BROADCAST IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, BROADCAST IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND TELEVISON

• US 20140344860A1
• Filed: 07/30/2014
• Published: 11/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: TANAKA, Shunsuke, HIROSE, Tatsuo, KUBOTA, Koumei
• Application Number:
  US14/446,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20140344860A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/44
• 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 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows

Abstract

A broadcast image output device includes: a reception unit that receives a broadcast; an output unit that outputs a plurality of home screens in each of which a broadcast image relating to the broadcast received by the reception unit or an app image is allocatable to each section of a display area, the broadcast image and the app image being selectable by user operation; and a control unit that selects one of the home screens in accordance with preset setting information to cause the output unit to output the selected home screen as an initial screen that is ready to accept the user operation and appears after the broadcast image output device is turned on.

Claims

1. A broadcast image output device comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive a broadcast; and

an output unit configured to output a home screen which displays a broadcast image in at least one display area of a plurality of display areas and an image other than the broadcast image in at least another display area of the plurality of display areas, the plurality of display areas each being enclosed by a background image settable and changeable by a user, the broadcast image being selectable by a user operation and related to the broadcast received by the reception unit,

wherein the output unit is further configured to output a home switching screen which at least partially displays each of at least two home screens of a plurality of home screens.

2. The broadcast image output device according to claim 1,

wherein the output unit is configured to output the home switching screen which at least partially displays a reduced image of each of the at least two home screens.

3. The broadcast image output device according to claim 1, further comprising

a control unit configured, when a specification for one home screen selected from the at least two home screens is received as a home switching instruction while the output unit is outputting the home switching screen, to cause the output unit to output the one home screen specified, in accordance with the home switching instruction.

4. The broadcast image output device according to claim 3,

wherein the output unit is further configured to output the home switching screen which displays, side by side, at least one home screen of the plurality of the home screens and an image for adding a new home screen,

the control unit is further configured, when a specification for the image for adding the new home screen is received while the output unit is outputting the home switching screen, to cause the output unit to output a template selection screen, and

the template selection screen displays a plurality of templates, and allows the user to select a template for creating the new home screen, from among the plurality of templates.

5. A television comprising:

a tuner which receives a broadcast;

a display capable of displaying a broadcast image related to the broadcast received by the tuner; and

a processor for controlling display by the display,

wherein the display displays a home screen which displays a broadcast image in at least one display area of a plurality of display areas and an image other than the broadcast image in at least another display area of the plurality of display areas, the plurality of display areas each being enclosed by a background image settable and changeable by a user, the broadcast image being selectable by a user operation and related to the broadcast received by the reception unit, and

the processor causes the display to display a home switching screen which at least partially displays each of at least two home screens of a plurality of home screens.

6. A broadcast image output method comprising:

receiving a broadcast;

outputting a home screen which displays a broadcast image in at least one display area of a plurality of display areas and an image other than the broadcast image in at least another display area of the plurality of display areas, the plurality of display areas each being enclosed by a background image settable and changeable by a user, the broadcast image being selectable by a user operation and related to the broadcast received by the reception unit; and

further outputting a home switching screen which at least partially displays each of at least two home screens of a plurality of home screens.