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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Kouji Hatano, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Ushijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouji Hatano, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Ushijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An output method is changed optimally in response to a difference of a device connected to an output device and a combination of output media streams, and user's convenience is improved. Each of media state sensing unitfor sensing a state of a media stream sends out a media state sensing signal to a control portion, and each of connection state sensing unitfor sensing a connection state between an outputting unitand a providing device, which presents the media stream visually or audibly, sends out a connection state sensing signal to the control portion. The control portiondecides an output state based on priority output information, which specifies a preferential output state of the media stream, the media state sensing signal, and the connection state sensing signal, and then the outputting unitoutputs the media stream to the providing device.