Abstract: A signal processing apparatus comprises: an audio signal detection circuit which detects a specific audio signal from a broadcasting program including an image signal and an audio signal; a control unit which controls an image processing processor, wherein the audio signal detection circuit generates a control signal for controlling the control unit when the audio signal detection circuit detects the specific audio signal, and the control unit controls the image processing processor according to the control signal so as to display a specific image and/or text by synthesizing the specific image and/or text corresponding to the specific audio signal and an image of the broadcasting program displayed according to the image signal.

Abstract: The tuner unit of a digital broadcast receiving apparatus receives a digital broadcast and generates a data stream from a digital broadcast signal having a desired modulation frequency. A data stream of a digital broadcast is also input from an external digital broadcast receiving apparatus via an external I/F. A stream switching unit and demultiplexer play back the content on a desired channel, contained in the two data streams, on an image display unit in real time, and at the same time, store the content on the other channel, contained in the other data stream, in a storage unit. This makes it possible to watch one of at least two programs with different modulation frequencies while recording the other program.

Abstract: The tuner unit of a digital broadcast receiving apparatus receives a digital broadcast and generates a data stream from a digital broadcast signal having a desired modulation frequency. A data stream of a digital broadcast is also input from an external digital broadcast receiving apparatus via an external I/F. A stream switching unit and demultiplexer play back the content on a desired channel, contained in the two data streams, on an image display unit in real time, and at the same time, store the content on the other channel, contained in the other data stream, in a storage unit. This makes it possible to watch one of at least two programs with different modulation frequencies while recording the other program.

Abstract: An image displaying method of displaying an image selected from images stored in an image storing apparatus onto a display has the step of displaying the image selected from the images stored in the image storing apparatus into a partial area on the display based on a relative positional relation between the image storing apparatus and the display.

Abstract: A technology is disclosed to enable a transfer to be made quickly and easily to a screen layout and an audio output mode preferred by a user when there is a change in an input source. Past viewing and listening history information regarding the attribute and the output state of an input source is stored beforehand, for example, which input source was viewed and listened to in what screen and audio structure, or which multi-window displaying a transfer was made to when an interrupt input source came in, depending on a relationship with a video being viewed and listened to at the time. Then, when an image regarding the input source is displayed, a screen layout and an audio output state are determined, and controlled based on the viewing and listening history information.

Abstract: An image display method is disclosed. The image display method comprises: a display step of displaying a predetermined image and a dynamic image; a decision step of deciding whether a specific target in said dynamic image is positioned within a display area of said predetermined image; and a signal generating step of, in the state that said specific target is positioned within said display area, generating a signal for displaying an image wherein a target image and an overlapped portion of said predetermined image with said specific target are synthesized on the image, said target image comprising at least one of said specific target and a mark whose position is designated by a position of said specific target, so as to allow, said target image and the overlapped portion of said predetermined image with said target image, to be visible.

Abstract: A technology is disclosed to enable a transfer to be made quickly and easily to a screen layout and an audio output mode preferred by a user when there is a change in an input source. Past viewing and listening history information regarding the attribute and the output state of an input source is stored beforehand, for example, which input source was viewed and listened to in what screen and audio structure, or which multi-window displaying a transfer was made to when an interrupt input source came in, depending on a relationship with a video being viewed and listened to at the time. Then, when an image regarding the input source is displayed, a screen layout and an audio output state are determined, and controlled based on the viewing and listening history information.

Abstract: An image display controlling apparatus comprises a memory means for storing an attention area information and a date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images to be displayed on an image display means, an evaluation means for evaluating the attention area information based on a standard date and time information and the date and time information and producing a protection area information for a protection area set within the attention area, and an adjusting means for listing and displaying the plurality of the images with a superimposition controlled based on the protection area information, the plurality of the images are listed and displayed.

Abstract: Additional information indicating photographic conditions for a received image signal is compared with additional information indicating photographic conditions for an access target image signal. If the both conditions satisfy a predetermined relationship, an access to the access target image signal is permitted.

Abstract: When the same image is pleasantly viewed by information display apparatuses connected to each other through a network, each of the information display apparatuses has a unit for acquiring display format information of an image displayed by a destination information display apparatus, so that information representing a display format of the image displayed by the destination information display apparatus is displayed on the displayed image in a multiplex mode to make it possible know a viewing state of the destination information display apparatus.

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: Information relating to print contents is presented to the user in an easily understandable manner. A demultiplexer separates picture data, speech data and other data from received data. Such data include EPG data, data broadcast data, print contents data and supplementary information on the print contents data. A data stream process unit decodes the supplementary information on the print contents data and the print contents data. An image construction unit constructs an image signal of an image frame, providing a list display of transmission schedule and supplementary information of the print contents. The image signal is supplied through a display controller to an image display unit and displayed as an image.

Abstract: The present invention enables to select necessary metadata from presumed metadata candidates that are more likely to be added and to easily select metadata desired by a user, thereby reducing working load on a user largely, and facilitating the operation of adding shooting scene information even to a large amount of shot data recorded in a large-capacity recording medium. In order to achieve these objects, the present invention comprises: a processing process of detecting metadata associated with second contents data from the second contents data which is in a same category as first contents data; and a processing process of selectably outputting candidates of non-time information metadata to be stored, associated with the first contents data, in storing means, based on time information metadata and non-time information metadata associated with the second contents data and time information metadata associated with the first contents data which is to be added metadata next.

Abstract: To promptly receive stream data of high definition and a high frame rate, a receiving apparatus receives via a network a digest stream including digest data showing digests of a plurality of main video images and position information showing a position on the network of connection information for receiving the plurality of main video images, receives the connection information via the network on the basis of the position information in the received digest stream, and receives main video data in accordance with the connection information.

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: An image display device obtains photographic information associated with image data. The image display device selects a display mode of the image data on the basis of the photographic information obtained, and changes the display of the image data in accordance with the display code selected.

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: A controller (1) and target devices (2, 3) are connected via a network. The controller (1) displays an operation panel for controlling the target device (2) at a display device (10) based on information from the target device (2). The controller (1) is capable of changing an element and a user action of the operation panel based on data obtained by data broadcast.

Abstract: To enable permission or inhibition of printing of data to be controlled, a printability property showing the permission/inhibition of the printing is included in a style attribute of each contents of XML data which is data-broadcasted. By a print instruction, a printability property value of the style attribute of each contents of the received XML data is read out (S6-2). If there is no designation of the printability property and if there is designation of printability=true (S6-2), visualization (rendering) of the contents is executed (S6-5). If printability=false (S6-2), the rendering of the contents is not executed, but a processing of the next contents is executed (S6-3).

Abstract: Partial data related to information data is received, image data corresponding to the received partial data is generated by sequentially processing the received partial data, and the generated image data is output to a display unit. Before output of the image data corresponding to the partial data to the display unit is completed, reception of the information data is started. Then, image data corresponding to the information data is generated by processing the received information data, and image data to be displayed on said display unit is switched to the image data corresponding to the information data from the image data corresponding to the partial data after the reception of the information data is started.