A display apparatus includes an image processor which processes an image to display an image content; a display unit which displays thereon an image content that is processed by the image processor; and a controller which displays a user interface (UI) menu including a plurality of UI items to search the image content, as one of a two-dimensional (2D) layout by which the plurality of UI items are arranged in a 2D manner, and a three-dimensional (3D) layout by which the plurality of UI items are arranged in a 3D manner , and changes displaying the one of the layouts to display the other of the layouts according to a user's command while maintaining a continuity of the arrangement of the plurality of UI items. Accordingly, search for an image content can be efficiently performed by using a UI menu.

Display apparatus and control method thereof

Embodiments of the invention include a subtitling format encompassing elements of enhanced syntax and semantic to provide improved animation capabilities. The disclosed elements improve subtitle performance without stressing the available subtitle bitrate. This will become essential for authoring content of high-end HDTV subtitles in pre-recorded format, which can be broadcast or stored on high capacity optical media, e.g. the Blue-ray Disc. Embodiments of the invention include abilities for improved authoring possibilities for the content production to animate subtitles. For subtitles that are separate from AV material, a method includes using one or more superimposed subtitle layers, and displaying only a selected part of the transferred subtitles at a time. Further, colors of a selected part of the displayed subtitles may be modified, e.g. highlighted.

Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles

It is possible to realize the picture-in-picture function and the wall paper display function in the BD-ROM. In addition to the planes (10, 11, 12) for displaying the moving picture, subtitles, and graphics, a second video plane (50) is added for displaying the moving picture. Output of the second video plane (50) and the video plane (10) is selected in pixel unit by a switch (51). The second video plane (50) stores reduced moving picture data. By controlling/switching the switch (50) in pixel unit corresponding to the display position of the reduced moving picture data, the reduced moving picture data of the second video plane (50) is displayed on a child screen for the moving picture data of the video plane (10). By storing the wall paper image data instead of the moving picture data in the video plane (10), it is possible to obtain a display screen which looks as if the wall paper were displayed on the background of the reduced moving picture data.

Reproducing device, reproducing method, reproducing program, and recording medium

An ambient, beautiful, entertaining visual experience that can be displayed on a TV requiring little or no user interaction beyond initiation. Multiple image layers that may be still or moving video, photos, etc, or a combination thereof can be overlaid on each other.

Overlaid images on TV

It is controlled to determine priority for each of plural display objects, wherein the priority having plural levels, and to change displays of the plural display objects in the determined priority, in accordance with a display form of an image different from the plural display objects. To achieve this, the present invention provides an image displaying method of displaying the plural display objects on a display unit, the method comprising: determining the priority for each of the plural display objects, and changing the displays of the plural display objects in the determined priority, in accordance with a display form of the image different from the plural display objects.

Image displaying apparatus, image displaying method, program for executing image displaying method, and storage medium storing program

A method, apparatus, system and machine-readable medium for generating a composite output image based upon multiple input images. In certain embodiments, a plurality of input graphics images are iteratively blended in real time to provide a blended graphics image, which is then composited with other layers such as an input video image. The composite output image may then be provided to a display device. Iterative blending of the plurality of graphics images may include scaling, format conversion, and color space conversion, and may be performed based on priority information received for the graphics images from content sources. Compositing may include an alpha blending based on alpha values for pixels of the images.

Method and apparatus for processing video and graphics data to create a composite output image having independent and separate layers of video and graphics display planes

Cheng-ping Dardy Chang

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Method and apparatus for processing video and graphics data to create a composite output image having independent and separate layers of video and graphics display planes