Electric apparatus and an operation method thereof

• US 20090002929A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 01/01/2009
• 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: Gong, Lianfa, Hu, Minna
• Granted Patent: US 8,964,130 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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. An electric apparatus, which includes:

A display unit, used to display the output content from said electric apparatus;

An operation unit, used to operate said electric apparatus;

Which is characterized in that, the appliance also includes;

The primary indication unit;

when the primary indication unit is started up, the operation unit is in visible status, otherwise the operating unit is in invisible status.

2. An electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that it further includes:

The secondary indication unit, used to indicate the working condition of the electric apparatus;

The triggering unit, when triggered, said primary indication unit is started up, otherwise the primary indication unit is not started up,;

Said secondary indication unit is the triggering unit.

3. An electric apparatus of claim 2 is characterized in that said secondary indication unit can be used as the triggering unit to control the condition of said primary indication unit when the power source of the electric apparatus is in working condition.

4. An electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that said primary indication unit is LBD, said LBD is fixedly connected with said display module;

said operation unit includes several touching-type key-presses.

5. An electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that the number of said LBDs is the same as that of said touching-type key-presses and the mounting positions of said LBDs correspond to that of said touching-type key-presses each other.

6. An electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that said display unit is equipped with a translucent shell, and the color of said operation unit is similar to or the same as said translucent shell.

7. An electric apparatus of claim 6 is characterized in that said operation unit is located after the said translucent shell;

it is fixedly connected with said display unit.

8. An electric apparatus of claim 6 is characterized in that the light emitted from said primary indication unit is different from that the color of the translucent shell.

9. An electric apparatus of claim 4 is characterized in that both the translucent shell and the operation unit are black and light from the primary indication unit is blue.

10. An electric apparatus of claim 1 is characterized in that each indication time of said primary indication unit is determined.

11. The operation method of an electric apparatus, said electric apparatus includes:

A display unit, used to display the output content from said electric apparatus;

An operation unit, used to operate said electric apparatus;

The primary indication unit;

It is characterized in that the method includes the following steps;

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

Otherwise said operating unit is in invisible status.