Sony Corporation

Takahiro Hirai

Hiroshi Koyama

Hiroshi Masuda

Akira Katsuyama

Hiroshi Mizuno

Tomohiro Koyata

Shuichi Nagano

Takashi Koya

Takashi Ishizuka

Keiichi Asakura

Masami Ishikawa

Shinji Isozaki

The invention provides a character information copying system, a recording apparatus, and a recording method in which characters can be easily copied onto a recording medium by copying and pasting character information such as titles of music pieces, singer names, and the like opened on a computer communication network and by transmitting it to the recording apparatus via an interface.

Character information copying system, recording apparatus, and recording method

When input equipment is instructed by a remote control unit on the basis of a display of a monitor, a data signal is transmitted from a microcomputer of an AV amplifier to a microcomputer of a CD changer. When the signal is received by a microcomputer of the CD changer, display data is formed in the microcomputer of the CD changer on the basis of data in a memory and is outputted. In the AV amplifier, a switch is switched to the CD changer side. A cursor is formed by the microcomputer of the AV amplifer, the cursor and display data from the CD changer are synthesized by an image synthesizing circuit and displayed on the monitor. When an instruction is generated by the remote control unit on the basis of the display on the monitor, position coordinates of the cursor on the picture plane are generated from the microcomputer of the A/V amplifier to the microcomputer of the CD changer. On the basis of the display data and the position coordinates, the CD changer is controlled by its microcomputer. When a predetermined position on the picture plane is instructed by the remote control unit, the control is returned to the AV amplifier.

Single remote control system for plurality of audio and visual equipment

An information display device includes a display, a detector for detecting an environmental variation around a place at which the device is mounted, and a detector for detecting date and time information, in which an image to be displayed on the display is varied on the basis of the detected environment variation information and/or the date and time information.

Information display device for displaying variation of environment

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takahiro Hirai