Electronic device

• US 20020054154A1
• Filed: 09/26/2001
• Published: 05/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Aratani, Shuntaro, Shibamiya, Yoshikazu, Fukuda, Tetsu, Yamamoto, Takashi, Matsumoto, Yuichi, Miyamoto, Katsuhiro, Kutsuna, Masaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,296,234 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43632 involving a wired protocol, e.g. IEEE 1394 high-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus H04L12/40052
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows

Abstract

When plural targets are same in manufacturer, device type and version, such targets usually have control panels constituting graphical user interfaces of an identical design. For this reason, each target is provided with a design changing portion for changing the design of the control panel according to the instruction of the user. The design changing portion is capable of changing at least one of the background color of the control panel, the character train displayed therein, the icon displayed therein and the sound outputted when the control panel is focused.

Claims

1. An electronic device which is remote controlled according to a control panel displayed on a controller, comprising:

a memory storing said control panel; and

changing means for changing the design of said control panel.

2. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said changing means changes the color of the background of said control panel.

3. An electronic device according to claim 1. wherein said changing means changes a character train displayed in said control panel.

4. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said changing means changes an icon displayed in said control panel.

5. An electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said changing means changes a sound to be outputted from said controller when said control panel is focused.

7. An electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying a character train same as that displayed in said control panel.

8. An electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying an icon same as that displayed in said control panel.

9. An electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a speaker for outputting a sound same as that outputted from said controller when said control panel is focused.

6. An electronic device according to claim l, further comprising light emitting means for emitting light of a color same as the background color of said control panel.