Patent ID: 7849478
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A broadcast reception apparatus comprising: reception means for receiving a program that is broadcast; external storage medium connection means for connecting a storage medium on which a plurality of image data are stored; operation input means for receiving an operation instruction from user input means that includes an image selection button, and color buttons having different colors, respectively; display control means for displaying, on a screen, an image related to a broadcast program received by said reception means and an image related to image data read from said external storage medium; and control means for controlling said display control means so as to display reduced size images of image data stored in said external storage medium, and to display, on a portion of the screen, icons having the same color arrangement as the color buttons on said user input means, and different functions corresponding respectively to said icons, and for executing a function represented by an icon having the same color as said color button that is manipulated by said user input means, wherein when a reduced size image is selected by the manipulation of said image selection button on said user input means, said display control means enlarges and displays the selected image on the screen, and changes the functions displayed correspondingly to the respective icons.