Sony Corporation

Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.

Tomoko Terakado

Tomoyuki Hanai

Tatsushi Nashida

Yukio Furudate

Yasutomo Nishina

Toshiya Kaihoko

Keiji Shioda

Masahiko Sato

Koji Nishimura

Kenji Hamamoto

Makoto Korehisa

Yukinori Kita

Shinichiro Sugai

Mitsuru Nagasaka

Tomoko Oyabu

Aki Koyabu

Kanako Nakamura

Takahiko Yaginuma

Chieko Kusakabe

Yoshinori Ebi

Provided is a medical display control device including a display control unit that causes a first captured medical image and a second captured medical image to be simultaneously displayed, the first captured medical image having been captured in an imaging device in a first imaging mode where imaging is performed with special light, the second captured medical image having been captured in the imaging device in a second imaging mode different from the first imaging mode before the first captured medical image.

Medical display control device, medical observation device, display control method, and medical observation system

An information providing apparatus, in which program guide information is provided as first information which designates predetermined information and second information to be referred to by the first information. Layout information is provided from within the electronic program guide information, relating to the layout when the electronic program guide information is displayed on a screen.

Information providing apparatus and method, display controlling apparatus and method, information providing system, as well as transmission medium

A process for performing video recording and the like after obtaining electronic program data is optimized. According to the process, only program data relating to one or more predetermined preset channels of the channels which are broadcast by a broadcast service are separated from program data which guide programs broadcast by a predetermined broadcast service. Only program data relating to a predetermined channel are stored, and processes of video recording and the like can be performed according to the stored program data.

Program data processing method and apparatus

The invention provides an information providing apparatus and method by which the amount of data to be transmitted when data of a program table composed of characters and images or the like are to be transmitted is reduced and it is made possible to cope with a change in contents of data rapidly. Data of an electronic program guide to be provided is hierarchized into data (Adata) which may possibly be changed such as the broadcasting date, the start time and the end time, data (Adata) which are not changed at all such as a program name, and data (Adata) composed of still pictures, moving pictures, voice and so forth which have comparatively large data amounts, and for each medium, data of a hierarchy suitable for the medium is provided. Each Adata is referred to by one or a plurality of Adata, and each Adata is referred to by one or a plurality of Adata.

An information processing device previously includes music options for use as a BGM, and these music options are each correlated to the details of an effect to represent the atmosphere matching the BGM. After a user selects a specific photo album storing still images for playback, and then a BGM, a playlist is created to define the order for playing back the still images stored in the photo album with the effect corresponding to the BGM. The present invention is applicable to equipment such as personal computers capable of handling still images, and therewith, effect-applied still images can be displayed easily and swiftly in a sequential manner.

Information processing device, method, and program

There is provided a system which allows information related to a broadcasting program to be processed efficiently. The program related information related to the certain program created on the transmitter side is composed of Event Data, Channel Data, Character Data, CM data and the like and is converted into EPG_contents_data. Further, display related information concerning on a layout and the like in displaying the program related information created on the transmitter side on a screen is composed of Layout Data, Color Data, Font Data and Operation Data and is converted into EPG_control_data. The receiver side generates EPG_management_data as necessary from the EPG_contents_data and the EPG_control_data transmitted from the transmitter side and generates EPG_display_data which is display information from the EPG_contents_data and the EPG_control_data.

Transmitter system and transmitting method, receiver system and receiving method and transmission media

A program-selecting apparatus well applied to a broadcast receiving set sets automatic picture-recording by setting program selection conditions comprising a genre, a keyword, and a time zone. A recording medium built in a recording medium unit has a storage region for storing keywords used in this setting. This storage region is comprised of a fixed region in which plural fixed keywords are stored and an alteration region in which plural alterable keywords are stored. A keyword stored in the alteration region is downloaded through a MODEM from a server based on, for example, user's operations. It is possible to set a program selection condition by using a new keyword without providing input means such as a keyboard for inputting keywords to the apparatus, thus making the apparatus inexpensive.

Program-selection device, program selection method, and program information providing system

By storing usage history information of a recording medium for recording information, which is obtained by using the recording medium, in storing means, and retrieving information that matches a user's preference from a plurality of information based on the usage history information, a program that matches the user's preference can be easily retrieved without inputting key information for retrieving information, hence time and effort in retrieving information can be further reduced.

Information searching device, information receiver, and methods therefor

A receiving apparatus receives an image signal transmitted from a transmitting end. In the receiving apparatus, the received image signal is output to a display. Electronic program guide information (EPG) added to the received image signal is extracted. The display format of the EPG is altered in accordance with predetermined information. And, the altered EPG is output to the display. A transmitting apparatus transmits an image signal to a receiving end. In the transmitting apparatus, the image signal, EPG, information representing a broadcasting station providing the EPG are generated. The EPG and the information representing the broadcasting station are added to the image signal. And, a signal formed by adding the EPG and the information representing the broadcasting station to the image signal is transmitted to the receiving end.

Receiving apparatus and method, transmitting apparatus and method, and transmission medium

A recording system includes an information receiver having a function of decoding a general-purpose data-description language, and a recorder having a data recording region for recording data from the information receiver and a document-type-definition recording region for recording at least document-type-definition information on the general-purpose data-description language. When being linked to the information receiver, the recorder transmits the recorded document-type-definition information to the information receiver, and the information receiver transmits, based on the received document-type-definition information, predetermined data to the recorder.

Recording system

Radio waves transmitted from the antenna of a broadcasting station are received by the antenna of a television receiver. The television receiver extracts an EPG from the received radio waves and transmits it to a remote controller via an infrared transmission/reception section. The remote controller displays the received EPG on a LCD and is then rendered in a state of waiting for selection of a program. If some program is selected and then a reserve button is manipulated, the remote controller transmits a control command for a recording reservation to a video tape recorder. The video tape recorder receives the control command with an infrared transmission/reception section, whereby the recording reservation of the designated program is set.

Control device, control method, electric apparatus, control method of an electric apparatus, electric apparatus system, control method of an electric apparatus system, and transmission medium

Control device, control method, electric apparatus, control method of an electric apparatus, electric apparatus system, control method of an apparatus system, and transmission medium

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tomoko Terakado