IP Library Patent Application 11362835
Patent Application
App. No. 11/362,835

Information process apparatus and electronic appliance

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App. No.
11/362,835
Abstract

An information process apparatus is provided with an interface transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of display devices provided with a display portion of showing information and electronic appliances, a reception unit-receiving a given data from the electronic appliance via the interface, a judgment unit judging an action status of the plurality of display devices via the interface in accordance with a reception result of the given data by the reception unit, and an output unit outputting a given display signal to a display device of which the action state is judged to be in a given state by the judgment device out of the plurality of the display devices in accordance with the given data via the interface.

Claims (42)

1 . An information process apparatus comprising:

an interface transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of display devices provided with a display portion of showing information and an electronic appliance;

a reception unit receiving a given data from the electronic appliance via the interface;

a judgment unit judging an action state of the plurality of the display devices via the interface in accordance with a reception result of the given data by the reception unit; and

an output unit outputting a given display signal to a display device of which the action state is judged to be in a given state out of the plurality of the display devices in accordance with the given data via the interface.

2 . The information process apparatus set forth in claim 1 , wherein the action state being the given state refers to a status of the display device being operable.

3 . The information process apparatus set forth in claim 1 , wherein, when the judgment unit judges that there is a plurality of display devices of which the action state is in the given state, the output unit further includes a selection unit selecting a given display device from the plurality of the display devices.

4 . The information process apparatus set forth in claim 3 further comprising:

a setting unit setting beforehand a priority order of a display device for showing the information, wherein the selection unit selects the display device in accordance with the priority order.

5 . An information process apparatus comprising:

an interface transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of display devices provided with a display portion of showing information and an electronic appliance;

a reception unit receiving a given data from the electronic appliance via the interface;

a judgment unit judging action status of the plurality of the display devices via the interface in accordance with a reception result of the given data by the reception unit; and

a controller controlling so as to cause a given display device of the plurality of the display devices to be in an operable state in accordance with a judgment result of the judgment unit via the interface.

6 . The information process apparatus set forth in claim 5 , wherein the operable state refers to a status of power of the display portion of the display device being ON.

7 . The information process apparatus set forth in claim 5 , further comprising:

a setting unit setting beforehand a priority order of a display device for showing the information, wherein the controller controls so as to cause the display device to be in an operable state in accordance with the priority order.

8 . The information process apparatus set forth in claim 1 , wherein the interface transmits and receives the data to and from the plurality of the display devices via the network.

9 . The information process apparatus set forth in claim 1 , wherein the information includes at least any of image information, graphic information or text information.

10 . An electronic appliance comprising:

an interface transmitting and receiving data to and from a plurality of display devices provided with a display portion of showing information;

a judgment unit judging action status of the plurality of the display devices via the interface; and

an output unit outputting a given display signal to a display device of which the action state is judged to be in a given state by the judgment device out of the plurality of the display devices via the interface.

11 . The electronic appliance set forth in claim 10 , wherein the action state being in the given state refers to a status of the display device being in an operable state.

12 . The electronic appliance set forth in claim 10 , wherein, when the judgment unit judges that there is a plurality of display devices of which the action state is in the given state, the output unit further includes a selection unit selecting a given display device from the plurality of the display devices.

13 . The electronic appliance set forth in claim 12 further comprising:

a setting unit setting a priority order of a display device for showing the information, wherein the selection unit selects the display device in accordance with the priority order.

14 . The electronic appliance set forth in claim 10 further comprising:

a display portion of showing information; and

a directive unit directing the output unit to output the given display signal to the display device of which the action state is in a given state, and simultaneously, directing the first display device so as to cause the display portion of the first display device to become in an inoperable state via the interface.

15 . An electronic appliance comprising:

an interface transmitting and receiving data to and from a plurality of display devices provided with a display portion of showing information;

a judgment unit judging action status of the plurality of display devices via the interface; and

a controller controlling so as to cause a given display device of the plurality of the display devices to be in an operable state via the interface in accordance with a judgment result of the judgment unit.

16 . The electronic appliance set forth in claim 15 , wherein the operable state refers to a status of power of the display portion of the display device being ON.

17 . The electronic appliance set forth in claim 15 further comprising:

a display portion of showing information; and

a directive unit directing the controller so as to cause a given display device of the plurality of the display devices to be in an operable state, and simultaneously cause the display portion to become in an inoperable state.

18 . The electronic appliance set forth in claim 15 further comprising:

a setting unit setting a priority order of a display device for showing the information, wherein the controller controls so as to cause the display device to be in an operable state in accordance with the priority order.

19 . The electronic appliance set forth in claim 10 , wherein the interface transmits and receives the data to and from the plurality of the display devices via a network.

20 . The electronic appliance set forth in claim 10 , wherein the information includes at least any of image information, graphic information or text information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2006
From: NIKON TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: NIKON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017653/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2006
From: NOZAKI, HIROTAKE; TANAKA, MASAHIDE; OHMURA, AKIRA; OHTA, TADASHI
To: NIKON CORPORATION; NIKON TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 017535/0186 →