User interface with tiling of video sources, widescreen modes or calibration settings

• US 7,929,056 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2004
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Tang, William, Schneider, Robert M., Corbett, Timothy J
• Primary Examiner(s): Pendleton; Brian T
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHEN, CAI Y
• Application Number:
  US10/990,662
• Publication Number:
  US 20060059513A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,345 Days
• Field of Search: 725/42, 725/44, 725/45, 725/47, 725/48, 725/50, 725/54, 725/59
• US Class Current: 348/556
• 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 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/57 Control of contrast or brightness
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0122 the input and the output signals having different aspect ratios

Abstract

A user interface for a television or receiver associated with the television includes a display of tiles representing options available to a user, and controls for selecting one of the displayed tiles to select a corresponding option.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a television or receiver associated with said television, said method comprising:

displaying a number of tiles on display said television simultaneously, wherein each tile shows a video program, said tiles representing options available to a user; and

selecting one of the displayed tiles to select a corresponding option;

wherein each tile represents a different widescreen mode that can be displayed on said television.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising moving an indicator among said tiles to select a tile representing a desired option using controls on a remote control unit.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising invoking said display of tiles representing different widescreen modes with a button or sequence of buttons on a remote control unit.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating each tile with a text label.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said text labels indicate different video sources.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said text labels indicate different widescreen modes for said television.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying multiple pages of tiles and moving between different pages of tiles.

8. A user interface for a television or receiver associated with said television, said user interface comprising:

a simultaneous display of tiles on said television, wherein each tile shows a video program, each tile representing a different widescreen mode available on said television; and

controls for selecting one of the displayed tiles to select a corresponding widescreen mode.

9. A user interface for a television or receiver associated with said television, said user interface comprising:

a simultaneous display of tiles on said television, wherein each tile shows a video program, each tile representing a different value for a calibration setting for said television, the calibration setting effecting all of an image

displayed by said television set, wherein said calibration setting comprises a calibration setting for at least one of;

a color setting of said image on said television set, a brightness setting of said image on said television set, a contrast setting of said image on said television set and a hue setting of said image on said television set; and

controls for selecting one of the displayed tiles to select a corresponding value for a calibration setting.

10. The user interface of claim 9, further comprising iterative displays of said tiles refining a selected value for a calibration setting.

11. The user interface of claim 9, further comprising multiple displays of tiles, each display corresponding to a different calibration setting.

12. The user interface of claim 11, wherein said calibration settings include color, hue and brightness.

13. The user interface of claim 9, further comprising a reference image to be matched to a tile of said display.

14. The user interface of claim 9, further comprising a filter through which a user views said display of tiles.

15. A method for controlling a television or receiver with a user interface to adjust calibration settings of said television or receiver, said method

comprising:

displaying a plurality of tiles on display said television simultaneously, wherein each tile shows a video program, each tile representing a different value for a calibration setting for said television, the calibration setting effecting all of an image displayed by said television set, wherein said calibration setting comprises a calibration setting for at least one of;

a color setting of said image on said television set, a brightness setting of said image on said television set, a contrast setting of said image on said television set and a hue setting of said image on said television set.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising selecting one of the displayed tiles to select a corresponding value for a calibration setting.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising selecting that displayed tile that most close resembles a reference image.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein, after said selecting one of the displayed tiles is performed, displaying a second plurality of tiles representing a narrower range of values for said calibration setting.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein, after optimizing a first calibration setting, displaying a second plurality of tiles representing values for a second calibration setting and selecting one of said second plurality of tiles to optimize said second calibration setting.