IP Library Granted Patent US 8,908,095
Granted Patent B2
US 8,908,095 · App. 13/868,840 · Granted Dec 9, 2014

Display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,908,095
App. No.
13/868,840
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus transmits a picture acquisition request for getting picture information to an external image apparatus connected through a predetermined interface to the display apparatus from the external image apparatus at predetermined intervals and gets a plurality of pieces of picture information from the external image apparatus to be displayed. The plurality of pictures may be switched at predetermined intervals, for example, to be displayed, so that the plurality of pictures may be displayed in a so-called slide show manner. A plurality of pictures for thumbnail may be produced from the plurality of pieces of picture information and be arranged together to be displayed in one picture screen of a display device.

Claims (16)

1. A portable image apparatus comprising:

a photographing device configured to capture still or moving images;

a memory device for storing the still or moving images captured by the photographing device;

a transmission device configured for transmitting the still or moving images stored in the memory to an external display device through an predetermined interface being connected to the external display device; and

a receiving device configured to receive a picture acquisition request from the external display device at predetermined intervals for allowing the external display device to receive the plurality of the picture information pieces; and

a signal processing device, wherein:

the predetermined interface configured to connect to the external display device includes a first interface and a second interface;

in response to the picture acquisition request requested from the external display device and received by the receiving device, the signal processing device converts the compressed still image data stored in the memory device into data of a signal format which can be displayed in the external display, the transmission device configured to transmit the data converted by the signal processing device the predetermined intervals to the external display device through the first interface, and transmit the compressed still image data to the external display device through the second interface.

2. The portable image apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

transmitting at the predetermined intervals by the transmission device the plurality of the picture information pieces based on the still or moving images converted by the signal processing device to the external display device causes the external display device to display the plurality of the picture information pieces in a slide show.

3. The portable image apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined intervals are variable by a user.

4. The portable image apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the picture information pieces comprise baseband picture information.

5. The portable image apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the predetermined interface is an high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) interface and the base band image information are supplied through the HDMI interface.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045142/0208 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2014
From: HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032033/0744 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2013
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031836/0465 →