Sony Corporation

Yoshio Kitamura

Yuji Kawamura

Makoto Niioka

Toshio Narushima

Takumi Namekawa

Hidaka Shinobu

Yushi Ihara

Hiroshi Takizuka

Mitsugu Ishihara

Tadao Ishihara

The video data contained in the digital broadcasting received by a receiver are transmitted to a printer at high speed and at low cost. A receiver (STB) for receiving digital broadcasting, a displayfor displaying the images of the digital broadcasting received by the STBand a printerfor printing images contained in the digital broadcasting received by the STBare connected to each other by way of a first signal transmission means adapted to transmit digital signals. The printerobtain video data from the receiverby way of the first signal transmission means.

Digital broadcasting reception system, digital broadcasting receiver, display, printer and printing method

A printer includes a front panel having an approximately flat main surface which serves as one of the surfaces of the external housing of the printer, a feed-tray attachment hole for detachably attaching a feed tray which stores a paper sheet to the main body of the printer, and an output hole for outputting the paper sheet after an image is printed, and an output door which is attached to the external panel to cover the output hole such that the output door can be opened and closed, the output door being opened when the printed sheet is output through the output hole. The output door serves as an auxiliary output tray while the output door is open and the printed paper which is output through the output hole is placed on the top surface of the output door.

Image forming apparatus

A frame memory for extending data of an picture demonstrated on an picture display device is effectively utilized to effect the printing of an picture demonstrated on the picture display device inexpensively and appropriately. To this end, there is provided a printing data creating unitfor acquiring data of the picture demonstrated on a display monitorfrom a frame memorywhich holds the data from frame to frame. The printing data creating unitprepares data for printing based on the so-acquired data.

Digital broadcast reception apparatus and picture printing method

A receiver in which, when a picture of television broadcast demonstrated on a picture display device is to be printed, the picture selected by the user can be checked without intermission of pictures of television broadcast. When a command for printing a picture demonstrated on a display monitoris inputted from a command input unit, picture data held by the frame memoryis outputted as printing data from a print data outputting unit. The picture data held by the frame memoryis synthesized to data of the next picture supplied from the picture color signal circuit unit. The resulting synthesized picture data is outputted as display data from a display data output unit. The display monitorgenerates e.g., a picture-in-picture type slave image plane in which to display the print image.

Reception apparatus and picture data processing method

An image-printing system for printing a fine image represented by digital image data, which is being displayed by a television receiver. The system comprises an image-processing section, an image output section, a printer apparatus, and a printing control section. The image-processing sectionprocesses an externally input image signal, generating image data. The image output sectionoutputs a packet to the printer apparatus. The packet complies with the IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)standards and contains the image data generated by the image-processing section. The printing control sectioncontrols the printer apparatusso that the apparatusmay print the data represented by the image data contained in the packet that the image output sectionhas output to the printer apparatus

Image print system

A print output control apparatus, a print output control method, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a computer program having print output control capabilities. Print preview is displayed by use of print data to enhance user interface. A print output control apparatus comprises: a printer driver for converting data in the file into print data recognizable by the printer; a print data storage unit for storing the print, data supplied from the printer driver; a window display unit, executed by the printer driver, for acquiring the print data from the print data storage unit and displaying, onto a display device coupled to the computer, a preview window having a preview box for displaying the print data and a print data processing box operable by a user for changing the print data; and a print data processing unit, executed by the window display unit, for changing the print data when the user operates the print data processing box.

Print output control apparatus, print output control method, and computer-readable recording medium recording program having print output control capability

The present invention relates to an image printing apparatus for printing character data information of an electronic program guide added to externally inputted image information, comprising: an information processor comprising: demodulating/decoding means for detecting and demodulating/decoding the character data information of the electronic program guide added to the externally inputted image information; storage means for storing the demodulated/decoded character data information of the electronic program guide by the demodulating/decoding means; and output means for including the character data information of the electronic program guide stored by the storage means into a packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard and outputting the packet to the printer, and a printer comprising: input means for inputting the character data information of the electronic program guide included in the packet compliant with the IEEE 1394 standard outputted from the output means; print control means for detecting print control information from the character data information of the electronic program guide supplied from the input means; and printing means for printing the character data information of the electronic program guide under the control of the print control means.

Outputting a packet of character data information of an electronic program guide compliant with IEEE 1394 standard to a printer independent of a vector font

A system and method for processing an extraordinarily large amount of data is configured using ordinary versatile computers of relatively slow data processing speed. Tasking is shared to plural computers or processors connected to a system bus; a shared storage device provided in common for these processors is made up of plural memory banks connected to the system bus; data transferred between the processors and the memory banks are divided into predetermined amounts of divisional data; the divisional data are processed simultaneously in parallel fashion; and each memory bank is occupied simultaneously in parallel fashion in response to each memory request from each processor. An arbitrator is provided for acting on a single memory request in accordance with a predetermined priority order in the case where plural memory requests are outputted simultaneously to the same memory bank.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshio Kitamura