AV DEVICE AND UI DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20100281500A1
• Filed: 05/28/2008
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Hiroyuki, Sasaki, Jun, Uemichi, Akio, Sakamoto, Kenji, Watanabe, Ryusuke, Matsuyama, Satoshi
• Application Number:
  US12/810,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20100281500A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

To solve the problems that it is necessary to perform an overlapped operation even if final viewing is to be decided while a plurality of contents included in a specified list of UI are compared (selected for a plurality of times) and that extra operation burden is given to a user in conventional technology. An AV device for giving priority to the list of a viewing source device to which the content outputted at present belongs and displaying it in UI at the time of receiving a list request of the content from the user is provided.

Claims

1. An AV apparatus, comprising:

a connection unit, connectable with a plurality of devices as source for viewing;

a reception unit for list request, receiving a content list request from a user;

an acquisition unit for list, acquiring the list from the device as source for viewing, that is currently connected;

a UI display unit, displaying such that at least a part of the lists of the devices as source for viewing is selectable by utilizing UI shared by all devices as source for viewing

a signal processing unit, processing content signal acquired from the device as source for viewing connected with the connection unit;

an output unit, outputting the content processed by the signal processing unit and the UI; and

a controller for UI display, controlling such that the list of the device as source for viewing including the content outputted by the output unit is preferentially displayed.

2. The AV apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for controlling to maintain, maintaining the display of the UI without deleting the UI even if the selection of the content is done through the UI display unit.

3. The AV apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for displaying ‘

in-viewing’

indication, displaying an ‘

in-viewing’

indication, an indication indicating the content selected through the UI display unit, on the list of the content corresponding to the UI.

4. The AV apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for inputting to vary size, receiving an input to vary size of the UI to be displayed, and

means for controlling size, controlling a proportion of the UI and the content in a screen, which are outputted from the output unit, according to variation by the means for inputting variation of size.

5. The AV apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for transparently displaying, making the UI to be displayed transparent, and superimposingly displaying the UI on a area in the screen indicated by the content outputted from the output unit.

7. The AV apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for displaying ‘

in-viewing’

indication, displaying an ‘

in-viewing’

indication, an indication indicating the content selected through the UI display unit, on the list of the content corresponding to the UI.

8. The AV apparatus according to claim 2

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for inputting to vary size, receiving an input to vary size of the UI to be displayed, and

means for controlling size, controlling a proportion of the UI and the content in a screen, which are outputted from the output unit, according to variation by the means for inputting variation of size.

9. The AV apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for inputting to vary size, receiving an input to vary size of the UI to be displayed, and

means for controlling size, controlling a proportion of the UI and the content in a screen, which are outputted from the output unit, according to variation by the means for inputting variation of size.

10. The AV apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for transparently displaying, making the UI to be displayed transparent, and superimposingly displaying the UI on a area in the screen indicated by the content outputted from the output unit.

11. The AV apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for transparently displaying, making the UI to be displayed transparent, and superimposingly displaying the UI on a area in the screen indicated by the content outputted from the output unit.

12. The AV apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the controller for UI display comprises

means for transparently displaying, making the UI to be displayed transparent, and superimposingly displaying the UI on a area in the screen indicated by the content outputted from the output unit.

6. A method for displaying UI, comprising the steps of:

connecting a plurality of devices as source for viewing;

receiving a content list request from a user;

acquiring the list from the device as source for viewing, the device is currently connected;

displaying such that at least a part of the lists of the devices as source for viewing is selectable by utilizing UI shared by all devices as source for viewing

processing content signal acquired from the connected device as source for viewing;

outputting the content processed by the step of processing and the UI; and

controlling such that the list of the device as source for viewing including the outputted content is preferentially displayed.