| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 20080239160 | System and method for presenting multiple pictures on a television - Provided is a method and system for displaying video from a plurality of video streams on a display. It includes an input interface for receiving video data from a plurality of video streams and transferring the video data to a frame controller in communication with a television display. The frame controller causes the video data from each of the plurality of different video streams to be displayed in a separate frame on the television display, and each frame occupying an area of the television display separate from an area occupied by any other frame. A system for displaying video from a plurality of video stream using the correct aspect ratio and resolution is also provided. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080316367 | Selectable Audio Output Configuration - An audio/video apparatus such as a television apparatus includes two or more auxiliary audio inputs (AUX | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090086105 | Television - The present invention discloses a television includes a power circuit; a power circuit; a speaker; a display; a tuner for receiving television broadcasting signals and for generating first audio signals and first image signals based on the television broadcasting signals; a connecting terminal for connecting the television and a player device, a signal accepting unit for accepting second audio signals and second image signals generated by the player device; and a switching unit for switching the television to a first player device mode where each of the speaker and the display outputs each of the second audio signals and the second image signals in case both of the second audio signals and second image signals are accepted by the signal accepting unit, and switching the television to a second player device mode where the speaker outputs the second audio signals and the display displays a dummy image in case only the second audio signals are accepted by the signal accepting unit. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090219445 | Electronic Apparatus and Display Control Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a communication module which conducts communications with a plurality of external apparatuses, a storage module which stores an address list correlating a logical address and a physical address of each of the external apparatuses, a determination module which transmits a power-on signal to the external apparatus and thereafter determines a power state of the external apparatus, and an acquisition module which performs switching of input by the communication module after the determination module determines that the external apparatus has been powered on, and acquires apparatus information including the physical address of the external apparatus. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090278992 | System and method for selecting a signal input - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for selecting a signal input. More specifically, there is provided a receiver comprising an Ethernet input, a video input, and a selection device coupled to the Ethernet input and the video input and configured to select either the Ethernet input or the video input based on the application of a selection rule, wherein the receiver is configured to utilize the selected input to receive a signal for display. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090303393 | SCART INTERFACE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device controlling video output of a SCART interface includes a video processing chip outputting at least two voltage signals, a SCART interface control circuit outputting different control voltage signals according to the at least two voltage signals, and a SCART interface converting formats of video output according to the different control voltage signals. The SCART interface control circuit includes a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, and a voltage division circuit. The first and second switch circuits are respectively turned on or off by one of the at least two voltage signals. The voltage division circuit divides an external power to output the different control voltage signals based on the on or off states of the first switch circuit and the second switch circuit. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090310027 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATE AUDIO AND VIDEO LAG CALIBRATION IN A VIDEO GAME - Systems and methods for adjusting the relative timing of audio and video signals of a video game responsive to a lag differential between an audio system and a video system connected to a game platform are described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a game platform, a difference between an audio lag of an audio system connected to the game platform and a video lag of a video system connected to the game platform. The game platform may then transmit an audio signal and a video signal, wherein the relative timing of the audio signal to the video signal is reflective of the determined difference. The difference between the audio lag and video lag may be measured directly, or the audio and video lag may each be measured separately. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100141845 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE CONNECTABLE WITH PLURALITY OF DEVICES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In a television device (audio output device), audio output performance information of the television device is pre-stored in an EDID-ROM. When an AV amplifier is connected to the television device, a control unit rewrites “2ch” audio output performance information of the television device stored in the EDID-ROM of an HDMI port which is different from the HDMI port to which the AV amplifier is connected, to “5.1ch” audio output performance information of the AV amplifier. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100302455 | Source Device Selecting Apparatus - A source device selecting apparatus includes: a plurality of connecting sections; a candidate device storing section for storing source devices that are connectable to the connecting sections and watching/listening modes of the contents that the respective source devices can reproduce; a selection accepting section that displays a list of the source devices to accept a user's choice, and displays a list of the connecting sections to accept a user's choice; and a connecting device storing section for storing a correspondence among the source device, the connecting section and the watching/listening modes. The apparatus further includes: a watching/listening mode selecting section; a reproducing device selecting section that displays a list of the source devices corresponding to the selected watching/listening mode to accept a user's choice; and a connection switching section that connects the selected connecting section to the outputting section. