Electric apparatus and an operation method thereof

• US 8,964,130 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hisense Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation Company Limited), Hisense Electric Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Hisense Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation Company Limited), Hisense Electric Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation Company Limited)
• Inventors: Hu, Minna, Gong, Lianfa
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, THANH NHAN P
• Application Number:
  US12/073,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20090002929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,552 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 348/761
• 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 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42212 Specific keyboard arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/57 Control of contrast or brightness
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

The present invention discloses an electric apparatus and operation method thereof. The electric apparatus includes: display unit to display the output content from said electric apparatus; operation unit used to operate said electric apparatus; the apparatus further includes: the primary indication unit, when the primary indication unit is started up, the operation unit is in visible status and otherwise the operation unit is in invisible status. The design of the present invention improves the front visual effect and the interactive performance of the electrical apparatus.

Claims

1. A TV apparatus, which includes:

a display unit configured to display an output content from said TV apparatus;

an operation unit, including a plurality of touching-type key-presses and configured to operate said TV apparatus; and

a primary indication unit configured such that when the primary indication unit is started up, the operation unit is in visible status, and when the primary indication unit is not started up, the operating unit is in invisible status;

wherein, when the primary indication unit is not started up, the operating unit is in invisible status, such that when the TV apparatus is in a working condition, if the primary indication unit is not started up, the operation unit is in invisible status.

2. The TV apparatus of claim 1 further including:

a secondary indication unit configured to indicate the working condition of the TV apparatus; and

a triggering unit, configured such that when triggered, starts up said primary indication unit, wherein

said secondary indication unit is the triggering unit.

3. The TV apparatus of claim 2, wherein said secondary indication unit is configured to be used as the triggering unit to control the condition of said primary indication unit when a power source of the TV apparatus is in working condition.

4. The TV apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

said primary indication unit is an LED,

said LED is fixedly connected with said display unit.

5. The TV apparatus of claim 4, wherein:

said LED includes plural LEDs,

a number of said LEDs is the same as that of said touching-type key-presses, and

mounting positions of said LEDs correspond to those of said touching-type key-presses.

6. The TV apparatus of claim 1, wherein said display unit is equipped with a translucent shell, and a color of said operation unit is similar to or the same as said translucent shell.

7. The TV apparatus of claim 6, wherein:

said operation unit is located behind said translucent shell, and

said operation unit is fixedly connected to said display unit.

8. The TV apparatus of claim 6, wherein the light emitted from said primary indication unit is different from the color of the translucent shell.

9. The TV apparatus of claim 6, wherein both the translucent shell and the operation unit are black and light from the primary indication unit is blue.

10. The TV apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indication time of said primary indication unit is determined each time.

11. An operation method of a TV apparatus, wherein said TV apparatus includes:

a display unit configured to display an output content from said TV apparatus;

an operation unit, including a plurality of touching-type key-presses and configured to operate said TV apparatus; and

a primary indication unit,

the method including steps of;

starting up the primary indication unit, such that said operation unit is in visible status and said operating unit can then be operated; and

when the primary indication unit is not started up, said operating unit is in invisible status.