Abstract: A calibration apparatus including: a measuring unit configured to measure optical characteristics at a measurement position on a screen of an image display apparatus; a storing unit configured to store information on correspondence determined in advance among the optical characteristics at the measurement position and optical characteristics at a plurality of prescribed positions on the screen; an acquiring unit configured to acquire a representative position of an image displayed on the screen; and a calibrating unit configured to perform calibration based on the measurement value measured by the measuring unit, information on the correspondence, and a positional relationship among the plurality of prescribed positions and the representative position.

Abstract: A content player which receives a broadcast content and an information content and plays back a video image concerning a content, comprises a channel selection unit configured to select a channel to view the broadcast content; an acquisition unit configured to acquire location information of an information content corresponding to the broadcast content on the channel selected by the channel selection unit; a detection unit configured to detect that the broadcast content on the selected channel has been viewed starting halfway; a determination unit configured to, if the detection unit has detected that the broadcast content has been viewed starting halfway, determine whether to notify that it is possible to view, from the beginning, the broadcast content that has been viewed starting halfway; and a notification unit configured to generate a notification image for notification when the determination unit has determined to notify.

Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a measuring unit that measures an image displayed on a screen; a first determining unit that determines a first display setting by executing a single unit calibration; a second determining unit that determines a second display setting by executing a link calibration; and a determining unit that determines, during display of an external input image, which is an image based on an image signal input from an external apparatus, whether or not an output setting of the external apparatus or the second display setting differs from a setting during display of a previous external input image. The second determining unit executes the link calibration when the determining unit determines that the output setting of the external apparatus or the second display setting differs from the setting during display of the previous external input image.

Abstract: A display apparatus that can execute single unit calibration that is performed by displaying an image stored in the display apparatus in advance, and link calibration that is performed by displaying an image based on an image signal which is input from an external apparatus, comprises an execution unit that performs periodic calibration in which the single unit calibration and the link calibration are periodically executed and a determination unit that determines whether an image signal from the external apparatus is input or not, wherein the execution unit executes the link calibration during a period in which the determination unit determines that an image signal from the external apparatus is input, when the link calibration could not be executed during the periodic calibration.

Abstract: A calibration apparatus including: a measuring unit configured to measure optical characteristics at a measurement position on a screen of an image display apparatus; a storing unit configured to store information on correspondence determined in advance among the optical characteristics at the measurement position and optical characteristics at a plurality of prescribed positions on the screen; an acquiring unit configured to acquire a representative position of an image displayed on the screen; and a calibrating unit configured to perform calibration based on the measurement value measured by the measuring unit, information on the correspondence, and a positional relationship among the plurality of prescribed positions and the representative position.

Abstract: A television apparatus includes a plurality of receiving units. The television apparatus includes a first receiving unit configured to receive a channel which broadcasts a program whose video image is displayed on a display unit, a second receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of channels while the video image is being displayed, a program information management unit configured to store genre information about programs broadcasted on the plurality of channels, and a control unit configured to determine a periodic check order of receiving the plurality of channels based on the genre information about the programs read by the program information management unit and to control the second receiving unit to periodically check and receive the plurality of channels according to the periodic check order.

Abstract: A video recording and playing apparatus for recording and playing a broadcast program. The apparatus comprises a recording unit to record broadcast programs on a storage unit, and a deletion unit to automatically delete a broadcast program recorded on the storage unit. The deletion unit determines, from among a plurality of broadcast programs recorded on the storage unit, a broadcast program which becomes a target of deletion, based on an audio signal or a rating of each broadcast program, in cases where a video recording capacity of the storage unit becomes smaller than a predetermined value.

Abstract: The content switching apparatus includes at least a position identifying unit (800) and a play control unit (700). In switching from a first content (broadcast program) to a second content (VOD content), the position identifying unit identifies the position of the image in the second content, the image being the same as the first image of the first content. The play control unit determines a play starting position in the second content based on the position identified by the position identifying unit. By determining the play starting position of the second content in this way, the image can be properly switched even in the case where the time length or the content configuration is different.

Abstract: A method for coating a dispersion slurry containing a solid SAP dispersed in a dispersion medium on a surface of a substrate sheet are provided. The method is characterized in that a first region and a second region are formed on the surface of the substrate sheet with a convex-and-concave pattern wherein the first region have the coating layer in thicker thickness and the second region have the coating layer in thinner thickness or does not scarcely have the coating layer, by means of positioning the rotating pattern roll over the substrate sheet via the cover film, of supplying the dispersion slurry between the substrate sheet and the cover film while rotating the rotating pattern roll, and of pushing the coating layer with the rotating pattern roll via the cover film, when the coating layer of the dispersion slurry is formed.

Abstract: A method for coating a dispersion slurry containing a solid SAP dispersed in a dispersion medium on a surface of a substrate sheet are provided. The method is characterized in that a first region and a second region are formed on the surface of the substrate sheet with a convex-and-concave pattern wherein the first region have the coating layer in thicker thickness and the second region have the coating layer in thinner thickness or does not scarcely have the coating layer, by means of positioning the rotating pattern roll over the substrate sheet via the cover film, of supplying the dispersion slurry between the substrate sheet and the cover film while rotating the rotating pattern roll, and of pushing the coating layer with the rotating pattern roll via the cover film, when the coating layer of the dispersion slurry is formed.

Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a measuring unit that measures an image displayed on a screen; a first determining unit that determines a first display setting by executing a single unit calibration; a second determining unit that determines a second display setting by executing a link calibration; and a determining unit that determines, during display of an external input image, which is an image based on an image signal input from an external apparatus, whether or not an output setting of the external apparatus or the second display setting differs from a setting during display of a previous external input image. The second determining unit executes the link calibration when the determining unit determines that the output setting of the external apparatus or the second display setting differs from the setting during display of the previous external input image.

Abstract: A display apparatus that can execute single unit calibration that is performed by displaying an image stored in the display apparatus in advance, and link calibration that is performed by displaying an image based on an image signal which is input from an external apparatus, comprises an execution unit that performs periodic calibration in which the single unit calibration and the link calibration are periodically executed and a determination unit that determines whether an image signal from the external apparatus is input or not, wherein the execution unit executes the link calibration during a period in which the determination unit determines that an image signal from the external apparatus is input, when the link calibration could not be executed during the periodic calibration.

Abstract: In the case where the receiving apparatus 1 obtains, from a content archive, and reproduces a first video content having the same content as a program being broadcast, the difference of the ending time between the first video content being played and the program being broadcast is detected (S701). In the case where there is a difference in the ending time (YES in step S702), the receiving apparatus 1 obtains, from the content archive, a second video content having the same content as the next program started following the program being broadcast (S703, S704), and reproduces the second video content following the first video content being played (S705 to S709).

Abstract: A video recording and playing apparatus for recording and playing a broadcast program, according to the present invention, the apparatus comprises a recording unit to record broadcast programs on a storage unit, and a deletion unit to automatically delete a broadcast program recorded on the storage unit. The deletion unit determines, from among a plurality of broadcast programs recorded on the storage unit, a broadcast program which becomes a target of deletion, based on an audio signal or a rating of each broadcast program, in cases where a video recording capacity of the storage unit becomes smaller than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A method for coating a dispersion slurry containing a solid SAP dispersed in a dispersion medium on a surface of a substrate sheet are provided. The method is characterized in that a first region and a second region are formed on the surface of the substrate sheet with a convex-and-concave pattern wherein the first region have the coating layer in thicker thickness and the second region have the coating layer in thinner thickness or does not scarcely have the coating layer, by means of positioning the rotating pattern roll over the substrate sheet via the cover film, of supplying the dispersion slurry between the substrate sheet and the cover film while rotating the rotating pattern roll, and of pushing the coating layer with the rotating pattern roll via the cover film, when the coating layer of the dispersion slurry is formed.

Abstract: A method for coating a dispersion slurry containing a solid SAP dispersed in a dispersion medium on a surface of a substrate sheet are provided. The method is characterized in that a first region and a second region are formed on the surface of the substrate sheet with a convex-and-concave pattern wherein the first region have the coating layer in thicker thickness and the second region have the coating layer in thinner thickness or does not scarcely have the coating layer, by means of positioning the rotating pattern roll over the substrate sheet via the cover film, of supplying the dispersion slurry between the substrate sheet and the cover film while rotating the rotating pattern roll, and of pushing the coating layer with the rotating pattern roll via the cover film, when the coating layer of the dispersion slurry is formed.

Abstract: A content player which receives a broadcast content and an information content and plays back a video image concerning a content, comprises a channel selection unit configured to select a channel to view the broadcast content; an acquisition unit configured to acquire location information of an information content corresponding to the broadcast content on the channel selected by the channel selection unit; a detection unit configured to detect that the broadcast content on the selected channel has been viewed starting halfway; a determination unit configured to, if the detection unit has detected that the broadcast content has been viewed starting halfway, determine whether to notify that it is possible to view, from the beginning, the broadcast content that has been viewed starting halfway; and a notification unit configured to generate a notification image for notification when the determination unit has determined to notify.

Abstract: A television apparatus includes a plurality of receiving units. The television apparatus includes a first receiving unit configured to receive a channel which broadcasts a program whose video image is displayed on a display unit, a second receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of channels while the video image is being displayed, a program information management unit configured to store genre information about programs broadcasted on the plurality of channels, and a control unit configured to determine a periodic check order of receiving the plurality of channels based on the genre information about the programs read by the program information management unit and to control the second receiving unit to periodically check and receive the plurality of channels according to the periodic check order.

Abstract: A method for coating a dispersion slurry containing a solid SAP dispersed in a dispersion medium on a surface of a substrate sheet are provided. The method is characterized in that a first region and a second region are formed on the surface of the substrate sheet with a convex-and-concave pattern wherein the first region have the coating layer in thicker thickness and the second region have the coating layer in thinner thickness or does not scarcely have the coating layer, by means of positioning the rotating pattern roll over the substrate sheet via the cover film, of supplying the dispersion slurry between the substrate sheet and the cover film while rotating the rotating pattern roll, and of pushing the coating layer with the rotating pattern roll via the cover film, when the coating layer of the dispersion slurry is formed.

Abstract: In the case where the receiving apparatus 1 obtains, from a content archive, and reproduces a first video content having the same content as a program being broadcast, the difference of the ending time between the first video content being played and the program being broadcast is detected (S701). In the case where there is a difference in the ending time (YES in step S702), the receiving apparatus 1 obtains, from the content archive, a second video content having the same content as the next program started following the program being broadcast (S703, S704), and reproduces the second video content following the first video content being played (S705 to S709).