Image display apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorKenji Tsunashima
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Abstract
A projector can be connected to a PC through a network. A flash memory in the projector stores a control program and external storage access information indicating an area in an HDD of the PC where a program for implementing an image display function is stored. During start-up, the projector uses the information stored in the flash memory to execute the program for implementing the image display function, under the control of a CPU. That is, the CPU executes the control program to establish network connection with the PC, then references the external storage access information to access a previously assigned area in the HDD of the PC, and reads the program for implementing the image display function to execute it.
Claims5
An image display apparatus connectable to a predetermined computer through a network, said predetermined computer including an external storage unit storing in a first area a first program for implementing an image display function, said first program corresponding to first image processing-target data, the image display apparatus comprising:
- an interface for network connection;
- an internal storage unit holding external storage access information containing information relating to said first area for said first program for implementing the image display function;
- an image processing unit that confirms during start-up establishment of network connection with said predetermined computer through said interface, reads from said external storage unit of said predetermined computer and executes said first program for implementing the image display function based on said external storage access information acquired from said internal storage unit, and performs first image display processing on said first image processing-target data to obtain display data;
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- a display device that performs image display based on said display data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.