Portable Information Processing Device

• US 20130027314A1
• Filed: 03/31/2011
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Display Innovations Inc. (Quarterhill Inc. (f/k/a Wi-LAN Inc.))
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Masaki, Yasuo, Kohno, Sei
• Granted Patent: US 9,237,375 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• 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 21/43635 HDMI
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver

Abstract

Disclosed is a portable information processing device which can improve convenience by reducing an operational burden resulting from a selecting operation of the user. A control portion (18a) of the portable information processing device (1) selects, at least on the basis of that an external display device (5) is connected and a prescribed application is being started, a second mode from a first mode causing an external display device to display the same data as the data displayed on an built-in display portion (10) and the second mode causing the built-in display portion to display data different from the data displayed on the external display device.

Claims

1. A portable information processing device (1) comprising:

a built-in display portion (10) capable of displaying data;

a control portion (18a), controlling a display on said built-in display portion, capable of acquiring data; and

an external display device connection portion (15) directly connectable with an external display device (5) without through a network, and

formed to be switchable between a first mode causing said built-in display portion to display the data while causing said external display device to display the same data as the data displayed on said built-in display portion and a second mode causing said external display device to display data while causing said built-in display portion to display data different from the data displayed on said external display device, wherein

said control portion is formed to select said second mode from said first mode and said second mode at least on the basis of that said external display device is connected to said external display device connection portion and a prescribed application is being started.

2. The portable information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said control portion is formed to cause said external display device to display data of said prescribed application and to cause said built-in display portion to display an image for accepting an instruction or entry related to said prescribed application in said second mode.

3. The portable information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said control portion is formed to select said second mode from said first mode and said second mode at least on the basis of that said external display device is connected to said external display device connection portion and a media player or an application accompanied by character entry is being started.

4. The portable information processing device according to claim 3, wherein

said control portion is formed to select said second mode for causing said external display device to display media data of the media player and to cause said built-in display portion to display a list of the media data so that selection of said media data is possible on the basis of that said external display device is connected to said external display device connection portion and an application of the media player is being started while an operation related to playback regarding said external display device as an output destination is performed.

5. The portable information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

said control portion is formed to select said second mode on the basis of that a playback operation for the media data of the media player regarding said external display device as the output destination has been performed in a state where said external display device is connected to said external display device connection portion and in a state where the application of said media player is being started, or that connection of said external display device to said external display device connection portion has been performed in the state where the application of the media player is being started and in a state where a playback operation for the media data is being performed.

6. The portable information processing device according to claim 5, wherein

said control portion is formed to select said second mode in response to that media data played back when performing the playback operation for the media data regarding said external display device as the output destination has been selected by the user from the list of said media data in the state where said external display device is connected to said external display device connection portion and in the state where the application of said media player is being started.

7. The portable information processing device according to claim 4, further comprising at least either a recording medium connection portion (16) capable of connecting a portable recording medium (50) in which media data is stored, or a built-in memory (18b) capable of storing the media data, wherein

said control portion is formed to select said second mode on the basis of that said external display device is connected to said external display device connection portion and the application of said media player is being started while an operation related to playback of media data of at least either said portable recording medium or said built-in memory is performed while regarding said external display device as an output destination.

8. The portable information processing device according to claim 4, further comprising a communication portion (12) capable of making communication based on a prescribed network standard with a corresponding apparatus functioning as a digital media server (2) by said prescribed network standard allowing sharing of media data between corresponding apparatuses connected to a network, wherein

said control portion is formed to select said second mode on the basis of that said external display device is connected to said external display device connection portion and the application of said media player is being started while an operation related to playback of media data of said digital media server has been performed while regarding said external display device as an output destination.

9. The portable information processing device according to claim 8, formed to cause said external display device directly connected to said external display device connection portion without through the network to display media data acquired from said digital media server via the network through said communication portion as a pseudo digital media renderer and to cause said built-in display portion to display the list of said media data so that selection of said media data is possible as a pseudo digital media controller.

10. The portable information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

said control portion is formed to switch the portable information processing device from said second mode to said first mode on the basis of that the replay operation for the media data has terminated.

11. The portable information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

said control portion is formed to cause said built-in display portion to display media data being played back in a case where the application of the media player is being started and the playback operation for the media data regarding said external display device as the output destination is performed when said external display device is disconnected from said external display device connection portion.

12. The portable information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said control portion is formed to select said second mode at least on the basis of that said external display device is connected to said external display device connection portion and an application accompanied by character entry is being started.

13. The portable information processing device according to claim 12, wherein

said control portion is formed to select said second mode in response to at least either a starting operation for said application accompanied by character entry or an operation at the time of character entry during starting of said application accompanied by character entry.

14. The portable information processing device according to claim 12, wherein

said control portion is formed to cause said external display device to display data of said application accompanied by character entry and to cause said built-in display portion to display a touch panel keyboard for character entry as an image for accepting entry at the time of said second mode.

15. The portable information processing device according to claim 14, wherein

said control portion is formed to cause said external display device to display the data of said application accompanied by character entry in such a mode that an entry result of the character entry is displayed and to cause said built-in display portion to display the touch panel keyboard for character entry and the entry result of the character entry in said second mode.

16. The portable information processing device according to claim 12, wherein

said application accompanied by character entry includes a plurality of types of applications, and

said control portion is formed to return the portable information processing device to one if said first mode and said second mode having been selected before performing the character entry in a case where character entry with respect to a prescribed application included in the plurality of said applications accompanied by character entry terminates in said second mode.

17. The portable information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said external display device connection portion includes a connection portion corresponding to a prescribed interface standard capable of connecting two apparatuses with each other by a prescribed cable capable of transmitting sound data, picture data and a control signal and performing a cooperative operation between the apparatuses with respect to the external display device directly connected without through said network.