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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 17, 2006
Takeo Horiguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Takeo Horiguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a program guidance information holding section which holds electronic program guidance information, an algorithm holding section which holds separation point forming algorithms corresponding to a plurality of program attributes acquired from the electronic program guidance information, a program attribute determining section which determines one of the program attributes to which a to-be-processed program of the composite signal belongs based on the electronic program guidance information, an algorithm determining section which determines a separation point formation algorithm corresponding to the determined program attribute, and a separation point setting processing section which forms a separation point of the composite signal based on the determined algorithm.