Information Processing Apparatus and Output Control Method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorKotaro Fukui
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display, a speaker, a connector to output a video signal and audio signal, a display driving module to control outputting of the video signal with respect to the display and connector, a sound driving module to control outputting of the audio signal with respect to the speaker and connector, and an output control module to instruct the sound driving module to output the audio signal from the connector when an event of instructing the display driving module to output a video signal to the connector occurs.
Claims20
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a display;
- a speaker;
- a connector to output a video signal and audio signal;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory includes an operating system and an output control module that are executed by the processor, wherein
- a display driver being a module of the operating system and configured to control outputting of the video signal with respect to the display and connector in response to video settings,
- a sound driver being a module of the operating system and configured to control outputting of the audio signal with respect to the speaker and connector in response to audio settings that are independently made from the video settings, and
- an output control module configured to set audio settings that cause the sound driver to (i) switch an output destination of the audio signal from the speaker to the connector when the operating system notifies the output control module that the display driver has switched a display destination of the video signal from the display to the connector and (ii) switch the output destination of the audio signal from the connector to the speaker when the operating system notifies the output control module that the display driver has switched the display destination of the video signal from the connector to the display.
A method conducted by an information processing apparatus configured with a speaker and a display and including a connector adapted for connectivity to a remotely located video apparatus, the method comprising:
- configuring the information processing apparatus with audio settings that cause a sound driver of an operating system for the information processing system to switch an output destination of an audio signal from the speaker to the connector when the operating system provides a first notice that a sound driver of the operating system has switched a display destination of a video signal from the display to the connector;
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- configuring the information processing apparatus with audio settings that cause the sound driver to switch the output destination of the audio signal from the connector to the speaker when the operating system provides a second notice that the display driver has switched the display destination of the video signal from the connector to the display.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprises
- an operating system stored within the memory and executable by the processor, the operating system comprises (1) a display driver configured to control an output of a video signal to one of a display and a connector, and (2) a sound driver configured to control an output of an audio signal to one of a speaker and the connector independently of the display driver, and
- an output control module configured to control audio settings that cause the sound driver to (i) switch the output of the audio signal from the speaker to the connector when the operating system notifies the output control module that the display driver has switched the output of the video signal from the display to the connector and (ii) switch the output of the audio signal from the connector to the speaker when the operating system notifies the output control module that the display driver has switched the output of the video signal from the connector to the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.