IP Library Granted Patent US 9,729,923
Granted Patent B2
US 9,729,923 · App. 14/993,732 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Electronic device and receiving system

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Patent No.
US 9,729,923
App. No.
14/993,732
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a device main unit; and a controller that displays on a display visual demonstration of an energy setting of the device main unit, wherein the controller displays, before receiving an operation that enables the energy setting, a state of the device main unit in which the energy setting is enabled.

Claims (46)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a device main unit; and

a controller that displays, on a display, visual demonstration of an energy setting of the device main unit, wherein

the controller displays, before receiving an operation that enables the energy setting, a state of the device main unit in which the energy setting is enabled,

the controller displays, on the display, an energy setup showing a plurality of energy settings of the device main unit, and

when one of the plurality of the energy settings is selected, the controller displays both the energy setup showing the selected energy setting, and the visual demonstration.

2. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the controller displays the energy setup showing the selected energy setting to overlap with the visual demonstration.

3. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the controller displays the energy setup showing the selected energy setting on an upper side of the display.

4. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

an area on the display where the visual demonstration is displayed is larger than an area on the display where the energy setup showing the selected energy setting is displayed.

5. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the energy setup showing the selected energy setting further shows:

a name of the selected energy setting, and

at least one of: an on/off state of whether the selected energy setting is enabled, electric power to be consumed in the on/off state, and cost of the electric power.

6. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the energy setup shows any of: an information displaying portion setting of the device main unit, an antenna-through output setting, an attenuator power setting, a quick start setting, and an optical disk operation setting.

7. The electronic device as set forth in claim 6 , wherein

when the information displaying portion setting is selected from the energy setup and is set to on, the controller displays a state of the device main unit in which the information displaying portion displays information.

8. The electronic device as set forth in claim 7 , wherein

when the information displaying portion setting is selected from the energy setup and is set to off, the controller displays a state of the device main unit in which the information displaying portion is turned off.

9. The electronic device as set forth in claim 6 , wherein

when the antenna-through output setting is selected from the energy setup and is set to on, the controller displays a state of the device main unit in which video of a TV broadcast is displayed.

10. The electronic device as set forth in claim 9 , wherein

when the antenna-through output setting is selected from the energy setup and is set to off, the controller displays a state of the device main unit in which the video is not displayed.

11. The electronic device as set forth in claim 6 , wherein

when the attenuator power setting is selected from the energy setup and is set to on, the controller displays a state of the device main unit in which video of a TV broadcast is displayed in clear focus.

12. The electronic device as set forth in claim 11 , wherein

when the attenuator power setting is selected from the energy setup and is set to off, the controller displays a state of the device main unit in which the video is not displayed in clear focus.

13. The electronic device as set forth in claim 6 , wherein

when the attenuator power setting is selected from the energy conservation setup, the controller displays an electric field strength on the display.

14. The electronic device as set forth in claim 6 , wherein

when the quick start setting is selected from the energy conservation setup, the controller simultaneously displays both:

a first movie showing a start-up sequence of the electronic device when the quick start setting is enabled, and

a second movie showing the start-up sequence when the quick start setting is disabled.

15. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the controller displays an indicator indicating that the visual demonstration is being displayed.

16. The electronic device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein

the controller displays the energy setup showing the selected energy setting on an upper side of the display.

17. The electronic device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein

an area on the display where the visual demonstration is displayed is larger than an area on the display where the energy setup showing the selected energy setting is displayed.

18. The electronic device as set forth in claim 16 , wherein

an area on the display where the visual demonstration is displayed is larger than an area on the display where the energy setup showing the selected energy setting is displayed.

19. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein

the controller displays, in response to receiving the operation that selects one of two options that enables the energy setting, the state of the device main unit in which the energy setting is enabled.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI GROUP CO., LTD
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073121/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (F/K/A FE-TECH CO., LTD.)
To: FEC IP LLC
Reel/Frame 073121/0883 →