Image processing device, portable information processing device and controlling method thereof

• US 20060139364A1
• Filed: 07/27/2005
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Sang-chul, Joo, Jae-il
• Application Number:
  US11/189,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20060139364A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/581
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4586 Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

An image processing device, a portable information processing device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The image processing device includes a first storage storing user attribute information applied to the image processing device; and a first controller, provided that different user attribute information is downloaded to the portable information processing device, updating the user attribute information of the image processing device with the different user attribute information of the portable information processing device. Therefore, the user can apply the same attribute information to other image processing devices.

Claims

1. An image processing device interfaceable with a portable information processing device, the image processing device comprising:

a first storage which stores user attribute information applied to the image processing device; and

a first controller which updates the user attribute information stored in the first storage with different user attribute information stored in the portable information processing device.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein, if the user attribute information stored in the first storage is different from the user attribute information stored in the portable information processing device, the first controller downloads the user attribute information from the portable information processing device to the image processing device.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit which displays a determination of the first controller to a user when the first controller determines whether the user attribute information stored in the first storage and the user attribute information stored in the portable information processing device are the same.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a first input unit which enables a user to input an upload command for uploading the user attribute information stored in the portable information processing device to the image processing device.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the user attribute information includes at least one of channel information, screen attribute information, and sound attribute information.

6. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a power supply unit which supplies power for charging a battery of the portable information processing device.

7. A portable information processing device interfaceable with an image processing device, the portable information processing device comprising:

a storage; and

a controller which controls the storage to store user attribute information applied to and received from the image processing device.

8. The portable information processing device according to claim 7, wherein, if an upload request signal is transmitted from another image processing device, the controller transmits the user attribute information stored in the storage to the other image processing device.

9. The portable information processing device according to claim 7, further comprising a battery that is charged with power supplied from the image processing device.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

identifying whether the user attribute information downloaded to the portable information processing device is same as pre-set user attribute information stored in the second image processing device, and

the uploading comprises, if the user attribute information downloaded to the portable information processing device is different from the pre-set user attribute information stored in the second image processing device, uploading the attribute information from the portable information processing device to the second image processing device.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the user attribute information includes at least one of channel information, screen attribute information, and sound attribute information.

10. A method of controlling an image processing device and a portable information processing device, the method comprising:

downloading user attribute information stored in a first image processing device to the portable information processing device;

uploading the user attribute information from the portable information processing device to a second image processing device; and

applying the user attribute information, which is uploaded, to the second image processing device.