Media projector system for preventing the display of on-screen display information
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
InventorsKenneth H. Bronstein, David H. Ochs, Bruce A. Stephens, Frederick D. Taft
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Abstract
A system comprising a media player configured to play media content, a projector operatively coupled to the media player, and a control unit operatively coupled to the media player and the projector is provided. The control unit is configured to detect an on-screen display condition associated with the media player, and the control unit is configured to prevent first information associated with the on-screen display condition and provided by the media player from being displayed by the projector in response to detecting the on-screen display condition.
Claims23
A system comprising:
- a media player configured to play media content from a disc;
- a projector operatively coupled to the media player;
- and
- a control unit operatively coupled to the media player and the projector;
- wherein the control unit is configured:
- a) to detect an on-screen display condition associated with the media player while the media player is playing the media content,
- b) to prevent first on-screen display information associated with the on-screen display condition and provided by the media player from being displayed by the projector while the media player is playing the media content in response to detecting the on-screen display condition and in response to the disc being a digital video disc (DVD),
- c) to cause second on-screen display information from the control unit to be displayed by the projector in place of the first on-screen display information while the media player is playing the media content in response to detecting the on-screen display condition and in response to the disc being the DVD,
- d) to allow the first on-screen display information to be displayed by the projector while the media player is playing the media content in response to detecting the on-screen display condition and in response to the disc not being the DVD, and wherein the first and second on-screen display information does not include content from the disc.
A method performed by a control unit of a media projector system including a projector and a media player, the method comprising:
- detecting an on-screen display condition associated with the media player while the media player is playing media content from a disc;
- preventing first on-screen display information associated with the on-screen display condition and provided by the media player from being displayed by the projector while the media player is playing the media content in response to detecting the on-screen display condition and in response to the disc being a digital video disc (DVD);
- causing second on-screen display information from the control unit to be displayed by the projector in place of the first on-screen display information while the media player is playing the media content in response to detecting the on-screen display condition and in response to the disc being the DVD;
- allowing the first on-screen display information to be displayed by the projector while the media player is playing the media content in response to detecting the on-screen display condition and in response to the disc not being the DVD, and wherein the first and second on-screen display information does not include content from the disc.
A system including a media player configured to play a disc and a projector operatively coupled to the media player, the system comprising:
- means for detecting an on-screen display condition associated with the media player while the media player is playing media content from the disc;
- means for preventing first on-screen display information associated with the on-screen display condition and provided by the media player from being displayed by the projector while the media player is playing the media content in response to detecting the on-screen display condition and in response to the disc being a digital video disc (DVD);
- means for causing second on-screen display information from the control unit to be displayed by the projector in place of the first on-screen display information while the media player is playing the media content in response to detecting the on-screen display condition and in response to the disc being the DVD;
- means for allowing the first on-screen display information to be displayed by the projector while the media player is playing the media content in response to detecting the on-screen display condition and in response to the disc not being the DVD, and wherein the first and second on-screen display information does not include content from the disc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.