US 2009/0158207 A1Published application

Content Reproducing Device

AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd.

InventorsTakeshi NAKADA, Junya Senoo, Masaki Okazaki, Hiroshi Yoshida

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Abstract

A content reproducing device comprises a display unit and a speaker for reproducing a content together with a remote control to command the operation of the content reproducing device. The remote control has a video button operated to display a content list of reproducible video contents. When the video button of the remote control is pressed, the content reproducing device displays a content list of reproducible video contents on the display unit. When a content selection operation is performed by a user using the remote control to select an arbitrary content from the content list, the content reproducing device reproduces the selected content by the display unit and the speaker. The content reproducing device can find and reproduce a target content with fewer operations, so that it is easier to use it.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A content reproducing device comprising:

content reproducing means for reproducing contents, the content reproducing means including a display unit;
content reproduction control means for controlling reproduction of contents by the content reproducing means;
operation means operated by a user to command operation of the content reproducing device;
and
list display control means for controlling operation of displaying a content list showing reproducible contents on the display unit,
wherein the operation means has at least one direct button operated to display the content list of a predetermined type of contents,
wherein when the at least one direct button is operated by the user, the list display control means displays the content list of the predetermined type of contents on the display unit, and
wherein when the operation means is operated by the user to select an arbitrary content from the content list, the content reproduction control means controls the content reproducing means to reproduce the content selected by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/138,840Filed 13 Jun 2008
Priority: JP 2007-15610013 Jun 2007
Published: 18 Jun 2009
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Classification9 codes

H04N 21/42204
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: user interfaces…
G11B 19/025
Control panels: 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
G11B 19/027
Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing: remotely controlled
G11B 27/34
Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel: indicating arrangements