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Granted Patent B2
US 7,296,234 · App. 09/962,129 · Granted Nov 13, 2007

Electronic device

Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,296,234
App. No.
09/962,129
Granted
Nov 13, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a design changing unit, a communication unit and a light emitting unit. The design changing unit changes a color of the background of a control panel to a color selected by a user. The control panel is stored in the electronic device, to be displayed by a controller and to be used to control the electronic device. The communication unit transmits the control panel changed by the design changing unit from the electronic device to the controller so that the electronic device is remotely controllable using the control panel changed by the design changing unit. The light emitting unit emits light of a color the same as a background color of the control panel displayed by the controller and selected by a user.

Claims (28)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a design changing unit which changes a color of the background of a control panel to a color selected by a user, wherein the control panel is stored in said electronic device, to be displayed by a controller and to be used to control said electronic device;

a communication unit which transmits the control panel changed by said design changing unit from said electronic device to the controller so that said electronic device is remotely controllable using the control panel changed by said design changing unit; and

a light emitting unit which emits light of a color the same as a background color of the control panel displayed by the controller and selected by a user.

2. An electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit which displays a string of characters the same as that included in the control panel displayed by the controller and selected by a user.

3. An electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit which displays an icon the same as that included in the control panel displayed by the controller and selected by a user.

4. An electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a speaker which outputs a sound the same as that outputted from the controller, if the control panel displayed by the controller is selected by a user.

5. An electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said design changing unit changes a string of characters included in the control panel to a string of characters selected by a user.

6. An electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said design changing unit changes an icon included in the control panel to an icon selected by a user.

7. An electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein said communication unit is conformed to IEEE 1394-1995 standard or IEEE 1394a-2000 standard.

8. An electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a reception unit which receives control signals from the controller and which controls the electronic device based on the control signals.

9. A method of controlling an electronic device, said method comprising the steps of:

changing a background color of a control panel to a color selected by a user, wherein the control panel is stored in the electronic device, to be displayed by a controller and to be used to control the electronic device;

transmitting the control panel changed in said background color changing step from the electronic device to the controller so that the electronic device is remotely controllable using the control panel changed in said background color changing step; and

emitting light from the electronic device, wherein the emitted light is of a color the same as a background color of the control panel displayed by the controller and selected by a user.

10. A method according to claim 9 , further comprising the step of:

displaying a string of characters the same as that included in the control panel displayed by the controller and selected by a user.

11. A method according to claim 9 , further comprising the step of:

displaying an icon the same as that included in the control panel displayed by the controller and selected by a user.

12. A method according to claim 9 , further comprising the step of:

outputting a sound the same as that outputted from the controller, if the control panel displayed by the controller is selected by a user.

13. A method according to claim 9 , further comprising the step of:

changing a string of characters included in the control panel to a string of characters selected by a user.

14. A method according to claim 9 , further comprising the step of:

changing an icon included in the control panel to an icon selected by a user.

15. A method according to claim 9 , wherein the control panel is transmitted from the electronic device to the controller using a communication unit conformed to IEEE 1394-1995 standard or IEEE 1394a-2000 standard.

16. A method according to claim 9 , further comprising the step of:

receiving control signals from the controller and controlling the electronic device based on the control signals.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2001
From: FUKUDA, TETSU; SHIBAMIYA, YOSHIKAZU; MIYAMOTO, KATSUHIRO; YAMAMOTO, TAKASHI; MATSUMOTO, YUICHI; ARATANI, SHUNTARO; KATSUNA, MASAKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2000-301092 · Sep 29, 2000 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20020054154A1 · May 9, 2002