1. A video display apparatus for displaying a video to be viewed through video viewing glasses, comprising:
a display section for displaying the video;
a synchronizing signal generator for generating an external synchronizing signal for notifying the video viewing glasses of an end of displaying a frame constituting the video in synchronism with the video; and
a synchronizing signal transmitter for transmitting the external synchronizing signal.
2. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the external synchronizing signal is used in control of closing an optical filter section of the video viewing glasses.
3. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the synchronizing signal generator generates the external synchronizing signal based on a display characteristic of the display section.
4. The video display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
the display characteristic of the display section is an afterglow characteristic.
5. The video display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the display section is a plasma display panel.
6. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission controller, wherein
the transmission controller controls the synchronizing signal transmitter to transmit a synchronizing signal group comprising a plurality of the external synchronizing signals included in a predetermined time.
7. The video display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein
the synchronizing signal transmitter transmits one of the synchronizing signal groups under a control of the transmission controller a predetermined time after the other one of the synchronizing signal groups is transmitted under a control of the transmission controller.
8. The video display apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a remote controlling device for transmitting data for causing the video display apparatus to perform a predetermined operation to the video display apparatus, wherein
the predetermined time equals twice of a time required for the remote controlling device to transmit the data, or more.
9. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the video includes a first video and a second video,
the display section switchingly displays the first video and the second video with time,
the synchronizing signal generator generates two kinds of the external synchronizing signals for notifying a start of displaying a frame constituting the first video, an end of displaying the frame constituting the first video, a start of displaying a frame constituting the second video, and an end of displaying the frame constituting the second video, and
waveforms of the two kinds of the external synchronizing signals are different from each other.
10. The video display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
the two kinds of the external synchronizing signals include a first synchronizing signal for notifying the start of displaying the frame constituting the first video, and the end of displaying the frame constituting the first video, and a second synchronizing signal for notifying the start of displaying the frame constituting the second video, and the end of displaying the frame constituting the second video.
11. The video display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein
the synchronizing signal transmitter transmits the first synchronizing signal, the first synchronizing signal, the second synchronizing signal, and the second synchronizing signal in this order, when contents of the first video and contents of the second video are different from each other.
12. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the video includes a first video and a second video,
the display section switchingly displays the first video and the second video with time,
the synchronizing signal generator generates three kinds of the external synchronizing signals for notifying a start of displaying a frame constituting the first video, an end of displaying the frame constituting the first video, a start of displaying a frame constituting the second video, and an end of displaying the frame constituting the second video, and
waveforms of the three kinds of the external synchronizing signals are different from each other.
13. The video display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein
the three kinds of the external synchronizing signals include a first synchronizing signal for notifying the start of displaying the frame constituting the first video, a second synchronizing signal for notifying the start of displaying the frame constituting the second video, and a third synchronizing signal for notifying the end of displaying the frame constituting the first video and the end of displaying the frame constituting the second video.
14. The video display apparatus according to claim 13, wherein
the synchronizing signal transmitter transmits the first synchronizing signal, the third synchronizing signal, the second synchronizing signal, and the third synchronizing signal in this order, when contents of the first video and contents of the second video are different from each other.
15. The video display apparatus according to claim 13, wherein
the synchronizing signal transmitter transmits solely one of the first synchronizing signal, the second synchronizing signal, and the third synchronizing signal, in the case where contents of the first video and contents of the second video are identical to each other, or in the case where the video to be displayed on the display section is constituted solely of the first video.
16. The video display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the video includes a first video and a second video,
the display section switchingly displays the first video and the second video with time,
the synchronizing signal generator generates four kinds of the external synchronizing signals for notifying a start of displaying a frame constituting the first video, an end of displaying the frame constituting the first video, a start of displaying a frame constituting the second video, and an end of displaying the frame constituting the second video, and
waveforms of the four kinds of the external synchronizing signals are different from each other.
17. The video display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein
the four kinds of the external synchronizing signals include a first synchronizing signal for notifying the start of displaying the frame constituting the first video, a second synchronizing signal for notifying the start of displaying the frame constituting the second video, a third synchronizing signal for notifying the end of displaying the frame constituting the first video, and a fourth synchronizing signal for notifying the end of displaying the frame constituting the second video.
