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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Takuo Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuto Mugura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuki Furue, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Tajika, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kitao, Tokyo, JP;
Meng NI, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kei Tateno, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuo Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuto Mugura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuki Furue, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Tajika, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kitao, Tokyo, JP;
Meng Ni, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kei Tateno, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Tsunoda, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus includes a search unit for searching for a second content related to a first content in accordance with at least part of metadata attached to each of the first content and the second content, a generating unit for generating a three-dimensional display model, the three-dimensional display model including a first layer and a second layer, the first layer having one of a first image and a first character representing the first content arranged therewithin, and the second layer having one of a second image and a second character representing the second content arranged therewithin, and a display control unit for controlling displaying one of the first image and the first character and one of the second image and the second character using the three-dimensional display model.