HDMI DEVICE CONTROL VIA IP

• US 20150281761A1
• Filed: 09/24/2013
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Mank, Armin
• Application Number:
  US14/429,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20150281761A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 21/41265 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 21/42208 Display device provided on the remote control
• 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 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• 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 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A method including: transmitting information about network devices of an HDMI, high definition multimedia interface, network by an HDMI network device; receiving the information by a remote control device; presenting the network devices of the HDMI network on a display of the control device as selectable by a user; presenting a set of control command softkeys on the display in response to a selection of a network device, the set being selected dependent on the type of network device; generating control command data on the basis of a selected control command softkey; transmitting the control command data to the HDMI network device; and providing a CEC command in response to the received control command data.

Claims

1. Method comprising

transmitting information about network devices of an HDMI, high definition multimedia interface, network by an HDMI network device,

receiving this information by a remote control device

presenting said network devices of said HDMI network on a display of said control device as selectable by a user,

presenting a set of control command softkeys on the display in response to a selection of a network device, the set being selected dependent on the type of network device,

generating control command data on the basis of a selected control command softkey,

transmitting said control command data to said HDMI network device, and

providing a CEC command in response to the received control command data.

2. Method of claim 1, wherein presenting said network devices comprises

presenting a softkey for each network device of the HDMI network.

3. Method of claim 2, wherein each softkey is referenced with respective information received.

4. Method of claim 2, wherein said information comprises logical and physical addresses of a network device.

5. Method of claim 4, wherein said information further comprises at least one of network device status, OSD name, menu language, menu status, CEC version, vendor ID, vendor specification information.

6. Method of claim 4, wherein said set of control commands is selected dependent on the logical address which defines the type of the HDMI network device.

7. Method of claim 1, wherein said control command data comprises a CEC command embedded in transmitted data packets.

8. Method of claim 1, wherein communication between said HDMI network device and said remote control device is based on UPnP (Universal Plug and Play).

9. Method of claim 1, wherein said HDMI device is a TV set.

10. Method of claim 1, wherein said remote control device is a tablet device.

12. Method of claim 1, wherein said information about network devices is transmitted via at least one of IP network, peer-to-peer data connection, Bluetooth data connection, IrDA data connection, radio-frequency based connection, wireless local network (WLAN) connection, or GSM, GPRS, 3G or 4G data connection.

13. Method of claim 1, wherein said control command data is transmitted to said HDMI device via at least one of IP network, peer-to-peer data connection, Bluetooth data connection, IrDA data connection, radio-frequency based connection, wireless local network (WLAN) connection, or GSM, GPRS, 3G or 4G data connection.

24. A computer program comprising program code means for causing a device to perform the steps of said method as claimed in claim 1, when said computer program is carried out on a device having a microprocessor.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program product, which, when executed by a processor, causes the method according to claim 1, to be performed.

11. Method comprising

providing information about network devices of an HDMI network,

transmitting said information to a remote control device,

receiving control command data from said control device, and

providing a CEC command in response to the received control command data.

14. Method comprising

obtaining information about network devices of an HDMI network,

providing control command softkeys for control commands assigned to the HDMI network device selected by a user,

transmitting control command data to an HDMI network device in response to a control command selected by the user via one of the softkeys.

15. Control device for remotely controlling network devices of an HDMI network, comprising

a display,

a communication interface adapted to communicate with an HDMI network device,

a network device selection unit adapted to receive a network device selection command by a user,

a control command selection unit adapted to display at least one control command softkey associated with said selected network device on the display, and

a control command data generation unit adapted to generate control command data for transmitting to said HDMI network device in response to the selection of a control command softkey.

16. Control device of claim 15, wherein said control device is a tablet device.

17. Control device of claim 15, wherein said communication interface is adapted to provide a UPnP (universal plug and play) based communication.

18. Control device of claim 15, wherein said communication interface is adapted to provide wireless communication.

19. Control device of claim 15, wherein said display is a touch sensitive display.

20. Control device of claim 15, comprising an evaluation unit adapted to evaluate information about network devices of an HDMI network received from an HDMI device via said communication interface.

21. HDMI device comprising

a communication interface adapted to communicate with a control device,

an HDMI network information generation unit adapted to generate information about the network devices of the HDMI network,

a command receiving unit adapted to receive data from the control device via the communication interface and to provide a CEC command on the basis of the received data.

22. HDMI device, wherein said device is a TV set having an HDMI interface and an further data communication interface.

23. HDMI device of claim 22, wherein said further data communication interface is one of IP network interface, Ethernet interface, peer-to-peer data interface, Bluetooth data interface, IrDA data interface, radio-frequency based data interface, wireless local network (WLAN) data interface, or GSM, GPRS, 3G or 4G data interface.