Apparatus and method for converting operation mode in image display compound device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorEun-sup Kim
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Abstract
An operation-mode conversion apparatus for an image display compound device includes a power-state detector which detects a power state of the compound device, an operation-mode determination unit which determines a present operation mode of the compound device, and an operation-mode controller which converts the operation mode of the compound device based on the power state, the present operation mode, and whether one of an optical storage medium and a movable memory is detected by the compound device, in response to a user input signal, regardless of the preset operation mode.
Claims25
A television (TV) apparatus comprising:
- a display unit;
- and
- a controller configured to detect, while the TV apparatus is powered off, a movable memory external to the TV apparatus which is plugged-in to the TV apparatus, determine whether a power input signal for powering on the TV apparatus is received after the detecting, and automatically display data reproduced from the movable memory at the display unit when the TV apparatus is powered on based on the power input signal.
A reproduction method of a television (TV), the reproduction method comprising:
- detecting, by a controller, while the TV is powered off, a movable memory external to the TV which is plugged-in to the TV;
- determining, by a controller, whether a power input signal for powering on the TV is received after the detecting;
- and
- automatically displaying data reproduced from the movable memory when the TV is powered on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.