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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2004
Akio Koresawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuro Kida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Nomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Nagasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoe Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Koresawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuro Kida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Nomura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Nagasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoe Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display of 'scroll up by 1 hour' is overlaid on sections of station name of a program schedule Fawhen an up arrow key of a cross key provided to a remote commander is operated when a cursor K is on the upper border of a program frame, and when there is any preceding program (past program) not currently displayed in the program schedule Fa. Then when an enter key provided to the remote commander is operated, the 1-hour-scrolled-up program schedule Fais responsively displayed after reconfiguration. In such a manner, the display range of the program schedule can be changed with ease, and the present invention is applicable to television receivers for digital broadcasting.