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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Yoshikazu Shibamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Mori, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Kutsuna, Toyota, JP;
Tetsu Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Shibamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Mori, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Kutsuna, Toyota, JP;
Tetsu Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a program information display control apparatus and method, a remote control device, a program, and a storage medium, which can simultaneously display the contents and detailed information of specific programs that follow predetermined rules such as a time band, genre, and the like. To this end, detailed program information associated with each of programs to be displayed on an EPG is acquired from an antenna () and tuner (). The acquired program information is stored in a memory () via a decoder (). A viewer designates programs, details of which are to be displayed, using a remote controller (), and the memory () is searched for detailed program information of a plurality of designated programs. An image controller () simultaneously displays a plurality of pieces of program information associated with these designated programs at their display positions on the EPG displayed on a display unit ().