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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2010
Shuichi Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Jiro Kiyama, Chiba, JP;
Takayoshi Yamaguchi, Chiba, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame, as well as providing a video display apparatus etc. for displaying the child frame at an appropriate displayed position using the data for display. A video display apparatusincludes: decodersandfor decoding two sets of video data; a synthesizerfor synthesizing the decoded videos to output; an input unitfor commanding display/non-display of the child frame; a processing controllerfor controlling the operations of decodersandin accordance with the command; and a position designatorwhich receives the command and the data for display and time information and designates the displayed position of the child frame to the synthesizer. The position designatordetermines the displayed position of the child-frame video in accordance with displayable time information of the child-frame video and information on the displayed area or displayable area depending on time, included in the data for display.