Broadcasting and communication receiver apparatus
View Patent ↗A digital receiver including: a receiver; a decoder; and a display controller, with a display having a first display zone displaying at least a part of the title included in program information and a second display zone displaying an entirety of the title, under control of the display controller; wherein the display controller includes an input data amount calculator calculating an amount of input data for the first display zone inputted from memory, and a comparator to compare the amount calculated with an amount of displayable data, and when the amount of the input data is larger than the amount of the displayable data, a part of the title and a symbol indicative of omission are displayed, and when the first display zone is selected, an entirety of the title in the selected first display zone is displayed in the second display zone.
1. A digital receiver comprising:
a receiver which receives video program and program information at least including a title of a video program and time information;
a decoder which decodes the program information;
a display unit which displays at least the program information; and
a display controller which controls display of a display zone shown on the display unit, the display zone in which at least a part of the title included in the program information is displayed under control of the display controller;
wherein the display zone is displayed in a program information display which displays the display zone corresponding to a video program with a start time and an end time of the video Program without displaying a time scale,
wherein the display controller includes an input data amount calculator to calculate a number of characters of input data for the display zone, and a comparator to compare the number of characters of the input data as calculated by the calculator, with a number of characters of displayable data in the display zone,
wherein the number of characters of displayable data is changed depending on a size of characters of the input data,
and wherein, even if the display zone has an area for no more lines of characters than only one line of characters to be displayed when the number of characters of the input data is larger than the number of characters of the displayable data in the display zone, both a part of the title and a symbol indicative of omission are displayed without line feed in the area of the only one line of characters.
2. The digital receiver according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory which stores the program information which is decoded by the decoder;
wherein the input data amount calculator calculates a number of characters of a data for the display zone which is input from the memory.
3. The digital receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the time information is information based upon which the start time and the end time of the video program can be calculated.
4. The digital receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the program information display is more particularly displayed without displaying an equally-incremented time scale axis.
5. A digital receiver comprising:
a receiver which receives video program, title information of a video program, and time information;
a decoder which decodes the title information;
a display unit; and
a display controller which controls display of a display zone shown on the display unit, the display zone in which at least a part of the title information is displayed under control of the display controller;
wherein the display zone is displayed in a program information display which displays the display zone corresponding to a video program with a start time and an end time of the video program without displaying a time scale,
wherein the display controller includes an input data amount calculator to calculate a number of characters of a data for the display zone, and a comparator to compare the number of characters of the input data calculated by the calculator with a number of characters of displayable data in the display zone,
wherein the number of characters of displayable data is changed depending on a size of characters of the input data,
and wherein, even if the display zone has an area for no more lines of characters than only one line of characters to be displayed when the number of characters of the input data is larger than the number of characters of the displayable data in the display zone, both a part of the title information and a symbol indicative of omission are displayed without line feed in the area of the only one line of characters.
6. The digital receiver according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory which stores the title information which is decoded by the decoder;
wherein the input data amount calculator calculates a number of characters of a data for the display zone which is input from the memory.
7. The digital receiver according to claim 5 , wherein the time information is information based upon which the start time and the end time of the video program can be calculated.
8. A digital receiver comprising:
a receiver which receives video program and program information at least including a title of a video program and time information;
a decoder which decodes the program information;
a display unit which displays at least the program information; and
a display controller which controls display of a display zone shown on the display unit, the display zone in which at least a part of the title included in the program information is displayed under control of the display controller;
wherein the display zone is displayed in a program information display which displays the display zone corresponding to a video program with a start time and an end time of the video Program without displaying a time scale,
wherein the display controller determines replacement of a part of the program information by an omission symbol, by taking into account an amount of data displayable in the display zone, an amount of the program information, and a character type of a character included in the program information,
and wherein, even if the display zone has an area for no more lines of characters than only one line of characters to be displayed when the display controller replaces a part of the program information by an omission symbol, both a part of the title information and an omission symbol are displayed without line feed in the area of the only one line of characters.
9. The digital receiver according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a memory which stores the program information which is decoded by the decoder.
10. The digital receiver according to claim 8 , wherein the time information is information based upon which the start time and the end time of the video program can be calculated.
11. A digital receiver comprising:
a receiver which receives video program, title information of a video program and time information;
a decoder which decodes the title information;
a display unit; and
a display controller which controls display of a display zone shown on the display unit, the display zone in which at least a part of the title information is displayed under control of the display controller;
wherein the display zone is displayed in a program information display which displays the display zone corresponding to a video program with a start time and an end time of the video program without displaying a time scale,
wherein the display controller determines replacement of a part of the title information by an omission symbol by taking into account an amount of data displayable in the display zone, an amount of the title information, and a character type of a character included in the title information;
and wherein, even if the display zone has an area for no more lines of characters than only one line of characters to be displayed when the display controller replaces a part of the program information by an omission symbol, both a part of the title information and an omission symbol are displayed without line feed in the area of the only one line of characters.
12. The digital receiver according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a memory which stores the title information which is decoded by the decoder.
13. The digital receiver according to claim 11 , wherein the time information is information based upon which the start time and the end time of the video program can be calculated.
14. A digital receiver comprising:
a receiver which receives video program and program information including a title of a video program and time information;
a decoder which decodes the program information;
a display unit which displays at least the program information; and
a display controller which controls display of a display zone shown on the display unit, the display zone in which at least a part of the title included in the program information is displayed under control of the display controller;
wherein the display zone is displayed in a program information display which displays the display zone corresponding to a video program with a start time and an end time of the video program without displaying a time scale,
wherein the display controller determines whether a part of the title does not fit in the display zone by taking into account display size of the title that varies depending on the size of a character included in the title,
and wherein, even if the display zone has an area for no more lines of characters than only one line of characters to be displayed when the title does not fit in the display zone, the display controller replaces a tail part of the title by an omission symbol and both the remaining part of the title and the omission symbol are displayed without line feed in the area of the only one line of characters.
15. The digital receiver according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a memory which stores title information which is decoded by the decoder.
16. The digital receiver according to claim 14 , wherein the time information is information based upon which the start time and the end time of the video program can be calculated.
17. A digital receiver comprising:
a receiver which receives video program, title information of a video program and time information;
a decoder which decodes the title information;
a display unit; and
a display controller which controls display of a display zone shown on the display unit, the display zone in which at least a part of the title information is displayed under control of the display controller;
wherein the display zone is displayed in a program information display which displays the display zone corresponding to a video program with a start time and an end time of the video program without displaying a time scale,
wherein the display controller determines whether the title information does not fit in the display zone by taking into account display size of the title information that varies depending on the size of a character included in the title information,
and wherein, even if the display zone has an area for no more lines of characters than only one line of characters to be displayed when the title information does not fit in the display zone, the display controller replaces a tail part of the title information by an omission symbol and both the remaining part of the title information and the omission symbol are displayed without line feed in the area of the only one line of characters.
18. The digital receiver according to claim 17 , further comprising:
a memory which stores the title information which is decoded by the decoder.
19. The digital receiver according to claim 17 , wherein the time information is information based upon which the start time and the end time of the video program can be calculated.