Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100030868 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for easily acquiring information. A television receiver accesses an application server and acquires an application list therefrom. When an application is selected from the application list, the television receiver again accesses the application server and acquires the selected application therefrom. While executing a process based on the acquired application, the television receiver accesses a content server as needed and acquires content data therefrom. The acquired application and content data are deleted from a storage unit when an end of the process based on the application is designated. The present invention applies to television receivers which acquire data via a network. | 02-04-2010 |
20100053441 | Video display device, video display method and system - There is provided a video display device including a content control unit for displaying a video content on a display screen; a user specifying unit for specifying a user viewing a video content displayed on the display screen; and an image quality adjustment unit for adjusting the image quality of the display screen according to the user specified by the user specifying unit. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058192 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enable easy information acquisition. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058326 | Information processing apparatus and function expansion method - An information processing apparatus receives index information about an expansion function realized by being linked to a predetermined service provided by an external apparatus from a server apparatus connected via a network, displays a menu of information representing the expansion functions on a display screen, based on the index information, downloads software for executing the expansion function based on location information of the software when the expansion function being executed in accordance with a user selection on the menu on the display screen; the location information contained in the index information, and uses the downloaded software to executes the expansion function selected by an user. | 03-04-2010 |
20100107208 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is a photo album that allows viewing of photos on a television receiver through a network. In a screen where both of a reception screen of a television and multiple application programs are displayed, if a predetermined application is selected, an access is made to a photo album, and photos can be viewed in a slide show manner. If there is a favorite photo from among the photos being viewed, a point can be given to the favorite photo. The applications are loaded from an external network. | 04-29-2010 |
20100154020 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is a photo album that has a slide show function to allow viewing of photos on a television receiver through a network. In a screen where both of a reception screen of a television and multiple application programs are displayed, if a predetermined application is selected, photos with a tag matched with a tag input by a user are searched from among photos with tags for search, and a plurality of photos are displayed in list or in a slide show manner. The applications are loaded from an external network. | 06-17-2010 |
20100313231 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enable easy information acquisition. | 12-09-2010 |
20110043696 | Display device and display method - 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. | 02-24-2011 |
20110043697 | Remote control, remote control method, display device and display method - Provided is a remote control including a detection section for detecting position information, velocity information, and acceleration information. a trigger switch section for receiving an operation by a user, and a transmission section for transmitting a reference decision signal which determines that an image focused on a screen is a reference point of a user operation when the trigger switch section receives the user operation, and for transmitting the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information, to 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. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047512 | Display device and display method - 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 thumbnail image shape determination section for determining a shape of the thumbnail image so that the shape of the thumbnail image indicates an arrangement configuration of the screen after the thumbnail image is selected in the multiple content display mode and a screen transition occurs. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047513 | Display device and display method - Provided is a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a 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, multiple 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, an arrangement determination section for arranging multiple thumbnail images displayed in the multiple content display mode by category to which the contents belong, an arrangement change section for changing an arrangement of multiple thumbnail images by a user, and a boundary line display section for displaying, between two thumbnail images, a boundary line indicating a difference of the category before the arrangement of the thumbnail images is changed by the user, and for not displaying the boundary line after changed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047573 | Display device and display method - 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 first panel on which information related to the contents is displayed, an information obtaining section for obtaining externally various information, and a panel display section for displaying the various information obtained in the whole screen display mode on a second panel. | 02-24-2011 |