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a system and method for powering down particular circuits in an electronic device based on the usage habits of the user. An exemplary method comprises collecting usage data for a plurality of device functions of the electronic device, and reducing power consumption by circuitry associated with at least one of the plurality of device functions when the electronic device is in use if the usage data for the at least one of the plurality of device functions indicates that the at least one of the plurality of device functions is used less than at least another of the plurality of device functions. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110037902 | Device, system and method to provision, configure and operate video generation equipment - A video generation device, system and method. The device, system and method may perform the configuration of the video generation device, and thus may include a configuration file and a file format. The device, system and method may include at least one processing unit communicative with at least one cable modem, at least one application specific output generated from the processing unit, and a plurality of inputs to at least one processing unit for receiving at least a video input, a management input, and a configuration input, wherein the configuration input may include configuration information for processing the other received inputs. In embodiments, the video input, the management input, and the configuration information may be processed by at least one processing unit to at least one application specific output. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110090406 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, when receiving a reproduction instruction, a reproduction apparatus performs image display based on second image information acquired through a network. When the reproduction apparatus receives a stop instruction while performing the image display based on the second image information, the reproduction apparatus performs the image display based on received first image information after performing the image display for a predetermined time based on third image information. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110205443 | BROADCAST RECEIVING CIRCUIT AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - A broadcast receiving apparatus in the present invention includes: a first audio data characteristics extracting unit extracting a first soundless period and first interval information from first audio data included in the first service; a second audio data characteristics extracting unit extracting a second soundless period and second interval information from second audio data included in the second service; a simulcast determining unit determining whether or not the broadcast waves are simulcast by comparing the first interval information with the second interval information; and a broadcasting switching control unit switching between (i) the output of the audio data and the video data included in the first service and (ii) the output of the audio data and the video data included in the second service based on a result of the determination by the simulcast determining unit. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110261265 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE WITH A SOURCE SELECTION FUNCTION USING IMAGE REPRESENTATIVES OF INPUT TERMINALS, AND ASSOCIATED VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED PROCESSING CIRCUIT - A method for providing a video playback device with a source selection function includes: providing the video playback device with a user interface of the source selection function for displaying image representatives of a plurality of input terminals of the video playback device at the same time; and selecting a signal corresponding to a specific input terminal of the input terminals in response to user selection, in order to make images carried by the selected signal be displayed. An associated video playback device and an associated processing circuit are provided. In particular, the processing circuit includes: a controller arranged to control operations of the video playback device; and a program code embedded in the controller or received from outside the controller, where the controller executing the program code is arranged to provide the user interface of the source selection function for displaying the image representatives at the same time. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120154685 | Video Display Apparatus, Video Display Method and Computer Readable Storage Medium - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a display screen generator, a waiting time determination module, and a display. The display screen generator generates a first screen and a second screen from predetermined information. The waiting time determination module determines an estimated waiting time. The display compares the estimated waiting time with a reference time, displays the first screen when the estimated waiting time is shorter than the reference time, and displays the second screen when the estimated waiting time is longer than the reference time. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120200779 | TELEVISION SIGNAL RECEIVER WITH SIGNAL SWITCHING CAPABILITY - The instant disclosure relates to a television signal receiver having signal switching capability between the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) and the Digital Visual Interface (DVI) signal. In particular, a television signal receiver using a mechanical signal selection unit to switch between the HDMI and DVI connectors, for receiving matching input digital signal, is disclosed. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130021530 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a transmitting device including a packet signal generation unit configured to generate a packet signal of a video, a transmitting unit configured to transmit the packet signal via an asynchronous transmission network used in common by another transmitting device, and a compression rate control unit configured to control a video compression rate. Switch timing information indicating a switch timing of the video compression rate is transmitted together with the packet signal of the video. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130148028 | DYNAMIC HYBRID BROADCASTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POOR RECEPTION AREA OF WIRELESS DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL - Provided is a broadcasting receiver including a broadcasting signal receiving unit to receive a broadcasting signal via a broadcasting network, a viewing possibility determining unit to determine whether it is possible for a viewer to view the broadcasting signal, a multicasting signal receiving unit to receive a multicasting signal via a wireless communication network, a switching and combining unit to combine or switch the received broadcasting signal and the multicasting signal, and a controlling unit to request the multicasting signal transmitting unit to multicast the multicasting signal based on the determination result, to request the multicasting signal receiving unit to receive the multicasting signal, and to control the switching and combining unit depending on whether the multicasting signal is received. