Hard disk multimedia player and method

• US 20060012564A1
• Filed: 06/27/2005
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sugawara, Taku, Akagawa, Satoshi, Kondo, Hiroyuki, Ito, Takamasa, Miyasaka, Kenji, Matsuoka, Shoichiro, Yamamoto, Hidehiko, Shiozawa, Masazumi, Udagawa, Osamu, Mato, Naoki, Hajiri, Masahiko, Sayama, Koichi
• Application Number:
  US11/166,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20060012564A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3406 Control of illumination source illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/34 for rolling or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/343 for systems having a character code-mapped display memory
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/346 for systems having a bit-mapped display memory

Abstract

A hand-held display apparatus including a body which is gripped by a user'"'"'s hand, and an interface to output image data. A display is also provided which displays an image received from the interface and vertically inverts the image in response to a vertical inversion signal. The device also includes a plurality of sensors, which are to be manipulated by a user'"'"'s hand, and are disposed in proximity to the display symmetrically around a horizontal axis in relation to the display section. A processor is also provided which outputs the vertical inversion signal and reverses the functionality of at least one of the plurality of sensors.

Claims

1. A hand-held display apparatus, comprising:

a body configured to be gripped by a user'"'"'s hand;

an interface configured to output image data;

a display configured to display an image received from the interface and vertically invert the image in response to a vertical inversion signal;

a plurality of sensors disposed in proximity to the display symmetrically around a horizontal axis in relation to the display section, the sensors configured to be manipulated by a user'"'"'s hand; and

a processor configured to output the vertical inversion signal and reverse the functionality of at least one of the plurality of sensors.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the processor is configured to invert the operation of the sensors around the horizontal axis in response to a vertical inversion signal.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

a pair of the plurality of the sensors include indication marks provided thereon which are leftwardly and rightwardly symmetrical to each other.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein:

the processor transfers the function of the a pair of the plurality of the sensors including indication marks provided thereon which are leftwardly and rightwardly symmetrical to another pair of sensors in response to the vertical inversion signal.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the processor is configured to configured to perform fast-forward and rewind functions based on a user input to a pair of the plurality of sensors.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein:

the processor reverses the function corresponding to the pair of sensors in response to the vertical inversion signal.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the processor is configured to display a plurality of menu screens on the display in a predetermined order

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein:

the processor reverses the order in which the screens are displayed in response to the vertical inversion signal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of reversing the functionality of at least one of the plurality of sensors comprises:

inverting the operation of the sensors around the horizontal axis in response to the vertical inversion signal.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of inputting commands comprises:

inputting commands to a pair of the plurality of the sensors which include indication marks provided thereon which are leftwardly and rightwardly symmetrical to each other.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

transferring the functionality of the a pair of the plurality of the sensors including indication marks provided thereon to another pair of sensors in response to the vertical inversion signal.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the step of inputting commands comprises:

inputting commands to a pair of the plurality of sensors which cause a processor to perform fast-forward and rewind functions based on a user input.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein:

the functions corresponding to each of the pair of sensors is respectively reversed in response to the vertical inversion signal.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

display a plurality of menu screens in a predetermined order

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

reversing the order in which the screens are displayed in response to the vertical inversion signal.

9. A hand-held display apparatus, comprising:

outputting image data by an interface configured to output image data;

displaying an image received from the interface;

inputting commands, by a user'"'"'s hand, to a plurality of sensors disposed in proximity to the display section symmetrically around a horizontal axis in relation to the display section; and

outputting the vertical inversion signal;

vertically inverting the image in response to a vertical inversion signal;

reversing the functionality of at least one of the plurality of sensors based on the vertical inversion signal.