Display apparatus and media display method

• US 7,716,568 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2004
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Itoh, Tomoaki, Takei, Ichiro, Yamaguchi, Takao, Sato, Junichi, Ido, Daiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore; William L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Distefano; Gregory A
• Application Number:
  US10/570,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20070046700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,084 Days
• Field of Search: 345/698, 715/204, 715/235
• US Class Current: 715/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents

Abstract

A media receiving apparatus capable of preventing media from being positioned in an invalid display area or a program from being temporarily stopped, even if the vertical/horizontal ratio of the resolution of the display section is switched while a broadcast or streaming program is being displayed. In this apparatus there are a plurality of display sections D1 and D2 with different resolutions, and a display directive section (303) directs a display section to be set as active in accordance with the mode of use of the user. A layout information selection section (304) selects a layout corresponding to the resolution of the display section indicated by the display directive section (303) from layout information that includes layouts corresponding to display sections D1 and D2 distributed from a media distribution apparatus, and in accordance with the selected layout a media display control section (306) selects media distributed from the media distribution apparatus, performs conversion processing comprising enlargement or reduction, and displays media on the display section designated by the display directive section (303).

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a plurality of display sections that have different resolutions for displaying media data, wherein the media data comprise still-image data and/or video data;

a display directive section that detects a display section that becomes active in accordance with a mode of use of the display apparatus out of the plurality of display sections;

a position information selection section that selects position information matching a resolution of the detected display section from a plurality of position information items, the plurality of position information items being received from a transmitter, and at least one of the position information items including position information relating to still-image data and video data and at least another one of the position information items including position information relating to only one of still-image data and video data; and

a media display control section that performs selection and/or conversion processing of media data and performs control to display the media data on the detected display section, based on the selected position information, wherein;

the position information comprises information of a position to which the still-image data and/or the video data is arranged; and

the media display control section displays the still-image data and/or the video data at the position specified by the selected position information.

2. A display apparatus comprising:

a display including a first display section and a second display section that have different resolutions for displaying media data;

a display directive section that detects one of the first display section and the second display section that becomes active in accordance with a mode of use of the display apparatus;

a reception section that receives position information items from a transmitter, the position information items including a first position information item that matches the resolution of the first display section and a second position information item that matches the resolution of the second display section;

a position information selection section that selects one of the first position information item and the second position information item in accordance with the one of the first display section and the second display section detected by the display directive section, the first position information item and the second position information item being received from a transmitter, and at least one of the first position information item and the second position information item including position information relating to still-image data and video data and at least another one of the first position information item and the second position information item including position information relating to only one of still-image data and video data; and

a media display control section that performs selection processing and/or conversion processing of media data and performs control to display the media data on the detected one of the first display section and the second display section, based on the selected one of the first position information item and the second position information item, wherein;

the media data comprises still-image data and/or video data;

each of the first position information item and the second position information item comprises information of a position to which the still-image data and/or the video data is arranged; and

the media display control section displays the still-image data and/or the video data at the position specified by the selected one of the first position information item and the second position information item.