Video display device and external device

• US 8,810,737 B1
• Filed: 12/28/2011
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hayashi, Takafumi, Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, Nishi, Masafumi
• Primary Examiner(s): KOSTAK, VICTOR R
• Application Number:
  US14/345,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20140218622A1
• Time in Patent Office: 965 Days
• Field of Search: 348/734, 348/706, 348/552, 348/569, 340 1222- 1226, 340/12.28, 340/12.29, 340/12.52, 340/12.53, 340/13.27, 340/13.29, 340/13.3, 340/13.33, 340/13.35, 340/13.36, 710/5, 710/8, 710/10, 710/11, 710/14, 725151-153, 345/158, 341/176
• US Class Current: 348/734
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42208 Display device provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

To a video display device, a remote control transmitter for remotely operating the video display device is attached. When at least one of predetermined keys provided in the remote control transmitter of an external device is operated, the video display device switches, according to the setting of an “input target”, the validness and the invalidness of an remote operation on the at least one of predetermined keys of the external device which outputs a video stream to the video display device.

Claims

1. A video display device comprising:

an input terminal through which a video stream output by a specific external device is input;

a reception portion; and

a control portion,

wherein the video display device has, choices of an “

input target”

, a plurality of choices including a choice corresponding to the input terminal,

the reception portion receives a remote control signal transmitted from a remote control transmitter for remotely operating the video display device, and transmits, to the control portion, a signal including a remote control code based on the remote control signal and

when the control portion receives, from the reception portion, any one of the remote control codes corresponding to at least one of predetermined keys provided in the remote control transmitter,

if the “

input target”

is set at the choice corresponding to the input terminal, the control portion controls the specific external device such that a remote operation of the specific external device on the at least one of predetermined keys is made valid, and does not perform an operation of the video display device corresponding to the remote control code received from the reception portion whereas

if the “

input target”

is not set at the choice corresponding to the input terminal, the control portion controls the specific external device such that the remote operation of the specific external device on the at least one of predetermined keys is made invalid, and performs the operation of the video display device corresponding to the remote control code received from the reception portion.

2. The video display device of claim 1,

wherein the remote control codes corresponding to the at least one of predetermined keys are remote control codes that are recognized by both the video display device and the specific external device.

3. The video display device of claim 1,

wherein even when the “

input target”

is set at the choice corresponding to the input terminal, if a specific key provided in the remote control transmitter other than the at least one of predetermined keys is operated, same processing as when the “

input target”

is not set at the choice corresponding to the input terminal is performed.

4. An external device that outputs a video stream to a video display device, the external device comprising:

a reception portion; and

a control portion,

wherein the reception portion receives a remote control signal transmitted from a remote control transmitter for remotely operating the video display device, and transmits, to the control portion, a signal including a remote control code based on the remote control signal and

when the control portion receives, from the reception portion, any one of the remote control codes corresponding to at least one of predetermined keys provided in the remote control transmitter,

if a notification that the “

input target”

of the video display device is set at a choice which inputs the video stream from the external device is received from the video display device, the control portion controls the video display device such that a remote operation of the video display device on the at least one of predetermined keys is made invalid, and performs an operation of the external device corresponding to the remote control code received from the reception portion whereas

if a notification that the “

input target”

of the video display device is not set at the choice which inputs the video stream from the external device is received from the video display device, the control portion controls the video display device such that the remote operation of the video display device on the at least one of predetermined keys is made valid, and does not perform the operation of the external device corresponding to the remote control code received from the reception portion.

5. The external device of claim 4,

wherein the remote control codes corresponding to the at least one of predetermined keys are remote control codes that are recognized by both the video display device and the external device.