Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Hirofumi Furukawa

Masafumi Hirata

Masafumi Takahashi

Takuya Kinoshita

Katsuo Doi

Azusa Umemoto

Tatsuo Sudo

Soichi Nitta

Aya Enatsu

Kiyotaka Kashito

Kentaro Sakakura

Hideyuki Otokawa

Satoshi Eguchi

Masaki Hasiura

A televisionof the present invention is a televisionfor processing display data and displaying an image based on the processed display data, the display data containing the image and a control script that defines at least a function of displaying the image, wherein the televisionincludes a basic function executing sectionfor executing a basic function program called from the control script, the basic function program being stored in a basic function program storage section; and a control script executing sectionfor controlling basic function executing sectionaccording to the control script so as to perform a first function for displaying the image, the first function being defined by the control script, the control script further defines a second function which the televisionperforms while the image is being displayed by the first function, and the control script executing sectioncontrols the basic function executing sectionaccording to the control script so as to execute the second function.

Image display apparatus, image data providing apparatus, and image display system providing a control script for executing basic functions

When a content playback apparatus has detected a content data acquisition error in a process of acquiring title screen content serving as next content that is to be reproduced after top screen content, the content playback apparatus reproduces sub-content contained as error-handling information in the top screen content, and then displays an error screen. The error screen is contained as sub-content in the top screen content, and therefore can be changed flexibly. This makes it possible to provide a content playback apparatus capable of performing error handling flexibly in accordance with the content being reproduced.

Content playback apparatus, content playback method, and storage medium

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Chiba, Japan

Hirofumi Furukawa