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US 2013/0212629 A1Published application
Television system operated with remote touch control
AssigneeLi TV Taiwan Inc.
InventorsTa-Wei CHIEN, Michael Ken MINAKAMI, Der Hong YANG
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Abstract
A television system comprises a remote touch-controlled device and a television receiver apparatus. A graphical user interface (GUI) is run on the touch-controlled device to provide a display that matches at least partially with the display of the GUI run on the television receiver apparatus. A user can thereby intuitively manipulates the touch-controlled device assisted by its GUI to remotely control the operation of the television receiver apparatus.
Claims10
A television system comprising:
- a television receiver apparatus comprising:
- a television signal receiving unit for receiving a television signal containing television programs;
- a first driver for running a first GUI;
- a first transceiver for receiving a control signal and transmitting an updating signal;
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- a processor for generating the updating signal, and performing a television application instruction provided by the first GUI in response to the control signal;
- a touch-controlled device comprising:
- a second driver for running a second GUI;
- a touch display unit for displaying the second GUI, and generating the control signal in response to a user's touch input to the touch-controlled device via the second GUI;
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- a second transceiver for receiving the updating signal and transmitting the control signal, wherein the second driver updates objects of the second GUI in order to match objects of the first GUI according to the updating signal.
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