IP Library Granted Patent US 10,375,341
Granted Patent B2
US 10,375,341 · App. 15/889,735 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Video display apparatus and terminal apparatus

Inventor: Masayuki Hirabayashi (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,375,341
App. No.
15/889,735
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides user-friendly video display apparatus and terminal apparatus. In the present invention, a terminal apparatus having a function of remotely controlling a video display apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits a command related to setting of the video display apparatus and receives status information, a signal receiving unit that receives a signal output from a broadcast station and decodes a video content, a memory unit that stores a content of a command including a channel of the video content, and a display unit that displays the video content and various types of information. In this terminal apparatus, the communication unit transmits an identification code specific to the terminal apparatus when transmitting the command, and when the status information is received after a channel of the video display apparatus is set by remote control, the video content of the channel stored in the memory unit is decoded by the signal receiving unit and is displayed on the display unit.

Claims (28)

1. A video display apparatus comprising:

a display unit that displays a video content from a broadcast station or from a video content delivery source;

a communication unit that executes two types of bi-directional wireless communication including first bi-directional wireless communication with a first wireless control device without going via a router and second bi-directional wireless communication via a router with a second wireless control device that is different from the first wireless control device;

an infrared receiver unit that receives infrared rays from a third wireless control device; and

a controller that controls the display unit, the communication unit and the infrared receiver unit,

wherein, if a first command for changing a video content on the display unit from a first video content selected by the first wireless control device to a second video content is transmitted from the second wireless control device to the communication unit via the router during the first video content is displayed on the display unit, the display unit terminates displaying the first video content and starts to display the second video content and the communication unit sends first information for informing termination of the displaying of the first video content to the first wireless control device without going via a router, and

wherein, if a second command for changing a video content on the display unit from a second video content selected by the second wireless control device to another video content is transmitted from the third wireless control device to the infrared receiver unit by infrared rays during the second video content is displayed on the display unit, the display unit terminates displaying the second video content and starts to display another video content and the communication unit sends second information for informing termination of the displaying of the second video content via the router to the second wireless control device.

2. A method for changing a content on a video display apparatus comprising:

displaying step to display a video content from a broadcast station or from a video content delivery source, on a display unit of the video display apparatus;

first communication step to execute bi-directional wireless communication with a first wireless control device without going via a router;

second communication step to execute bi-directional wireless communication via a router with a second wireless control device that is different from the first wireless control device; and

infrared ray receiving step to receive infrared rays from a third wireless control device;

wherein, if a first command for changing a video content on the display unit from a first video content selected by the first wireless control device to a second video content is transmitted from the second wireless control device to the video display apparatus via the router during the first video content is displayed on the display unit, the video display apparatus terminates displaying the first video content and starts to display the second video content and the video display apparatus sends first information for informing termination of the displaying of the first video content to the first wireless control device without going via a router, and

wherein, if a second command for changing a video content on the display unit from a second video content selected by the second wireless control device to another video content is transmitted from the third wireless control device to the video display apparatus by infrared rays during the second video content is displayed on the display unit, the display unit terminates displaying the second video content and starts to display another video content and the video display apparatus sends second information for informing termination of the displaying of the second video content via the router to the second wireless control device.

3. A video display apparatus comprising:

a display unit that displays a video content from a broadcast station or from a video content delivery source;

a communication unit that executes two types of bi-directional wireless communication including first bi-directional wireless communication with a first wireless control device without going via a router and second bi-directional wireless communication via a router with a second wireless control device that is different from the first wireless control device;

an infrared receiver unit that receives infrared rays from a third wireless control device; and

a controller that controls the display unit, the communication unit and the infrared receiver unit,

wherein, if a first command for changing a video content on the display unit from a first video content selected by the first wireless control device to another video content is transmitted from the second wireless control device to the communication unit via the router during the first video content is displayed on the display unit, the display unit terminates displaying the first video content for changing a content to be displayed from the first video content to another video content and the communication unit sends first information for informing termination of the displaying of the first video content to the first wireless control device without going via a router, and

wherein, if a second command for changing a video content on the display unit from a second video content selected by the second wireless control device to another video content is transmitted from the third wireless control device to the infrared receiver unit by infrared rays during the second video content is displayed on the display unit, the display unit terminates displaying the second video content for changing a content to be displayed from the second video content to another video content and the communication unit sends second information for informing termination of the displaying of the second video content via the router to the second wireless control device.

4. A method for changing a content on a video display apparatus comprising:

displaying step to display a video content from a broadcast station or from a video content delivery source, on a display unit of the video display apparatus;

first communication step to execute bi-directional wireless communication with a first wireless control device without going via a router;

second communication step to execute bi-directional wireless communication via a router with a second wireless control device that is different from the first wireless control device; and

infrared ray receiving step to receive infrared rays from a third wireless control device;

wherein, if a first command for changing a video content on the display unit from a first video content selected by the first wireless control device to another video content is transmitted from the second wireless control device to the video display apparatus via the router during the first video content is displayed on the display unit, the video display apparatus terminates displaying the first video content for changing a content to be displayed from the first video content to another video content and the video display apparatus sends first information for informing termination of the displaying of the first video content to the first wireless control device without going via a router, and

wherein, if a second command for changing a video content on the display unit from a second video content selected by the second wireless control device to another video content is transmitted from the third wireless control device to the video display apparatus by infrared rays during the second video content is displayed on the display unit, the display unit terminates displaying the second video content for changing a content to be displayed from the second video content to another video content and the video display apparatus sends second information for informing termination of the displaying of the second video content via the router to the second wireless control device.

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 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S ADDRESS TO READ AS 1, KOIZUMI, OYAMAZAKI, OYAMAZAKI-CHO, OTUKUNI-GUN, KYOTO, JAPAN 618-8525 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 049521 FRAME 0781. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 7, 2019
From: HIRABAYASHI, MASAYUKI
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049985/0980 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2019
From: HIRABAYASHI, MASAYUKI
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049521/0781 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2018
From: HIRABAYASHI, MASAYUKI
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044844/0478 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-267765 · Dec 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14649895
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