18. The video display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein
the synchronizing signal transmitter transmits the first synchronizing signal, the third synchronizing signal, the second synchronizing signal, and the fourth synchronizing signal in this order, when contents of the first video and contents of the second video are different from each other.
19. The video display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein
the synchronizing signal transmitter transmits solely one of the first synchronizing signal, the second synchronizing signal, the third synchronizing signal, and the fourth synchronizing signal, in the case where contents of the first video and contents of the second video are identical to each other, or in the case where the video to be displayed on the display section is constituted solely of the first video.
20. Video viewing glasses comprising:
a synchronizing signal receiver for receiving an external synchronizing signal for notifying an end of displaying a frame constituting a video in synchronism with the video;
an optical filter section including a pair of optical filters for adjusting amounts of light to be transmitted to a left eye and a right eye of a viewer, respectively; and
an optical filter controller for controlling the optical filter section based on the external synchronizing signal.
21. The video viewing glasses according to claim 20, wherein
the optical filter controller controls the optical filter section based on the external synchronizing signal to close one of the optical filters so that both of the optical filters are closed for a predetermined period until the other of the optical filters is opened.
22. The video viewing glasses according to claim 21, further comprising an internal synchronizing signal generator for generating an internal synchronizing signal based on the external synchronizing signal, wherein
the optical filter controller controls the optical filter section, using the internal synchronizing signal based on the external synchronizing signal.
23. The video viewing glasses according to claim 22, wherein
the optical filter controller controls the optical filter section to close both of the optical filters for the predetermined period, based on the internal synchronizing signal.
24. The video viewing glasses according to claim 22, wherein
the optical filter controller controls the optical filter section, based on the internal synchronizing signal and a characteristic of the optical filters.
25. The video viewing glasses according to claim 21, wherein
the external synchronizing signal includes a first external synchronizing signal and a second external synchronizing signal having waveforms different from each other.
26. The video viewing glasses according to claim 25, wherein
the optical filter controller controls the optical filter section to close the one of the optical filters based on the first external synchronizing signal upon receiving the first external synchronizing signal by the external synchronizing signal receiver after the one of the optical filters is controlled so as to be opened, and
the optical filter controller controls the optical filter section to close the other of the optical filters based on the second external synchronizing signal upon receiving the second external synchronizing signal by the external synchronizing signal receiver after the other of optical filters is controlled so as to be opened.
27. The video viewing glasses according to claim 21, wherein
the external synchronizing signal includes a first external synchronizing signal, a second external synchronizing signal, and a third synchronizing signal having waveforms different from each other.
28. The video viewing glasses according to claim 27, wherein
the optical filter section controls the optical filter section to open the one of the optical filters, based on the first external synchronizing signal,
the optical filter section controls the optical filter section to open the other of the optical filters, based on the second external synchronizing signal, and
the optical filter section controls the optical filter section to close both of the optical filters, based on the third external synchronizing signal.
29. The video viewing glasses according to claim 26, wherein
the external synchronizing signal receiver receives the external synchronizing signal in the order of the first external synchronizing signal, the third external synchronizing signal, the second external synchronizing signal, and the third external synchronizing signal.
30. The video viewing glasses according to claim 21, wherein
the external synchronizing signal includes a first external synchronizing signal, a second external synchronizing signal, a third synchronizing signal, and a fourth external synchronizing signal having waveforms different from each other.
31. The video viewing glasses according to claim 28, wherein
the optical filter section controls the optical filter section to open the one of the optical filters, based on the first external synchronizing signal,
the optical filter section controls the optical filter section to open the other of the optical filters, based on the second external synchronizing signal,
the optical filter section controls the optical filter section to close the one of the optical filters, based on the third external synchronizing signal, and
the optical filter section controls the optical filter section to close the other of the optical filters, based on the fourth external synchronizing signal.
32. The video viewing glasses according to claim 31, wherein
the external synchronizing signal receiver receives the external synchronizing signal in the order of the first external synchronizing signal, the third external synchronizing signal, the second external synchronizing signal, and the fourth external synchronizing signal.
33. The video viewing glasses according to claim 20, wherein
the external synchronizing signal includes a plurality of the external synchronizing signals having waveforms different from each other, and
the internal synchronizing signal generator generates the internal synchronizing signal, based on a receiving time interval among the plurality of the external synchronizing signals.
