Receiving apparatus

• US 20070014312A1
• Filed: 05/09/2006
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sugimoto, Shigemitsu
• Application Number:
  US11/430,049
• Publication Number:
  US 20070014312A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/486
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/39 for identifying broadcast space-time use of Electronic Programme Guides H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/43 for identifying broadcast channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/64 for providing detail information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• 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 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

The invention aims at providing a receiving apparatus with which a user can see and listen to a part of a program which he/she wants to enjoy without imposing a burden on him/her. A CPU generates a list picture (130) having information, on a musical name and a channel number, selected from program element information on a musical name and an artist name of a radio broadcasting program, and displays the list picture thus generated as a sound reception picture (100) on a displaying portion. Since a list of musical names of other channels not being received is displayed in the list picture (130), a user can listen to a piece of music to which he/she desires to listen by selecting a channel of this piece of music by operating an operation portion.

Claims

1. A receiving apparatus comprising:

a receiving portion for receiving program element information on a plurality of programs currently broadcasted;

a displaying portion for displaying thereon element information on a program currently seen and listened, and simultaneously element information on programs not currently seen and listened in a form of a list, respectively, in accordance with the program element information received from the receiving portion; and

a display controlling portion for updating and displaying the element information displayed on the displaying portion at an appropriate time.

2. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the receiving portion receives program element information on a plurality of musical programs currently broadcasted;

the displaying portion displays thereon element information, containing a broadcasting station, a musical name, and an artist name, on a musical program currently seen and listened, and at least one of a musical name, an artist name, and a program name from element information on a musical program not currently seen and listened in a form of a list, and

the display controlling portion, when the element information displayed in the form of the list is updated, switches displayed element information and displays the updated element information at an appropriate time.

3. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display controlling portion displays a predetermined mark for the element information, corresponding to a program currently seen and listened, among the element information displayed in the form of the list.

4. The receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the display controlling portion selects the at least one of the musical name, the artist name, and the program name and displays the at least one thus selected on the display portion in accordance with an instruction supplied from the outside.

5. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display controlling portion periodically changes the element information displayed in the form of the list on the displaying portion.

6. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the display controlling portion scrolls and displays the element information list displayed in the form of the list on the displaying portion.

7. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the receiving portion receives a video signal or a sound signal of a program selected among a plurality of programs currently broadcasted.