Display Device, Display Method and Display System

• US 20150074569A1
• Filed: 08/08/2014
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirayama, Noriyuki
• Application Number:
  US14/455,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20150074569A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/523 for displaying temperature data
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/65 for selecting an operating mode
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/67 Switching between heating and cooling modes
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1905 associated with tele control

Abstract

A display device includes a CPU (central processing unit), a display controller and an obtain module. The display controller displays a first icon and a second icon in predetermined layouts on a display. The first icon receives an instruction for executing a mode in relation to cooling and the second icon receives an instruction for executing a mode in relation to heating. The obtain module obtains information on at least one of air temperature and date. The display controller changes a layout of one icon of the first and second icons and maintains a layout of the other icon of the first and second icons based on the information when the information meets a predetermined condition.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a CPU (central processing unit);

a display controller configured to display a first icon and a second icon in predetermined layouts on a display, the first icon receiving an instruction for executing a mode in relation to cooling and the second icon receiving an instruction for executing a mode in relation to heating; and

an obtain module configured to obtain information on at least one of air temperature and date,

wherein the display controller changes a layout of one icon of the first and second icons and maintains a layout of the other icon of the first and second icons based on the information when the information meets a predetermined condition.

2. The display device of claim 1,

wherein the display controller hides the one icon by changing the layout of the one icon when the information meets a predetermined condition.

3. The display device of claim 1,

wherein, when the information meets a predetermined condition, the display controller changes a size of the one icon to be smaller than a predetermined size of the one icon in a case where the one icon is displayed in the predetermined layout.

4. The display device of claim 1,

wherein the display controller changes a display position of the one icon when the information meets a predetermined condition.

5. The display device of claim 1,

wherein the obtain module obtains the information in relation to air temperature from an air conditioning device, and

the display controller changes the layout of the one icon when the air temperature obtained by the obtain module meets a predetermined condition.

6. The display device of claim 5,

wherein the obtain module obtains information in relation to indoor air temperature, outdoor air temperature and humidity from the air conditioning device, and

the display controller changes the layout of the one icon when the indoor air temperature, the outdoor air temperature or the humidity meets a predetermined condition.

7. The display device according to claim 5,

wherein, in a case where the obtain module cannot obtain the information on air temperature from the air conditioning device, the display controller changes the layout of the one icon when the information on date meets a predetermined condition.

8. The display device according to claim 5,

wherein the display controller hides the one icon when the obtain module obtains the information on air temperature from the air conditioning device, and

the display controller changes the layout of the one icon while keeping the other icon displayed, based on the information on date when the obtain module cannot obtain the information on air temperature from the air conditioning device.

9. A display method in a display device including a CPU (central processing unit) and a display, comprising:

displaying a first icon and a second icon in predetermined layouts on the display, the first icon receiving an instruction for executing a mode in relation to cooling and the second icon receiving an instruction for executing a mode in relation to heating;

obtaining information on at least one of air temperature and date; and

changing a layout of one icon of the first and second icons and maintaining a layout of the other icon of the first and second icons based on the information when the information meets a predetermined condition.

10. A display system provided with an air conditioning device and a display device, the display device comprising:

a display controller configured to display a first icon and a second icon in predetermined layouts on a display, the first icon receiving an instruction for executing a mode in relation to cooling and the second icon receiving an instruction for executing a mode in relation to heating; and

an obtain module configured to obtain information on at least one of air temperature and date,

wherein the display controller changes a layout of one icon of the first and second icons and maintains a layout of the other icon of the first and second icons based on the information when the information meets a predetermined condition.