Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a timer, a synchronization processor and a signal generator. The timer updates a first timer value by counting up in synchronization with a clock signal. The synchronization processor executes a time synchronization process in order to synchronize the first timer value with a second timer value inside each of other communication apparatuses belonging to a common network. A signal generator generates a timing signal reporting arrival of a timing when content is to be controlled, based on the first timer value and content control information indicative of the timing when the content is to be controlled.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a reception apparatus includes a discrimination data receiver configured to receive discrimination data that is transmitted from outside the reception apparatus and that has been associated with display information to be displayed; and an output controller configured to control output of the display information to two or more display screens according to the discrimination data.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a broadcasting receiving method includes: informing a server storing content data of data related to a display size of a screen and acquiring the content data according to the display size; generating display data obtained by combining the contents data with a moving image, with a display size based on layout information included in the acquired contents data; and performing image processing on the display data for being displayed on the screen to output the display data on which the image processing is performed, wherein when a ratio of a display area of the moving image with respect to the screen is a predetermined value or more based on the display size of the moving image based on the layout information, downscaling an image based on the content data to generate display data obtained by combining the moving image with the downscaled image.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus includes: a plane display unit including a display screen in which first to third subpixels having respectively different color components are arranged in a matrix form; and an optical plate disposed to be opposed to the plane display unit and having a plurality of optical aperture parts. The plane display unit includes a configuration obtained by arranging the first subpixels on a first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a second subpixel row adjacent to the first subpixel row, arranging the second subpixels on a third subpixel row adjacent to the second subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a fourth subpixel row adjacent to the third subpixel row, and arranging a set of the first to fourth subpixel rows in the column direction of subpixels on the display screen repeatedly.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus includes: a plane display unit including a display screen in which first to third subpixels having respectively different color components are arranged in a matrix form; and an optical plate. The plane display unit includes a configuration obtained by arranging a first subpixels and the second subpixels alternately on a first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a second subpixel row adjacent to the first subpixel row, arranging the first subpixels and the second subpixels alternately on a third subpixel row adjacent to the second subpixel row to have a sequence opposite to that on the first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a fourth subpixel row adjacent to the third subpixel row, and arranging a set of the first to fourth subpixel rows in the column direction of subpixels on the display screen repeatedly.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a reception apparatus includes a discrimination data receiver configured to receive discrimination data that is transmitted from outside the reception apparatus and that has been associated with display information to be displayed; and an output controller configured to control output of the display information to two or more display screens according to the discrimination data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus is configured to assign one subpixel column to each of a plurality of parallax images, and select three subpixels, which are the first to third subpixels, arranged consecutively in the column direction of subpixels with the third subpixel located in the center, as a pixel displaying each parallax image; cause pixels adjacent in the column direction of subpixels in each parallax image to share the first subpixel or the second subpixel; divide each of frames displaying a stereoscopic video into two subframes; assign one pixel from among the plurality of parallax images to each row in each subframe; display odd-numbered rows when displaying one of the first and second subframes; and display even-numbered rows when displaying the other of the first and second subframes.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus includes: a plane display unit including a display screen in which first to third subpixels having respectively different color components are arranged in a matrix form; and an optical plate. The plane display unit includes a configuration obtained by arranging a first subpixels and the second subpixels alternately on a first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a second subpixel row adjacent to the first subpixel row, arranging the first subpixels and the second subpixels alternately on a third subpixel row adjacent to the second subpixel row to have a sequence opposite to that on the first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a fourth subpixel row adjacent to the third subpixel row, and arranging a set of the first to fourth subpixel rows in the column direction of subpixels on the display screen repeatedly.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus includes: a plane display unit including a display screen in which first to third subpixels having respectively different color components are arranged in a matrix form; and an optical plate disposed to be opposed to the plane display unit and having a plurality of optical aperture parts. The plane display unit includes a configuration obtained by arranging the first subpixels on a first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a second subpixel row adjacent to the first subpixel row, arranging the second subpixels on a third subpixel row adjacent to the second subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a fourth subpixel row adjacent to the third subpixel row, and arranging a set of the first to fourth subpixel rows in the column direction of subpixels on the display screen repeatedly.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus is configured to divide each of frames displaying a stereoscopic video into two subframes; assign one pixel from among the plurality of parallax images to each row in each subframe; display parallax images of a first group from among the plurality of parallax images in odd-numbered rows and displaying parallax images of a remaining second group from among the plurality of parallax images in even-numbered rows, when displaying one of the first and second subframes; and display parallax images of the second group in odd-numbered rows and displaying parallax images of the first group in even-numbered rows when displaying the other of the first and second subframes.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a managing module configured to manage pieces of image information corresponding to types of applications; a determination module configured to determine whether a present time satisfies a preset temporal condition; an image selecting module configured to select first image information corresponding to a type of an activated application, and second image information corresponding to the type of the activated application when the present time satisfies the temporal condition; and a display module configured to generate a first image based on the first image information to be displayed on a display device when the image selecting module selects the first image information. The display module generates a second image based on the second image information to be displayed on the display device in place of the first image when the image selecting module selects the second image information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a managing module configured to manage pieces of image information corresponding to types of applications; a determination module configured to determine whether a present time satisfies a preset temporal condition; an image selecting module configured to select first image information corresponding to a type of an activated application, and second image information corresponding to the type of the activated application when the present time satisfies the temporal condition; and a display module configured to generate a first image based on the first image information to be displayed on a display device when the image selecting module selects the first image information. The display module generates a second image based on the second image information to be displayed on the display device in place of the first image when the image selecting module selects the second image information.

