ELECTRIC APPARATUS AND AN OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20170272682A1
• Filed: 06/07/2017
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hisense Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense Electric Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hisense Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.), Hisense Electric Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: HU, Minna, GONG, Lianfa
• Granted Patent: US 10,044,969 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42212 Specific keyboard arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/57 Control of contrast or brightness
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

The present invention discloses an electric apparatus and operation method thereof. The electric apparatus includes: display unit to display the output content from said electric apparatus; operation unit used to operate said electric apparatus; the apparatus further includes: the primary indication unit, when the primary indication unit is started up, the operation unit is in visible status and otherwise the operation unit is in invisible status. The design of the present invention improves the front visual effect and the interactive performance of the electrical apparatus.

Claims

1. An electric apparatus, which includes:

a display unit configured to display the output content from said electric apparatus;

an operation unit configured to operate said electric apparatus;

a primary indication unit configured such that when the primary indication unit is started up, the operation unit is in visible status, and when the primary indication unit is not started up and the electric apparatus is in a working condition, the operating unit is in invisible status.

2. The electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that it further includes:

a secondary indication unit, used to indicate the working condition of the electric apparatus;

a triggering unit, when triggered, said primary indication unit is started up, otherwise the primary indication unit is not started up;

said secondary indication unit is the triggering unit.

3. The electric apparatus of claim 2 is characterized in that said secondary indication unit can be used as the triggering unit to control the condition of said primary indication unit when the power source of the electric apparatus is in working condition.

4. The electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that said primary indication unit is LED, said LED is fixedly connected with said display module;

said operation unit includes several touching-type key-presses.

5. The electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that the number of said LEDs is the same as that of said touching-type key-presses and the mounting positions of said LEDs correspond to that of said touching-type key-presses each other.

6. The electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that said display unit is equipped with a translucent shell, and the color of said operation unit is similar to or the same as said translucent shell.

7. The electric apparatus of claim 6 is characterized in that said operation unit is located after the said translucent shell;

it is fixedly connected with said display unit.

8. The electric apparatus of claim 6 is characterized in that the light emitted from said primary indication unit is different from that the color of the translucent shell.

9. The electric apparatus of claim 6 is characterized in that both the translucent shell and the operation unit are black and light from the primary indication unit is blue.

10. The electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that each indication time of said primary indication unit is determined.

11. A method for controlling an electric apparatus which comprises a display unit configured to display the output content from said electric apparatus, an operation unit configured to operate said electric apparatus and a primary indication unit;

the method comprising;

if the primary indication unit is started up, controlling the operation unit visible;

if the primary indication unit is not started up and the electric apparatus is in a working condition, controlling the operation unit invisible.

12. A handheld device, comprising:

a display unit configured to display the output content from the handheld device;

an operation unit configured to operate the handheld device;

a primary indication unit configured such that when the primary indication unit is started up, the operation unit is in visible status, and when the primary indication unit is not started up and the handheld device is in a working condition, the operating unit is in invisible status.

13. The handheld device according to claim 12, wherein the handheld device is at least one of a smart phone and a tablet computer.