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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
Yuji Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazue Sadanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Utsunomiya, Chiba, JP;
Futoshi Kaibuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Matsuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazue Sadanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Utsunomiya, Chiba, JP;
Futoshi Kaibuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Matsuoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control section of an IRD sends an identification start request to a digital bus via a digital input/output terminal. The control section generates an identification display message by controlling an identification display message generation section, makes a superimposition section superimpose the identification display message on an analog video signal, and outputs a resulting signal via an analog output terminal. An information input apparatus allows a user to identify an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the IRD among a plurality of input terminals of the self apparatus by reproducing the identification display message and presenting it to the user.