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130169881 | VIDEO/BROADCAST DATA RECEIVING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an image display device includes a first receiving unit to receive a first broadcast signal through a first communication line, a second receiving unit to receive a second broadcast signal through a second communication line, a data matching unit to detect a data quality of the first and second broadcast signals, a decision unit that generates a selection signal based on the data quality of the first and second broadcast signals, and a switching unit that transmits the selection signals to an image processing unit which processes the selection signal, wherein the selection signal is based on the first and second broadcast signal. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140016039 | ELECTRONIC UNIT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to electronic units, communication systems and methods, information processing terminals and methods, and information processing apparatuses and methods which allow easy and quick communications. When a link pin | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140055678 | WIRELESS TERMINAL AND WIRELESS SYSTEM - A wireless terminal may include: a communication unit that transmits/receives information; a recognition unit that recognizes whether a wireless terminal having transmitted the information is an opposite attribute wireless terminal based on the information received in the communication unit, when a wireless terminal having an attribute opposite to an attribute of its own terminal between the video transmission attribute and the video reception attribute is defined as the opposite attribute wireless terminal and a wireless terminal having the instruction attribute is defined as an instruction attribute wireless terminal; and a communication control unit that controls the communication unit to transmit information on a wireless terminal recognized as the opposite attribute wireless terminal to the instruction attribute wireless terminal when the recognition unit recognizes that the wireless terminal having transmitted the information is the opposite attribute wireless terminal. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140092312 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes: an HDBaseT receiver circuit that receives signals based on N (N is an integer number satisfying N≧2) standards that can be transmitted as HDBaseT signals; a dedicated receiver circuit that is compliant with only a first standard of the N standards and receives signals of the first standard; a signal processing unit that processes the signals received by the HDBaseT receiver circuit or the dedicated receiver circuit; and a circuit switching unit that switches an output target circuit that outputs the signals of the first standard to the signal processing unit to one of the HDBaseT receiver circuit and the dedicated receiver circuit. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140152897 | Signal Equalizer for Balanced Transfer Line-Based Video Switching - A method of equalizing signals from a plurality of balanced transmission line cables having different lengths includes providing a first cable having a first length and a second cable having a second length, the first cable coupled to a variable resistor. A first signal is transmitted along the first cable to the variable resistor such that the first signal is attenuated to assume a first frequency domain characteristic. A second signal is transmitted along the second cable such that the second signal is attenuated to assume a second frequency domain characteristic. A voltage of the first signal is divided in the variable resistor such that the first signal assumes substantially the second frequency domain characteristic. The first signal having the second frequency domain characteristic is outputted. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140285721 | Electronic Apparatus and Display Control Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication module, a storage, a determination module and an acquisition module. The communication module is configured to perform communication with a plurality of external devices. The storage is configured to store an address list correlating a logical address and a physical address of each of the external devices. The determination module is configured to transmit a power-on signals to the external devices and thereafter determine a power state of the external devices. The acquisition module is configured to perform switching of input by the communication module after the determination module determines that the external devices are powered on, and to acquire device information including the physical addresses of the external devices. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140354887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANTENNA SHARING - The present disclosure provides a method and a system for antenna sharing for asynchronous TDD radios comprising an integrated antenna with plurality of antennas and a circuit to limit the co-located transmitters signals, a plurality of transmitters, each transmitter operable on a predetermined set of channels and coupled via a respective transmit switch to a combiner and in turn to an antenna, a plurality of receivers, each receivers operable on a predetermined set of channels and coupled via a respective receive switch to a splitter and in turn to an antenna and a switch controller connected to respective transmit and receive switches for asynchronously connecting at least one transmitter and at least one receiver to the antenna for effecting antenna sharing. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140375889 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING TRANSPORT STREAM - Disclosed herein is a method of switching a transport stream. The method comprises receiving a plurality of different input streams, receiving a switching command for a first input stream that belongs to the plurality of input streams and that is now output, searching for an out-point of the first input stream and an in-point of a second input stream that is newly output, in response to the switching command, inserting a virtual P picture stream between the out-point and the in-point, and performing switching from the first input stream into the second input stream based on the out-point and the in-point. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150042887 | HDMI Switch System With Video Alerts - An HDMI switch system determines whether or not to make a connection requested by an HDMI sink and whether to send video alerts to the sink based on AV stream format and sink capabilities. To these ends, the switch system includes a metadata abstractor to determine a sink's capabilities from EDID data and to characterize an audio-visual stream. These devices are used to either analyze an existing data stream, or construct a new data stream based on the sink's capabilities. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042888 | SWITCH APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device connected to numerous loads. The electronic device comprises a number of internal components, including a processor, and a first switch module. The processor is capable of switching between a first working mode and a second working mode. Under the second working mode, the processor generates a second control signal, the first switch mode establishes electronic connections between a specified load and all of the internal components, thus, the specified load simultaneously connects and communicates with all of the internal components. