Device control processing device, display processing device, method, and computer program

• US 20060282848A1
• Filed: 05/11/2004
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Osamu, Inada, Tetsugo
• Granted Patent: US 8,060,907 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42226 Reprogrammable remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43632 involving a wired protocol, e.g. IEEE 1394 high-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus H04L12/40052
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/106 for domestic distribution

Abstract

An apparatus and method capable of selecting and providing content while reducing the load on a user are provided. A controlled device is determined based on content identification information. Control information corresponding to the determined controlled device is generated and output to, for example, a remote controller, and device control is performed based on a control signal from the remote controller. The user can output and view content without performing processing necessary to output the content, such as processing on a control device, a channel operation to the control device, and searching for the content storage location. Further, content cards recording content information are displayed as a card group and content information of a card at a position of a cursor is displayed.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A display processing apparatus for performing a process for displaying content information that is classified into genres, the display processing apparatus comprising:

content display data generating means for performing a process for configuring content cards recording content information according to the number of content items, displaying a card group including a plurality of content cards corresponding to the number of content items as a card group that indicates only the presence of content with the content information being hidden, and displaying a content item selected by a user-operable selection indicator in a portion adjacent to the card group with the content information being displayed; and

display data generating means for performing a process for displaying genres corresponding displayed content information and displaying the genre of the selected content information as being displayed,

wherein the content information is continuously displayed according to a user selection operation.

23. The display processing apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the content display data generating means is configured to perform a process for determining the manner in which each of the content cards is displayed depending on the relative position of the selection indicator in the card group.

24. The display processing apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the content display data generating means is configured to determine the manner in which each of the content cards is displayed depending on the relative position of the selection indicator in the card group, and

is configured to perform a display process in which a content card at a position close to the selection indicator is set to an angle at which the content information is displayed and a content card at a position far from the selection indicator is set to an angle at which the content information is hidden.

25. The display processing apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the content display data generating means is configured to perform a process for moving the content cards along a parametric curve and displaying a content item selected by the selection indicator at a position on the parametric curve apart from the card group with the content information being displayed.

26. A display processing method for performing a process for displaying content information that is classified into genres, the display processing method comprising:

configuring content cards recording content information according to the number of content items and displaying a card group including a plurality of content cards corresponding to the number of content items as a card group that indicates only the presence of content with the content information being hidden;

displaying a content item selected by a user-operable selection indicator in a portion adjacent to the card group with the content information being displayed; and

displaying genres corresponding to displayed content information and displaying the genre of the selected content information as being displayed,

wherein the content information is continuously displayed according to a user selection operation.

27. The display processing method according to claim 26, further comprising performing a process for determining the manner in which each of the content cards is displayed depending on the relative position of the selection indicator in the card group.

28. The display processing method according to claim 26, wherein the display processing method comprises determining a manner in which each of the content cards is displayed depending on a relative position of the selection indicator in the card group, and performs a display process in which a content card at a position close to the selection indicator is set to an angle at which the content information is displayed and a content card at a position far from the selection indicator is set to an angle at which the content information is hidden.

29. The display processing method according to claim 26, wherein the display processing method performs a process for moving the content cards along a parametric curve and displaying a content item selected by the selection indicator at a position on the parametric curve apart from the card group with the content information being displayed.

30. A computer program for performing a process for displaying content information that is classified into genres, the computer program comprising:

a step of configuring content cards recording content information according to the number of content items and displaying a card group including a plurality of content cards corresponding to the number of content items as a card group that indicates only the presence of content with the content information being hidden;

a step of displaying a content item selected by a user-operable selection indicator in a portion adjacent to the card group with the content information being displayed; and

a step of displaying genres corresponding to displayed content information and displaying the genre of the selected content information as being displayed, wherein the content information is continuously displayed according to a user selection operation.