On screen display as diagnostic aid
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1. A method for displaying remote control data corresponding to an activation of a button on a remote control, the remote control data being received by a video display having on screen message display capability, comprising the steps of:
- a) receiving the remote control data; and
b) employing the on screen message display capability of the video display to display the remote control data as a character on the video display said employing step further comprising the step of selecting a first character set to represent a bit of the remote control data having a logical zero value.
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Abstract
A method for displaying data within a video display having on screen message display capability. The method comprises the steps of accessing digital data within the display, and displaying each bit of data as a character forming part of an on screen message display representation of the digital data.
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1. A method for displaying remote control data corresponding to an activation of a button on a remote control, the remote control data being received by a video display having on screen message display capability, comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving the remote control data; and b) employing the on screen message display capability of the video display to display the remote control data as a character on the video display said employing step further comprising the step of selecting a first character set to represent a bit of the remote control data having a logical zero value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A video display with on screen display capability for displaying a signal within a video display using a method, comprising the steps of:
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a) accessing an analog signal representative of received remote control data within said display; b) quantizing said analog signal to form digital words; and c) employing the on screen message display capability of the video display to display ones of said digital words as characters forming part of an on screen representation of said analog signal said employing step further comprising the step of selecting a predetermined character from an on screen message character set to represent a first digital value of said digital words. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for the display of remote control data in a video display having on screen message display capability, comprising the steps of:
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a) selecting an operating mode for said video display; b) receiving a remote control command; and
,c) employing the on screen message display capability of the video display to display the data from said remote control command, wherein said employing step further comprises the step of representing a logical zero data bit from said remote control command as a first character from a character set stored for display by said video display. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A video display apparatus having an on screen message display and remote control capability, comprising:
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a remote control message receiver for receiving a remote control command and forming data therefrom; a controller receiving said data; and an on screen display generator coupled to said controller and generating characters for display responsive to said data formed from said remote control command, wherein said video display apparatus operates in a particular operating mode and said controller processes said data for coupling to said on screen display generator such that specific characters are generated in accordance with logical states existing in said data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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