Patent ID: 7773852

Claim:
A video processing apparatus comprising: a highlight analysis section configured to receive highlight data from video data conforming to DVD video standards and analyze the highlight data to acquire a display position of a highlight on a display screen areas divided into a plurality of display areas with which respective priorities are associated, an on screen display analysis section configured to analyze predetermined on screen display data to acquire a display position of an on screen display on the display screen, and an on screen display control section configured to change the display position of the on screen display, wherein when the display position of the on screen display overlaps with the display position of the highlight in terms of the display areas, the on screen display control section automatically changes the display position of the on screen display from one of the display areas to another of the display areas which has the highest priority in some of the display areas not including the display position of the highlight so that the on screen display does not overlap with the highlight.