US 2006/0080713 A1 · Television set

Abstract

A control unit responds to an operating command from a remote controller received by a light receiving unit to switch the subject of display on an image display unit to image information applied to an input terminal and sends the image information over a network via a communication I/F to a location with which connection has been set up. Upon receiving a command to select a dedicated channel which is, for example, an idle channel from the remote controller, the control unit receives image information transmitted from a location connected by the network through the communication I/F and transfers it to a signal processing unit. The received image information is then displayed on an image display unit.

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Dependent claims

A television set comprising:

a tuner which receives television broadcast program information;
a communicating unit configured to communicate over a network;
an image receiving unit configured to receive through the communicating unit image information transferred over the network;
an operating unit;
and
a control unit configured to switch the subject of display from program information received by the tuner to image information received by the image receiving unit, when a predetermined operation is performed by the operating unit.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/221,842Filed 9 Sep 2005

Priority

JP 2004-28676130 Sep 2004

Published

13 Apr 2006

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

H04N 1/42
Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof: systems for two-way working , e.g.…
H04N 5/46
Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards: for receiving on more than one standard…
H04N 21/4223
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: cameras
H04N 21/4227
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: providing Remote…

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