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US 7,079,191 B1Granted
Digital broadcast reception apparatus and picture printing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYoshio Kitamura, Makoto Niioka, Yuji Kawamura
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Abstract
A frame memory for extending data of an picture demonstrated on an picture display device is effectively utilized to effect the printing of an picture demonstrated on the picture display device inexpensively and appropriately. To this end, there is provided a printing data creating unit 26 for acquiring data of the picture demonstrated on a display monitor 30 from a frame memory 22 which holds the data from frame to frame. The printing data creating unit 26 prepares data for printing based on the so-acquired data.
Claims7
A digital broadcast reception device comprising:
- reception means for receiving digital broadcasting;
- storage means for storing picture data of digital broadcasting, received by said reception means, in terms of a frame of a picture demonstrated on a picture display device;
- printing data creating means for acquiring the picture data stored in said storage means for preparing data for printing based on said picture data;
- printing command input means for receiving printing commands;
- and
- control means for controlling the writing operation in said storage means, wherein when said printing command input means receives a printing command to print a picture demonstrated on said picture display device, said control means causes no new picture data to be written to said storage means after said printing command input means receives said printing command until printing is complete.
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A picture printing method comprising:
- storing received digital broadcast picture data in terms of a frame of a picture demonstrated on a picture display device;
- receiving a printing command to print a picture demonstrated on said picture display device;
- preserving the stored picture data by not storing any new picture data after said printing command is received until printing is complete;
- and
- acquiring the stored picture data to prepare data for printing based on the acquired picture data;
- and
- printing a picture for demonstration on said picture display device based on said data for printing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.