Abstract: A content output apparatus of the invention comprises an encryption processing unit configured to apply an encryption processing to the content, a recording unit configured to record the content to which the encryption processing has been applied and identification information which identifies the content itself on the network in the storage device on the network so as to be related with each other, and an output unit configured to read a requested content from the storage device on the basis of a content acquisition request supplied via the network, decrypt the encryption, further apply a predetermined processing to the content, and transmit it on the network.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a content reproduction device connected through a network to a content server comprises a content acquisition module configured to function as a server for a client computer which retrieves to select content registered in the content server and to acquire the content selected by the computer from the content server, and a signal processing module which decodes the content acquired by the content acquisition module, wherein the content acquisition module acquires a uniform resource locator (URL) of the selected content to be reported from the computer and acquires content registered in the URL from the content server.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiver includes an operating section which outputs an operation signal of a channel, a tuner section which receives a digital broadcast signal of a specified channel and outputs a video/audio signal, a switch which receives the video/audio signal from the tuner section and outputs the signal to a later tier according to a command signal, a decoder section which decodes and reproduces the video/audio signal from the switch, and a controller which, when an operation signal for switching a first channel to a second channel is given from the operating section, turns off the switch at a first timing of the channel switching, changes the channel of the tuner section into the second channel, and turns on the switch at a second timing elapsed by a predetermined time from the first timing.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a digital broadcast receiving apparatus has a receiving device selecting and receiving a broadcast wave of a digital broadcast and a demodulation device demodulating a received broadcast signal to generate a transport stream. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus has an identification information storing device storing packet identification information for identifying a transport packet of each channel included in the transport stream generated by the demodulation device and a control device controlling to output a video or a sound using the packet identification information stored by the identification information storing device, in the event that a channel is switched, when a channel after switching after the switch-over is performed coincides with the channel whose packet identification information is stored by the identification information storing device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a stream reproducing method comprises a rewriting and decoding operation. First, a time stamp value added to transport stream (TS) packet in a time stamped transport stream is rewritten. The rewritten time stamp value now is synchronous with a program clock reference (PCR) value. Next, the TS packet is output in a synchronous time stamped transport stream based on a comparison between count values produced by a first counter counting clocks generated by a clock oscillator and the rewritten time stamp value of the TS packet in the synchronous time stamped transport stream. Thereafter, the TS packet is decoded according to a count in a second counter counting the clocks generated by the clock oscillator.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control unit is provided which generates a video signal on the basis of an application corresponding to a receiving function. Then, the control unit outputs a predetermined video signal at the time of turning on of a power source thereof, starts up an application in the state that a predetermined video signal is output, and in the state that a video signal is generated from the broadcast signal on the basis of the start-up of the application, outputs the video signal in the place of the predetermined video signal.

Abstract: A decoding circuit has first decoding section which receives first compressed image information, decodes the information, and outputs decoded image information, second decoding section which receives the first compressed image information or second compressed image information, decodes the information, and outputs decoded image information, buffer section which stores the decoded image information in storage region, and control section which responds to an instruction signal, if given, when the first decoding section is decoding the compressed image information by using storage region having first capacity of storage regions of the buffer section and outputting it to first output terminal, to thereby control the first and second decoding sections so that the second decoding section decodes and outputs the first or second compressed image information by using a storage region having second capacity smaller than the first capacity of the storage regions of the buffer section.

Abstract: A content output apparatus of the invention comprises an encryption processing unit configured to apply an encryption processing to the content, a recording unit configured to record the content to which the encryption processing has been applied and identification information which identifies the content itself on the network in the storage device on the network so as to be related with each other, and an output unit configured to read a requested content from the storage device on the basis of a content acquisition request supplied via the network, decrypt the encryption, further apply a predetermined processing to the content, and transmit it on the network.