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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Ken Onogi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Tashiro, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); G06F 9/4443 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed, and a panel shape determination section for determining a shape of the panel based on the contents to be displayed on the panel.