Patent ID: 8976296
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
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.