34. A video system provided with a video display apparatus, and video viewing glasses for use in viewing a video displayed on the video display apparatus,
the video display apparatus including:
a display section for displaying a video;
a synchronizing signal generator for generating an external synchronizing signal for notifying an end of displaying a frame constituting the video in synchronism with the video; and
a synchronizing signal transmitter for transmitting the external synchronizing signal to the video viewing glasses, and
the video viewing glasses including:
a synchronizing signal receiver for receiving the external synchronizing signal;
an optical filter section having a pair of optical filters for adjusting amounts of light to be transmitted to a left eye and a right eye of a viewer, respectively; and
an optical filter controller for controlling the optical filter section based on the external synchronizing signal.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus for organizing information, the apparatus comprising:
a data store comprising a plurality of interconnected items of information, each item of information associated with at least one item of meta-information, wherein the items of information form a taxonomy, with root entries in the taxonomy comprising action verbs and lower level entries in the taxonomy comprising descriptors or nouns associated with higher level entries in the taxonomy;
a receiver interface, the receiver interface for receiving at least one item of information associated with at least one item of meta-information and adding the received item of information to the data store;
a transmitter interface, the transmitter interface for traversing items of meta-information and providing associated items of information to a receiver external to the data store;
a republisher, the republisher for copying at least part of a source item of information in the data store to a target item of information in the data store upon the addition of the source item of information to the data store, and for transforming at least one of the format, the content, and the structure of the information in the course of copying the information; and
a user interface, the user interface for facilitating filtering the interconnected items of information in the data store based on a desired action of a user with respect to the descriptors or nouns of the lower level entries, the action comprising one of the action verbs,
wherein the data store further processes the received item of information to identify an associated one of the interconnected items of information existing in the data store, and provides the associated interconnected item to a receiver external to the data store, and
wherein at least one of the items of information is associated with at least one permission restricting whether the item of information may be transmitted from the data store to an external receiver.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a syndication mechanism for receiving information and meta-information from the receiver interface and subsequently providing the received information and meta-information to at least one external receiver utilizing the transmitter interface.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the republisher copies the information to the target item of information based on a predefined rule.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the predefined rule includes at least one criterion selected from the group consisting of a source location, a destination location, and a characteristic for testing the information.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one additional data store comprising a plurality of interconnected items of information, each item of information associated with at least one item of meta-information.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein at least one item of information in the data store is connected with at least one item of information in at least one additional data store.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the receiver external to the data store is an application.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the receiver external to the data store makes the information received thereby available to a second receiver external to the data store.
9. A method for organizing information, the method comprising:
providing a data store comprising a plurality of interconnected items of information, each item of information associated with at least one item of meta-information, wherein the plurality of items forms a taxonomy, with root entries in the taxonomy comprising action verbs and lower level entries in the taxonomy comprising descriptors or nouns associated with higher level entries in the taxonomy;
receiving at least one item of information associated with at least one item of meta-information;
storing the received information and meta-information in the data store;
copying at least part of a source item of information in the data store to a target item of information in the data store upon the addition of the source item of information to the data store;
transforming at least one of the format, the content, and the structure of the information in the course of copying the information;
filtering the interconnected items of information in the data store based on a desired action of a user with respect to the descriptors or nouns of the lower level entries, the action comprising one of the action verbs; and
processing the received item of information to identify an associated one of the items of information existing in the data store, and providing the associated item to a receiver external to the data store,
wherein at least one of the items of information is associated with at least one permission restricting whether the item of information may be transmitted from the data store to an external receiver.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the receiver external to the data store is an application.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the receiver external to the data store makes the information received thereby available to a second receiver external to the data store.
12. The method of claim 9 further comprising syndicating received information and meta-information to at least one external receiver.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein the information is copied to the target item of information based on a predefined rule.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the predefined rule includes at least one criterion selected from the group consisting of a source location, a destination location, and a characteristic for testing the information.
15. The method of claim 9 further comprising providing at least one additional data store comprising a plurality of interconnected items of information, each item of information associated with at least one item of meta-information.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein at least one item of information in the data store is connected with at least one item of information in at least one additional data store.