IP Library Granted Patent US 11,457,264
Granted Patent B2
US 11,457,264 · App. 16/704,972 · Granted Sep 27, 2022

Video display apparatus and terminal apparatus

Inventor: Masayuki Hirabayashi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
H04N21/42204G06Q30/0267H04N5/44H04N5/50H04N21/433H04N21/4227H04N21/42206H04N21/42224H04N21/4532H04N21/4751
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Patent No.
US 11,457,264
App. No.
16/704,972
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

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 (14)

1. A video display apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a video content from a broadcast station or from a video content delivery source;

a speaker configured to output an audio; and

a transceiver configured to execute 1) first bi-directional wireless communication using a first wireless control device via a router and 2) second bi-directional wireless communication via a router using a second wireless control device, the second wireless control device being different from the first wireless control device,

wherein the video display apparatus has a first state, a second state, and a third state,

wherein, in the first state, when a first command for changing a video content on the display of the video display apparatus, which is turned on by the first wireless control device, from a first video content selected by the first wireless control device to a second video content is transmitted from the first wireless control device to the transceiver while the first video content is being displayed on the display, the display terminates displaying the first video content and starts displaying the second video content,

wherein, in the second state, when a second command for changing the video content on the display of the video display apparatus, which is turned on by the first wireless control device, from the first video content selected by the first wireless control device to the second video content is transmitted from the second wireless control device to the transceiver while the first video content is being displayed on the display, the transceiver sends, to the second wireless control device, first information informing that the second wireless control device has no selection authority to change the video content on the display of the video display apparatus turned on by the first wireless control device,

wherein, in the third state, when the second command for changing the video content on the display of the video display apparatus, which is turned on by the first wireless control device, from the first video content selected by the first wireless control device to the second video content is transmitted from the second wireless control device to the transceiver while advertisement accompanying the first video content is being displayed on the display, 1) the display terminates displaying the first video content and starts displaying the second video content and 2) the transceiver sends, to the first wireless control device, second information informing the first wireless control device of termination of the displaying of the first video content, and

wherein both of the first command and the second command are different from an audio volume setting command.

2. The video display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory configured to store identification information for identifying the first wireless control device.

3. The video display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory configured to store identification information for identifying the second wireless control device.

4. The video display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein both of the first bidirectional wireless communication and the second bi-directional wireless communication are conducted as wireless LAN communication with Wi-Fi method.

Assignments (3)
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 Dec 5, 2019
From: HIRABAYASHI, MASAYUKI
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 051196/0007 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-267765 · Dec 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16433708 · Jun 6, 2019
Continuation 15889735 · Feb 6, 2018
Continuation 14649895
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