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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2009
Yasukazu Higuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Sekine, Fuchu, JP;
Isao Mihara, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Daisuke Ajitomi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasunobu Yamauchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasukazu Higuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Sekine, Fuchu, JP;
Isao Mihara, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Daisuke Ajitomi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasunobu Yamauchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes: a first memory to store a plurality of contents and pieces of content information including a plurality of elements; an element selector to select at least part of the plural elements correspond to a first content; a determine unit to determine whether or not the selected element matches the plural elements correspond to the contents; a generator to generate corresponding information for each of the contents based on a result of the determination; a second memory to store pieces of the corresponding information; a content selector to select a second content; a calculator to calculate degrees of association to the second content; a deciding unit to decide a arrangement positions of the plural contents except the second content according to the degrees of association calculated by the calculator; and a display unit to display the contents at the arrangement positions decided by the deciding unit.