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US 8,717,339 · App. 13/121,100 · Granted May 6, 2014

Image display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,717,339
App. No.
13/121,100
Granted
May 6, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display apparatus includes: a display unit having a main display area for displaying an image of a main channel and a sub display area for displaying images of channels which can be interchanged with the image of the main channel in the main display area; a replacement unit for replacing the images of the channels displayed in the sub display area with images of other channels not displayed in the sub display area; and a control unit which, after an operation to interchange images of channels in the main and sub display areas is performed with the image of the channel displayed in the main display area as an interchange source, controls to prevent the image of the interchange source channel previously displayed in the main display area which after the interchange is displayed in the sub display area from being a replacing target of the replacement unit.

Claims (8)

1. An image display apparatus comprising:

a display unit having a main display area for displaying an image of a main channel and a sub display area for displaying images of channels which can be interchanged with the image of the main channel in the main display area;

a replacement unit for replacing the images of the channels displayed in the sub display area with images of other channels not displayed in the sub display area; and

a control unit which, after an operation to interchange an interchange source image of a channel in the main display area and an interchange target image of a channel in the sub display area is performed, prevents the image of the interchange source channel previously displayed in the main display area which after the interchange is displayed in the sub display area from being a replacing target of the replacement unit.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein after an operation to interchange an interchange source image of a channel in the sub display area and an interchange target image of a channel in the main display area is performed, the control unit permits the interchange target image of the channel previously displayed in the main display area which after the interchange is displayed in the sub display area to be a replacing target of the replacement unit.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit interchanges an interchange target image of a channel in the main display area with a plurality of interchange source images of channels from the sub display area, and

the display unit simultaneously displays the interchanged plurality of interchange source channels from the sub display area in the main display area.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein after an operation to interchange an interchange target image of a channel in the main display area with a plurality of interchange source channels from the sub display area is performed, the control unit permits the interchange target image of the channel previously displayed in the main display area which after the interchange is displayed in the sub display area to be a replacing target of the replacement unit.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 25, 2024
From: ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: ADEIA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 069048/0223 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
Reel/Frame 053481/0790 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
Reel/Frame 053458/0749 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2020
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.; VEVEO, INC.; INVENSAS CORPORATION; INVENSAS BONDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TESSERA, INC.; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DTS, INC.; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053468/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051110/0006 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051143/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2019
From: KYOCERA CORPORATION
To: ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048913/0030 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2011
From: SATAKE, MASAOMI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026024/0082 →