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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2009
Takeo Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Miwako Fujiki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Gen Fujiki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a television broadcast signal containing at least remote broadcast image information, a display unit that displays image information, a recording and reproducing unit that records and reproduces the image information, a player information acquiring unit that acquires, from the remote broadcast image information, player information regarding players in a sports game included in a broadcast image signal, and a recording and reproducing control function unit that receives an audio signal contained in the broadcast signal, generates an excitation graph representing the level of excitation of the sports game along a time line, and records the excitation graph, the image of the game, time information, and the player information in the recording and reproducing unit. Upon receiving information indicating a break in the sports game, the recording and reproducing control function unit displays the excitation graph together with the recorded image.