Display control apparatus, method thereof and program product thereof
First Claim
1. A display control apparatus, comprising:
- a display control unit which, when display switching is instructed in a state that information of programs broadcasted in plural channels are displayed at positions corresponding to the broadcast time of respective programs by setting a time axis in a predetermined direction and setting a channel axis in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction, displays information of programs broadcasted in a focused channel at positions corresponding to the broadcast time of respective programs by setting the time axis in the same direction as the predetermined direction, and displays information of programs by switching the focused channel in accordance with operations in the direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction by a user.
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Abstract
When display switching is instructed in a state that a program schedule according to time is displayed, in which a time axis is set in a horizontal direction and a channel axis is set in a vertical direction, respectively, a program schedule according to channels is displayed in which the time axis is set in the horizontal direction and the channel axis is set in the vertical direction, respectively. In the program schedule, a wider area than other channels is assigned to the channel which has been focused in the program schedule according to time, and information of programs broadcasted by the channel are displayed at positions corresponding to broadcast time of the programs, respectively. The invention can be applied to equipment capable of displaying an EPG, such as a digital television receiver, a hard disk recorder, or a DVD recorder.
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13 Claims
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1. A display control apparatus, comprising:
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a display control unit which, when display switching is instructed in a state that information of programs broadcasted in plural channels are displayed at positions corresponding to the broadcast time of respective programs by setting a time axis in a predetermined direction and setting a channel axis in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction, displays information of programs broadcasted in a focused channel at positions corresponding to the broadcast time of respective programs by setting the time axis in the same direction as the predetermined direction, and displays information of programs by switching the focused channel in accordance with operations in the direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A display control method, comprising:
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when display switching is instructed in a state that information of programs broadcasted in plural channels are displayed at positions corresponding to the broadcast time of respective programs by setting a time axis in a predetermined direction and setting a channel axis in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction, displaying information of programs broadcasted in a focused channel at positions corresponding to the broadcast time of the respective programs by setting the time axis in the same direction as the predetermined direction; and
displaying information of programs by switching the focused channel in accordance with operations in the direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction by a user.
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13. A program product which allows a computer to execute processing, comprising:
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when display switching is instructed in a state that information of programs broadcasted in plural channels are displayed at positions corresponding to the broadcast time of respective programs by setting a time axis in a predetermined direction and setting a channel axis in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction, displaying information of programs broadcasted in a focused channel at positions corresponding to the broadcast time of the respective programs by setting the time axis in the same direction as the predetermined direction; and
displaying information of programs by switching the focused channel in accordance with operations in the direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction by a user.
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