Patent ID: 8024008
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A broadcasting receiver that can receive and display a broadcasting signal of a first broadcasting scheme and a second broadcasting scheme, comprising: receiving unit that receives the broadcasted signal; broadcasting scheme switching unit that switches broadcasting schemes of the broadcasting signal received by the receiving unit; displaying unit that displays a broadcast content received by the receiving unit in a first display state in which the broadcast content is displayed in a first display size or at a first display magnification, or in a second display state in which the broadcast content is displayed in a second display size or at a second display magnification; display state change instructing unit that instructs to change the display state in which the displaying unit is displaying; determining unit that, when the display state change instructing unit instructs to change the display state while the displaying unit is displaying the broadcast content which the receiving unit receives in the first broadcasting scheme, determines whether it is possible or not to receive, continuously to the broadcast content in the first broadcasting scheme, the broadcast content in the second broadcasting scheme suitable for a new display state after the change; first control unit that, when the determining unit determines that continuous reception from the first broadcasting scheme to the second broadcasting scheme is possible, controls the broadcasting scheme switching unit to switch from the first broadcasting scheme to the second broadcasting scheme and the displaying unit to display the broadcast content in the new display state after the change; and second control unit that, when the determining unit determines that continuous reception from the first broadcasting scheme to the second broadcasting scheme is not possible, controls the display state change instructing unit to instruct to change the display state, so that the broadcast content which the receiving unit receives in the first broadcasting scheme is displayed on the displaying unit in the new display state after the change.