Television

• US 8,405,782 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2008
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Onomatsu, Takehiro, Yamanishi, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): NATNAEL, PAULOS M
• Application Number:
  US12/284,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20090086098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,645 Days
• Field of Search: 348/730, 348/552, 348/553, 348/725, 386/46, 386/83
• US Class Current: 348/730
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/63 Generation or supply of power specially adapted for television receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums

Abstract

The present invention discloses a television that includes: a power circuit; a tuner for receiving television broadcasting signals; a display for displaying an image according to image signals based on the television broadcasting signals; a speaker for outputting a sound according to audio signals based on the television broadcasting signals; a connecting terminal for connecting to a player device that is capable of playing a media file; a connection detecting unit for detecting that the player device is connected to the connecting terminal; a charging unit for charging a battery of the player device in case the player device is connected to the connecting terminal; and a charge preventing unit for preventing the charging unit from charging the battery according to a user'"'"'s operation.

Claims

1. A television, comprising:

a power circuit;

a tuner for receiving television broadcasting signals;

a display for displaying an image according to image signals based on the television broadcasting signals;

a speaker for outputting audio according to audio signals based on the television broadcasting signals;

a connecting terminal for connecting the television and a player device that is capable of playing a media file, the connecting terminal is formed at a predetermined position on a chassis of the television;

a connection detecting unit for detecting that the player device is connected to the connecting terminal of the television;

a charging unit for charging a battery of the player device in case the player device is connected to the connecting terminal of the television;

a mechanical switch for accepting a user'"'"'s operation formed on the chassis of the television; and

a charge preventing unit that prevents the charging unit from charging the battery of the player device in case a user'"'"'s operation to prohibit charging is accepted by the mechanical switch;

the charge preventing unit measures an amount of charge of the battery in case the user'"'"'s operation to prohibit charging is not accepted by the mechanical switch and prevents the charging unit from charging the battery in case the amount of charge is greater than an upper limit or smaller than a lower limit.