Television
US8875214B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 6, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N5/907
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a television, which can be connected to a portable information terminal, it is possible to display video based on the data of a multimedia file stored on a storage medium even in cases where there is no built-in decoder. In cases where a TV itself does not possess a decoder which can decode the data of a multimedia file selected by the user from the multimedia files stored on the USB memory, the CPU of the TV transmits to a smartphone the data of the selected multimedia file and a decoding request command to request that the data be decoded, thus receiving a video signal and/or an audio signal obtained by various types of decoders of the smartphone. Consequently, the CPU of the TV can output video and/or audio to a display unit and a speaker on the basis of the data of the selected multimedia file.
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