Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multimedia reproduction device and menu screen display method
- Patent Title (中): 多媒体再现设备和菜单画面显示方式
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Application No.: US12835300Application Date: 2010-07-13
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Publication No.: US08463103B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Masaharu Sakai , Kojiro Umemura , Shuji Hiramatsu , Ryuji Nakayama
- Applicant: Masaharu Sakai , Kojiro Umemura , Shuji Hiramatsu , Ryuji Nakayama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Priority: JP2004-140416 20040510; JP2004-352050 20041203
- Main IPC: H04N9/80
- IPC: H04N9/80

Abstract:
A small-size digital device requires preferable operability and userfriendliness of the user interface. In a multimedia reproduction device (10), an operation unit (40) acquires an instruction concerning content reproduction via a user operation. A read-out unit (44) reads out a content from an external recording medium mounted as a content data storage area. A Storage unit (80) holds data on a plurality of function icons symbolizing a plurality of content reproduction function types and data on a plurality of media icons symbolizing the external recording medium types. A display processing unit (46) processes menu screen display and content reproduction. A menu unit (48) generates image data on a menu screen where a plurality of function icons and a plurality of media icons are arranged two-dimensionally according to a user function.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110010667A1 MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND MENU SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD Public/Granted day:2011-01-13
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