APPARATUS FOR VIDEO AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION

• US 20100071015A1
• Filed: 07/01/2009
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tomioka, Kazumi, Komaki, Hiroaki
• Application Number:
  US12/496,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20100071015A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/202 by remote control
• 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 21/42204 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 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• 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 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4753 for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895

Abstract

According to an embodiment, displays a message displaying area is able to utilized as a messenger function and a schedule displaying area is able to utilized as a scheduler function in a display device of a television function part based on control information and setting information analyzed by an advanced function control module in a remote control part in accordance with a clock time managed by a clock module when a commercial power is connected with an image processing module, a display, a audio processing module, a audio reproducer, and a graphic processing module through a power supply.

Claims

1. A video and audio reproduction apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display an image;

a communication control module configured to receive instruction information including moving picture or still picture data and audio data;

a receiving module (tuner/external input part in FIG. 1) configured to receive a program or content;

an information processing module configured to analyze the instruction information received by the communication control module;

a data holding module configured to hold at least one of acquisition reservation information of a program or content as an acquisition reservation target in the receiving module, a message included in an analysis result obtained by the information processing module, and setting information included in the analysis result obtained by the information processing module in accordance with the analysis result obtained by the information processing module;

a display processing module configured to display in the display a screen associated with at least one of the acquisition reservation information, the message, and configured to set information held by the data holding module;

a clock module configured to manage clock time information; and

a control module configured to control at least one of the receiving module and the display in accordance with at least one of the acquisition reservation information, the message, and the setting information displayed in the display by the display processing module based on the clock time information from the clock module.

2. The video and audio reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instruction information received by the communication control module includes a mail format having moving picture or still picture data and audio data attached thereto.

3. The video and audio reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein the clock module controls connection and disconnection of a commercial power supply that is used to activate at least the display.

4. The video and audio reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information processing module analyzes the instruction information received by the communication control module and provides a scheduler function.

5. The video and audio reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information processing module puts a constant limitation based on authentication information input through the communication control module.

6. The video and audio reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein when activation of the display based on the acquisition reservation information received through the communication control module and acquisition of a program or content by the receiving module are carried out at the same clock time, the information processing unit divides a screen output from the display processing module to the display in accordance with the number of pieces of the acquisition reservation information set for the same clock time and displays the program or the content corresponding to each piece of acquisition reservation information in the display.

7. The video and audio reproduction apparatus of claim 4, wherein the information processing module reduces a level of an audio output in a specific time zone based on a result of analyzing the instruction information received by the communication control module.

8. The video and audio reproduction apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information processing module analyzes the instruction information received by the communication control module and provides a messenger function.

9. A video and audio reproduction apparatus comprising:

a television function part; and

a remote control part,

the television function part including;

a picture processing module configured to reproduce picture data;

a display configured to display an output from the picture processing module;

a audio processing module configured to reproduce audio data;

a audio reproducer configured to reproduce an output from the audio processing module;

a graphic processing module configured to output at least one of a graphic and character information to the picture processing module to be reproducible;

a clock module configured to manage a clock time;

a power supply configured to connect a commercial power supply to at least the picture processing module, the display, the audio processing module, the audio reproducer, and the graphic processing module; and

a data holding module configured to hold setting information and control information,

the remote control part including;

a communication control module configured to receive control information and configured to set information supplied through a network or a communication line; and

an information processing module configured to analyze the control information and the setting information acquired by the communication control module and configured to sort and store a result of analysis as data for a messenger function, data for a scheduler function, authentication information, or the setting information,

wherein a message displaying area configured to be used as the messenger function and a schedule displaying area configured to be used as the scheduler function are displayed in the display in the television function part based on the control information and the setting information analyzed by the information processing unit in the remote control part in accordance with a clock time managed by the clock module when a commercial power is connected with the picture processing module, the display, the audio processing module, the audio reproducer, and the graphic processing module through the power supply.

10. The video and audio reproduction apparatus of claim 9, wherein the instruction information received by the communication control module includes a mail format having moving picture or still picture data and audio data attached thereto.

11. The video and audio reproduction apparatus of claim 10, wherein the instruction information received by the communication control module has a main format having moving picture or still picture data and audio data attached thereto based on an application that is available when downloaded in a mobile phone device.