in a digital television receiver to which a plurality of recorders (recording devices) are connected, control is performed to acquire image quality information about the program to be recorded and to compare the program image quality to be recorded with the recording image quality of a recording medium for each connected recording device. Based on the result of this comparison, a recorder is selected that can secondarily record the program onto a recording medium without compromising the program image quality.

Abstract: To improve ease of operation with which a user selects an image when many images are simultaneously displayed on a screen, a frame, which divides many images into 12 areas, is superimposed and displayed on a screen displaying thumbnail exhibition thereon. For example, the press of a channel key allows selecting one of the areas and moving to the selected area a focus frame indicating a candidate image for selection, and then the presses of cursor keys allow moving the focus frame to a desired image to be selected. The number of areas can be changed and displayed according to the number of channel keys when a television remote control is used, or according to the number of numeric keys when a mobile telephone is used.

Abstract: An image control apparatus is configured to input a plurality of image data associated with a plurality of image sources and to display a plurality of images on a same screen based on the plurality of image data. The image control apparatus includes an image quality determining unit configured to determine respective image qualities of the plurality of images based on a combination of image information associated with attributes of the plurality of image sources, and an image processing unit configured to process the plurality of image data to cause the plurality of images to have the respective image qualities determined by the image quality determining unit.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a design changing unit, a communication unit and a light emitting unit. The design changing unit changes a color of the background of a control panel to a color selected by a user. The control panel is stored in the electronic device, to be displayed by a controller and to be used to control the electronic device. The communication unit transmits the control panel changed by the design changing unit from the electronic device to the controller so that the electronic device is remotely controllable using the control panel changed by the design changing unit. The light emitting unit emits light of a color the same as a background color of the control panel displayed by the controller and selected by a user.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image display apparatus for displaying a plurality of images in the form of an array on a display screen. The apparatus decides display positions of a plurality of items of image data and presents an image display that is based upon image data at each of the display positions decided. If a plurality of items of moving image data have been placed in a divided area, the plurality of items of moving image data are reproduced one after another in the divided area.

Abstract: A data broadcasting receiver apparatus includes a receiver for receiving image data of the image of an object and size information relating to the object, transmitted through data broadcasting, an input unit for inputting screen information relating to a display screen of a display, a scaling unit for determining a scale factor of the object image based on the screen information input by the input unit and the size information received by the receiver so that the object image is displayed on the display at a predetermined size, and a display control unit for controlling the display to display the object image expanded or contracted at the scale factor determined by the scaling unit.

Abstract: In an image display method which list-displays a plurality of images including still images and moving images, attention areas are respectively acquired for each image included in the plurality of list-display target images. For instance, if an image is a moving image, a logical OR of attention areas extracted from a plurality of frame images contained in the moving image is deemed to be an attention area of the moving image. Display positions are respectively determined for each of the plurality of images so that the attention areas determined for each of the plurality of images overlap each other while being entirely exposed. List display is performed by respectively laying out each of the plurality of images to the determined display positions.

Abstract: This invention is directed to reduce the correction load on a user when a plurality of images are to be grouped. An information processing method of discriminating an object contained in a first image and grouping the first image to a plurality of grouping destinations for each object includes a discrimination step of discriminating an object from the first image, a grouping destination determination step of determining, on the basis of the discrimination result obtained in the discrimination step, to which one of the plurality of grouping destinations the first image is to be grouped, and a display control step of displaying, on a window, a process of moving the first image to a position of the second image corresponding to the grouping destination determined in the grouping destination determination step.