Patent ID: 8477138

Claim:
An image generation system comprising: a storage section that stores character string data that indicates a character string in at least one language and arrangement designation data that indicates whether the character string in the at least one language is displayed in a left-to-right direction or a right-to-left direction; a determination section that determines arrangement of the character string based on the arrangement designation data; and an image generation section that generates an on-screen display (OSD) image that shows the character string in the left-to-right direction or the right-to-left direction based on the character string data and the arrangement of the character string determined by the determination section, when the image generation section generates a special image that shows a special character string including at least one of alphanumeric characters and symbols as part of the OSD image, the image generation section generating the special image that displays the special character string in the left-to-right direction, the storage section storing coordinate data that indicates an upper-left coordinate position or an upper-right coordinate position of the character string in the at least one language; when the determination section has determined that the arrangement of the character string is the left-to-right direction, the image generation section drawing the character string from the upper-left coordination position indicated by the coordinate data; and when the determination section has determined that the arrangement of the character string is the right-to-left direction, the image generation section determining a total length of the character string based on the character string data, and drawing the character string from a coordinate position obtained by subtracting the total length from the upper-right coordinate position indicated by the coordinate data.