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Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENTS INFORMATION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006295514
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To solve a problem that although needs for efficiently selecting a program required to be viewed out of contents dispersed into many channels in a time base direction are increased, a GUI having hierarchical structure and requiring many times of button operation requires a plurality of complicated operations for viewing a target video contents.

Since a plurality of programs are simultaneously displayed on one picture in this invented contents information display apparatus, a user can easily detect a program required to be viewed from the plurality of programs. The contents information display apparatus has a means for controlling the time information of reproduced images, and when control time is the past time from present time, recorded programs are displayed. When the control time is the future from the present time, a program information guide (EPG) is displayed, and when the control time is the present time, a broadcasting program is displayed.


Inventors:
WATANABE JUNICHIRO
TSUKADA ARIHITO
ISHII TAKAAKI
NAKAJIMA KAZUKUNI
MARUYAMA YUKINOBU
Application Number:
JP2005113007A
Publication Date:
October 26, 2006
Filing Date:
April 11, 2005
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Assignee:
HITACHI LTD
International Classes:
H04N7/173; H04N5/76; H04N21/41; H04N21/4147; H04N21/422; H04N21/426; H04N21/431; H04N21/482; H04N21/81
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Manabu Inoue