Apparatus for and method of a television receiver incorporating

Details Apparatus for and method of a television receiver incorporating Apparatus for and method of a television receiver incorporating

1992-12-17

1994-10-11

Powell, Mark R.

Television

Receiver circuitry

Remote control

348553, 348818, 348164, H04N 544

Patent

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053551800

ABSTRACT:
A viewing distance warning/sound recording apparatus for a television receiver and the method thereof, which can provide viewing distance warning by outputting a visible message for warning when a televiewer watches television at too near a distance as well as reproduce a specific message of the televiewer to others during his absence. The apparatus according to the present invention comprises a microcomputer, a sensing circuit for detecting if an object exists within a predetermined distance from a television screen under the control of the microcomputer and a sound processing circuit for recording and reproducing a sound according to control signals of the microcomputer. The apparatus also includes a key matrix having function keys for setting sound recording, message output and viewing distance warning modes, respectively. According to the present invention, the viewing distance warning message and the message notifying the sound recording mode are effected by on-screen display and the specific message to be taken to the others may be audibly produced.

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