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042889 | Interface Sharing Apparatus and Method, and Mobile Communications Terminal - The present invention discloses an interface sharing apparatus and method, and a mobile communications terminal. The apparatus includes a control unit, a video processing unit, a switch unit, a detection control unit and a multiplexing interface. The detection control unit is configured to detect a first voltage from the multiplexing interface, and to compare the first voltage with a preset voltage value. If the first voltage is greater than zero and less than or equal to the preset voltage value, the detection control unit controls the switch unit, so that the video processing unit is connected to the multiplexing interface by using the switch unit. If the first voltage is equal to zero or greater than the preset voltage value, the detection control unit controls the switch unit, so that the control unit is connected to the multiplexing interface by using the switch unit. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150055020 | INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS - Provided is an input/output apparatus including information terminals for an input/output connector provided in an information terminal device, at least one of the information terminals including both a function as a standard information terminal based on a general-purpose interface standard and a function as an antenna input terminal. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150124172 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes: an HDBaseT receiver circuit that receives signals based on N (N is an integer number satisfying N≧2) standards that can be transmitted as HDBaseT signals; a dedicated receiver circuit that is compliant with only a first standard of the N standards and receives signals of the first standard; a signal processing unit that processes the signals received by the HDBaseT receiver circuit or the dedicated receiver circuit; and a circuit switching unit that switches an output target circuit that outputs the signals of the first standard to the signal processing unit to one of the HDBaseT receiver circuit and the dedicated receiver circuit. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150341568 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO SWITCHING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - A video display apparatus includes video output units to output signals representing first videos captured or received, respectively, and when a predetermined signal is input from an outside, only for a predetermined period, to output signals representing second videos having fixed images, instead of the signals representing the first videos, respectively; a display to display a video based on the signal output by one of the video output units; and a control apparatus to output the predetermined signal to the video output units, and after having output the predetermined signal, to execute switching a signal representing a video output to the display among the signals representing the videos output by the video output units, while the video output units having the signals representing the videos output to the display before and after the switching, respectively, output the signals representing the second videos, respectively. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150358675 | High-Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI Unit and Multimedia Terminal - The high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) unit includes a source interface module, configured to communicate with a sink device, a sink interface module, configured to communicate with a source device, an interface circuit module, configured to connect to an HDMI interface of an external device, a processing module, configured to identify a device type of the connected external device, and control a switching circuit module, and the switching circuit module, configured to establish a connection between the HDMI interface of the external device connected to the interface circuit module and the source interface module or the sink interface module. It is implemented that when a different type of a device connected to a multimedia terminal matches a port, it is ensured that the multimedia terminal establishes a connection to a source device or a sink device. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150382049 | RECEIVER DEVICE - There is provided a receiver device including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first distribution circuit, a second distribution circuit, a first high-frequency processing unit, and a second high-frequency processing unit. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160028987 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION METHODS HAVING BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION USING PREDETERMINED LINES - Electronic equipment and methods for permitting quick control of the operating state of a source equipment side from sink equipment. A television receiver (sink equipment) | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160088234 | VIDEO RELAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an video relay device includes a first port, a second port, and a transmission module. The first port is configured to connect to a video receiver compatible with an interface standard for video transmission. The second port is configured to connect to a plurality of video transmitters. The transmission module transmits a video signal indicating the video transmitters connected to the second port when it is determined that, in communication with the video receiver connected to the first port, the video receiver has a first version incompatible with connection to the video transmitters among a plurality of versions defined in the interface standard. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160142647 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO PORTS ON AN HDMI SWITCH - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for automatic identification and mapping of consumer electronic devices to ports on an HDMI switch. A device that is connected to an HDMI switch is identified based on data received over an HDMI connection, and ports on the HDMI switch are automatically mapped and configured. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for back-end database creation for automatic identification and mapping of consumer electronic devices to ports on an HDMI switch. The back-end database may be created by the based on video and audio signatures received from a consumer electronic device and based on remote control information and signatures. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160165149 | Daisy Chain Devices and Systems for Signal Switching and Distribution - The invention provides systems, devices, methods and software to daisy chain multiple individual transmitters, optionally nodes, optionally extenders, and receivers to form any sized scalable system of digital video and audio signal switching and distribution. The video audio systems are for a simpler system design, wiring, control and expansion, to accomplish signal interfacing, switching, splitting for many varied input and output requirements with a scalable pair of transmitters and receivers. | 06-09-2016 |
