Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a program may provide that information to be processed by an application program recorded on a recording medium can be taken over and used by an application program recorded on a different recording medium. The application program serving as a content, a first root certificate issued to the application program, and a second root certificate issued before the first root certificate is issued to the application program may be recorded on the recording medium. The information processing apparatus, which executes the application program, creates, in the memory, a first folder for storing data to be processed by the application program, the first folder associated with the first root certificate; and copies data stored in a second folder, the second folder associated with the second root certificate, to the first folder in a case where the second folder exists in the memory.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method that perform reproduction control with a high degree of freedom on slideshow reproduction are provided. Reproduction control to which first control data in which information on a reproduction start point and a reproduction end point of an image is recorded and second control data in which information on maximum display time of each image is recorded are applied is performed. When automatic slide paging setting as user setting information is ON (valid), image transition processing is performed according to whether the maximum display time for reproducing the second control data has passed, regardless of whether the reproduction end point of the first control data has passed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for generating data for a recording medium. The method includes receiving original content data representing a plurality of still images and identifying a first subset of the still images to be recorded with copy-protection and a second subset of the still images to be recorded without copy-protection. The method also includes converting data representing the first subset into moving image data and copy-protecting the moving image data. The method also includes generating new content data, the new content data including the copy-protected moving image data and data representing the second subset.

Abstract: Systems and methods for producing, reproducing, and maintaining electronic books are provided. In one aspect, a system (20) may include a book producing device (21) configured to create at least one page image (47) for an electronic book including reproducible content, where the page image (47) includes a selectable portion having a part of the reproducible content of the electronic book. In addition, the system (20) may also include an electronic book reproducing device (24). The electronic book reproducing device (24) may be configured to determine a target area (92) based on a selection by a user of the selectable portion of the page image (47), and, selectively reproduce, within the target area (92) and in a predetermined manner, the reproducible content and/or other data associated with the selectable portion of the page image.

Abstract: A recording control apparatus for controlling the recording of content of broadcast programs includes the following elements. An acquisition unit acquires electronic program guide data concerning the broadcast programs. A detector detects the title of a broadcast program from reserve-recording data indicating a recording reservation of the broadcast program. A calculator calculates the similarity between the title of the broadcast program detected by the detector and the title of the broadcast program indicated in the electronic program guide data acquired by the acquisition unit. A changing unit changes the reserve-recording data by using the electronic program guide data on the basis of the similarity calculated by the calculator.

Abstract: A recording medium production method includes the steps of: obtaining, from electronic document data, text string placement information which represents placement of text strings included therein, with an electronic document data obtaining unit; first converting of the electronic document data into still image data with a still image data conversion unit; second converting of predetermined still image data of the still image data into moving image data, by generating moving image data of n seconds with a moving data conversion unit; generating underline rendering control information for highlighted display of predetermined text strings included in the moving image data and also to move the display position of the highlight, with an underline rendering control information generating unit, based on the text placement information; and recording the moving image data and the underline rendering control information in the recording medium with a recording unit, following a predetermined recording medium format.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus in which recording preset information, constituted by a recording start time and a recording end time, is stored for each preset program to be unattended recorded. If there is any overlap between the recording start times and the recording end times of the preset programs that are to be recorded, a warning is generated; and the overlapping preset programs are prioritized for unattended recording.

Abstract: An image encoding device includes a single image pickup unit generating image data by shooting a subject, an image compression unit generating digital image data by encoding the image data, a distance measuring unit measuring a distance to the subject during the shooting, and a multiplexing unit generating multiplexed data based on the digital image data and the measured distance by multiplexing distance data indicating the distance to a subject of each of given pixel blocks of the digital image data onto the digital image data.

Abstract: An information processor includes an operation unit for receiving a selected analog television channel, an identification signal generator for generating, from the selected channel, an analog identification signal for identifying the frequency of an analog broadcast signal, an identification signal acquirer for acquiring the analog identification signal, a storage for prestoring correspondence information between a digital identification signal indicating a frequency of a digital broadcast signal and the analog identification signal for each of stations, an identification signal converter for converting the analog identification signal into the digital identification signal using the correspondence information, a receiver for receiving a digital broadcast signal identified by the digital identification signal and extract video and audio code, a video converter and an audio converter for converting the code into equivalent analog video and audio signals, and an analog video acquirer and an analog sound acquire

Abstract: An image compression apparatus includes: first and second imaging sections for capturing an image of a subject to generate first and second image signals, respectively; first and second encoding sections for encoding the first and second image signals to generate first and second image data, respectively; first and second distance measuring sections for measuring a distance to the subject for each of image blocks, at the same time as the first and second imaging sections perform image capturing, to generate first and second distance information, respectively; first and second multiplexing sections for generating first and second multiplexed data on the basis of the first and second image data and the distance, respectively, by respectively multiplexing the first and second image data and first and second distance data, which are generated on the basis of the first and second distance information and indicate the distance to the subject for each of predefined pixel blocks in the first and second image data, re

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium in which information to be processed by an application program recorded on a recording medium can be taken over and used by an application program recorded on a different recording medium. For example, assume that three pieces of data (file a, file c, and file d) are stored in a folder 213-12 corresponding to a BD 11 of a 2009 spring version. Also, assume that three pieces of data (file a, file b, and file d) are stored in a folder 213-11 corresponding to a BD 11B of a 2009 summer version. In this case, overwrite copying is not performed on data existing in the folder 213-11, and only the data not existing in the folder 213-11 in the data existing in the folder 213-12 is copied to the folder 213-11. The present invention can be applied to a BD player or the like.

