Hitachi, Ltd.

Maxell, Ltd.

Hitachi Maxell, Limited

Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kouji Kamogawa

Yoshihiro Machida

Nobuhiro Tsutsumi

Yasuhiro Yakushiji

Hisashi Komedashi

Kazunori Iwabuchi

Masaki Ohki

Masayuki Inoue

Hiroaki Takahashi

Masakazu Hamaguchi

Tomochika Yamashita

Masashi Ohki

A digital content operating apparatus, including: a communication unit which communicates with an external device which has a display for displaying the digital content; a user operation interface which receives a user operation to control the digital content which is displayed on the external device; a display which displays either a linear content operation panel or an interactive content operation panel; and a controller which controls the user operation interface corresponding to information on the digital content which is displayed on the external device; wherein either the linear content operation panel or the interactive content operation panel is displayed alternatively as the user operation interface on the display.

Multimedia player displaying operation panel depending on contents

Video information, which is photographed with using a GPS built-in video camera, is inputted into a video information server. A video information correspondence table is produced, which associated photographing time of the video information inputted, data address of the video information photographed, and photographing position, and is memorized. According to a request from a display apparatus, the memorized video information correspondence table is searched, and thereby obtaining the video information having the information of time and position designated.

Video information control apparatus and method

A digital content reproducing apparatus is provided with a plurality of user operation interfaces, e.g., a linear content operation panel and an interactive content operation panel, a data monitor unit monitors information on digital contents, and upon occurrence of a change, the plurality of user operation panels are automatically and exclusively displayed in an operation panel display area. Accordingly, only usable operation keys can be displayed, user operation learning time can be shortened, since the panel rendering area is made small, a mouse motion distance can be shortened, and easy to use can be improved. Further, since the panel rendering area is made small, the image display area can be made relatively large.

A video recorder for recording a program video in a built-in HDD (hard disk drive) or the like on the basis of EPG data is easily put in a reserve-recording mode. To this end, reserve-recording candidate data is generated from the EPG data with use of recorded program information to facilitate selection of the reserve-recording mode. In a method for reserve-recording a broadcast program, similar program information is extracted from the EPG data on the basis of recorded title data held as the recorded program information, the extracted similar program data is converted to a data format usable for the reserve-recording, and is stored as reserve-recording candidate data upon reserve-recording.

Video recorder and method for reserve-recording a broadcast program

The regenerative apparatus for feeding back a disk type recording medium has a control means for putting the regenerative apparatus into the feedback halt state when, for example, a display command of a television broadcast program is outputted when the regenerative apparatus performs a feedback operation and selects signals from the regenerative apparatus, selecting video signals of the television broadcast program, canceling the feedback halt state of the regenerative apparatus and putting it into the feedback state when a display command of video signals from the regenerative apparatus is outputted thereafter, and selecting video signals from the regenerative apparatus.

Disk regenerative apparatus

The regenerative apparatus for feeding back a disk type recording medium has a control unit for putting the regenerative apparatus into the feedback halt state when a display command of a television broadcast program is outputted when the regenerative apparatus performs a feedback operation and selects signals from the regenerative apparatus, selecting video signals of the television broadcast program, canceling the feedback halt state of the regenerative apparatus and putting it into the feedback state when a display command of video signals from the regenerative apparatus is outputted thereafter, and selecting video signals from the regenerative apparatus.

A television system containing a video CD reproducer intended for reducing picture distortion (aspect distortion) occurring when picture information recorded on a video CD in a standard different from the television standard is reproduced for displaying a picture on a cathode-ray tube of the television. To reduce the aspect distortion, the television system containing a video CD reproducer comprises determination means for determining the standard type of picture information recorded on a video CD played back by the video CD reproducer and deflection control means for controlling deflection of a video signal in response to the determination result of the determination means.

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Yokohama, Japan

Kouji Kamogawa