IP Library Patent Application 12121867
Patent Application
App. No. 12/121,867

AUDIO-VISUAL SYSTEM, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY DEVICE

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App. No.
12/121,867
Abstract

The TV receiver as a display device has a drawing generation unit for generating display side drawing data of drawn picture according to a display format for on-screen display, and a reproducing apparatus has a drawing generation unit for generating reproduction side drawing data of drawn picture according to a display format for display on the TV receiver. The drawing generation unit receives the display format information of the drawing generation unit through a connection cable, and generates reproduction side drawing data of display format based on the received display side display format information. The reproducing apparatus supplies the contents data including the generated reproduction side drawing data to the TV receiver through the connection cable, and the TV receiver presents the drawn picture based on the supplied reproduction side drawing data.

Claims (48)

1 . An audio-visual system comprising:

a display device for on-screen display of a drawn picture in a specified display format,

a reproducing apparatus for supplying data, which include contents data to be reproduced, to the display device; and

the display device and the reproducing apparatus being connected by way of communication means,

wherein the display device has a display side drawing generation unit for generating display side drawing data of the drawn picture according to the display format of the on-screen display,

wherein the reproducing apparatus has a reproduction side drawing generation unit for generating reproduction side drawing data of the drawn picture according to the display format for displaying on the display device,

wherein the reproduction side drawing generation unit receives the display side display format information as the information of the display format of the display side drawing generation unit by way of communication means, and

generates the reproduction side drawing data based on the received display format information of the display side,

wherein the reproducing apparatus supplies the contents data including the generated reproduction side drawing data to the display device by way of communication means,

wherein the display device presents the drawn picture based on the supplied reproduction side drawing data.

2 . The audio-visual system of claim 1 ,

wherein the display side drawing generation unit receives the reproduction side display format information as the information of the display format by way of communication means, and

generates the display side drawing data based on the received display format information of the reproduction side,

wherein the display device presents the drawn picture based on the generated display side drawing data.

3 . The audio-visual system of claim 1 ,

wherein the display device has a function of receiving a remote-control signal from a remote controller, and judging whether the received remote-control signal is for an operation on the display device or on the reproducing apparatus,

wherein when the remote-control signal is judged to be for the operation on the reproducing apparatus, the display device notices the instruction information of the received remote-control signal including instruction information as generation instruction of the reproduction side drawing data on the reproduction side drawing generation unit to the reproducing apparatus by way of the communication means,

wherein the reproducing apparatus executes a process according to the instruction information noticed by way of the communication means.

4 . The audio-visual system of claim 2 ,

wherein the display device has a function of receiving a remote-control signal from a remote controller, and judging whether the received remote-control signal is for an operation on the display device or on the reproducing apparatus,

wherein when the remote-control signal is judged to be for the operation on the reproducing apparatus, the display device notices the instruction information of the received remote-control signal including the instruction information as generation instruction of the reproduction side drawing data on the reproduction side drawing generation unit to the reproducing apparatus by way of the communication means,

wherein the reproducing apparatus executes a process according to the instruction information noticed by way of the communication means.

5 . The audio-visual system of claim 3 ,

wherein the display format information includes at least one of the following:

information of a position of on-screen display of the drawn picture,

information of a size of the drawn picture,

information of a character size displayed on the drawn picture, and

information of detailing of contents displayed on the drawn picture.

6 . The audio-visual system of claim 4 ,

wherein the display format information includes at least one of the following:

information of a position of on-screen display of the drawn picture,

information of a size of the drawn picture,

information of a character size displayed on the drawn picture, and

information of detailing of contents displayed on the drawn picture.

7 . The audio-visual system of claim 5 ,

wherein the drawn picture includes a picture of a menu screen for setting selectively a function of a corresponding device.

8 . The audio-visual system of claim 6 ,

wherein the drawn picture includes a picture of a menu screen for setting selectively a function of a corresponding device.

9 . A reproducing apparatus, which is connected to a display device for on-screen display of a drawn picture in a specified display format and supplies data including contents data to be reproduced to the display device, comprising:

a reproduction side drawing generation unit for receiving display side display format information as information of the display format of the display device, and generating reproduction side drawing data of the display format based on the received display side display format information, and

a data supply unit for supplying the reproduction side drawing data to the display device together with the contents data.

10 . A display device connected to a reproducing apparatus for supplying a data including contents data to be reproduced, for on-screen display of a drawn picture in a specified display format, comprising:

a display side drawing generation unit for receiving reproduction side display format information as the information of the display format of drawn picture of the reproducing apparatus, and generating display side drawing data of the display format based on the received reproduction side display format information.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a remote-control receiver for receiving a remote-control signal from a remote controller, and

a control unit,

wherein the control unit judges whether the remote-control signal is for an operation on the display device or on the reproducing apparatus, and

wherein when the remote-control signal is judged to be a remote-control signal for the operation on the reproducing apparatus, the control unit notices information of the display format of the drawn picture on the reproducing apparatus to the reproducing apparatus by way of the communication means as reproduction side display format information.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021818/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2008
From: YAMADA, MASAZUMI; TOKUDA, MITSUHIKO; OHTSU, TAKASHI; SHIMOTASHIRO, MASAFUMI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021292/0291 →