Sony Corporation

Hidenobu Takemura

Tetsuya Kimura

Yasuyuki Nagata

Yasufumi Suzuki

Yoshitaka Narukawa

Tatsunobu Koike

Michitomo Koda

An information processing apparatus and method which allow a user to readily select, upon transmission of an electronic mail or upon uploading of image data, image data of a plurality of images to be attached to the electronic mail or image data to be transmitted. The user uses a cross key and a determination button of an inputting section of a camcorder: to operate an anchor on an image selection screen, to operate a page backward feeding button and to operate a page feeding button to select a thumbnail image displayed. In response to an operation by the user, the anchor is positioned on the side of the number of the thumbnail image designated by the user, and image data of the thumbnail image at which the anchor is positioned are selected.

Information processing apparatus and method

There is provided a display control apparatus including an external memory accommodating unit for accommodating a removable external memory; a database recognizing unit for recognizing a database stored in the external memory, the database being recorded with an image stored in the external memory and information related to the image in correspondence to each other; a display method setting unit for setting either display method of a stored first display method or a second display method of displaying the image stored in the external memory without using the database based on a recognition result of the database recognizing unit; and a display controlling unit for displaying the image stored in the external memory by the display method based on the set display method.

Display control apparatus, display control method, and program

The invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method which allow a user to readily select, upon transmission of an electronic mail or upon uploading of image data, image data of a plurality of images to be attached to the electronic mail or image data to be transmitted. The user uses a cross key and a determination button of an inputting section of a camcorder to operate an anchoron an image selection screento operate a page backward feeding buttonand a page feeding buttonto select a thumbnail image displayed. In response to an operation of the user, the anchoris positioned on the left side of the number of the thumbnail image designated by the user, and image data of the thumbnail image at which the anchoris positioned are selected. At a left upper portion of the selected thumbnail image, a check mark representative of such selection is displayed. When the user wants to end the image selection operation, it operates the anchor to operate a determination button. The present invention can be applied to a camcorder.

The invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method which allow a user to readily select, upon transmission of an electronic mail or upon uploading of image data, image data of a plurality of images to be attached to the electronic mail or image data to be transmitted. The user uses a cross key and a determination button of an inputting section of a camcorder to operate an anchoron an image selection screento operate a page backward feeding buttonand a page feeding buttonto select a thumbnail image displayed. In response to an operation of the user, the anchoris positioned on the left side of the number of the thumbnail image designated by the user, and image data of the thumbnail image at which the anchoris positioned are selected.

An input assistance button that is repeatedly operated in a state in which characters are displayed in a character input area. The characters serve as input assistance to words, as they are repeatedly displayed in the character input area in a predetermined order. The characters comprise of alphabetical letters in English and special characters other than the alphabetical letters in English.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, and program

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and information processing method for suppressing the power consumption compared with a case in which a Bluetooth connection is established at all times. When it is determined in step Sthat a network connection request is received, in step S, a dialog box for confirming a dial-up connection is displayed. When it is determined in step Sthat a connection button is pressed, in step S, a Bluetooth connection is established. When it is determined in step Sthat a connection with a Bluetooth device is established, in step S, a dial-up connection is established. The present invention is applicable to camcorders.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hidenobu Takemura