Remote control system including an on-screen display (OSD)
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorMark S. Kempisty
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Abstract
A remote control system is provided for producing a secondary on screen display (OSD). The secondary OSD is produced by a display device of a remote control unit. The remote control unit includes a remote receiver responsive to the OSD function parameters of an operably linked electronic device. A data processor generates a secondary on-screen display in response to the received OSD function parameters. A display operably linked to the data processor for displaying a menu corresponding to the received OSD parameters. A transmitter for providing a control parameter corresponding to a menu selection from the remote control unit to the electronic device.
Claims20
A remote control system for an electronic device, comprising:
- a processor in the electronic device that generates information to be displayed as an on-screen display (OSD);
- a transmitter in the electronic device that transmits the generated information as an OSD information signal;
- and
- a remote control unit, comprising:
- a receiver which receives the OSD information signal;
- a data processor which processes the OSD information signal to generate the OSD;
- and
- a display device operably linked to the data processor which displays the generated OSD.
A remote control method for use with an electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- generating, in the electronic device, on-screen display (OSD) information to be displayed as an OSD;
- transmitting the generated OSD information from the electronic device;
- receiving the OSD information at a remote control unit;
- processing the received OSD information to generate the OSD;
- and
- displaying the generated OSD on a display device operably linked to the remote control device.
A computer readable carrier including computer program instructions for a remote control unit for use with an electronic device, the electronic device generating on-screen display (OSD) information and transmitting the OSD information as an OSD information signal, the computer program instructions causing the remote control unit to perform a method comprising the steps of:
- receiving the OSD information signal;
- processing the received OSD information signal to generate the OSD;
- and
- displaying the generated OSD on a display device operably linked to the remote control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.