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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Junichiro Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ishimatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kikuo Kotake, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumio Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekazu Kamon, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichiro Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ishimatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kikuo Kotake, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumio Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekazu Kamon, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a control unit to execute an operating system and selectively output a first video signal or both the first video signal and a first audio signal, an external input unit to which an external content signal containing a second video signal and a second audio signal transmitted from an external apparatus is input, and a reproduction state switch control unit to selectively switch a first reproduction state for reproducing the first video signal or both the first video signal and the first audio signal, and a second reproduction state for reproducing the second video signal and the second audio signal, wherein, if input of the external content signal to the external input unit is detected during a reproduction standby state, the reproduction state switch control unit switches the reproduction standby state with the second reproduction state.