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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2005
Applicant:
Taku Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Taku Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44 (2006.01); G06G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A display control device includes the following elements. A related data acquisition unit acquires related data of a predetermined channel from a broadcast signal. A supplementary screen generator generates a supplementary screen indicating an overview of a related data display screen on the basis of the related data. A related data storage unit stores the supplementary screen generated by the supplementary screen generator. An event detector detects a predetermined event. A display controller controls the supplementary screen stored in the related data storage unit to be displayed upon detecting the predetermined event by the event detector.