发明名称 |
Graphical menu for a television receiver |
摘要 |
A television receiver, includes a graphics generator for generating for display a stylized image of the environment in which the user's physical television receiver is situated. The image includes graphical representations of functions which are available for selection and control by a user, and at least one of which functions affect the display of the video image. In one embodiment of the invention, a video inset-image from a PIP unit is completely surrounded by a graphics image. The PIP image is aligned with the screen of a graphically displayed television receiver to portray an image of a television displaying an received television program. Alternatively, an animated graphics presentation is displayed in the screen area of the graphically-displayed television receiver to simulate live video. In another embodiment, a stylized display of the user's room is altered in response to user input regarding the user's consumer electronics equipment, and submenu operational choices are enabled or disabled accordingly.
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申请公布号 |
US5543857(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1996.08.06 |
申请号 |
US19940347786 |
申请日期 |
1994.11.30 |
申请人 |
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC. |
发明人 |
WEHMEYER, KEITH R.;LOGAN, ROBERT J.;MILLER, ROBERT H.;AUGAITIS, SHEILA R.;DINWIDDIE, AARON H. |
分类号 |
H04N5/445;(IPC1-7):H04N5/262 |
主分类号 |
H04N5/445 |
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