Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation section which performs remote control of a television receiver, and a content information acquisition section which acquires content information related to content provided by the television receiver, and causes a storage section to store the content information.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a reply unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a request for service information from an information processing apparatus via a network. The determining unit is configured to determine the service information based on the request, where the service information includes information associated with accessing a service and display object information on a display object corresponding to the service. The reply unit is configured to send the service information to the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation section which performs remote control of a television receiver, and a content information acquisition section which acquires content information related to content provided by the television receiver, and causes a storage section to store the content information.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation section which performs remote control of a television receiver, and a content information acquisition section which acquires content information related to content provided by the television receiver, and causes a storage section to store the content information.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a reply unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a request for service information from an information processing apparatus via a network. The determining unit is configured to determine the service information based on the request, where the service information includes information associated with accessing a service and display object information on a display object corresponding to the service. The reply unit is configured to send the service information to the information processing apparatus.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation section which performs remote control of a television receiver, and a content information acquisition section which acquires content information related to content provided by the television receiver, and causes a storage section to store the content information.

Abstract: A data processing method is disclosed which includes the steps of: (a) generating edit data which includes a unique material identifier for uniquely identifying material data to be edited and of edit content of the material data; (b) generating management data indicative of the unique material identifier in association with a storage location where the material data identified by the unique material identifier are stored; (c) specifying the storage location where the material data associated with the unique material identifier included in the edit data generated in step (a) are stored, on the basis of the management data generated in step (b); and (d) acquiring the material data from the storage location specified in step (c).

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to a recording or playback apparatus having a file system. The information processing apparatus includes a receiver for receiving a command provided by an operating system in response to a file operating request from an application, and a converter for converting the command provided by the operating system into a request which is to be converted into a command based on a communication protocol capable of handling the file system in communication with said recording or playback apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus defines interleave-processing segments to be interleaved in a backward direction relative to a flow direction of bit streams. The segments are defined every time the segments, ILVU-BR, -CR, -DR are successfully set for each of the respective bit streams, VOB-B-VOB-D. In setting the segments for each of the respective bit streams, the segment of one bit stream is set to follow the set segment of other bit stream. When an amount of data of the rest of the bit streams is insufficient to form the final segment, the rest data is distributed among the segments that have been already defined. The defined segments are arranged in the flow direction of the bit streams.

Abstract: A reader program R_PRG parses material stream data STR3 input from an external device 3 to perform a detection process of a key (K) of KLV data from within the data STR3. The reader program R_PRG then outputs to an application program AP an event IV corresponding to the key (K) detected in step ST1.

Abstract: This invention realizes a more advanced editing process in all editing apparatuses, regardless of the type of editing apparatus. According to this invention, sequence data NSD10 for nonlinear editing is created based on an SMIL file SF10 in which edit contents to create sequence data SD10 by editing video data VD10 to VD12 and audio data AD10 and AD11 are described in the SMIL, an editing process is performed on the sequence data NSD10 for nonlinear editing, and an SMIL file SF10N is created based on the editing process, so as to execute a more advanced editing process, regardless of the type of editing apparatus.

Abstract: For material data to be captured in a specified capture sequence, a same recording medium must be repetitively loaded or specified unless the capture sequence is continuous. A data capture apparatus for capturing material data in accordance with a capture queue is made up of (a) a file search block for searching a recording medium specified as a material data capture source for a material file subject to capture regardless of a capture sequence specified in the capture queue; and (b) a search result display block for, if a material file subject to capture is found on the recording medium, explicitly displaying all corresponding material files on an operation screen as files to be preferentially captured.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is connected to a recording or playback apparatus having a file system. The information processing apparatus includes a receiver for receiving a command provided by an operating system in response to a file operating request from an application, and a converter for converting the command provided by the operating system into a request which is to be converted into a command based on a communication protocol capable of handling the file system in communication with said recording or playback apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides an editing apparatus including: acquisition means for acquiring identification information for identifying a camera that has shot a picture selected out of pictures shot by a plurality of cameras; generation means for generating meta data, which indicates the switching timing for switching among a plurality of pictures shot by the plurality of cameras, in accordance with the identification information acquired by the acquisition means; and editing means for editing pictures, which have been shot by the plurality of cameras, by using the meta data generated by the generation means.

Abstract: A data processing method is disclosed which includes the steps of: (a) generating edit data which includes a unique material identifier for uniquely identifying material data to be edited and of edit content of the material data; (b) generating management data indicative of the unique material identifier in association with a storage location where the material data identified by the unique material identifier are stored; (c) specifying the storage location where the material data associated with the unique material identifier included in the edit data generated in step (a) are stored, on the basis of the management data generated in step (b); and (d) acquiring the material data from the storage location specified in step (c).

Abstract: Interleave-processing segments to be interleaved are defined in a backward direction relative to a flow direction of bit streams. The segments are defined every time the segments, ILVU-BR, -CR, -DR are successfully set for each of the respective bit streams, VOB-B-VOB-D. In setting the segments for each of the respective bit streams, the segment of one bit stream is set following the set segment of other bit stream. When an amount of data of the rest of the bit streams is insufficient to form the final segment, the rest data is distributed among the segments that have been already defined. The defined segments are arranged in the flow direction of the bit streams.

Abstract: A display apparatus and method for displaying a hue of a color signal so as to be readily understandable to an operator. Such apparatus and method utilizes a display having an indicator strip with a series of characters or letters indicating representative colors. Such indicator strip may also provide an indication of the positional relationships between adjacent colors. By displaying a position on the indicator strip, the display provides a readily identifiable indication of the hue so as to enable an ordinary person or unskilled operator to readily comprehend or grasp the hue.

Abstract: In a video signal recording apparatus, information about a video commercial program or message (CM) is recorded in the vertical blanking interval (VBI) of the video signal constituting the commercial message so that the information remains with the commercial program or message even during subsequent editing. Video signals representing a plurality of commercial messages and having respective information in the vertical blanking intervals are serially recorded on a master tape while generating stop code data and recording the stop codes in a longitudinal track on the master tape. Further, a video signal reproducing apparatus is described which can extract data from the VBI and longitudinal track of a tape, process the data and automatically terminate the reproduction after reproducing a stop code.

Abstract: A parallel transistor circuit 10 with non-volatile function is provided on a single semiconductor body, comprising an enhancement-type MOS transistor 1 having a drain electrode 25a connected to a drain node 25c, a gate electrode 37a connected to a gate node 37c, and a source electrode 23a connected to a source node 23c; and a floating gate-type MOS transistor 3 having a drain electrode 25b connected to the drain node, a floating gate 33, a control gate electrode 37b connected to the gate node, and a source electrode 23b connected to the source node.

Abstract: A high density DRAM having a plurality of cells each including a storage capacitor and a single control FET formed together in a trench to substantially reduce planar area of the cell. The FET drain is formed in the upper portion of a pedestal and is accessible externally through a metal line, which reduces line resistance and capacitance. Field oxide is included to isolate capacitors and reduce leakage and breakdown.