Picture-in-picture feedback for channel related features
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1. A television receiver having:
- A) a picture-in-picture (PIP) display;
B) a main display;
C) an on-screen display for the selection of channel-related functions;
D) means for displaying the on-screen display with a channel table of channel choices and with a cursor manipulatable to select different channels from the channel table; and
E) means for automatically changing a signal routed to the P-I-P display when the cursor of the on-screen display is manipulated to a different channel to thereby display the different channel in the P-I-P display concurrently with said channel table.
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Abstract
A television receiver has a main, or regular, display; a picture-in-picture display; and an on-screen menu display for adjusting various television operating parameters, including those which are channel or source related, such as channel labeling, source labeling and on-screen program guide operation. When a channel or source related menu is displayed for operation on channel or source related functions, the channel or source operated upon is displayed in the picture-in-picture display and the main display may be blanked to present a more legible background for the menu.
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7 Claims
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1. A television receiver having:
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A) a picture-in-picture (PIP) display; B) a main display; C) an on-screen display for the selection of channel-related functions; D) means for displaying the on-screen display with a channel table of channel choices and with a cursor manipulatable to select different channels from the channel table; and E) means for automatically changing a signal routed to the P-I-P display when the cursor of the on-screen display is manipulated to a different channel to thereby display the different channel in the P-I-P display concurrently with said channel table.
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2. A television receiver comprising:
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A) means for generating a main display from a main display signal; B) P-I-P means for generating a picture-in-picture display; C) means for generating an on-screen menu display with a table of channel choices for the selection of channel-related functions; D) means for selecting channels on which the channel-related functions operate, E) first switch means for blanking the main display when said on-screen menu displays are generated; F) second switch means for routing the main display signal to the P-I-P means such that the main display signal is generated in the Picture-In-Picture display; and G) means for changing the signal input to the P-I-P means in correspondence with a changed selection of channels by the means for selecting, whereby as a channel is selected from the channel table, the selected channel is displayed in the Picture-In-Picture display concurrently with the display of the channel table.
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3. A television receiver having:
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A) a main display circuit, B) an on-screen menu display circuit, C) a picture-in-picture (P-I-P) display circuit; D) the on-screen menu display circuit having a table of channel choices and a cursor manipulatable to select a channel from said table for channel-related functions; E) switch means for transferring a main display signal to the P-I-P display circuit; F) a tuner for receiving broadcast signals and selecting the main display signal from said broadcast signals; and G) tuner control means for changing the broadcast signal selected; H) means for routing the main display signal from the main display circuit to the P-I-P display circuit in response to a displaying of the on-screen menu display, I) means for displaying the main display signal in a P-I-P display concurrent with the on-screen menu display, and J) means for operating the tuner control means to change the main display signal routed to the P-I-P display circuit to accord with the main display signal selected by the manipulatable cursor. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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