Abstract: A recording medium production method includes the steps of: obtaining, from electronic document data, text string placement information which represents placement of text strings included therein, with an electronic document data obtaining unit; first converting of the electronic document data into still image data with a still image data conversion unit; second converting of predetermined still image data of the still image data into moving image data, by generating moving image data of n seconds with a moving data conversion unit; generating underline rendering control information for highlighted display of predetermined text strings included in the moving image data and also to move the display position of the highlight, with an underline rendering control information generating unit, based on the text placement information; and recording the moving image data and the underline rendering control information in the recording medium with a recording unit, following a predetermined recording medium format.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for generating data for a recording medium. The method includes receiving original content data representing a plurality of still images and identifying a first subset of the still images to be recorded with copy-protection and a second subset of the still images to be recorded without copy-protection. The method also includes converting data representing the first subset into moving image data and copy-protecting the moving image data. The method also includes generating new content data, the new content data including the copy-protected moving image data and data representing the second subset.

Abstract: An information processor includes an operation unit for receiving a selected analog television channel, an identification signal generator for generating, from the selected channel, an analog identification signal for identifying the frequency of an analog broadcast signal, an identification signal acquirer for acquiring the analog identification signal, a storage for prestoring correspondence information between a digital identification signal indicating a frequency of a digital broadcast signal and the analog identification signal for each of stations, an identification signal converter for converting the analog identification signal into the digital identification signal using the correspondence information, a receiver for receiving a digital broadcast signal identified by the digital identification signal and extract video and audio code, a video converter and an audio converter for converting the code into equivalent analog video and audio signals, and an analog video acquirer and an analog sound acquire

Abstract: An image compression apparatus includes: first and second imaging sections for capturing an image of a subject to generate first and second image signals, respectively; first and second encoding sections for encoding the first and second image signals to generate first and second image data, respectively; first and second distance measuring sections for measuring a distance to the subject for each of image blocks, at the same time as the first and second imaging sections perform image capturing, to generate first and second distance information, respectively; first and second multiplexing sections for generating first and second multiplexed data on the basis of the first and second image data and the distance, respectively, by respectively multiplexing the first and second image data and first and second distance data, which are generated on the basis of the first and second distance information and indicate the distance to the subject for each of predefined pixel blocks in the first and second image data, re

Abstract: An image encoding device includes a single image pickup unit generating image data by shooting a subject, an image compression unit generating digital image data by encoding the image data, a distance measuring unit measuring a distance to the subject during the shooting, and a multiplexing unit generating multiplexed data based on the digital image data and the measured distance by multiplexing distance data indicating the distance to a subject of each of given pixel blocks of the digital image data onto the digital image data.

Abstract: It aims to make it possible to simultaneously record and reproduce a video signal and improve convenience of operation. A video recording/reproducing apparatus capable of recording an image into a recording medium and reproducing the image from the recording medium, comprising: a recording means for recording video signals and identifying signals indicating the content of the video signals into a recording medium; a displaying means for reading the identifying signals recorded in the recording medium (93), rearranging the read identifying signals, and displaying the identifying signals in the order of the rearrangement; and a reproducing means for sequentially reproducing the video signals from the recording medium (93) in the order of the rearrangement, in which whether there exists a video signal under recording in the recording medium (93) is checked and at completion of the recording of the video signal, video signals to be reproduced are sequentially reproduced.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus in which recording preset information, constituted by a recording start time and a recording end time, is stored for each preset program to be unattended recorded. If there is any overlap between the recording start times and the recording end times of the preset programs that are to be recorded, a warning is generated; and the overlapping preset programs are prioritized for unattended recording.

Abstract: A recording control apparatus for controlling the recording of content of broadcast programs includes the following elements. An acquisition unit acquires electronic program guide data concerning the broadcast programs. A detector detects the title of a broadcast program from reserve-recording data indicating a recording reservation of the broadcast program. A calculator calculates the similarity between the title of the broadcast program detected by the detector and the title of the broadcast program indicated in the electronic program guide data acquired by the acquisition unit. A changing unit changes the reserve-recording data by using the electronic program guide data on the basis of the similarity calculated by the calculator.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus in which recording preset information, constituted by a recording start time and a recording end time, is stored for each preset program to be unattended recorded. If there is any overlap between the recording start times and the recording end times of the preset programs that are to be recorded, a warning is generated; and the overlapping preset programs are prioritized for unattended recording.