Control device, control method, and control system
First Claim
1. A control device comprising:
- a communication unit configured to communicate, via a network, with a content supply device supplying content and a plurality of reproduction devices reproducing the content transmitted from the content supply device;
an operation unit;
a display unit; and
a control unit configured to be supplied with a signal from the operation unit and control the communication unit and the display unit,wherein the control unit has a content list display state in which a content list received from the content supply device is displayed on a screen of the display unit, a device list display state in which respective thumbnail images of the plurality of reproduction devices are displayed on the screen in accordance with device information received from the plurality of reproduction devices, and an operation panel display state in which an operation panel is displayed to have a content item of the content list reproduced by one of the plurality of reproduction devices set as a control target in the device list display state, andwherein the thumbnail image of the set reproduction device is displayed in the content list display state and the operation panel display state.
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Abstract
A control device includes a communication unit communicating via a network with a content supply device and reproduction devices, an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit receiving a signal from the operation unit and controlling the communication unit and the display unit. The control unit has a content list display state displaying on a screen of the display unit a content list received from the content supply device, a device list display state displaying on the screen thumbnail images of the reproduction devices in accordance with device information received from the reproduction devices, and an operation panel display state displaying an operation panel for having a content item of the content list reproduced by one of the reproduction devices set in the device list display state. The thumbnail image of the reproduction device is displayed in the content list display state and the operation panel display state.
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6 Claims
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1. A control device comprising:
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a communication unit configured to communicate, via a network, with a content supply device supplying content and a plurality of reproduction devices reproducing the content transmitted from the content supply device; an operation unit; a display unit; and a control unit configured to be supplied with a signal from the operation unit and control the communication unit and the display unit, wherein the control unit has a content list display state in which a content list received from the content supply device is displayed on a screen of the display unit, a device list display state in which respective thumbnail images of the plurality of reproduction devices are displayed on the screen in accordance with device information received from the plurality of reproduction devices, and an operation panel display state in which an operation panel is displayed to have a content item of the content list reproduced by one of the plurality of reproduction devices set as a control target in the device list display state, and wherein the thumbnail image of the set reproduction device is displayed in the content list display state and the operation panel display state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A control method for performing communication, via a communication unit and a network, with a content supply device supplying content and a plurality of reproduction devices reproducing the content transmitted from the content supply device, the control method comprising the steps of:
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displaying, upon receipt of a content list from the content supply device, the content list on a screen of a display unit; displaying a device list displaying respective thumbnail images of the plurality of reproduction devices on the screen in accordance with device information received from the plurality of reproduction devices; and displaying an operation panel for having a content item of the content list reproduced by one of the plurality of reproduction devices set as a control target in the step of displaying the device list, wherein the thumbnail image of the set reproduction device is displayed in the step of displaying the content list and the step of displaying the operation panel.
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6. A control system connecting, via a network, a content supply device supplying content, a plurality of reproduction devices reproducing the content transmitted from the content supply device, and a control device operating a selected one of the plurality of reproduction devices,
wherein the control device includes a communication unit connected to the network and configured to communicate with the content supply device and the plurality of reproduction devices, an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit configured to be supplied with a signal from the operation unit and control the communication unit and the display unit, wherein the control unit has a content list display state in which a content list received from the content supply device is displayed on a screen of the display unit, a device list display state in which respective thumbnail images of the plurality of reproduction devices are displayed on the screen in accordance with device information received from the plurality of reproduction devices, and an operation panel display state in which an operation panel is displayed on the screen to have a content item of the content list reproduced by one of the plurality of reproduction devices set as a control target, and wherein the thumbnail image of the set reproduction device is displayed in the content list display state and the operation panel display state.
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