Terminal device, accounting system and data processing method

• US 6,515,716 B1
• Filed: 05/15/2000
• Issued: 02/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nomura, Tetsuya, Suzuki, Satoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Kostak, Victor R.
• Application Number:
  US09/570,811
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• Field of Search: 348/730, 348/553, 345/211-213, 713/320, 713/324, 713/330, 713/340
• US Class Current: 348/730
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 1/005 Power supply circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 1/16 the pattern of rectangular co-ordinates extending over the whole area of the screen, i.e. television type raster
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 1/165 Details of a display terminal using a CRT, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto details suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/003; specific for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time

Abstract

An image display device capable of reducing power consumption with improved effectiveness even when a sync signal sensor fails to sense both horizontal and vertical sync signals, wherein when a first sync signal sensor fails to sense both horizontal and vertical sync signals, a main power source, a heater power source device, and a first sync signal sensor power source device are turned off. Power is thus saved. When a second sync signal sensor senses at least one of the horizontal and vertical sync signals, the first sync signal sensor power source device that was turned off is turned on.

Claims

1. An image display device, comprising:

a cathode-ray tube for receiving a video signal;

first and second sync signal sensors for sensing whether horizontal and vertical sync signals relative to the video signal are present;

a main power source for feeding power to circuits for driving said cathode ray tube;

a heater power source for feeding power to a heater of said cathode-ray tube;

first and second sync signal sensor power sources for feeding power to said first and second sync signal sensors respectively; and

a power source unit for feeding power to said main power source, to said heater power source device, and to said first and second sync signal sensors according to power supplied from a mains AC power source device,

wherein when said first sync signal sensor fails to sense both the horizontal and vertical sync signals, said main power source device, said heater power source device, and said first sync signal sensor power source device are turned off to save power and

when said second sync signal sensor senses at least one of the horizontal and vertical sync signals, said first sync signal sensor power source device that was turned off is turned on.

2. An image display device, comprising:

a signal processing circuit for receiving a video signal and horizontal and vertical sync signals from a video signal source and for processing the video signal;

a cathode-ray tube for receiving the video signal from said signal processing circuit;

a first sync signal sensor for sensing whether the horizontal and vertical sync signals are present;

a main power source device for feeding power to circuits for driving said cathode ray tube;

a heater power source device for feeding power to a heater of said cathode-ray tube;

a first sync signal sensor power source device for feeding power to said first sync signal sensor;

a power source device unit for feeding power to said main power source device, to said heater power source device, and to said first sync signal sensor power source device according to power supplied from a mains AC power source device,

wherein when said first sync signal sensor senses both of the horizontal and vertical sync signals, said main power source device and heater power source device are turned on and an image is displayed on said cathode-ray tube

when only one of the horizontal and vertical sync signals is sensed by said first sync signal sensor, in a first operation said main power source device and said heater power source device are turned on but no image is displayed on said cathode-ray tube and in a second operation said main power source device is turned off and said heater power source device is turned on and

when neither of the horizontal and vertical sync signals are sensed, said main power source device and said heater power source device are turned off whereby

said first sync signal sensor controls said main power source device, said heater power source device, and said signal processing circuit so as to save power, wherein

when said first sync signal sensor fails to sense both of the horizontal and vertical sync signals, said first sync signal sensor controls said first sync signal sensor power source device so as to turn off said first sync signal sensor power source device;

a second sync signal sensor for sensing whether the horizontal and vertical sync signals are present; and

a second sync signal sensor power source device to which power is fed from said power source device unit and which feeds power to said second sync signal sensor,

characterized in that when said second sync signal sensor senses at least one of the horizontal and vertical sync signals, said second sync signal sensor turns on said first sync signal sensor power source device that was turned off.

3. The image display device according to claim 2, further comprising a first sync signal sensor halt mode discriminator to which power is fed from said second sync signal sensor power source device for judging whether said first sync signal sensor power source device is turned off by said first sync signal sensor or turned off because an AC voltage developed at said mains AC power source device is not applied to said power source device unit, and for storing a judgment in a memory,

wherein when said first sync signal sensor power source device that was turned off is turned on and contents of the memory in said first sync signal sensor halt mode discriminator indicate that said first sync signal sensor power source device was turned off by said first sync signal sensor, said first sync signal sensor controls said main power source device, said heater power source device, and said signal processing circuit according to whether said first sync signal sensor senses the horizontal and vertical sync signals

when the contents of the memory in said first sync signal sensor halt mode discriminator indicate that said first sync signal sensor power source device was turned off because an AC voltage developed at said mains AC power source device is not applied to said power source device unit and said first sync signal sensor senses both of the horizontal and vertical sync signals, both of said main power source device and said heater power source device are turned on and an image is displayed on said cathode-ray tube

when said first sync signal sensor fails to sense either or both of the horizontal and vertical sync signals, both of said main power source device and said heater power source device are turned on and a message that said image display device is in operation but no signal is sent from said video signal source is displayed on said cathode-ray tube; and

said first sync signal sensor controls said main power source device, said heater power source device, and said signal processing circuit according to whether said first sync signal sensor fails to sense either or both of the horizontal and vertical sync signals, so that no image will be displayed on said cathode-ray tube.