Portable television receiver equipped with remote controller

• US 5,157,496 A
• Filed: 09/11/1990
• Issued: 10/20/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Kurosawa, Kazuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Peng, John K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Murrell, Jeffrey S.
• Application Number:
  US07/581,478
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 358/194.1, 358/193.1, 358/191.1, 358/192.1, 455/603, 455/352, 455/353, 340/706, 340/717
• US Class Current: 725/56
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 1/0025 in a remote control unit remote control tuning in general H03J9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/50 Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control

Abstract

A portable television receiver system including a remote controller wherein, key functions of the remote controller are displayed on a display screen of the television receiver in relation to key positions of the remote controller, and wherein channel selecting sequences are varied in the remote controller and portable television receiver.

Claims

1. A television receiver equipped with a remote controller, comprising:

a plurality of channel designating keys, provided in said remote controller, for transmitting remote control signals corresponding to said plurality of control designating keys;

a display designating key, provided in said remote controller, for transmitting a display designating signal;

allocation means, provided at said television receiver, for allocating information on broadcasting stations to the remote control signals corresponding to the location of said channel designating keys; and

display means, provided at said television receiver, for displaying on a display screen the broadcasting information allocated to each of said channel designating keys employed in said remote controller under such a display arrangement which is the same as a key arrangement of said channel designating keys employed in said remote controller, in response to said display designating signal produced from said remote controller.

2. A television receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said information is allocated to said remote control signals of said plurality of channel designating keys in a one-to-one correspondence.

3. A television receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displayed information on said display means is displayed by an arrangement of said channel designating keys and a screen position of said allocated information.

4. A television receiver as claimed in claim 3, wherein said information is indicated by channel numbers of the television broadcasting stations.

5. A television receiver as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

storage means for storing corresponding relationships between said channel designating keys and said allocated information of the broadcasting stations.

6. A television receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display means comprises a display means of a television picture.

7. A television receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said broadcasting information is superimposed on said television picture.

8. A portable television receiver as claimed in claim 6, wherein said broadcasting information is displayed in plural colors.

9. A television receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said television receiver is a portable television receiver.

15. A television receiver equipped with a remote controller as claimed in claim 4, wherein said display means displays a television picture.

10. A television system, comprising:

a television receiver equipped with display means for displaying a television image, said display means being powered by a power source;

a remote controller including at least a power-ON/OFF instruction key for controlling the television receiver, and for transmitting at least a first remote control signal to instruct the television receiver to be turned ON and a second remote control signal to instruct the television receiver to be turned OFF;

remote control signal receiving means, provided at said television receiver, for receiving said first and second remote control signals from said remote controller;

time counting means, provided at said television receiver, for counting time; and

control means, coupled to said remote control signal receiving means and to said time counting means, for turning OFF at least said power source of said display means when receiving said second remote control signal to instruct the power-OFF operation from said remote controller, and for simultaneously commencing operation of said time counting means, and, when said time counting means having counted up a predetermined time period, a power supply of the entire television receiver is turned OFF by said control means; and

wherein said control means turns ON said power source of said display means when said remote control signal receiving means receives said first remote control signal to instruct a power-ON function from said remote controller while said time counting means counts up said predetermined time period.

11. A television receiver as claimed in claim 10, wherein said control means turns OFF said portable television receiver except for said remote control signal receiving means, said time counting means and said control means when receiving the remote control signal to instruct the power-OFF from said remote controller.

12. A television system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said television receiver is a portable television receiver.

13. A television receiver equipped with a remote controller, comprising:

a plurality of function keys, provided in said remote controller, for transmitting remote control signals corresponding to the respective function keys which designate respective functions;

remote control signal receiving means, provided at said television receiver, for receiving the remote control signals derived from the remote controller;

allocation means, provided at said television receiver, for allocating functions to said received remote control signals corresponding to the respective functions;

storage means provided at said television receiver for storing therein a program to execute the allocated functions;

display means, provided at said television receiver, for displaying on a display screen, function information allocated to the respective function keys under such a display arrangement which is the same as a key arrangement of said function keys employed in said remote controller; and

control means, coupled to said storage means employed in said television receiver, for executing the function allocated to the received remote control signal when the remote control signal corresponding to said function key is received by the remote control signal receiving means.

14. A television receiver equipped with a remote controller as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

display means for displaying allocated contents of said allocation means.

16. A television receiver as claimed in claim 13, wherein said television receiver is a portable television receiver.