CONTROL APPARATUS AND SCRIPT CONVERSION METHOD

• US 20120089946A1
• Filed: 12/19/2011
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: FUKUI, Takayuki
• Application Number:
  US13/329,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20120089946A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/822
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• 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 21/42208 Display device provided on the remote control
• 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 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72

Abstract

A control apparatus includes: a display unit which is smaller than a display unit of a control target apparatus in display area; an operating unit which receives an input via an operation screen displayed on the display area of the display unit; a script receiving unit obtaining, from the control target apparatus, a script which defines GUI receiving the input via the operation screen displayed on the one-screen display area of the control target apparatus; and a script converting unit converting the script into another script such that the converted script defines a GUI component to be displayed on the display unit in an operable manner, the GUI component being allocated on the operation screen of the GUI defined by the obtained script. The display unit displays the operation screen of the control target apparatus based on the converted script.

Claims

1. A control apparatus comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain screen display operational information on a control target apparatus;

an operating unit configured to receive an input from a user;

a converting unit configured to convert the screen display operational information such that the screen display operational information conforms to an input method of said operating unit; and

a display unit configured to display a screen formed based on the converted screen display operational information.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, among graphical user interface (GUI) components allocated on the screen formed based on the screen display operational information that has not been converted, said converting unit is configured to highlight a selectable GUI component such that the highlighted selectable GUI component conforms to the input method.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein, when the input method is either a touch-screen style or a pointing-device style, said converting unit is configured to highlight a button which is the selectable GUI component.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein, when the input method is a pointing-device style, said converting unit is configured to highlight a button which is the selectable GUI component when a pointer is moved on the button.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein, when the input method is a touch-screen style, said converting unit is configured to enlarge a display size of a button which is the selectable GUI component.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein said converting unit is configured to determine whether or not the screen, formed based on the screen display operational information, can fit to said display unit in one screen, and

in the case where the determination result shows that the screen cannot fit in one screen, said converting unit is configured to convert the screen display operational information such that selectable GUI components including the selectable GUI component decrease in number, the selectable GUI components being allocated on the screen formed based on the screen display operational information that has not been converted.

7. The control apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein, in the case where the determination result shows that the screen cannot fit in one screen, said converting unit is configured to display the predetermined number of the selectable GUI components in a descending order of predetermined priority, the selectable GUI components being allocated on the screen formed based on the screen display operational information.

8. A control apparatus comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain screen display operational information on a control target apparatus;

an operating unit configured to receive an input from a user;

a converting unit configured to convert the screen display operational information according to a kind of a GUI component allocated on a screen formed based on the screen display operational information; and

a display unit configured to display the screen formed based on the converted screen display operational information.

10. The control apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein said converting unit is configured to determine whether or not the screen, formed based on the converted screen display operational information, can fit to said display unit in one screen, and

in the case where the determination result shows that the screen cannot fit in one screen, said converting unit is configured to decreases selectable GUI components including the GUI component and allocated on the converted screen display operational information.

11. The control apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein, in the case where the determination result shows that the screen cannot fit in one screen, said converting unit is configured to display the predetermined number of the selectable GUI components in a descending order of predetermined priority, the selectable GUI components being allocated on the screen formed based on the screen display operational information.

9. A control apparatus comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain screen display operational information on a control target apparatus;

an operating unit configured to receive an input from a user;

a converting unit configured to convert the screen display operational information; and

a display unit configured to display a screen formed based on the converted screen display operational information,

wherein said converting unit is configured to convert the screen display operational information such that the screen display operational information conforms to a display aspect ratio of said display unit.

12. A script converting method comprising:

obtaining screen display operational information on a target apparatus;

receiving an input from a user;

converting the screen display operational information such that the screen display operational information conforms to an input method of the user; and

displaying a screen formed based on the converted screen display operational information.

13. A control system comprising:

a control apparatus; and

a control target apparatus,

wherein said control apparatus includes;

an obtaining unit configured to obtain screen display operational information on a control target apparatus;

an operating unit configured to receive an input from a user;

a converting unit configured to convert the screen display operational information such that the screen display operational information conforms to an input method of said operating unit;

a display unit configured to display a screen formed based on the converted screen display operational information; and

a command transmitting unit configured to transmit, to said target unit, a command corresponding to the input from the user to the operating unit, and

said control target apparatus is configured to operate according to the command received from said control apparatus.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program is recorded, the program causing a computer to operate as:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain screen display operational information on a control target apparatus;

an operating unit configured to receive an input from a user;

a converting unit configured to convert the screen display operational information such that the screen display operational information conforms to an input method of said operating unit; and

a display unit configured to display a screen formed based on the converted screen display operational information.