Information processing apparatus and system control method

• US 20070052696A1
• Filed: 08/11/2006
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Uehara, Keiichi
• Application Number:
  US11/503,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20070052696A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0606 Manual adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a body, a processor provided within the body, a control device provided within the body and configured to control an operation of the body in conjunction with the processor, and a storing unit configured to store an image adjusting parameter. The control device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an image processing controller is included in the body. The image processing controller performs, based on the image adjusting parameter, predetermined image processing with respect to image data to be displayed on a display apparatus. The control device also includes a setting unit configured to set, when the determination unit determines that the image processing controller is included in the body, the image adjusting parameter stored in the storing unit to the image processing controller.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a body;

a processor provided within the body;

a control device provided within the body and configured to control an operation of the body in conjunction with the processor; and

a storing unit configured to store an image adjusting parameter,

the control device including;

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an image processing controller is included in the body, the image processing controller performing, based on the image adjusting parameter, predetermined image processing with respect to image data to be displayed on a display apparatus; and

a setting unit configured to set, when the determination unit determines that the image processing controller is included in the body, the image adjusting parameter stored in the storing unit to the image processing controller.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control device includes a sending unit configured to send, when the determination unit determines that the image processing controller is not included in the body, to the processor, information indicating that the image processing controller is not included in the body, and

wherein, when the processor receives the information sent from the control device, the processor performs predetermined image processing with respect to the image data.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control device includes a sending unit configured to send, when the determination unit determines that the image processing controller is not included in the body, to the processor, information indicating that the image processing controller is not included in the body, and

wherein the processor includes:

a display unit configured to display, when the processor receives the information sent from the control device, on the display apparatus, a setting screen for causing a user to specify a content of image processing to be performed with respect to the image data; and

an image processing unit configured to perform the image processing with respect to the image data in accordance with the content specified on the setting screen displayed by the display unit.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing includes a process which adjusts an image quality of the image data.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit includes a sending unit configured to send the image adjusting parameter to the image processing controller by performing communication with the image processing controller via a bus which couples between the image processing controller and the control device.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control device includes a basic input/output system and the storing unit is included in the basic input/output system.

7. A system control method applied to an information processing apparatus including a body, a processor provided within the body, and a control device provided within the body and configured to control an operation of the body in conjunction with the processor, the system control method comprising:

performing, by the control device, a process which determines whether or not the image processing controller is included in the body, the image processing controller performing, based on an image adjusting parameter, predetermined image processing with respect to image data to be displayed on a display apparatus; and

when it is determined that the image processing controller is included in the body, performing, by the control device, a process which sets, to the image processing controller, the image adjusting parameter stored in a storing unit within the information processing apparatus.

8. The system control method according to claim 7, further comprising:

when it is determined that the image processing controller is not included in the body, sending, from the control device to the processor, information indicating that the image processing controller is not included in the body,

wherein, when the processor receives the information sent from the control device, the processor performs predetermined image processing with respect to the image data.

9. The system control method according to claim 7, further comprising:

when it is determined that the image processing controller is not included in the body, sending, from the control device to the processor, information indicating that the image processing controller is not included in the body,

wherein, when the processor receives the information sent from the control device, the processor displays on the display apparatus a setting screen for causing a user to specify a content of image processing to be performed with respect to the image data, and performs the image processing with respect to the image data in accordance with the content specified on the setting screen.

10. The system control method according to claim 7, wherein the image processing includes a process which adjusts an image quality of the image data.

11. The system control method according to claim 7, wherein performing the process which sets, to the image processing controller, the image adjusting parameter includes sending the image adjusting parameter to the image processing controller by performing communication with the image processing controller via a bus which couples between the image processing controller and the control device.

12. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a storing unit configured to store a parameter; and

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a first control unit configured to perform a first predetermined process with respect to data is included in the information processing apparatus,

wherein, when the determination unit determines that the first control unit is included in the information processing apparatus, the determination unit sets the parameter stored in the storing unit to the first control unit, and the first control unit performs the first predetermined process with respect to the data based on the set parameter.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a second control unit configured to perform a second predetermined process with respect to the data,

wherein, when the determination unit determines that the first control unit is not included in the information processing apparatus, the second control unit performs the second predetermined process with respect to the data.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the first control unit is included in the information processing apparatus based on a determination signal from the first control unit.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the first control unit is included in the information processing apparatus by monitoring a voltage of a transmission line between the determination unit and the first control unit.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising:

a pull-up resistor coupled to the transmission line between the determination unit and the first control unit,

wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the first control unit is included in the information processing apparatus depending on the voltage of the transmission line.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising:

a pull-down resistor coupled to the transmission line between the determination unit and the first control unit,

wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the first control unit is included in the information processing apparatus depending on the voltage of the transmission line.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a display unit; and

a second control unit configured to perform a second predetermined process with respect to the data,

wherein the second control unit displays, on the display unit, a setting screen for causing a user to specify a parameter, and

the storing unit stores the parameter specified by the user via the setting screen displayed on the display unit.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a second control unit configured to perform a second predetermined process with respect to the data,

wherein, when the determination unit determines that the first control unit is not included in the information processing apparatus, the second control unit performs the second predetermined process based on the parameter specified by the user via the setting screen displayed on the display unit.