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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2007
Hirofumi Urabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsubayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuna Maruyama, Fuchu, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirofumi Urabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsubayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuna Maruyama, Fuchu, JP;
Koji Mito, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic program guide (EPG) generation apparatus that generates an EPG, the apparatus comprising: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding each program to be displayed in the EPG; a first determination unit configured to determine the size of a first display area representing the broadcast times of each program in the EPG, based on information regarding the broadcast times of each program included in the information regarding each program; a second determination unit configured to determine the size of a second display area for displaying, in the EPG, information regarding details of each program included in the information regarding each program, based on the information regarding each program; and a display controller configured to control the display, on a display means, of the EPG based on the sizes of the first and second display areas, determined by the first and second determination means.