Video display device and video display method

• US 20070002184A1
• Filed: 06/29/2006
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Yajima, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US11/476,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20070002184A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/725
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• 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 21/42225 characterized by types of remote control, e.g. universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42227 the keys being reprogrammable, e.g. soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a key code of a key selected from a plurality of universal keys and information representing a function selected from a plurality of functions held by a main device are stored in a storage section in association with each other. When a key code transmitted from a remote controller is of a key corresponding to a specific function, a function corresponding to the key code is executed on the basis of a stored content of the storage section.

Claims

1. A video display device comprising:

a key selecting section configured to select a predetermined key from a plurality of keys corresponding to a specific function in a plurality of keys arranged on a remote controller;

a function selecting section configured to select a predetermined function from a plurality of functions held by the video display device;

a storage section configured to store a key code of the key selected by the key selecting section and information representing the function selected by the function selecting section in association with each other;

a receiving section configured to receive a key code transmitted from the remote controller; and

a control section configured to, when the key code received by the receiving section is a key corresponding to the specific function, determine a function corresponding to the key code on the basis of a stored content of the storage section to execute the function.

2. A video display device according to claim 1, wherein

the function selecting section is configured to display a menu screen to select a function to be associated with the key selected by the key selecting section.

3. A video display device according to claim 1, wherein

the control section comprises:

a determining section configured to determine whether a key code received by the receiving section is a key corresponding to the specific function;

a reading section configured to, when the determining section determines that the key code is a key code of the key corresponding to the specific function, read information representing a function corresponding to the key code from the storage section; and

an executing section configured to execute a function corresponding to the information read by the reading section.

4. A video display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a guide section configured to display association between the plurality of keys corresponding to the specific function and functions associated with these keys, the association being stored in the storage section.

12. A video display system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a guide section configured to display association between the plurality of keys corresponding to the specific function and functions associated with these keys, the association being stored in the storage section.

5. A video display method comprising:

a first block of selecting a predetermined key from a plurality of keys corresponding to a specific function in a plurality of keys arranged on a remote controller;

a second block of selecting a predetermined function from a plurality of functions held by the video display device;

a third block of storing a key code of the key selected in the first block and information representing the function selected in the second block in association with each other;

a fourth block of receiving a key code transmitted from the remote controller; and

a fifth block of, when the key code received in the fourth block is a key corresponding to the specific function, determining a function corresponding to the key code on the basis of a stored content stored in the third block to execute the function.

6. A video display method according to claim 5, wherein

the second block displays a menu screen to select a function to be associated with the key selected in the first block.

7. A video display method according to claim 5, wherein

the fifth block comprises:

a determining block of determining whether a key code received in the fourth block is a key corresponding to the specific function;

a reading block of, when it is determined in the determining block that the key code is a key code of the key corresponding to the specific function, reading information representing a function corresponding to the key code from the stored contents stored in the third block; and

an executing block of executing a function corresponding to the information read in the reading block.

8. A video display method according to claim 5, further comprising:

a guide block of displaying association between the plurality of keys corresponding to the specific function and functions associated with these keys, the association is stored in the third block.

9. A video display system which controls a video display device on the basis of a key operation of a remote controller, the system comprising:

a key selecting section configured to select a predetermined key from a plurality of keys corresponding to a specific function in a plurality of keys arranged on the remote controller;

a function selecting section configured to select a predetermined function from a plurality of functions held by the video display device;

a storage section configured to store a key code of the key selected by the key selecting section and information representing the function selected by the function selecting section in association with each other;

a receiving section configured to cause the video display device to receive a key code transmitted from the remote controller; and

a control section configured to, when the key code received by the receiving section is a key corresponding to the specific function, determine a function corresponding to the key code on the basis of a stored content of the storage section to cause the video display device to execute the function.

10. A video display system according to claim 9, wherein

the function selecting section is configured to display a menu screen to select a function to be associated with the key selected by the key selecting section.

11. A video display system according to claim 9, wherein

the control section comprises:

a determining section configured to determine whether a key code received by the receiving section is a key corresponding to the specific function;

a reading section configured to, when the determining section determines that the key code is a key code of the key corresponding to the specific function, read information representing a function corresponding to the key code from the storage section; and

an executing section configured to execute a function corresponding to the information read by the reading section.