Remote control, remote control method, display device and display method

• US 20110043697A1
• Filed: 08/02/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Onogi, Ken, Tashiro, Koichi, Okamoto, Naoya
• Application Number:
  US12/804,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20110043697A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/564
• 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 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

Provided is a remote control including a detection section for detecting position information, velocity information, and acceleration information. a trigger switch section for receiving an operation by a user, and a transmission section for transmitting a reference decision signal which determines that an image focused on a screen is a reference point of a user operation when the trigger switch section receives the user operation, and for transmitting the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information, to a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed.

Claims

1. A remote control comprising:

a detection section for detecting position information, velocity information, and acceleration information;

a trigger switch section for receiving an operation by a user; and

a transmission section for transmitting a reference decision signal which determines that an image focused on a screen is a reference point of a user operation when the trigger switch section receives the user operation, and for transmitting the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information so that the user operation on the display device becomes valid only when the trigger switch section receives the user operation, to a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed.

2. The remote control according to claim 1, further comprising a cross key section for receiving an operation by a user,

wherein the transmission section transmits an operation signal to the display device so that the operation signal based on the operation performed in the cross key section is given higher priority than the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information in the display device when the trigger switch section does not receive a user operation.

3. The remote control according to claim 1, wherein the transmission section transmits the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information so that the image focused on the screen is enlarged or reduced on the screen when the trigger switch section receives a user operation.

4. The remote control according to claim 1, wherein the transmission section transmits the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information so that a layout position of the image focused on the screen changes when the trigger switch section receives a user operation.

5. A display device comprising:

a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed; and

a reception section for receiving position information, velocity information, and acceleration information from a remote control including a detection section for detecting the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information, a trigger switch section for receiving an operation by a user, a transmission section for transmitting a reference decision signal which determines so that an image focused on the screen is a reference point of a user operation when the trigger switch section receives the user operation, and for transmitting the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information so that the user operation on the display device becomes valid only when the trigger switch section receives the user operation.

6. A remote control method comprising the steps of:

detecting, by a detection section, position information, velocity information, and acceleration information;

receiving, by a trigger switch section, an operation by a user; and

transmitting, by a transmission section, a reference decision signal which determines that an image focused on the screen is a reference point of a user operation when the trigger switch section receives a user operation, and transmitting the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information so that the user operation on the display device becomes valid only when the trigger switch section receives the user operation, to a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed.

7. A display method comprising the steps of:

controlling, by a display mode controller, a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed; and

receiving, by a reception section, position information, velocity information, and acceleration information from a remote control including a detection section for detecting the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information, a trigger switch section for receiving an operation by a user, a transmission section for transmitting a reference decision signal which determines so that an image focused on the screen is a reference point of a user operation when the trigger switch section receives the user operation, and for transmitting the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information so that the user operation on the display device becomes valid only when the trigger switch section receives the user operation.