Sony Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Sony Corportion

Gvido Music Co., Ltd.

Fujio Noguchi

Yuji Haraguchi

Kazuhiko Akaike

Kazuto Mugura

Noriko Kotabe

Shigeki Ishizuka

Takashi Otani

Mark A Schaffer

Tadashi Kajiwara

Setsuko Watanabe Blaszkowski

Gail Karen White

Richard Gioscia

Takaaki Ota

Yasushi Fujita

Katsumi Endo

Takayuki Shiomi

Peter G Jordan

Shuhei Nakada

Junichi Tadano

Ryoji Sato

An electronic musical score apparatusincludes display units D, Dconnected to each other to be openable and closeable, and can convert a writing made on display portionsby a user into annotation data, associated with musical score page data but being manageable separately from the musical score page data, and store the annotation data. When an image of the associated musical score page data is displayed together with an image of the annotation dataon the display portionsand then the user rewrites the annotation data, the electronic musical score apparatuscan provide a write history for the annotation databy storing the annotation databefore the rewriting as first-generation annotation dataand storing the annotation dataafter the rewriting as second-generation annotation data

Electronic musical score apparatus

An image capturing apparatus uses a plurality of recording media. The image capturing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting the loading of a first recording medium, and a control unit for switching the operation mode of the image capturing apparatus in accordance with a detection result obtained by the detection unit.

Image capturing apparatus having plural operation modes

An IC card inserted into a navigation apparatus that provides guidance regarding a route to a destination so as to store information about the route. The information about relations and image data related to the route are recorded in the IC card in correspondence with locations along the route.

Image pickup apparatus, navigation apparatus and IC card

An image pickup apparatus including location information acquiring means for acquiring current location information and image pickup means for capturing an image of a desired object and outputting the captured image. The image pickup apparatus further includes associating means for automatically relating the captured image to the current location information and outputting information about relations as management data, and includes recording means for recording the captured image, the current location information, and the management data to a removable solid-state storage medium.

A navigation apparatus including: recording means for recording information about a route to a destination to a removable storage medium, and associated means for automatically relating the route information to image data and updating information about relations as management data in the removable storage medium. The navigation apparatus further includes outputting means for outputting the image data and the management data recorded in the removable storage medium in conjunction with the route information.

A method and apparatus for adjusting font size in an electronic program guide display are provided. A multiple channel broadcasting system generates an electronic program guide identifying channels and corresponding programs in a broadcasting system. The broadcast system determines a number of characters to be displayed in an area of an electronic program guide. The broadcast system determines a number of display pixels available for display of the characters. The broadcast system adjusts the font size of the characters to display the number of characters within the number of pixels available.

Method and apparatus for adjusting font size in an electronic program guide display

Image capturing apparatus

An image pickup apparatus including: a location information acquiring element for acquiring current location information; an image pickup element for capturing an image of a desired object and outputting the captured image; and a recording element for relating the captured image to the current location information when recording the captured image and the current location information to a removable solid-state storage medium.

A feature expansion module is provided which includes a generally rectangular body ( ) installable in a host device ( ), a first connection terminal ( ) provided at one side of the body ( ) for electrical connection with the host device ( ), a feature expansion unit ( ) provided inside the body ( ) and having one or more functions, one or more recesses ( ) formed contiguously to an insertion slot ( ) formed at the other side of the body ( ) and through which an integrated circuit chip ( ) incorporating integrated circuit elements is inserted, to receive the integrated circuit chip ( ), a second connection terminal ( ) provided in the recess ( ) for electrical connection with a group of terminals provided at the integrated circuit chip ( ), and a controller ( ) built in the body ( ) to control the integrated circuit chip ( ) set in the recess ( ).

Feature expansion module

A remote control apparatus and an image display apparatus for example, a television receiver and a remote commander for remote controlling the television receiver in which for example, a version-up of a control program can be easily executed. The remote control apparatus can be constructed so that an IC card can be loaded and data recorded in the IC card is transmitted to control-target equipment.

Remote control apparatus and image display apparatus

An innovative but easy line guide is provided to provide the user of a multiple channel television broadcast system a wealth of programming information in a simple format that is easy to understand. The guide enables the user to easily select a particular program to watch. In e particular, the system provides an innovative mechanism to enable the user to scan program information of channels that the user has designated as his favorite channels. A button is provided that is designated as &ldquo;favorite&rdquo;. When the user is in a broadcast guide and selects the button, the system responds by displaying program information regarding the favorite stations at the top of the guide. Thus, the user sees at the top of the list the current programming with respect to his favorite stations, followed by program information for the remaining stations.

Method and apparatus for providing favorite station and programming information in a multiple station broadcast system

An innovative but easy to use on-line guide is provided to provide the user of a multiple channel television broadcast system a wealth of programming information in a simple format that is easy to understand. The guide enables the user to easily select a particular program to watch. In particular, when the guide is presented to the user, the guide covers only a portion of the actual television screen or display. The remaining portion of the television screen continues to broadcast the audio and video of the currently selected program. As a user scans through the guide and moves the pointer from one station to another, the system responds by automatically tuning to the channel pointed to by the pointer and provides the audio and displays the video in the portion of the screen not covered by the guide. Thus, the user can easily get an idea of the broadcast on a particular station without exiting the guide and without expressly selecting a particular channel. Furthermore, a written description of the program currently broadcasted on a station that the cursor currently points to is also shown. Thus, the user is provided the audio and video of a particular program as well as a written description of the program and the ability to easily preview another station broadcasting another program simply by moving the pointer. Once the user determines that a particular station is to be viewed, the user simply indicates selection by depressing the corresponding key on the receiver or remote control device which then functions to remove the guide. If the viewer exits the guide without selection of a station, the system automatically tunes back to the station that the system was tuned to at the time the guide was entered.

Method and apparatus for providing station and programming information

A method and apparatus for displaying programming information by translating the display of a broadcast of a program are provided. Programming information is displayed along with the program broadcast on the screen such that no portion of the broadcast is covered by the programming information. A multiple channel broadcasting system is tuned to a channel to provide a display of a broadcast of a program on a screen. Programming information is displayed that identifies channels in the broadcasting system. When displaying the programming information, the display of the program broadcast is translated to a smaller broadcast window on the screen by superimposing at least one of a series of successively smaller broadcast window outlines over the display of the broadcast on the screen. When removing the programming information from the display, the broadcast system translates the video of a broadcast of a program displayed in the smaller broadcast window to a larger broadcast window by superimposing at least one of a series of successively larger broadcast window outlines over the display device. The broadcast system then causes the display of the programming information to be removed from the display.

Method and apparatus for displaying an electronic program guide

An innovative but easy to use on-line program list is provided to provide the user of a multiple channel television broadcast system a wealth of programming information in a simple format that is easy to understand. The guide enables the user to easily select a particular program to watch or to watch in the future. Unlike prior art television guides, the present invention presents a program list that is oriented according to the program instead of the channel. In particular, the program list provides program information and the times the program is broadcasted the displayed timeframe. This is particularly useful for viewing in one simple and easy-to-read format the start times of a pay-per-view program, which may, for example, be broadcasted every 1/2 hour over a variety of channels.

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Tokyo, Japan

Fujio Noguchi