Apparatus, system, and method that support operation to switch to input terminal to be activated among input terminals included in display apparatus

An operational support system comprising:

• a display apparatus;
• and
• an operational support apparatus for supporting operation of the display apparatus,
• wherein the display apparatus includes:
• a plurality of input terminals that each receives image information, and
• a display section that displays image information received by an activated input terminal of the plurality of input terminals from an apparatus connected to the activated input terminal,
• the operational support apparatus includes:
• a speech recognizer that converts speech data into text information, and
• a command generator that generates a control command that corresponds to a content of the text information,
• in a case where the text information contains a keyword that indicates application software, the command generator determines which of the plurality of input terminals of the display apparatus is associated with the application software,
• the command generator generates, as the control command, a switching command to activate the input terminal thus determined and a start-up command to start the application software associated with the input terminal thus determined,
• the command generator identifies a certain input terminal of the input terminals of the display apparatus according to a keyword that indicates application software associated with the certain input terminal, and identifies a certain different input terminal of the input terminals of the display apparatus according to a keyword indicating application software associated with the certain different input terminal,
• the application software associated with an input terminal of the input terminals activated by the switching command is installed on an apparatus connected to the input terminal activated by the switching command,
• after the application software associated with the input terminal activated by the switching command is started by the start-up command, the apparatus connected to the input terminal activated by the switching command transmits image information generated by the application software thus started to the input terminal activated by the switching command, and
• the display section displays the image information received by the input terminal of the plurality of input terminals of the display apparatus that is activated by the switching command from the apparatus installed with the application software associated with the input terminal thus activated.

An operational support method for supporting operation of a display apparatus, the display apparatus including a plurality of input terminals that each receives image information and a display section that displays image information received by an activated input terminal of the plurality of input terminals from an apparatus connected to the activated input terminal, comprising:

• recognizing speech whose speech data is converted into text information;
• generating a control command that corresponds to a content of the text information;
• and
• displaying image information received by the activated input terminal,
• wherein the generating the command includes
• in a case where the text information contains a keyword that indicates application software, determining which of the plurality of input terminals of the display apparatus is associated with the application software, and
• generating, as the control command, a switching command to activate the input terminal thus determined and a start-up command to start the application software associated with the input terminal thus determined,
• in the determining, a certain input terminal of the input terminals of the display apparatus is identified according to a keyword that indicates application software associated with the certain input terminal, and a certain different input terminal of the input terminals of the display apparatus is identified according to a keyword that indicates application software associated with the certain different input terminal,
• application software associated with an input terminal of the input terminals activated by the switching command is installed on an apparatus connected to the input terminals activated by the switching command,
• after the application software associated with the input terminal activated by the switching command is started by the start-up command, the apparatus connected to the input terminal activated by the switching command transmits image information generated by the application software associated with the input terminal activated by the switching command to the input terminal activated by the switching command, and
• the displaying includes displaying, on the display section, image information received by the input terminal activated by the switching command from the apparatus installed with the application software associated with the input terminal activated by the switching command.