Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A video signal processing apparatus comprising first means (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) for receiving a video signal having inserted therein the program content information representing the content of a program being broadcast, second means (17) for reading the particular program content information from said first video signal, third means (6, 7, 8) for receiving a second video signal, fourth means (10, 11, 16) for selecting one of the first and the second video signal, and fifth means (18) for generating and superposing character information on the second video signal selected by the fourth means, wherein when the fourth means selects the second video signal and the second means has read the program content information from the first video signal, the fifth means generates character information representing the content of the program associated with the program content information thus read and superposes the particular character information on the second video signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
A video signal processing apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein said first video signal has a plurality of channels capable of being broadcast simultaneously, and when the fourth means selects the second video signal, the first means receives each of the signals having a plurality of channels sequentially for a predetermined time thereby to read the program content information from the signal having a plurality of channels, the fifth means superposing the character information representing the program content associated with the program information thus read on the second video signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A video signal processing apparatus according to Claim 1, further comprising means for setting key words for the program content information, and means for designating a key word, wherein the second means searches the first video signal containing the program content information associated with a designated key word.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
A video signal processing apparatus according to Claim 2, further comprising means for setting key words for the program content information, and means for designating a key word, wherein the second means searches the first video signal containing the program content information associated with a designated keyword.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A video signal processing apparatus according to Claim 3, wherein the fifth means superposes the character information of the program content information associated with the designated key word on the second video signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A video signal processor according to Claim 4, wherein the fifth means superposes the character information associated with the program content information of a designated key word on the second video signal.