CONTENTS PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTENTS PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM OF THE APPARATUS

• US 20120327304A1
• Filed: 04/17/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ONKYO Corporation (Onkyo Home Entertainment Corp.)
• Original Assignee: ONKYO Corporation (Onkyo Home Entertainment Corp.)
• Inventors: KASHI, Shuntaro
• Application Number:
  US13/448,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20120327304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/707
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists

Abstract

Respective room output functions of an AV amplifier are set as respective devices. A controller receives device information about the devices from the AV amplifier, and can recognize the room output functions of the AV amplifier as different devices. As a result, the user can operate the room output functions of the AV amplifier individually through the controller.

Claims

1. A contents processing system, comprising:

a controller; and

a contents processing apparatus connectable to the controller via a network, wherein

the contents processing apparatus has;

a plurality of input sections into which contents are input,

a plurality of output sections that is related with a plurality of rooms and outputs the contents to contents receiving apparatuses arranged in the plurality of rooms,

an output control section for making control so that the contents are output from the output sections to the contents receiving apparatuses arranged in the rooms,

a device setting section for setting device information about respective room output functions as respective devices for outputting the contents from the output sections to the contents receiving apparatuses arranged in the respective rooms, and

a device information transmitting section for transmitting one or the plural pieces of the device information set by the device setting section to the controller,

the controller has;

a device information receiving section for receiving one or the plural pieces of the device information from the contents processing apparatus,

a selecting section for selecting devices target for control based on the received device information according to a user'"'"'s operation, and

an instruction transmitting section for transmitting an instruction for controlling the selected device to the contents processing apparatus,

the contents processing apparatus further has;

an instruction receiving section for receiving the instruction for controlling the selected device from the controller,

a specifying section for specifying the room output function corresponding to the selected device, and

a processing section for executing an instructed process for the specified room output function.

2. The contents processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the device setting section sets the device information about the plurality of room output functions as respective devices,

the specifying section specifies the plurality of room output functions corresponding to the selected devices,

the processing section executes instructed processes for the specified plurality of room output functions.

3. The contents processing system according to claim 2, wherein

the device information includes a high-order device as a root device and a low-order device positioned in a low-order hierarchy of the root device,

the device setting section sets information about control of the room output function corresponding to the high-order device made by the controller in the information about the high-order device in the device information, and sets information about control of the room output function corresponding to the high-order device and the room output function corresponding to the low-order device made by the controller in information about the low-order device in the device information.

4. The contents processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the contents processing apparatus further includes:

a setting section for setting the room output functions to be valid or invalid respectively; and

a setting change section for, when the room output functions specified by the specifying section are set to be invalid, changing the room output functions specified by the specifying section from invalid into valid.

5. The contents processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the controller further has a device information display control section for making a display device display a device list based on the received device information,

the device information display control section displays the device list having a hierarchical structure composed of one or more devices as the high-order devices and the other devices as the low-order devices with respect to the high-order devices.

6. A contents processing apparatus connectable to a controller via a network, comprising:

a plurality of input sections into which contents are input;

a plurality of output sections that is related with a plurality of rooms and outputs the contents to contents receiving apparatuses arranged in the plurality of rooms;

an output control section for making control so that the contents are output from the output sections to the contents receiving apparatuses arranged in the rooms;

a device setting section for setting device information about respective room output functions as respective devices for outputting the contents from the output sections to the contents receiving apparatuses arranged in the respective rooms;

a device information transmitting section for transmitting one or the plural pieces of the device information set by the device setting section to the controller;

an instruction receiving section for receiving an instruction for controlling the selected device from the controller;

a specifying section for specifying the room output function corresponding to the selected device; and

a processing section for executing an instructed process for the specified room output functions.

7. The contents processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the device setting section sets the device information about the plurality of room output functions as respective devices,

the specifying section specifies the plurality of room output functions corresponding to the selected devices,

the processing section executes instructed processes for the specified plurality of room output functions.

8. The contents processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the device information includes a high-order device as a root device and a low-order device positioned in a low-order hierarchy of the root device,

the device setting section sets information about control of the room output function corresponding to the high-order device made by the controller in the information about the high-order device in the device information, and sets information about control of the room output function corresponding to the high-order device and the room output function corresponding to the low-order device made by the controller in information about the low-order device in the device information.

9. The contents processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the contents processing apparatus further includes:

a setting section for setting the room output functions to be valid or invalid respectively; and

a setting change section for, when the room output functions specified by the specifying section are set to be invalid, changing the room output functions specified by the specifying section from invalid into valid.

10. A contents processing program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium causing a computer of a contents processing apparatus, wherein the contents processing apparatus is connectable to a controller via a network and comprises a plurality of input sections into which contents are input and a plurality of output sections that is related with a plurality of rooms and outputs the contents to contents receiving apparatuses arranged in the plurality of rooms;

to perform;

an output control step for making control so that the contents are output from the output sections to the contents receiving apparatuses arranged in the rooms;

a device setting step for setting device information about respective room output functions as respective devices for outputting the contents from the output sections to the contents receiving apparatuses arranged in the respective rooms;

a device information transmitting step for transmitting one or the plural pieces of the device information set by the device setting step to the controller;

an instruction receiving step for receiving an instruction for controlling the selected device from the controller;

a specifying step for specifying the room output function corresponding to the selected device; and

a processing step for executing an instructed process for the specified room output functions.